Creating Characters with Don Lanning - PREVIEW - Maquette Sculpture

Creating Characters with Master Sculptor Don Lanning

In this FIRST installment of a THREE PART series, Master Sculptor Don Lanning teaches the improvisational approach to character design that has made him one of Hollywood's most prolific and well-respected Creature Effects artists. Along the way, he shares priceless strategies for collaborating with clients as a commercial artist, and how to serve their vision while still pleasing yourself.

This course is for ANYONE who wishes to pursue an artistic life. Don't miss it.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
-- A review of the tools of the sculpture trade
-- The advantages of designing with WED Clay
-- Establishing basic features in humanoid form
-- Adding dynamic features to the emerging creature
-- #Sculpting techniques - Creating Scales

Approximate Runtime is: 02:21:33

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CHARACTER DESIGN - SCULPTURE TECHNIQUES PART 2

CHARACTER DESIGN - SCULPTURE TECHNIQUES PART 3

SCULPTURE TECHNIQUES - TEXTURES & FORMS

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MONSTER SUIT SCULPTING

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[StanWinstonSchool]

Ha! Patrick. You bet I'll pass it on, but... He'll know before I get to him! He's the best. We are honored you keep coming back and thanks for the nice words.
-John

[ShannonBlakeGans]

Don Lanning is amazing. I have worked in the industry and worked with the school. What they are doing is magical. Listen to the voice over, brilliant. If you want to work in media, the professional lessons shared are priceless. Thank you SWSCA!

[SusseBo]

Wauw. That is extraordinarily amazing. Wauw that look and eyes.

[P]

That looks gorgeous! The craftsmanship is astonishing

[StanWinstonSchool]

Ryan! I think you gotta make it. I gotta go watch the full lesson again. He explains how! - John

[sickphyschotic]

This is sweet! I love sculpture videos. It's like watching a lump of clay come to life.

[philosophicalwingchun]

this is just one of those kind of arts/hobbies/jobs where you say to yourself "okay, i want to do this"

exquisite work.

[StanWinstonSchool]

CustomFig! Just so we're clear, it's LONG alright. This is the PREVIEW. You can watch the full lesson at the link in the description box above. It's more than 2 hours and DON IS AWESOME. Go check it out! -John

[frantzbarichard]

my favorite concept artist with jordu schell, Don lanning is just amazing.

[StanWinstonSchool]

Thanks MatthewBowerman. Yup. You can by a harder wood version or metal, but popsicle sticks are the trick!

[StanWinstonSchool]

MisterJonasRouge~
Artists recycle the clay but it is used more for building up bulk for a wall for mold making. WED Clay dries out so quickly, it is already going off while
he's sculpting. - John

[DethBecomesYou]

Damn you StanWinstonSchool! You keep releasing these amazing classes and I have to buy them. Don Lanning is truly amazing and a wonderful teacher. He makes sculpting a monster romantic. He has so much passion in his work and it is really inspiring. (you can tell him I said that)

[ryansnowden]

amazing! Where can I find a tool like the one in the video to make scales?

[HocusFocusProductions]

He's got that magic touch that makes it look so easy and natural, when you know that really it isn't. At least, not for everyone.

[time-lapseartwork]

amazing work!
Do find it strange that you do not show any sketches drawings of the creature you're planning to do before hand.

[StanWinstonSchool]

BiggestBlueTree~

He is sculpting in WED Clay. -John

[NauGhT]

For things such as horns, is there a wire frame that runs under the clay to maintain structural integrity ?

[GlennMorganFan]

If you're mechanically enclined it is ALWAYS better and cheaper to make your own tools, but if you're

They sell them at better clay art stores. It's called a "Dragon Scale Tool".

I got mine from a place local to me called Chinese Clay Art.

They have a website, but for some reason Youtube doesn't want me to post it.

[GlennMorganFan]

It's ALWAYS better to make it if oyu can, but if you aren't mechanically inclined you can buy them at one of the better clay art supply stores.

They are called "Dragon Scale" tools.

I got mine from a shop that's local to me.

[MattyBeeman]

just get a ice-pole stick Stanley knife aka box cutter and shape the tip the same as in clip a lot of sculpting tools are handcrafted by guys of this caliber