Gnomon Training Sculpting a
Stylized Character with David Meng
English | Audio:
aac, 44100 Hz, mono (eng)
MOV | Video: h264,
yuv420p, 1280x720, 24.00 fps(r) (eng) | 2.16 GB
Genre:
Video Training
In this DVD, Creature Designer David Meng guides you
through his process of designing and sculpting a stylized character
maquette. Beginning with the armature assembly and block out, he
demonstrates his method for building up a rigid, yet still flexible,
base onto which he will build up his sculpture.
At this stage, he
begins to add clay to begin defining the forms of his "stylized"
orangutan character, all the while narrating specific anatomical and
creative choices he makes as he builds up the forms. He then moves in
with tools to begin fine tuning the sculpture, creating folds and
refining forms before moving into the detailing phase. In this phase, he
demonstrates how to sculpt skin wrinkles and pores, as well as how to
handle long fur on a character. When finished, David creates a highly
believable, yet stylized interpretation of an orangutan
