I want to someday be a concept artist for movies/vid games ect. I made this beast to put on my website to demonstrate some 3D skills. This first part is the clay side of the build, I will be posting the resin molding and painting later on. In this edition I will show you the steps of taking a sketch and rendering it in clay. So lets start.
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Clay (duh)- I used gray water based clay for this one . I will probably never use it again because of the drying out factor. I will say that it retained great detail on a small scale that i couldn't get with super sculpey.
Clay tools-nothing crazy outside the standard set at a craft store.
Small paint brushes-also nothing special
A sketch- the more angles you can do here the better off you will be. Draw your creature from straight on, up,down,back,front..ect. I kinda skipped this part and paid for it later. The less you draw out now, the more you will go of back and forth with clay (which takes much more time). So take your time and plan it out. Now to get dirty.
Also check out my artist warmup to help you get started.
Clay tools-nothing crazy outside the standard set at a craft store.
Small paint brushes-also nothing special
A sketch- the more angles you can do here the better off you will be. Draw your creature from straight on, up,down,back,front..ect. I kinda skipped this part and paid for it later. The less you draw out now, the more you will go of back and forth with clay (which takes much more time). So take your time and plan it out. Now to get dirty.
Also check out my artist warmup to help you get started.
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These are pics of one of my monsters in progress.
this hell beast looks more like a Rancor on steroids
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