Archive: Character design for short film
Budget
500$
per month
Posted: 5 years ago
Closed
- Description
- I'm making a short film with puppets. The puppets are hand puppets. The first character is a fox. But if the first one works out there will be several other characters. He will be fabricated using a 3d printer to make some parts like mouth, teeth, mech for eyes, and also fur and possibly silicon or foam latex skin. I will be designing in 3d all of the mechanical parts, the eye mechanism, hinges for all moving parts. But I need the character's look designed.
I'm looking for a 3d artist, probably zbrush, who can design the characters (full body) and sculpt them in layers. This is what I mean by layers:
I need to see what the character will look like with fur. But the fur will not be 3d printed. Only the skin would be printed. Or more likely a negative mold that can be used to cast the silicon skin. Inside the skin will be an under skeleton that will be 3d printed. And this will include all the mechs for the mouth, eyes, possibly ears, etc. So this is a complex puppet.
The first step is figuring out what he'll look like. This means pencil drawings and photo references. I want to get an idea of what direction we're going in before we start the sculpt.
Once decided, then sculpting that as a skin and having the fur be on another layer so it can be removed when needed. We will also need his full body sculpted but that will be in a later step. For now focus on his face and head. And have his belly down to his tail (Not legs yet) roughed out.
Next we would split the model into different parts. Split out what is skin from what is under skull and teeth. This includes determining a thickness for the skin. Then modeling a mold of the skin so that the mold can be printed and the skin casted from that. I will design the eye mechanism and all moving parts. And my stuff and your stuff need to come together so that all the parts can be seperated out and printed.
And in the end I'll also need a full 3d model of the finished puppet to use in wide shots or when I need to see his legs.
A lot of the above work will be done by me. All the fabrication, 3d printing, testing. You're mostly only going to be designing a character. But you also need to be able to help me split out the model into the parts I need and understand the process enough to know why we're doing it. So I'm looking for an artist who feels comfortable with the above complexity. OR even better - is excited by it.
When we're all done then we'll do it again on the next character.
Here are some references... this is a fox puppet that I like but his personality is wrong. And of course I don't want it to look too close to this because this is a well known character. I also might want to go a little more realistic, especially on the eyes.
https://live.staticflickr.com/6187/6144910587_b11b5ff45f_b.jpg
Please also google fantastic mr fox. Those are stop motion puppets and mine is a hand puppet. But look at all of those characters. There are some good designs in there.
Also google rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy. This is probably a little TOO realistic, but it's going to be a fine line.
Finally.. I'm very open to cyber punk influence. Although this might end up being more in his clothing and the sets.
His character is that he's not the coolest guy around. He is clearly a really nice guy but he has confidence issues. He should be cute and look friendly. So some of that could come across in the design.
Working conditions:
Fixed Price
$250-$500
Skills:
character design,modeling
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