Character Development and Sculpting Practice

I attempted to develop my character designs more this week. To do this I practiced my sculpting with plasticine.

This is the sculpt I did last week but I pushed the head further down to stylize the proportions so that he would look more otherworldly.

I attempted to sculpt the Man's head but was not happy with the results. I will have to develop this character some more I think.

I also attempted to sculpt a girls face to help me design the Girlfriend. It may not look female but gave me a good practice at sculpting heads and an idea of the difference between male and female faces.

Here are my character designs so far for the two main characters.


I hope to collaborate with some people to help me design these characters as I know design is not my strong point.

Afternoon Sculpt

I sculpted this old man chcharacter to help me with my character design.

Film Idea...'To The Heart of The Matter'

On a world that is turned by a machine. One man wants to win a girls heart.

Mime

Here is my final Mime animation.

Lip-Sync

This is my final animation for my Uni Lip-Sync and face acting project.

The character and the mouths are made from plasticine. The eyes are painted beads. Here is a picture of the mouths and eyelids.

I am very happy with my Lip-Sync, but I think the facial acting is a bit basic.

Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3

This is a some quick animation tests for a University Mime Project.

The character is waiting for his date and think he sees her in the distance but its not her. He then gets embarrassed and depressed until his date arrives.

I was happy with some of the animation in these tests. I tried various ideas so it is a bit choppy.

The character is made from an armature (padded out with balsa wood), wire hands (padded out with funky foam), bead eyes with plasticine eyelids and cardboard mouths.

My Showreel

2nd Year Stop Motion Animation Showreel from Reuben Loane on Vimeo.