Sculpting Expression and Fantasy Characters covers a multitude of advanced sculpting techniques. Chapter one covers sculpting the quarter scale male bust. You’ll learn advanced theories that will positively shape and influence your concepts and designs. Chapter two covers new molding and casting techniques designed to save time and energy. You’ll learn how to mold and cast individual clay copies of the original model, allowing for visual continuity when you sculpt a new expression. Chapters three and four cover sculpting the “Happy” and “Angry” states of expression, implementing the rules learned in chapter one. Finally we’ll take a clay cast of the original model and turn it into a fantasy character and learn how to paint it in Adobe Photoshop®.

• Molding & Casting
• Quarter-Scale Male Bust
• Sculpting Expression
• Digital Color & Paint
• Sculpting Details

Chapters: Disk One
1. Head Fundamentals & Theory
2. Molding & Clay Casting
3. Sculpting the "Smile"
4. Sculpting "Angry"
5. Sculpting the Fantasy Character

Chapters: Disk Two
1. Getting Started
2. Base Tones
3. Sampling the Eyes
4. Sampling Skin Tones
5. Blending
6. Adding Highlights
7. Blending Horns with the Skin
8. Adding Spot Details
9. Dry Skin Technique
10. Adding the Background
11. Adding Background Elements

• Product Code: SCU08
• ISBN: 1-59762-819-0
• UPC: 805366017453
• Duration: 211 minutes
• Formats: 2-Discs: DVD-VIDEO/DVD-ROM

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John Brown

Character/Creature Designer
Sculptor

With over forty film and television credits, John Brown’s skills as a sculptor placed him in the top live-action special make-up FX houses in Hollywood. Credits include Alien Resurrection, Species 2, George of the Jungle, Jumanji, X-Files, Mars Attacks, Bless The Child, Monkeybone, The Cell, Spy Kids, Scary Movie 2, Planet of the Apes and a host of others. John is also a bronze figurative artist whose sculptures reside in private collections throughout the United States.