I - first person singular. JAN CALLEJA's Photostream. JAN CALLEJA's Photostream. How To: Make Your Own Vinyl Toy/Sculptures. By Sol Nte September 19, 2006 Sol Nte, a polymathic artist and thinker from Stoke-on-Trent in England, makes toys under his FIGUREPUNK label. Here he tells us how to do this yourself: read on and get your hands on some Sculpey and a Chinese dictionary. What type of toys does this DIY guide cover? This DIY guide covers the production of soft vinyl figures. What is a soft vinyl figure? A soft vinyl figure is a hollow toy figure made of soft PVC.
The simplest everyday example of this type of figure is a rubber duck. I have a short attention span, can you quickly summarize what I need to do to make a soft vinyl figure? Hang on, there must be more to it than that? Well, why aren't more people producing their own toys? So what's next? You can get these but there are doubtless other suppliers closer to you. You'll also find cocktail sticks, safety pins, teaspoons and other household items useful for sculpting your creations.
What's the best way to begin sculpting? Mos.futurenet.com/pdf/computerarts/CAP126_tut_shark.pdf. Tips & Tutorials for Creating Custom Designer Toys. Tips & Tutorials for Creating Custom Designer Toys As designers we love to put our creative mark on all sorts of canvasses. Designer toys are a popular way for designers and illustrators to really go to town with creativity, often cutting, chopping and moulding the toy into custom shapes and forms. If you fancy producing a custom toy of your own, be sure to check out these handy resources from across the web, each giving insights and tips into the construction process of a custom toy.
First, some designer toy inspiration New to designer toys? Check out these great roundups of custom designer toys to get the ideas flowing: Abduzeedo: Amazing Toy Art: Munny Blog.SpoonGraphics: Mega Roundup of 60 Cool Custom Designer Toys Noupe: 30+ Incredibly Beautiful Custom Designer Toys Custom toy tips and tutorials Fancy giving it a go yourself? Using Sculpey on a Vinyl Toy Illustrate a Vinyl Toy Custom Droplet Tutorial by James Yeah? Red Night Walker Mad*L Tutorial by Kat Brunnegraff How to Sculpt 3D Stitches. How to Create an Urban Vinyl Art Toy. How To: Customize Your Own DIY Munny | Design Moves Me.