How to make a Claymation: Heads (Part Two)

[sprinkelhaan]

i am see youre nose XD

[madebyJD]

how do you an skin color clay?

[sgtjlopez]

@madebyJD What? I'm guessing you meant where do you get it? Van Aken and every plasticine company makes flesh tone clay.

[clayzach3]

Sgtjlopez, could you make a tutorial on how tk make armature for your person, it's stressing me out

[sgtjlopez]

@clayzach3 The current 365 day project shows how I make them for sculptures, but I don't use them in animation.

[kuburga]

beautiful tutorial. the hair looks like a bit like hitler's though <)

[sgtjlopez]

@kuburga lol, whatev! Just because you have a part in your hair doesn't mean you look like hitler or not.

[kuburga]

@sgtjlopez haha. whatever indeed. :D just great job. i cant do it even watching to this video. how hard of a clay do u use? let's say... compared to play doh?

[GCorvetti]

Really great tut, which kind of clay did U use ?

[sgtjlopez]

@GCorvetti Van Aken Plasticine. Found at Hobby Lobby and craft stores.

[GCorvetti]

@sgtjlopez Ok, but I live in europe and we don't have that shop, anyway, I use plasticine for practice :D but cool tutorial :D

[Morganaariel]

that's really incredible. i love your tutorials.

[sgtjlopez]

@Morganaariel Thank you :)

[sgtjlopez]

@Morganaariel Thank you very much :) Let me know if there's something that you want covered. Either I could make a video or probably answer it in message.

[AwwManIShpiltmyBeer]

where did you get the tools?

[sgtjlopez]

@AwwManIShpiltmyBeer Michaels or Hobby Lobby.

[AwwManIShpiltmyBeer]

@AwwManIShpiltmyBeer THX, very helpful videos

[TheYovilleTv]

Pretty interesting about the hair, i def will think about. Expect vids :D

[sgtjlopez]

@TheYovilleTv Cool, glad it helped!

[ct45211]

Thats a great way to make hair thx

[sgtjlopez]

@ct45211 no problem.  If you have any other questions, just ask.

[kateroonistudios]

thankyou for inspiring me and my sister to make our own claymation! i just have a few Qs,, what clay do you reccomend using,, how long before it dries out,, how long does it take to make a 5 min claymation,, and how much would you expect to pay for all the materials? thanks =)

[sgtjlopez]

@kateroonistudios Van Aken plastiline is incredibly affordable. About 4$ a pound, or 2$ on sale. You get it at any Michaels store or other arts and crafts stores. It never dries out, but if you left it under a light all day, it might melt.

5 minutes...if you're using a DV camcorder, it's faster, camera, it's harder and you usually get shake unless you have serious equipment. Maybe a few days...matters how much you do and how big the characters are. The more detail, the more work :)

[BillieJeanlove]

um yea you're amazing.

[sgtjlopez]

@BillieJeanlove Thanks :)

[sgtjlopez]

@The240602 lol, thanks. I think of myself as an illustrator in reality...I'm not to artsy if you know me ;)

[myrahawkin]

this has been very helpful. thank you so much for doing this!

[sgtjlopez]

@myrahawkin Not a problem :)

[sgtjlopez]

Because I haven't made a claymation in over a year. I've been working on technique.

[sgtjlopez]

And also, the ones that I post are mainly done within a day meaning that I didn't want to deal with high detail.

I want to give you guys more information than you need. That's what teaching is all about. lol

[supershadowgamer25]

yeah what kind of color clay is this?

oh and i don't know where to find micheals (correct me if i misspelled it LOL) and BTW i am using RoseArt Modelling Clay because i don't know where micheals is or any arts and craft store is.

[sgtjlopez]

Van Aken. Michael's dot come site has a store locator. Call first to see if they have any. I got lucky.