Creature Design and Sculpture for Film
Adding Details 2
A course by Jordu Schell , Sculptor
About the video: Adding Details 2
Overview
“I will now blend all the details with an alcohol solution. If necessary, I will also reapply certain textures to achieve the desired look.”
In this video lesson Jordu Schell addresses the topic: Adding Details 2, 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
“Now we're going to go back to using our alcohol. I'm going to use only alcohol. I'm not going to use any castor oil for this because castor oil tends to really, really blend it down and I don't want to blend it down that much. I'm going to use the same brush. I'm going to soften a lot of this detail with the brush, kind of blend in my little warts and everything. Just gently blending it in, not pressing super hard, just hard enough to kind of soften it all into the fabric of the creature here. I can go back and add a little more texture stamp if I think there's an area that needs it. And he...”
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Course summary for: Creature Design and Sculpture for Film
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Areas
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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