How to make a Claymation: Heads (Part Two)

A detailed tutorial on how to make clay character heads.
I show you how to avoid the early mistakes that I made when I first started claymations, and show advanced techniques for sculpting!

http://clayalchemist.com

(Part Two of Three)

Experience rating: it's easy if you take your time!

Eyeball Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivsHQr4YFCI

Mouth/Lip Sync Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZghLMpSka8U

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• how-to
• make
• sculpture
• head
• claymation
• tutorial
• lesson
• guide
• clay
• animation
• stop motion
• sculpt
• technique
• istopmotion
• plasticine
• van aken

[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.

[sprinkelhaan]

i am see youre nose XD

[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]

@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

[sgtjlopez]

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