Sculpting a Stylized Character
with David Meng
Description
In this lecture, 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.
Duration: 2h 30m
Format: HD 1280x720
David Meng
Creature Designer and Sculptor, Weta
David Meng is an Illustration and Sculpture Artist with over twenty years of experience in the special effects industry. He has contributed to films such as Avatar, The Shape of Water, Crimson Peak, and The Hobbit, collaborating with companies including Weta Workshop.
David's work has been featured in numerous art-of books and exhibited internationally at CoproGallery, The Hive, the Dowse Gallery, and in Shanghai. He has received several prestigious awards, including Gold and Silver honors from annual science fiction and fantasy publications, recognizing his outstanding contributions to illustration and sculpture in film.
