Head Bust In Progress

**Rissa G** · December 14th, 2011, 10:06 PM

Hello everyone! I'm nervous/excited to show you my latest sculpt, and hear your feedback.

My main focus with this bust was to practice creating more of a value range within my sculpting. I also wanted to work a little more with hair and try sculpting water. Many of the refinements/smoothing of the details will take place when I bake and sand it, but I wanted to see if you all see any major issues before I do so.

She is a fantasy character I've designed based on photos of a friend. She is a Seer that uses water scrying, which is why she is surrounded by water in her bust.

I use a mixture of super sculpey and sculpey firm (which I've realized is far too soft now, and will add more firm in my next sculpt).

**pokrad** · December 15th, 2011, 04:43 PM

Great sculpting, and I really like the idea !

**Mah ' Crub** · December 15th, 2011, 05:09 PM

I like this too....very interesting concept....nice movement in the hair and shoulder.
My son graduated from SCAD about 10 years ago....how do you like the town?

Mah ' Crub

**Rissa G** · December 16th, 2011, 11:38 PM

Thank you guys! The hair is definitely one of the most fun aspects of this sculpt. Just looking at the photos, I see some things I need to go back and fix! XD

And Mah'Crub - I need to update my information, apparently! I loved SCAD, but I graduated back in June. The school was a lovely setting, with some great professors. And where I haphazardly learned I can sculpt. What did your son graduate in?

**axisis** · December 21st, 2011, 12:44 PM

Great with a capital "G"!!!

those armatures for the hiar bits must of been tough!

**philofmars** · December 22nd, 2011, 10:50 AM

Looks great! I am loving it.
I'd think about leveling out the area between the mouth and the cheeks it's a bit deep and the line that goes all the way up the side of the nose from there, gives her a bassett hound look. I tried to soften them in photoshop to show what I mean.
Also, I tend to make the corners of the mouth line up with the center of each eye, unless you are going for an anime mouth. The eyebrows MAY be a little high, up to you.