In our lesson with kelvin we started to construct clay figures which we will later use in our project.
First we made a skeleton out of metal wire and gradually from that we used more and more wire and wrapped the skeleton so that it got thicker and studier. after i had finished this part of the task, which actually took a while to complete, i started with the clay and wrapped strips of the hard drying clay around the skeleton and when the strips were wrapped up from there i molded the figure into my desired shape that i had in mind. To be honest i wasn’t working from a plan i was just going from my imagination to create a character to what turned out in the end was completely random. i’m not entirely sure why but the finished product closely resembles a platypus on its hind legs, theres not really any reason for this apart from the fact that i figured it would be easier to mold a snout rather then a face. I wanted to create a character that partially represented different forms of society, such as that cute appearance of the platypus but in reality it can be deadly, i’m not sure where this idea came from but again it might have been just in the moment as i was constructing the character.
if i could do this again, i would have made an actual plan and multiple designs before making the clay structure however this did not happen and i eventually drew up the plans after the character was made.
Change of mind
whilst i was at home i was looking at those wooden figures that people often model into a certain shape, and they have very posable limbs which means its very easy to put the figures in difficult positions. For example you can make it look like its doing a very complex ballet move.
Drawing designs
I since i had made the actual character out of clay and i was having thoughts about actually changing the whole character up and making it look more block like, i decided to draw some detailed ideas about the more specific atributes of the character, and add details such as what the hands would look like, and what the character would look from a birds eye view
Final design
Finally i had finished the designs of the character in both the clay aspect of the process and the drawn up plans aswell, all i had to do now was complete the 3D model on the computer, and as i have had some practise in maya i think the outcome of making a figure in maya would be the best bet as i feel i am the most confident in the process and even though my skills in that software are rather limited, i think this figure is quite simple to make so i am confident in my abilities on Maya.