This is the actual decorating of the toy. It's not a bottle but the actual toy. While some changed their concepts along the way, I still remained the same theme; Teachers.
The toy given to us was much smaller than I expected which made it hard to paint it and add more details to it.
We were however, allowed to make props for our toy, which I did. But, again, the toy was small and making the props, I had to be careful and make sure the props actually fit with the toy.
The toy given to us was much smaller than I expected which made it hard to paint it and add more details to it.
We were however, allowed to make props for our toy, which I did. But, again, the toy was small and making the props, I had to be careful and make sure the props actually fit with the toy.
I thought that my idea was a bit plain and boring. My only hope to improve it was the props. I made my own props with just paper and paint.
So the toy's limbs and half of the toy's head was detachable. I figured I could use those to improve on my toy.
I wanted the hair of my character to be 3-Dimensional and detachable so that I could put different type of eyes at opposite sides of the toy and still allow people to change them at will.
I started painting the basic colours first like the shirt, face (without eyes and mouth etc.), pants and shoes. I also used a black marker for small details and some other parts of the toy that were hard to paint on (e.g. shoes):
So the toy's limbs and half of the toy's head was detachable. I figured I could use those to improve on my toy.
I wanted the hair of my character to be 3-Dimensional and detachable so that I could put different type of eyes at opposite sides of the toy and still allow people to change them at will.
I started painting the basic colours first like the shirt, face (without eyes and mouth etc.), pants and shoes. I also used a black marker for small details and some other parts of the toy that were hard to paint on (e.g. shoes):
Then I started with the props. I only used pieces of paper, paint and stapler to make the props but it still wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. The hardest part was the painting process as it gets sticky and it takes a long time to dry up and sometimes the paint gets torn off if its was barely dry and I touched it.
Since my toy was about a teachers, I thought the props could be more school related. I thought about what teachers carry around the school and thought books. I also thought making a pencil makes it more friendly looking.
I decided putting an actual written, school related message in the book prop. I then created my own drawing of the periodic table using a really pointed pen (shown in the 24th picture above). For the rest of the pages, I wrote mathematical formulas. Unfortunately, while we were showing each other's toy creation in class, it was lost somewhere and I couldn't find it. So I went home and just did it all over again and for the periodic table, I was short of time so I had to just print one, which was of lower quality than my previous one but it was still readable.
Now another hard part was making the hair of the toy. I didn't want to just paint the hair on because it would look too plain and boring. I wanted to make it 3-Dimensional to make it look more thought through. It was, of course, harder and more complicated but it would look so much better than if I had just painted it on.
I thought of how I would use paper to make the hair for my toy and I thought, why not make a female and male version of teachers so that it can be customizable? It is a toy after all.
So I cut out pieces of paper and kind of pasted them together so that it can fit perfectly on the head of the toy. Painting it was hard too. The paint takes a very long time to dry up on the paper I used and sometimes it keeps peeling off (see 5th picture below). Though it was all worth it in the end and I could actually out it on the toy and take it off as well.
I decided putting an actual written, school related message in the book prop. I then created my own drawing of the periodic table using a really pointed pen (shown in the 24th picture above). For the rest of the pages, I wrote mathematical formulas. Unfortunately, while we were showing each other's toy creation in class, it was lost somewhere and I couldn't find it. So I went home and just did it all over again and for the periodic table, I was short of time so I had to just print one, which was of lower quality than my previous one but it was still readable.
Now another hard part was making the hair of the toy. I didn't want to just paint the hair on because it would look too plain and boring. I wanted to make it 3-Dimensional to make it look more thought through. It was, of course, harder and more complicated but it would look so much better than if I had just painted it on.
I thought of how I would use paper to make the hair for my toy and I thought, why not make a female and male version of teachers so that it can be customizable? It is a toy after all.
So I cut out pieces of paper and kind of pasted them together so that it can fit perfectly on the head of the toy. Painting it was hard too. The paint takes a very long time to dry up on the paper I used and sometimes it keeps peeling off (see 5th picture below). Though it was all worth it in the end and I could actually out it on the toy and take it off as well.
The tough part was thinking off a way to stick it properly on the toy so that it won't fall off easily. I thought of using velcro (see 7th picture above) and pasting it on the head of my toy and somewhere inside the hair. It didn't turn out as good as I hoped because it was tough taking it off, I almost tore the paper hair just trying to take it off from the velcro. In the end, I never used anything to stick the hair to the toy. I figured it wouldn't really fall off unless you intend it to.
After all the work I have done, this was my final product: