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3D-Sketching with modelling clay 2: techniques, tips and tricks for automotive design (part 2)
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This tutorial explains how to use modelling clay (industrial plasticine) for 3D-Sketching. It shows the working techniques and gives tips and tricks about the use of this malleable material which is used in almost all automotive styling studios but also in lots of product design and character design companies.
The tangible clay model helps to enhance and understand shapes, surfaces and functionality of your design. Additionally we show how photos of the plasticine model can be used to improve your Copic marker skletches or as a base for your Photoshop work.
In the video we use Kolb InDeClay (INdustrial DEsign Clay) which is perfect for small and detailled models as they are used in product-design and character-design. Due to it´s colour this clay shows extremly well shadows and therefore edges, surfaces and small details. Beside that the light colour makes it very easy to enhance photos of your models in Photoshop.

This is part 2 of 2.
For further information visit: www.kolb-technology.com
Duration : 0:9:52









I wish I had a 3d …
I wish I had a 3d scanner. I sometimes sketch in clay. I would just throw down lumps of clay and start carving. But not spending this much time on it, not until later anyways. Thanks for the reply
ugly car …but …
ugly car …but good tutorial how to model a “car” with clay.
You´ve got absolute …
You´ve got absolute right, a more simple sketch would be in this phase enough.
Meanwhile the Model is 3d scanned and i can make all changes in CAD and mill the next designstep.
very nice but I …
very nice but I think that sketching in general should be quick and free flowing of ideas. The process of clay modeling takes way too long to put down several ideas. For example what if you want to change the fuselage and make it more boxy? Make another one? Thats why I believe you should sketch out all of your ideas first before you go and start modeling. Great video though. Im gonna subscribe!
There seems to be a …
There seems to be a problem with the video. It plays only in HQ mode !!!
what is the …
what is the material used ?? is it pur clay ? i always thought they use the redish color for modelling..
im third year industrial product design student and have two weeks only for my jury day.. will i be able to build this quality model in this period of time ??
im thinking to make it out of cork isit a wise thing ?
Very talent! Great …
Very talent! Great job! Congratulations!
congratulations! …
congratulations! good Job !!!
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