Hola. En estos días viene el cumpleaños de una niña muy cercana a mí y me pidieron un detalle de su personaje favorito: One Piece. Aunque no tengo mucho conocimiento del anime, agarré lo más básico: la calavera y el personaje principal (Luffy) para hacer su decoración. Aquí les voy a ir enseñando cómo fui realizando el paso a paso.
Hello. These days it's the birthday of a girl very close to me and they asked me for a detail of her favorite character: One Piece. Although I don't know much about the anime, I grabbed the basics: the skull and the main character (Luffy) to make their decoration. Here I'm going to show you how I did the step by step.
Quería hacer algo especial para la niña, así que decidí crear dos figuras principales: la calavera característica de One Piece y Luffy, el capitán de los Piratas del Sombrero de Paja. Todo hecho en foami, con mucho cariño y dedicación.
The idea
I wanted to make something special for the girl, so I decided to create two main figures: the characteristic One Piece skull and Luffy, the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates. All made of foam, with a lot of love and dedication.
| Materiales en español | Materials in English |
|---|---|
| Foami blanco | White foam |
| Foami negro | Black foam |
| Foami marrón (varios tonos) | Brown foam (various shades) |
| Foami rojo | Red foam |
| Témpera negra | Black tempera paint |
| Témpera marrón | Brown tempera paint |
| Témpera blanca | White tempera paint |
| Pegamento | Glue |
| Tijeras | Scissors |
| Papel para relleno | Paper for stuffing |
Step by step
Para el segundo modelo (Luffy), utilicé diferentes tonos de color marrón porque quería hacer algo estilo pergamino. Mi estilo de crear es primero dibujar sobre el foami, pero para otras personas es más fácil plasmarlo primero en una hoja. En mi caso, prefiero irme directamente al foami.
Luego de recortar la figura con diferentes tonos de marrón, fui tratando de darle forma. ^(Este fue el resultado, aún estaba húmedo y faltaba que secara.)
The parchment
For the second model (Luffy), I used different shades of brown because I wanted to make something like a parchment. My style of creating is to draw directly on the foam, but for other people it's easier to sketch it on paper first. In my case, I prefer to go straight to the foam.
After cutting out the figure with different shades of brown, I tried to give it shape. ^(This was the result, it was still wet and needed to dry.)
Mientras se secaba el pergamino, me puse a trabajar en la cara de Luffy.
Luffy's face
While the parchment was drying, I started working on Luffy's face.
- I started with a circle or oval for the face.
- Then I made his big smile and some big eyes.
- With black tempera I made the details of the eye circle and some lines on its sides.
- Same with the smile: a long line in the center with two "<" on its sides. ^(To make myself better understood, it can be shown in the image.)
Luego, para el cabello, coloqué la cara dentro del círculo negro y me fui guiando del largo y las puntas hacia abajo que iba a llevar el cabello. Como dije anteriormente, yo soy más de ir recreando sobre el foami lo que estoy haciendo.
The hair
Then, for the hair, I placed the face inside the black circle and guided myself by the length and the tips downwards that the hair would have. As I said before, I prefer to recreate on the foam as I go.
Con un foami marrón grande hice la figura de un sombrero completo.
The hat
With a large brown foam I made the shape of a complete hat.
- I cut off the top part to make it separately. Why? Because I was going to make this part identical and stuff it with paper so it would look a little puffy, giving it more of the essence of a hat.
- On the bottom part (the largest one), with tempera paints in similar colors to those I used for the parchment (various shades of brown, white and black), I added details.
- With a dark brown foam I made two lines to glue on and give it a little more relief.
- With red foam I made the line that goes on the separation between the large shape of the hat and the small one I stuffed.
Ya pegando la cara de Luffy junto con el pergamino y todas las piezas anteriores, este es el resultado final:
☠️ NOW LET'S GO WITH THE ONE PIECE SKULL DESIGN ☠️
Step by step
Primero, dibujé la figura de la calavera en un papel de cuaderno para tener una guía. Luego, la traspasé a un foami blanco y la recorté.
The initial drawing
First, I drew the skull figure on a notebook paper to have a guide. Then, I transferred it to a white foam and cut it out.
Con foami amarillo, comencé a hacer el sombrero característico de One Piece:
The hat
With yellow foam, I started making the characteristic One Piece hat:
- First, I made a yellow line which is the first part of the hat.
- Then, with another piece of yellow foam, I made a small line and a semicircle to complete the hat figure. ^(This process will be better detailed in the images.)
Con foami negro, hice los detalles principales de la calavera:
Luego, con témpera negra, marqué:
The face details
With black foam, I made the main details of the skull:
- The two eyes.
- The nose.
Then, with black tempera, I marked:
- The smile lines.
- More lines all over the skull figure to make it look even more like the original design.
Una vez que tuve la calavera lista, la traspasé a un foami negro grande, la pegué y luego recorté toda la figura. Esto le dio un poco más de dureza y firmeza al diseño, además de un mejor acabado.
The black background and firmness
Once I had the skull ready, I transferred it to a large black foam, glued it and then cut out the whole figure. This gave it a little more hardness and firmness to the design, as well as a better finish.
Este modelo de calavera es muchísimo más fácil de realizar que el de Luffy. Este fue el resultado final de la calavera, y junto con el diseño de Luffy, ya tengo los dos diseños completos para la decoración del cumpleaños.
Final result
This skull model is much easier to make than the Luffy one. This was the final result of the skull, and together with the Luffy design, I now have both designs complete for the birthday decoration.
