Making The Dam Keeper: Character Sculpts

This is a little documentary on  the making The Dam Keeper.

Thanks to my dear friends Dice and Robert for this great opportunity!

I'm waiting and ready for the next one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyZbmi_ZCd4&feature=youtu.be

Sculpting Stylized Maquette Workshop

Hi Everyone,

I am offering to teach a Stylized Maquette Workshop class here in my own studio. The class is open to all levels.

I am asking to submit a portfolio. Just a few images of your work, so that I will be able to put together groups with an even level of experience for each class. Each group will consist of max 5 people. This allows me to give great attention and the appropriate space to each individual student. 

In this class I will show the student my personal approach, which will be the same I used in all the years during my work as a sculptor for the Entertainment Industry. We will go over some of the maquettes I created for my work, as well some of my personal sculptures. While the approach is the same, the goal is a different one.

The class will take place on two weekends (10am-4pm) with the date to be determined, based on the student availability. 

I am also offering the same class divided into 8/3 hour evening classes. If there is further interest, I will also offer the continuation of the class into Mold Making with the piece you have created.

This is a simple outline of the class schedule:

-Design choice - we could all use the same design or each of the student could come with their personal one.

-Go over the drawing created or chosen and make a plan.
-Traditional sculpting tools.
-Building your base and armature.
-Translation of a 2d drawing in to a 3d sculpture.
-Importance and understand of basic anatomy, to be translate in the graphic piece.

-Start blocking the clay sculpt.
-Importance of working in planes.
-Paying attention to proportions and measurement.
-Refining clay sculpt.
-Finishing clay sculpt.
-Smoothing and clean up techniques.

Cheers,

Andrea

Max 5 students per class.

If interested please contact me by email at:  andreablasich@yahoo.com

The Boxer

Finally I finished this sculpt that was standing around my studio for 2 years.
The sculpt was done from a drawing of my dear friend Barney.
Hope you like it.
Cheers.

Get A Horse! - Pete

Get a Horse! - Clarabelle

Get A Horse! - Horace & Clarabelle

Get A Horse! - Minnie.

Get a Horse! - Mickey.

Get A Horse!

                                          Get A Horse! ©2013 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

It was an honor and pleasure to work on this "Amazing" short film for Disney Animation

Studio.

Here the maquettes that I did for the Mickey's short.

Thank you Vanessa!

Today is my Birthday...and this morning my daughter gave me a beautiful card,what to say......

I love it!!!

It's nice to be a dad.

Donna 01

My studio

Basketball Player.

Here a day study for a basketball player,I'm experimenting  with proportions and shapes....

Ronald Searle in America- Hommage to the "Maestro Searle".

Here my contribution for the upcoming exhibition  "Searle in America" at the Cartoon Museum in
San Francisco.
The first sculpture was done from a Searle drawing the second one is a personal interpretation of "one" of Searle-Lautrec girls.
The copies of the sculptures will be for action at the Cartoon Museum on the 20th of November for the reception night.
Hope to see you that night.
Cheers.

Baboon

Here a personal piece.

Soon to be cast in Bronze!Soon for sale.

Totoro - Homage to the " Maestro" Hayao Miyazaki.

What to say about Totoro....what to say about Miyazaki.
I think is one of the great storyteller that we had in the last 50 years!
I hope he will continue to write Direct and Design new Amazing stories.

Ciao

Hayao and THANKS!!