[INSPIRATION] Clay Characters

Clay characters aren't the easiest thing to create in my personal opinion, so I have collected a range of different images to study and see how they have been created. I don't want to create anything too difficult, as I cannot focus too much energy into animating the Clay scene because of the time restrictions I have this year. 

I would have liked to have created something similar to the image to the left, a boy made out of clay, however I will be limited because of time and skill. I will more than likely end up with something simpler. However, with this in mind, I want to take inspiration from this clay character, I feel that his expression works well in Clay, small pea like eyes and a tiny mouth, perhaps a small friend to keep him company, perhaps if I were to combine this with a character similar to Morph on the right I could create something aesthetically pleasing, but easy to animate. I have recently acquired clay animation equipment which will allow me to create clay-mations easily, this equipment is known as Animate it! Morph Edition and will allow me to create characters such as morph. 

I will continue to research characters made out of clay and study them, so I can be prepared for when I create my own clay animation. Below are examples of clay characters I have found which have inspired me.