The Toy Box Disaster

well - at least the figures are somewhat photogenic


and surprisingly good at what they were designed to do - which was hold things







the paint job is still kind of trashy as you can prolly tell

but all in all - the characters seem to have some personality

cant complain too much


actually - i could

its just not my style

Board Project: The First Post

to all my loyal readers:

you can stop sending the e-mails - i am fine - nothing bad has happened

yes - there will be some final entries regarding the Toy Project

this week been wild busy

the toy box turned out to be a disaster

but the project on the whole was a good learning lesson


anyway - here are some preliminary designs for the Board Project (where we will be designing a skateboard):




as you might be able to tell - fonts will factor significantly in my design

a bold claim - much like the giraffe ad i did earlier


thats the steelo


penmanship reigns supreme


more designs later




and yes - that is crayon

takin it old school on yall

i make so many dumb mistakes

its all about learning right?

i fuck up monumentally, and then next time through i ace it like a pro



at the end of this project i will need to make a post dedicated to mistakes and learning from mistakes


a beginner's guide for beginners

Saturday - The 20-foot-drop - Aftermath

6:30 am start
talk about commitment


i had to stop by the school to pick up my paint brushes
as i was leaving - i went to take my CD player out of my bag and didnt my prototype sculpture decide to see if he could fly?

It fell a entire floor of the TEL building

its funny - in class i was wondering what kind of idiot would get their project broken - and just for clarification - its my category of idiot




but - as i said it was just a prototype

i was only carrying it wiff me as a point of reference when i went to buy paint (so i could show the dude at the store what i would be painting on)

as you can see here - the rest of the militia is still in tact:


you can also see the paint i bought in that above picture at the Pacific Mall (only took me a decade to get there - that place is dope tho)



and below is a final detailed version of one of the figures set for its last baking:


this dude turned out pretty cool

more updates later

BREAKING NEWS!!!

items made out of super sculpey will break if dropped 20 ft on to a granite surface


pictures to come later

Friday Night Session - Toy Project

Much progress made:


Assembly Line was established:
Chunks of aliens were prepared:


And the final product seems to be taking form:





it was a relief to see that the plan seems to be coming thru and the alien dudes are able to carry a flat object

you can see in that last picture that i did a trial run using the acrylic paints - not a tough medium to use


more updates later (tomorrow)

baking round 1 final product

and somehow the dvd cover to Dead Like Me got in there


the bases look good

now i can build on them without mashing them up


the figure came out crooked but sturdy

looks like my idea might work out after all

nothing beats the smell of plastic cooking in the oven

i was sent to the garage to cook these up

no doubt

this stuff stinks





i cooked some bases and i made a trial run at cooking a full figure

i will post how they turned out in a second

old man cooking toys in the oven

thats right motherfuckers





how did my life come to this?

Outside-the-Box Thinking

pictures from experimenting with box concepts yesterday:






7 more days to finish this project

the goal is to be printing the box by this friday

5 more days


i gotta churn out this english essay in the meantime (almost done)

10:00am Sunday

i dont have time to upload every photo right now - so here is a little preview and a link to the appropriate section at the photobucket account:

Toy Project Photos @ Photobucket

stamping out bases:




wire frames on index cards:



basic construction of figure (there will be 6 figures, each approximately 3 inches tall):



projected box-size with toy layout:





as for the box:

the basic dimensions are roughly 8 1/2" x 11" x 5" with either 2 or 4 faces having transparency

i will up some sketches of this later


funny enough - i am more concerned about the box than i am about the toys

the toys will be manufactured in parts for the last 5 pieces:

1. main column (foot / arm)
2. foot
3. other foot
4. torso
5. other arm
6. head
7. gun / weapon

so i need to make 5 of each of those objects - and then the toy production should be basically done (aside from the 'intricate' details)

Toy Building Process

This is a basic rundown of the process I am planning on using:

1. basic wire base frame:



2. base piece



3. cover up wire



4. addition of foot and opposing leg



5. body piece





6. addition of head and other opposing arm + some face details - also widening base at top






i will obviously add more pictures of the addition of details as i get to that stage


things look promising - i will make some alterations to the style of these figures to get exactly what i am looking for - but all and all things are going better than i thought they would a few hours ago


still plenty of room for disaster tho - dont worry

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Toy Prototypes #1 and 2

here are the first prototypes i tried to put together in accordance with my sketch designs

you will notice that one is bigger than the other

i did that big one first to make sure that my design was feasible

this morning i got hit by a strike of inspiration while trying to figure out a way to make the characters stable but dynamic at the same time (dynamic is the word of the day)

so basically - the character is built around a central pillar which acts as the LEG and the ARM on the OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BODY (ie - left leg, right arm)

this way there is a stable pillar, but i can make the character look like he is in motion rather than just standing still

also - one of the dudes in my class mentioned i might want to take that idea AND add some wire re-inforcement - which you will see in further detail in the next post









as you can see - this pillar design allows me to make the character look like he is running and gunning