A little sculpt of a BIG animal UPDATE: NEW LOWLAND GORILLA BUST

[Scotty]

My first "real-life" animal sculpture. (As opposed to my usual aliens and such)
I went for the Asian Elephant. (They have so much facial character) I wish the fore-head detail showed better in the photo, but my skills with the digi-cam have much growing to do as well.:(
Size-wise, it is about 3 inches by 4 inches. Time-wise......2 1/2 to 3 hours start to finish. Thoughts,Crits, opinions?

*UPDATED PIC BELOW*

[Scotty]

New day...new view of it. I'm not quite happy with the eyes. (gonna make them less flat) I will post new Sculpts in this thread. I think I might do a Lowland Gorilla next.:)

[-W.-]

looks good
i guess you are right with the eyes and the tooth should be a bit bigger and if i remember corectly they are part of the upper jaw so maybe there base should be a little bit higher and parallel to the root of the proboscis

p.s. man i wish my artshop would get his lot of super sculpy ,would really like to start some 3d too ó_ò

[Scotty]

*UPDATED PICS* (I'm satisfied with it now):)




http://scotty.craigfoster.com/albums/sculpture/DSCN0001_001.jpg

http://scotty.craigfoster.com/albums/sculpture/DSCN0006_001.jpg

[rimwalker]

Boo! :eek: It's me again. :D

I can see where you improved the eyes. Looks better, good job!

[Scotty]

Thanks, I think so too. I'm trying hard to accomplish high quality. I'm thinking of making a Gorilla next. We will see. :cool:

[khangle81]

great maquette! I love the the subtle creases :)

[ODIN SIX]

Lookin good Scotty ,,, U using any referance???

[Scotty]

khangle81- Thanks for noticing my hard work. I tried hard to give it a real-life feel.:)

ODIN SIX- Thanks ODIN......I wanted to do this one from my head mostly. Because Asian elephants are different from other elephants, I had to use a reference for the distiguishing characteristics to make sure I got it exact. Mostly the detailing for the eye, and the ears. I'm happy with how it turned out.

[Scotty]

Thanks again guys.......here's my latest. (Just finished up the detailing this morning) Other photos at my website.

LOWLAND GORILLA BUST


http://scotty.craigfoster.com/albums/sculpture/DSCN0002_002.jpg
http://scotty.craigfoster.com/albums/sculpture/DSCN0004_002.jpg
http://scotty.craigfoster.com/albums/sculpture/DSCN0006_002.jpg

[keun-chul]

Wow. I love GORILLA !!
i want see more~~~:chug:

[Oblio]

lovely
Scotty - how about tutorial? I know absolutely nothing about this area - tools materials, methods and francly.. it looks fasinating! So.. if you have some time... enlighten us! me! thx. :)

Obi

[Scotty]

keun-chul- Glad you like him. I love big Silverback Gorillas. They are amazing animals. It seemed fitting to make one out of clay. I'm not sure what animal to do next, but I will post it up when I figure it out and get it done.:)



Oblio- Thanks, and whenever I get time one day, I will do a tutorial. (Lots of people are asking for one) I am pretty busy with life and learning myself right now, but I will someday. (hopefully sooner than later)
I want to get established myself first, then teach others. ;)

[rimwalker]

Looks good!

Ha. I never know which forum to post in to comment on your art. :D I should switch off between the two.

About the sagittal crest issue.. I found a picture and your sculpt matches. :D gorilla profile pic (http://homepage.mac.com/rstacy/%20images/pages/gorillas/2001/012101A25.html)

[Scotty]

Thanks man. I appreciate the confirmation.:) I did my research and stuff on this, and learned a lot. Amazing animals. I'm really striving to give a look of realism in my work. It took me a few hours to complete this one. I'm happy with it. I just thought I'd see what other people thought. :chug: