clay time!

After spending a couple of days on character sketch work sheets and noting down rough shapes and methods of creating them, I decided today would be the day I bust out the ole air hardening clay.

This is the third stage of my character design for the typical chavy/ patriotic londoner(fourth if you consider drawings). The first was the awful woodcut I cobbled together last week, the second was a rough design of two polystyrene balls stuck together to give a basic and easily reproduced shape.


And today, the latest frankenstein like monster is unveiled to the world.

Presenting Bulldog 1 stage 4 :

Made from clay, kebab skewers, a knife ,sewing needles and ten ton of water. Need to give it a good cleaning up and paint when its dry before varnishing the beast. This has totally turned me off of going with clay for each toy.

I was planning on using it to give each model its own personal touches and molds, but the process is both time consuming and not as easy as I first thought. The material itself isnt clean enough for the professional look I want the figures to have - smooth, curved surfaces. I'll still see how the painted model looks but at this point injection moulding seems to be the way to go!

Tomorrow I'll be painting the good old London public as well as handing out some questionnaires to the public, friends and randomers in order to do some character building before I finalize the designs. Oh and maybe some snooping on competing toys to see what kind of packaging and graphics they utilize.

The bulldogs say goodbye, expect a decent update tomorrow!