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Beginners Guide To Animation: Sculpting Characters With Clay

46 minutes 13 seconds

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Closeup of a person's fingers moulding the chin of a small clay face. Caption. Is the bottom lip in front of the upper lip.

Mark Sawicki, clay animator, shares his techniques for sculpting characters with polymer clay. Describes the properties of polymer clay and the tools used to sculpt, bake and paint the material. Illustrates the basic forms that can be made out of clay that provide the basis for any sculpture. Creates a cartoon boxing glove to illustrate the fundamentals of posture. Also creates and paints a cartoon face refrigerator magnet.

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