End of third Block

Just finished 3DArtFun module. We had to do a 1metre high sculpture for the final submission and present it at 9am on Friday the 16.
I spent 3 days working on my sculpture for a 3 min long presentation.
Even stayed at in school till almost midnight on Thursday to finish it! Some friends were there too so I had company, and we had fun too while working.

The entire process from developmental sketches to execution and the end result was really fun, enjoyable and a great experience.

Here is a short summary of how I did it,

Developmental sketches. My Lecturer Justin want us to come up with 3 ideas and different sculptures which we want to create and he will advise us on materials and which is best.
Initially I wanted to do the Tiki Women carrying a tray of fruits on her head, but strangely Justin and my friends advised me to go with the totem in the middle.

Step 1.
I used Corrugated Boards for the foundation of my sculpture. One of the requirement for this project is to create a minimum 1metre high sculpture, I wanted it to be slightly higher and same height as me but I overdid and created it 2metre high instead.
I use masking tape and superglue to secure the foundation and with a marker I estimated where I wanted each features to be.

Step 2.
Crushed newspaper to create it's 3D features and secure them with masking tapes, loads and loads of masking tapes. I have to make sure that the whole feature is tape firmly to the foundation, at this point the surface of the sculpture is very uneven and had alot of holes.

End of Day 1.

Step 3.
To smooth out the surface to cover the holes and give the sculpture a more solid base, I paper mache the whole thing with newspaper mixed with diluted white glue. This entire process was very very tedious because if it's not paste on properly there would be holes and very uneven surfaces, I stayed till night in school and managed to complete it at 9pm with the help of some friends. I only did one layer of paper mache due to the tight time frame.
I left it to dry overnight.

End of day 2.

Step 4.
After the paper mache dried overnight, I painted 2 layers of white base with acrylic the next morning. The paper mache gave the surface of the sculpture abit of texture which I wanted because I'm trying to give my sculpture a carved out wood finish.

Step 5.
After the white base dried off, I hand painted the base colours and added details.
I took a long time to complete because I made it too huge and tall! I stayed back in school to complete this and left at midnight with my friends.
I wondered why I made it so high some times, but I don't regret it because I'm very happy with my work and the end results. Yes even if it means staying back in school till midnight, because I really enjoyed my friends company too.

'I shall make it rain and flood Bukit Timah again~'

This is what Tired Hungry and Stressed out student in Temasek Design School Student do when they when we stay back late and missed dinner for the sake of hitting the deadline.

Oh the Easter Island sculpture belonged to my friend Josh, he created a quirky Easter Island head wearing a baseball cap.

End of day 3.

The next day I did my presentation at 9am in the morning. And there you have it, 3 days worth of work and sleepless nights for a 3min presentation.
I went back home and slept like a pig for 3 hours after the presentation.