Creature Design and Sculpture for Film
Refining and Baking
A course by Jordu Schell , Sculptor
About the video: Refining and Baking
Overview
“Hardening polymer clay takes patience and care. I will show you how to avoid the formation of any cracks during the baking process, and how to smooth them over with sandpaper. ”
In this video lesson Jordu Schell addresses the topic: Refining and Baking, 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
“In our last lesson, We completed, sculpted, and baked the heads. In this lesson, We're going to refine the sculpture, attach the head, and baked the whole creature. The first thing we want to do is drill a hole for the paddle, for the head So we can set it in there. So I went about, I would say, an inch and a half in, which is probably about as long as this paddle. And I used a fairly sturdy, large bit. here I'm not sure what size that is, but it looks like it's maybe. eighth of an inch. quarter inch, somewhere in there. So I'm going to shove a little clay down into the hole first. so that ...”
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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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