So, if you’re wondering where the heck I came up with the last post (in reference to Dashing Combover), it’s from my silly childhood. My grandma had this lhasa apso that had really fluffy ears that I would push to one side and it looked just like a combover! I’ve been looking for images of people doing this to other dogs, but no one did it. Naturally I had to sculpt it…
I was also made fun of for having a part in my hair for years. Some jerks in school said I had a combover. lol
25th May 2012
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Light setup.
This is the sketch for yesterday’s sculpture. Clearly different than what I wound up with, but it still is interesting to take note of the original concept.
View the finished sculpture.
Behind the scenes work on “Squirreling Away”
- Camera: Nikon D7000
- Aperture: f/6.3
- Exposure: 1/125th
- Focal Length: 50mm
365 Days of Sculpting: How it’s done
An in-depth look at how I go from sketch to sculpture to promoting my work using social media.
Original / Edited As you can see, I had to remove the color from the blue suit. I didn’t have the black, and I also wanted to retain more contrast in the coat. When you’re photographing black clay, it almost never comes out right. It’s much easier to modify if it’s a color that is about the contrast you want, but a completely different color from any in the image. The blue screen concept.
Sculpture Time Lapse of “Is this school or this prison”
by Jonathan Lopez.
Seeing as this was one of the first times that I have hollowed out and used armatures for my sculptures, I had a few mishaps throughout the sculpting process. Mainly, I made the arms too long on the buff bear, and I had to use external wires for the bear with glasses instead of putting the wire in the arm.
Sometimes is easier to work with solid sculptures simply because the weight holds them down; with these guys, I had an issue of them wanting to fall forward! A simple wedge of clay underneath helped them stick to the table.
Oh, and how could I forget accidentally setting my webcam on fire! The thing was smoking…that’s what I get for mounting the piece of crap on my 60w desk lamp.
