Constructing our character

In todays class we took a break from working in our groups to discuss the development of our clay models of our characters. We were shown by our tutor his own clay model on his interpretation of 'Butterfly boy'  and the tools he used on how to sculpt the details in the clay. He also showed us the tutorials on his website on using the materials (wire, tinfoil and super sculpty clay) to make a start on making it, techniques of how to apply more clay to make the features in between baking times and how long to bake it.

In our tutorial we are allowed to finally start modelling our 3D character on 3D max. We had to use the same technique as we did on the alien helmet to build our character by strictly using polygons and no outside shapes. I was pleased with the general shape I was able to make using the tube shape and built the body, eyes and beak. Here is an example of me building my character: