Creature Design and Sculpture for Film
Airbrushing 3
A course by Jordu Schell , Sculptor
About the video: Airbrushing 3
Overview
“So far, the color palette has been very warm. It's time to add a little contrast! In the final part of this lesson, I will spray a deep purple color to some key areas of my piece.”
In this video lesson Jordu Schell addresses the topic: Airbrushing 3, 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, so far, the color palette is very, very warm. Browns, warm purples, and of course red, which is the warmest color of all. So now we're going to introduce a bit of a contrast with dioxazine purple. Dioxazine or dioxazine purple is the coldest purple there is. It's so purple that it's like amazing. Prince would love it. OK, so we've got it here. It's very dark. You can see when we thin it down, though, it's true color comes out. And it is indeed a very purpley purple, a very royal purple. I'm going to use this for just a few key areas. I'm going to start around the eyes. I'm going to mist...”
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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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