A hands-on discovery
My journey from traditional clay modeling to Digital low poly models
I have always liked to be a little hands-on as an art enthusiast. The feel of the material rubbing against the hands, the sound of lead going through the contours of a textured paper just adds into the art i work on.
It started out as an office hobby building miniatures on free time or even after lunch time. I was very particular about cleanliness, so i chose to use plasticine as a medium and made faces of old Indian men.Â
Why? the very character of old Indian men i referenced. The feeling of grit , moustache and the folds of turban were an enticing subject for me.
Slowly, i made myself comfortable and moved to modeling clay. The difference in material and the way i should work with it was totally different. But by building smaller model and simpler shapes, i started to perfect my craft.
In the moment of making the sculpture, the power we hold as a creator felt unparalleled to any other medium. It was messy, yet so empowering.
While once building a small elephant model, i suddenly got an urge to see it in a different form, but wanted to keep the simplicity of the figure.
The journey took me to the art of Low-poly modelling.
Low-poly modelling was meticulous process took me to a different tangent, where i should optimize every faces of a 3D object to form a shape
Though it was not as visceral as clay modelling. the challenge of bringing the form within few geometric faces was enticing
With some more effort and practice, my quest to form simple shapes transformed to making compositions and later, smaller worlds.
This was an even longer journey understanding how to build a location, give proper lighting, cameras and positioning the created model to achieve the pose you intended.
Finally how to stitch all i learned and creating a small video.
