Sketch Idea
I like drawing organic, awkward-looking monsters. They are everywhere in my notebook. It was always my hope to turn them into three-dimensional figures. I chose this group of monster doodles as the starting point of the four toys I'm going to make because they had more characteristics I could develop but they were different in sizes and forms.
Form Testing
Because the form is so organic, it was hard for me to bend the wires to the desired shape. So I went directly to aluminum foil. By tracing the turn around view one-one on paper, I was able to follow the silhouette to make my first 3D model. Although the gestures and details were not shown very successfully in this model, it helped me to understand and visualize the form and size better.
I then made a hardening clay version of the same character. However, the clay I used was hard to shape. It dried very fast and cracked after hardening. In order to have more time on shaping the form, I then switched to plasticine clay, because it never dries. By doing the plasticine clay model, I finally really saw the form of the first character.
Material Research
I wanted my final toys to remain a little bit of roughness and a sense of handmaking, so I still plan to use clay for the final. Since the two clays I used were both not the desired material, I did some research about some materials I could use, and also watch tutorials about how to use them.
Making Process
After doing the research, I still decided to use hardening clay, but a different brand, which has better ductility and plasticity with their clay product.
tool used
clay shaping and drying
sanding
painting and coating
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