The Explorations Unit
How can you find, explore, and/or expand your passion?
Introduction:
For the explorations unit, we were given free reign to do whatever we wanted as long as it pertained to our media class. In my case, it was animation. I really enjoyed making the armature doll for the narrative unit, so I wanted to make another one, but bigger. I ended up creating a story based on plants, and learned how to screen write more with dialogue, and did character designs. the doll would be a type of special edition promotion doll if it were a real animation.
Animation Doll:
This doll is a promotional product meant to accompany a pilot episode of an animation I drafted. It is 24″ tall. The doll would most likely be marketed to an older demographic as it has qualities that appeal to collectors. The scale makes this doll less playable but more photogenic – a quality collectors seek. The doll is also fully customizable with interchangeable eyes, clothing, and hair. It would cost more than a PVC doll because of the materials it takes to make it, making it less affordable for children.
I had previously made a fully poseable animation armature, but wanted to make a bigger, more detailed one. I had to problem-solve how to double the scale of my previous doll and create more detailed body parts. I used hard clay, foam, and stronger wires in the body, and polymer clay and resin for the face and eyes. The character design was done in Photoshop.
Materials: foam, wire, fabric, yarn, lace, beads, polymer clay, resin, glitter, acrylic paint, pastels
Screen Writing Script
How I made the doll:
