Creature Design and Sculpture for Film
Creating the Head 2
A course by Jordu Schell , Sculptor
About the video: Creating the Head 2
Overview
“In the second part of this lesson, I will mold and bake a lower set of teeth. I will then show you how to attach the teeth to the head, before finishing the mouth with a tongue. ”
In this video lesson Jordu Schell addresses the topic: Creating the Head 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
“So now I'm going to take foil, I'm going to quadruple it and then eighth it. And then 16th it so it's very, very thin but strong. I'm going to compare it to this palette. Now I'm going to create a lower set of teeth. Just as I did the first. Once again, I'm going to take some of the ivory tooth color that I've got. And starting from the center. I'm going to create the teeth of the lower palette now. I even sometimes like to try to make them fit together. So I'm going to use the heat gun to bake these teeth. I'm going to use it on the low setting though, so that I don't burn the tips of the ...”
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Course summary for: Creature Design and Sculpture for Film
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Category
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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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