juxtimon
June 11th, 2008, 03:29 AM
Hi everyone, i've been lurking and getting inspired by you guys for well over a year now, and finally decided to take the plunge and sculpt something.
so here it is, my first sculpt.
it's based on some costumes i designed a few years back in university for a play called The Birds by Aristophanes, i intended it to be a sculpt of my design for the Hoopoe, but it ended up incorporating elements from Vulture too, so i've included both of these old designs to show a sense of development.
sculpted in milliput (my first mistake) and about 6" tall. its still w.i.p. and worth noting that i used altered parts from some toys as an armature, since this is more an exercise in getting comfortable with the techniques before i progress to full sculpts from scratch.
there are plenty of areas which needed smoothing out more, and areas of cloth that need thinning out and more 'flow' but i'm generally happy with it for a first stab. any comments and crits would be greatfully received :)
enough blah, onto the pics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/colourwipsmall.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/hoopoewipsmall.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/headwipsmall.jpg
and the two old designs from 2003 i think
http://www.juxtimon.com/Resources/design/Fullsize/hoopoe.jpghttp://www.juxtimon.com/Resources/design/Fullsize/vulture.jpg
so here it is, my first sculpt.
it's based on some costumes i designed a few years back in university for a play called The Birds by Aristophanes, i intended it to be a sculpt of my design for the Hoopoe, but it ended up incorporating elements from Vulture too, so i've included both of these old designs to show a sense of development.
sculpted in milliput (my first mistake) and about 6" tall. its still w.i.p. and worth noting that i used altered parts from some toys as an armature, since this is more an exercise in getting comfortable with the techniques before i progress to full sculpts from scratch.
there are plenty of areas which needed smoothing out more, and areas of cloth that need thinning out and more 'flow' but i'm generally happy with it for a first stab. any comments and crits would be greatfully received :)
enough blah, onto the pics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/colourwipsmall.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/hoopoewipsmall.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/juxtimon/headwipsmall.jpg
and the two old designs from 2003 i think
http://www.juxtimon.com/Resources/design/Fullsize/hoopoe.jpghttp://www.juxtimon.com/Resources/design/Fullsize/vulture.jpg