Fairytale traveller
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I personally would love to see a mix of this sculpture with drawing versions. I think the key will be in the presentation of the mix and I totally do not think it's cheating to develop further something you've already created, all the additions will be new. I keep thinking of Brian Froud (though your style is completely unique and different), but I always loved seeing his drawing concepts mixed with the sculpted characters for "The Dark Crystal". Might be worth checking out if you are not familiar.
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@Tiffany-Thomas thank you! Yes, I love Froud! I made the backpack guy as a tribute to Froud, Henson, and Ralph MacQuarrie. Also studio Ghibli
Yeah, mixing drawn versions with sculpted would be the way to go, like concept sketches or something.Here's a little step by step on the backpack guy. You can how Muppety he was going to be at one point.
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@kylebeaudette Ahhhh, love him in every stage! That's so awesome, I'm pretty sure Brian Froud and Jim Henson were my biggest influences as a child. To this day "The Dark Crystal" is my all time favorite movie. I still remember seeing it in the theater when I was a child, it completely changed my life. Studio Ghibli too has been so amazing! I can totally see the influences now, you've done a wonderful job of taking them all and making it your own, I'm super excited to see your final character design!!!
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@Tiffany-Thomas thanks!
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amazing work
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So cool I have wanted to get into sculpting for a while. Great stuff!
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Here's a few full build ups of a character. Floral wire posed and twisted, glued to a block. Then covered in plumbing epoxy (to secure the pose and make the sculpture very strong) and then clay is added on in layers. I bake it about 5 or 6 times, after a layer of details I want to 'lock in'. Every time you bake it, you wipe it with a thin layer of vaseline after it cools down. Now the new clay will adhere to the cooked clay like magic. Continue this 5-100 times til you're satisfied. I paint with dollar store acrylics, doing the base layer with an airbrush (not necessary).
Et voila!
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So good! Super helpful too Vaseline trick is something I’ll try and remember how many clay layers do you usually end up with?
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Amazing work!
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@Asyas_illos usually 5 I'd say
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Started this bed today for the character to sit on. Made from some cardboard packaging. Cut up pieces into rock shapes and glued them on, then mod podged it all. Then painted it. The character is too big for it, vut I'll either resculpt him in a sitting position on the bed, or make a new character sitting on the bed.
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Have you ever done any whittling? I started doing in the past year. Really meditative stuff.
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your work blows my mind....this is so cool and creative!
K.Flagg
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Decided to make a new character, it will be a gross little gremlin. Everything you see here was made today!My hope is to be able to someday make a children's book with little scenes like this and my creepy fairytale characters. No discernible plot, just nice scenes.
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@kylebeaudette Soooo fun! Can't wait to see more :).
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@Tiffany-Thomas thank you!!
Here's another angle
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@kylebeaudette these are awesome! Do you have access to a kiln or what kind of clay are you using?
Meg Clayburn
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@Meg-Clayburn it's polymer clay, you cook it at low temperatures (250 Fahrenheit) in your home oven.
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@kylebeaudette you did that with polymer clay?! That's amazing! Polymer clay always cracks on me.
Meg Clayburn
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Really wonderful pieces, so fun and imaginative!
