Superheroes and Super Villains

Beginning 3-D Art

Visual Arts Standards• 5.0 Students apply what they learn in

the visual arts across subject areas. They develop competencies and creative skills in problem solving, communication, and management of time and resources that contribute to lifelong learning and career skills. They also learn about careers in and related to the visual arts.

Careers in Character Development

• Animator• Video game artist • Special effects artist

Vocabulary• Plaster wrap =

cotton gauze imbedded with plaster; strips are dipped into water and then draped onto a 3-D form

Vocabulary• Superhero = a benevolent fictional

character with superhuman powers

Vocabulary• Villain = a cruelly malicious person who

is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime

Objectives• All students will become proficient in…

Character development

Sculpting with plaster wrap

MaterialsPlastic mask forms (1 per student), plaster wrap, chip board, acrylic paints, assorted embellishments

Project Requirements• Character must be completely original

(in no way resembles an existing superhero or villain).• Features must be modified from the

original plastic mask form as plaster is added.• Face is painted and embellished as

needed to create the original character.

Project Requirements• A hanger is attached to the back.• A typed character story (must include

name of character, his/her special abilities, and how he/she acquired these abilities in a well-written paragraph)• Finished work is presented to the class.

Due Dates:• 10 character thumbnails in sketchbook:

Friday 3/22• Character rendering & story rough draft

in sketchbook: Friday 4/5• PROJECT COMPLETE: TBA