losers

[bicho]

Hi all again and happy new year!.
I´ve just finished another work. This time is about the figure of the losers. i don´t know if you agree with me but there is something interesting in them Faces with a mixture of dignity and desperation, resistance and pain, ... it´s dificult to find the exact words...
Any way i would like to share the result with you using a group of boxers as a metaphor to transmit that feelings.
Comments are welcome.
Thanks

[adm1976]

Excellent work! What type of clay are you using? Are you going for a realistic look, or more stylized?

[Mah ' Crub]

Nice stuff!!! That's an interesting subject, as a competitive fencer, I have seen the same looks on people's faces as they realize that they have been beaten. I have also worn that mask more times than I like to remember. Good Job!
Mah ' Crub

[Alex Lopez]

AHHHHH!! exelent work!! I can't find the words too, but, i like very much.
Realmente impresionante el realismo que logras, podrías decir que material usaste? escala, con que lo pintaste? etc...

Alex.

[mrdigs]

Great work! Intersting idea too. Really like the guy who's been floored.

[bicho]

Excellent work! What type of clay are you using? Are you going for a realistic look, or more stylized?

Thank you very much adm1976 and sorry for the delay in the answer, i´ve been having problems with my conexion.
In this case i´m using a clay called paperclay, that it´s very elastic. The problem is that the surface is not as soft as the other clays so after being fired in a ceramic kiln at 1200ºC, the final result is more expresive than realistic but it doesn´t matter.
I use to work in a realistic way but it´s not a obsession.
Here you are some pics of the busts while they were drying.

[bicho]

Nice stuff!!! That's an interesting subject, as a competitive fencer, I have seen the same looks on people's faces as they realize that they have been beaten. I have also worn that mask more times than I like to remember. Good Job!
Mah ' Crub

Thanks a lot Mah´Crub for your always interesting comments. I think all we have worn that mask, no problem if it is only temporarily.
By the way have you began my yatch?, ja,ja...

[bicho]

[QUOTE=Alex Lopez;2584297]AHHHHH!! exelent work!! I can't find the words too, but, i like very much.
Realmente impresionante el realismo que logras, podrías decir que material usaste? escala, con que lo pintaste? etc...

Thank very much artist!.
Gracias Alex, viniendo de un tipo tan virtuoso como tu, tu comentario me hace mucha ilusión. Ese don que tienes para sacar las caras de la gente es increible!. Enhorabuena.
El material de esta pieza es arcilla mezclada con papel triturado. Está bien para trabajar pero no puedes afinar mucho en los detalles. Una vez cocido, lo pinto con oleo que le da un aspecto bastante calido Luego un poco de barniz brillante en los ojos y listo.

[bicho]

Great work! Intersting idea too. Really like the guy who's been floored.

Thank you mrdigs!.

[GoGoJojo]

Bicho, I love these. I've always had a soft spot for such visceral subjects. Maybe it's because I do better at communicating things through actions and images than with words.

My favorite face is that of the 4th one. He looks like a hooligan that just had a good night out drinking.:vodkamachine:

[I Am Rose]

Those masks are all great! They are so realistic looking.

[bicho]

Bicho, I love these. I've always had a soft spot for such visceral subjects. Maybe it's because I do better at communicating things through actions and images than with words.

My favorite face is that of the 4th one. He looks like a hooligan that just had a good night out drinking.:vodkamachine:


Thanks GoGoJojo. I think the movement is as important as the expresion. But working with busts you only have the face to transmit your ideas.
I still learning about this and the good thing is that there are millions of models all aound, in the bus, in the subway, in the pubs, etc.. to work in new faces.
ja,ja, yes the 4th one has had a very intensive night!

[bicho]

Those masks are all great! They are so realistic looking.

Thanks a lot Rose