Sculpture Techniques: Creature Design With Casey Love Course Curriculum

Christopher VaughanChristopher Vaughan ✭✭✭✭✭
edited June 2013 in Creature Design w/ Casey Love - Sculpting

WEEK 1

LIVE Online Workshop: Sunday June 9th, 2013 – 9:00am-1:00pm PDT
MEET & GREET, INTRO DEMO, Q&A AND ASSIGNMENT
MEET CASEY LOVE AND YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS

COURSE OVERVIEW, INTRO TO MATERIALS, TOOLS & TECHNIQUES

CLASS FOCUS - DEMO OF EXPLORING FORMS

Q&A

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:

Students will create a creature design in Sculpey - including building the armature, prepping the translucent Sculpey and sculpting the character with an emphasis on forms and silhouettes. This week is not about detail. All great creature design starts with FORM.
 
STUDY MATERIAL: CASEY'S "CREATURE DESIGN - DIGITAL TO PRACTICAL" VIDEO
Sculpting - An Introduction - 01:39:38
Materials - 01:39:44
Building a Simple Armature - 01:43:08
Prepping the Sculpey - 01:49:16
Roughing the Basic Shapes - 01:54:04
The Super Sculpey Base Layer - 02:05:41
Anatomy & Reference - 02:07:42
Inspirations & Favorite Monsters - 02:11:35
Defining Forms & Proportions - 02:14:32
Finding Shapes & Working In the Round - 02:18:47
Super Sculpey - Pros & Cons - 02:22:13
Roughing In Facial Features - 02:24:41
Posing the Creature Sculpture - 02:32:16
Adding the Translucent Sculpey Surface Layer - 02:33:28
Covering the Head - 02:41:15
Secondary Forms - 02:42:56
 


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  • Christopher VaughanChristopher Vaughan ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2013

    WEEK 2

    LIVE Online Workshop: Sunday June 16th, 2013 – 9:00am-1:00pm PDT
    HOMEWORK [FORUM] CRITIQUE, Q&A AND ASSIGNMENT
    HOMEWORK CRITIQUE

    CLASS FOCUS - DEMO OF DEVELOPING CHARACTER

    Q&A

    HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:

    Develop the personality of your Sculpey creature design by moving beyond broad forms and adding expression, pose and attitude.
     
    STUDY MATERIAL: CASEY'S "CREATURE DESIGN - DIGITAL TO PRACTICAL" VIDEO
    Detail Beyond the Sketch - 02:49:05
    Adjusting the Profile - 02:50:39
    Smoothing - 02:51:27
    Checking Symmetry - 02:54:36
    Refining Muscle Shapes & Skull Structure - 02:58:33
    Blending & Refining the Clay Surface - 03:14:30
    Subtle Forms - 03:20:10
    Setting the Eyes - 03:21:30
    Smoothing Forms, Broad Details & Happy Accidents - 03:25:26
    Smoothing the Clay Surface With Alcohol - 03:31:51
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  • Christopher VaughanChristopher Vaughan ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2013

    WEEK 3

    LIVE Online Workshop: Sunday June 23rd, 2013 – 9:00am-1:00pm PDT
    HOMEWORK [FORUM] CRITIQUE, Q&A, COURSE WRAP UP
    HOMEWORK CRITIQUE

    CLASS FOCUS: DEMO OF HIGH FREQUENCY DETAIL & TEXTURE

    Q&A

    CLASS FAREWELL

    HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:

    This week we'll bring it all together. Building upon the work that has come before, students will render out their creature design maquettes to a highly detailed finish, experimenting with a host of techniques for creating 3 dimensional creature designs that seem totally alive in form, character and details.
     
    STUDY MATERIAL: CASEY'S "CREATURE DESIGN - DIGITAL TO PRACTICAL" VIDEO
    Adding Detail - Creating a Texture Pattern - 03:39:07
    Adding Detail, Wrinkles & Texture - 03:52:12
    Adding Detail - Transitioning Textures - 03:55:39
    Veins - 03:58:35
    Fine Detail - 04:06:44
    Final Layer of Fine Texture - 04:11:50
    Wrap Up - 04:17:59
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  • Eduardo BuffardiEduardo Buffardi
    sry to bother  but the video its only in preview 
  • Christopher VaughanChristopher Vaughan ✭✭✭✭✭
    Eduardo you must be logged into the site.
  • Hannah WickenhöferHannah Wickenhöfer
    I'm logged in and I'm only getting a preview, too
  • Eduardo BuffardiEduardo Buffardi
    the links here get you to preview(even logged for me) but if you go to this link :
    https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/webcasts/creature-design-live-sculpture-course-casey-love
    and under the included videos( right side), work fine :)
  • Christopher VaughanChristopher Vaughan ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks Eduardo I'll update the links.

  • steve crispsteve crisp ✭✭✭

    Hi

     

    Works ok for me didn't the first week but does now.

    Steve

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