"wrap the wire once tightly around the neck" can confirm. this'll do the trick

@karabean

Жыл бұрын

It's time for a game of 'Spot The Assassin'.... 🤣

@sandrastowell

Жыл бұрын

I did that too, even on the third try! All that wrapping was a wee bit 😅painful!

That’s an interesting way of doing an armature. The previous ways I’ve learned used multiple pieces of wire, and I had a time. This method also makes it easier to anchor the armature to a base because of the loops. Thanks for sharing.

@MugiwaraRuffy

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me. I'll definitely try out this "one wire armature" technique for my next figure sculpt.

@reema939

Жыл бұрын

did you try it

@gostowl

Жыл бұрын

@@reema939 Yes, I did. I like it for human figures; haven't tried with animal/four-legged figures.

Wow. Way more in depth than I anticipated. Excellent! I really hope you one day do a video on sculpting horses

Thank you for your help today I finally got the best peace of information that I NEVER knew , I need it. Thank you so much for all the help that you provided for all of us who love to sculpt you are a great teacher 🙏🏽

@AndrewJosephKeith

6 ай бұрын

Hey thanks! glad to hear you found the information useful.

Dude, I am so glad I found your channel! You have to be the absolute best teacher who cuts out all the crap by keeping it simple but it's super memorable too!. Thank you soooo much!

@AndrewJosephKeith

6 ай бұрын

You're welcome! thanks for the comment!

What a natural communicator. Thank you so much for these videos.

@AndrewJosephKeith

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! and you are welcome!

I just finished making this armature after following along and I am so thankful you made such a great tutorial! Your instructions were clear every step of the way and I’ve never made such a perfect armature before! Thank you!!!

@AndrewJosephKeith

3 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad to hear it!

This totally transformed my armature creation process. Thank you so much!

With the 20 awg was impossible to finish without break the wire. the aluminum wire does not allow me to make a 90° bend without breaking at the slightest movement. With the 12 awg my armature construction was a success! Thanks

Great tutorial so easy to understand, plus the assignment motivates me lol thank youuuuu❤️❤️❤️

First time that I've created an armature in decades and this method was fantastic! Thanks Proko! I went with 1 unit = 1.5cm. In order to easily measure the proportions out I drew 1unit, 2 units first. That way instead of measuring with a ruler the whole time I had everything laid out already to measure against. Anyway this is a really cool method! Thanks!

@AndrewJosephKeith

6 ай бұрын

Yeah that works great! That's why I like this method is it's so versatile and easy once you practice a bit.

This looks super simple but a great method, I can't wait to try it right after watching the video. The explanation is very very clear, the setting/background of the video is slick, it is very entertaining and you are such a charming person to watch and listen to. Thank you.

@AndrewJosephKeith

6 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for such a positive comment! glad to hear you found the info helpful! hopefully as you make the armature it goes well!

Very well explained. Thank you so much for this video. This is the clearest instruction I have received for this important step in sculpture.

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It was so easy to follow, I made this for the purpose of stop motion and I had never made an armature before and it turned out awesome 😁

@AndrewJosephKeith

3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! Glad to hear it!

wow this was the best tutorial i´ve ever seen. Clear and structured. thank u

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

This helped me so darn much. It is really rewarding to see the finished product. After taking a hiatus from this hobby it is not easy to pick up where you left off. Good news is it only gets easier and if you had any bad habits from before re-learming Tabala Rasa style is very refreshing.

@AndrewJosephKeith

3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

3 armatures done! Thanks man!! Can’t wait to actually make some sculptures!

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! 👏

Thank you for this. I am new to sculpting and this was easy to follow and the perfect size for what I am creating.

@AndrewJosephKeith

6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it! What are you creating.

@user-me8dp6ci3i

5 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤з😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 1:35

I remember Proko's first video on cranial proportions. I was a convert. Glad to see it's important for sculpting too.

@RobbW-ay

Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t work on everyone. I built an armature and I compared to to a photo of dr strange (Benedict Cumberpatch) and from the Hopp’s it does not line up at all. Other photos I compared it to matched perfectly. So cranial units doesn’t work on all models unless o did something wrong.

@dndsl3436

Жыл бұрын

@@RobbW-ay The same could be said about other body proportion methods like the Lumis one. I think this method is a better starting point though.

@karabean

Жыл бұрын

@@RobbW-ay Well comparing anything to Benedict Cabbagepatch is going to go poorly, since his alien parents didn't take any Proko classes when they made him.

Sculpture pun. Was actually fantastic. 😂 thank you for the informative video. Always learning.

This is some high quality content, thank you!

Thanks, I’m trying something ambitious for a gift for my brother but I’ve never made a armature, so big help!

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

Way cool! Glad it helped!

great tips thank you

Well demonstrated.

Great vídeo,thanks!

I just finished my armature now and it look great thanks for the explanation

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it helped!

Great frign video. Thank you for sharing. I'm a sucker for scale and for some unexplainable reason, my torso length is either acceptable or flat out hilarious. Great refresher for sure. Worth a mention. Sometimes, I reinforce my armature by wrapping a thin/fine gauge wire. Gives it a bit more stability and helps when adding sculpture medium. Cheers from BC Canada 🇨🇦

@AndrewJosephKeith

3 ай бұрын

Yeah additional wire can help for structure!

thanks for making this video! super informative :)

Thank you sir Proko. So informative. I learned a lot this day.

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

you are awesome and I love the get your friends involved such a great idea, thank you for sharing

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

Hey you are welcome!

Thanks this was a great video. Cut the 1 inch to 1/2 and got a 6 inch height, exactly what i wanted. I need more practice but dang, im posing this thing and its ready for clay!

Congrats. Great and simple way. I like all your vídeos a lot

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Good to hear!

Hi! I just signed up for your sculpture course in Proko. Loving your classes & your wit & fun teaching style. I just bought the material to make my own armature stand. I was curious how you remove the sculpture from the stand once you’re done though. The course doesn’t seem to include anything on that & I can’t find anything on KZread. Could you make a video on your process? I think it would be so helpful. Can’t wait to continue your course!! Michelle

Thank you! 😊

That is nicely explained, thanks for sharing

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Thanks so much for this and all the videos!

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

This is really useful for puppets too! Thank you! :)

Thank you for your good video❤👍🙏

This helped a lot thanks!

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Thank you for this video! 🥰🙌

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

i love how you give homeworks

I love your humor x) And your videos !

@AndrewJosephKeith

2 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks! At least someone gets my sense of humor. 😆

so cool thank you very much

Just perfect

It was very useful thank you

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Thanks !

Amazing

Thanks for sharing!

ar-mature is one of the funniest things i have ever heard thank you sculpture man Mc dude

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

😂 you are most welcome! Keep sculpting

String is very flexible 👍

Thanks is Amazing.

@AndrewJosephKeith

2 жыл бұрын

Why thank you!

Awesome 👍👍👍

This video is very helpful. I'm still bad at creating armature, but with this video I have always been successful in the end. Just takes me ages to make... I am using the armature for needle felting, btw. Clay is, unfortunately, not my medium.

@AndrewJosephKeith

6 ай бұрын

Interesting I haven't head of many doing felting using wire armatures but that's way cool.

@YunaElphabaLovegood

6 ай бұрын

@@AndrewJosephKeith It's very common, actually. Especially for animals. I make characters from video games and TV from time to time, so having a good human armature to work off of is very helpful!

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

Very cool! @@YunaElphabaLovegood

😮 I love making sculptures

@partharajkhowa03

8 ай бұрын

Same

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

me too!

Really really excellent tutorial! Thanks so much!

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video! I'm going to try this for our next music vid, thanks!

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

Way cool! For stop motion?

Hey there, thanks for such an awesome video! This is super helpful and your instruction is really clear. Question for you - I'm trying to make a figure based on my own proportions, would you recommend taking my own body measurements to make the armature at this stage? Or is it better to figure out those measurements later in clay?

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

I’d take a photo of yourself (see the video on taking photo references for sculpture) in an anatomical pose and then check your measurements that way. If you’re close to normal proportions then you can just move the armature joints to get the proportions. Consider posting your work at Proko.com/portraitsculpt so you can get feedback from other students and myself! Good luck!

I just guess-ta-mated on the weird dolls I make. 🙃 Gonna have to go measure & see how I did. Lol 😂 I pose them. They are made of recycled parts of old clothes.....my parents lived through the depression of the '30s. Throw Not Away! It's a part of my being. 🙃 I learned through trial & error...... which is not a bad thing. Thank you for sharing your video. 👍 ☮️💖🌻

“Are Mature” - 🤣🤣🤣 I love it. Will definitely use this one… Thanks for great tutorial.

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

😂 you are most welcome!

I see this works for most people. But I was going to use this method to sculpt dr strange which is essentially sculpting Benedict Cumberpatch. It doesn’t work on him. Cranial units does not work unless o did something wrong but i compared it to other photos and it matches perfectly. On Benedict it’s at his hips it stops lining up.

@colethefatcat

Жыл бұрын

He may just have unique body proportions, maybe his torso is a little longer or shorter than the average person, making this not line up perfectly?

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

You may need to bend the hips down or up depending on if you need to lengthen or shorten the torso in comparison with the legs. Most people don't have these exact proportions and the armature will need slight modifications to better fit the body type.

Awesome!

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you so much for this video. I'm first time learn to sculpt. I had done 3 wire armetures. 🎉 What is the next lesson? 😍

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

Next is gesture studies and adding clay to the armature!

on point like it

👏👏👏👏👏😍😍😍😍😍😍😍👌👌👌👌👌👌You teach very well, I wish I could attend your class😔

Hi....great tutorial. Is there a difference between 14 gauge galvanized and aluminum wire? Are they basically the same?

@karabean

Жыл бұрын

Galvanizing means coating steel or iron in molten zinc. So they are different metals. My guess is galvanized steel will be harder to bend, but that is just a guess.

That pun was flawless 🤣

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

😂

I have now ventured in to sculpture thanks to you an Proko can you adapt this technique to horse or cat armatures? thanks again will be watching

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

Yeah absolutely! I was even considering to do a lesson on making armatures for horses because those are common to sculpt so that may be something I do in the future.

@jeadevoe209

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewJosephKeith looking forward to it all the best J

"Are mature' great pun Love the video!

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

😂 thanks!

“You want to make sure that they are…mature.” I love your dad jokes! When does a joke become a dad joke? When it becomes a-pparent.

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

😂

Thank you so much ^_^

@AndrewJosephKeith

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

I’m interested in learning more. Do you have an online course or something?

@AndrewJosephKeith

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Proko.com/sculpture for the full course.

if I send you a picture of a sculpture that I want to build can you make a video on it for me to do it

"MATURE" You're awesome.

We will build our Armature Army together! :D

Can we still use fairy dust?

Absolutely brilliant. One thing -I cannot see the head being formed in the vid; am I missing something?

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

In this video I didn't show it, I just twist the wires at the top. In the premium course I go over modifications (like the little circle in the head) it's basically just bending out a circle and then looping the wire around and twisting them together. (hard to explain exactly in a comment)

Proko 3d??? Que maravilla Justo ahora que me gusta la es cultura

@andres70183

2 жыл бұрын

Lo mismo digo, me interesó igual 👀

Very coollll

I want to make a 5 or 6 inch sculpture. So if the armature in this video works out to about 11.5 inches, should I just halve all of your measurements to keep things simple?

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

Yeah that's what I would do.

The terrible pun at the beginning made me subscribe.

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

😂

i bought this thick wire from micheals to make an ecorche but the wire is so thick bending it is a workout in itself espeically when looping it

@AndrewJosephKeith

5 ай бұрын

Yeah thicker wire is usually for building larger armatures and it can be tricky to bend out.

What are the wire sizes in MM? I'm from europe and cannot really find 12 gauage wire from non amazon websites.

@pliniohessel

2 жыл бұрын

Are 2.0 mm

I laughed out loud literally to that armature joke when most would probably not laugh

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

😂

Hi, this is a great tutorial. Can I ask if I wanted to build an armature that was 23 inches in height(the cranial unit would be 2 inches) what gauge wire should I use? Kind regards

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

About 8 gauge wire is what I would use. You can always wrap more wire around the armature if you only have thinner wire.

@Brenners2010

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewJosephKeith Thanks

unit is centemeters?

Do you keep the armature in when you bisque fire it?

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

If you are going to fire the sculpture I wouldn’t use a wire armature. My friend Leroy Transfield shows his method for using a single metal rod and hammering it into wood to use as an armature for natural clay so the sculpture can be fired after. His mini course is on proko.com/Leroy

I recommend to use a marker

@AndrewJosephKeith

3 ай бұрын

Good idea

Fantastic method. All makes sense, but........ I am wanting to make fantasy creatures like elves, goblins etc. What do i adjust?? Or do i just make an armature to match my drawing no matter what the proportions are. As goblins have large heads, squat bodies, long arms and shorter legs 🙄☺️

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

It’s not difficult to change the proportions. Just have in mind what you want to change before you start building the armature.

:40 great pun 🤣 budumtss!

The terrible pun was fantastic!

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

😂

You had me at ARE mature😂😂

Practicing this while on the toilet

Stupendous

👏👏

Anyone know things u could use instead of wire? Like things u can find at home. Thanks! 😊

@AndrewJosephKeith

Жыл бұрын

Aluminum foil or paper with masking tape are some other materials I use for armatures. Usually for just the head or torso because it’s difficult to make arms or legs with those materials.

4:13 starts here btw

When you say units, is that the same thing in inches?

@Odraude2105

Жыл бұрын

If you want your armature to be 11.5 inches tall

🎖

You had me at sculpture pun...

@AndrewJosephKeith

3 ай бұрын

😅

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