Creating basketball theme

Creating basketball theme

25 July 2019

Today one of my friend asked me to customize a "non-girly" theme product. So I was thinking how I should design her product, so I asked what does her friend likes to do and what occasion was it for. Then i found her friend likes playing basketball and its meant for her 21st birthday gift. I was pretty excited as I was thinking "Hmm should be easy, just have to get the figurine".

Sadly, our suppliers does not have a basketball theme figurine and we nearly decide to reject the order but at that moment i know if i can fulfill the customer request, i will be able to get the sales. Hence i decide to use clay again and formed the figurine myself since i can do it in my free time after work.

Planning on the design

Google for inspiration

While planning i was thinking what does a basketball theme consist of? what are some easier structure that I am confident in forming? This are some images in google that i found. So roughly i know I have to build structures like the ball, jersey, shoes, human.

Final structure design

Finally found the image

Simplified structure, i don't have to form the lower body of the human.

Here it goes...

After work, i have get the supplies from Sindy's house. First step, creating the basic shape of human.

Next step

Formed basic shape of hand and ball. Wasn't as easy i thought again. I have to make sure the structure can fit inside the glass bowl.

Refining structure

I painted the structure black and added more clay to refine the structure of the human body, then I just glue the parts together.