NAME: Michael Mohammad
CLASS: GWDA400 Toy Design
INSTRUCTOR: Corey Willis
DEGREE PROGRAM: Bachelors in Graphic & Web Design: Graphic Emphasis
PROJECT: Clay Figure Series
DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT: The challenge of this project was to create a series of, at least two, hand-sculpted, clay characters that cohesively belong together on a page spread in the toy designer’s book titled, “I Am Plastic.” CHALK STEWIE and pet dog RORO are the result of this project. CHALK STEWIE is hand-made, clay sculpture character coated in chalkboard paint. He is kind enough to hold your pencil, pen or marker for you while you work on your computer. Use his funky brain or pizza slice pencil/pen topper to add a little bit of character to CHALK STEWIE. RORO is a hand-made, clay-sculpture, animal coated in chalkboard paint as well. He is CHALK STEWIE’S right hand dog. There isn’t a moment in the day where RORO isn’t next to CHALK STEWIE’S side. They have the best adventures together and do everything together. He is the definition of a man’s best friend.
STEP-BY-STEP:
1. Rough sketches drawn of the two characters with pencil and paper.
2. Clean sketches drawn to scale with dimensions.
3. Build base out of wood and armature (skeleton structure) of characters with tin foil and toothpicks.
4. Cover armature structure with ¼” layer of Sculpty Clay.
5. Add/Remove clay and fine-tune clays appearance.
6. Add fine details to clay figures.
7. Wipe down excess clay surface with rubbing alcohol for clean/final appearance.
8. Bake clay figures in oven at 275 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
9. Let clay figures cool.
10. Paint base and figures with chalkboard paint (multiple coats).
11. Set up white backdrop and take professional images/visuals of final figures.
12. Create 11x 17” spread in Adobe InDesign and place final images on spread.
13. Add character series and toy designer information.
