How to make a Claymation: Heads (Part Three)

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 Three 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

[halconf20]

Hi. I see you from Bogota Colombia, this head is very nice . . . thank you for show us how to make this, I try to do a movie, and I want founding a school of art in clay animation, then I am looking new techniques . . . . Good luck with all yours animated projects

[sgtjlopez]

@halconf20 Thank you :) Best of wishes to you as well. I approved your video response as well :)

[piratescode]

Thanks it's helped I'll be trying it in my new project mabe you'll see it, thanks

[sgtjlopez]

@piratescode Comment me or message me.

[coolguy2011ism]

You should show how to make a body. I tried making one and when ever I bend the arms they keep cracking and breaking.

[sgtjlopez]

@coolguy2011ism When you make arms, using armature wire with 'bones' helps. I've been experimenting with Instamorph over wire, and it seems to do the trick wonderfully.

On behalf of cracking, animation is a balance of making small changes and making small repairs. I face the same problem, you just have to replace the clay in the cracks and take clay out when you bend back.

[sgtjlopez]

@lwood19 No worries, glad you made it through all three of them. haha.

[lwood19]

great video, thanks very much :)

[sgtjlopez]

@CrazedCinemaHD haha, yeah. It's all about simplifying things and thinking it through before sculpting.

[CrazedCinemaHD]

is it really so easy? nice vid btw