Creature Design and Sculpture for Film
About Me
A course by Jordu Schell , Sculptor
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To get started, let's get acquainted! I'll tell you a little more about my own artistic journey, and how I came to develop the art style I'm known for today. ”
In this video lesson Jordu Schell addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creature Design and Sculpture for Film. A professional approach to creating fantasy and horror characters out of Sculpty clay.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hi, my name is Jordan Schell, and I'm a self-taught fantasy artist with over 35 years of experience in creating creatures, aliens, and monsters for film, video games, and television. My early artistic efforts were centered primarily on making latex masks that I sold to local costume shops in my hometown of Philadelphia. Eventually, when I was 20 years old, this work was seen by a special-effects makeup studio in Los Angeles. I got my start in big film, meaning Hollywood, in 1989 when I was brought from Philadelphia to assist in sculpture on a low-budget movie called The Bride of Reanimator....”
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Course summary for: Creature Design and Sculpture for Film
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Arts & Crafts, Character Design, Concept Art, Fine Arts, Sculpture
Jordu Schell
A course by Jordu Schell
Jordu Schell is a U.S.-based fantasy artist with decades of experience under his belt. Inspired by fantasy films of the 70s and 80s, designing creatures has always been the most exciting thing in the world for Schell. He got his big break in Hollywood in 1989 when he was hired to assist on a low-budget movie called “The Bride of Re-Animator.” From there, his career took off; he worked as a sculptor and designer on “Edward Scissorhands,” “Predator 2,” “Men in Black,” “Alien: Resurrection,” “The X-Files Movie,” and many others. Notably, he masterminded Neytiri, the lead heroine in the Oscar-winning film, Avatar.
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