Yoda Sculpt Clay

[hodge1001]

Hi, just another piece of work I done while living away. Not the best textures in the world but time did run out on the project.

Feedback welcome

[dkounios]

very nice work man!

[tobysaunders]

you shouldn't call this Yoda, but rather, a member of Yoda's imaginery species (since it doesn't look exactly like him).

TIP: do something original. if fantasy-aliens catch your fancy, then, make something up. I don't know who wants to see this sort of thing, other than star wars fans and sculpture professors who have assigned you to recreate a pre-existing character.

[Anotherdreamer]

I'm a sculptor as well and I think your piece is amazing. I think people don't realize that it is harder to duplicate someone else's creation than to sculpt an original. One of my favorite things to do is to try to catch a likeness of a favorite charactor or actor in a role I liked. I know from personal experience that it's a hard thing to do and you did it very well!

[tysiony]

great work!

[pijay-brown]

Cool work

Working in music ? ;)

seems to be a big head
I see foam in the background ...are you gonna use it with Yoda?

Congratulations

[hodge1001]

Nah the foam was just in the workshop at the time of the photograph. he accidentally fell out of the window about a month back. lol. As for the originality of the piece it was just a few hours of fun after work and I do try my hand at my own stuff when I get the time but thanks all the same. Thanks for your views and opinions

[Denish]

Really Cool hodge1001!!!

I'm new at sculpting... but i would like to know what type of clay you use... it seem to be the super sculpey.. isn't it?

To do this head, how many pound of clay do you used?

You start it from what kind of armature?
Do you have picture of the "making of"???

Thanks
Denish

[Fovos]

i think is a great sculpture and yes nobody said anything about originality. i will have to admit one of the hardest things to do is to duplicated something.
nice work with the wrinkles, and yeap the way you sculpt the half open eyelids i could swear that you have a background on mechanical puppets!
and that clay looks more like a water base clay or chavant, not sculpey.

[gum_drops]

Nice job, the texturing looks pretty good, even if its not done yet. Only crits would be on a few of the proportions below the nose, if you were attempting to recreate the classic yoda from the movies.



TIP: do something original. if fantasy-aliens catch your fancy, then, make something up. I don't know who wants to see this sort of thing, other than star wars fans and sculpture professors who have assigned you to recreate a pre-existing character.

'Who' wants to see a re-creation of an existing character? People who want to own a likeness of their pet, child, loved one. The millions of film and screen fans who want a kit / bust / statue / model / toy of their favorite character. All the history buffs who want a scale replica of soldiers, vehicles, regalia etc.

You have to start somewhere, and if emulating something is what gets you fired up to sculpt then so be it. Most arts involve mimicking work done by others at some point. I agree originality is important but recreating is a great way to judge your skills. And if worried about making something others want to see, an impressive creation of a well known character gets that done. Think about it, which would garner more attention at a gathering, a exceptional recreation of Rockey displayed or an original piece you did. People who look at Rockey and exclaim " wow it looks just like him, amazing job".

[KingUnicorn]

you shouldn't call this Yoda, but rather, a member of Yoda's imaginery species (since it doesn't look exactly like him).

TIP: do something original. if fantasy-aliens catch your fancy, then, make something up. I don't know who wants to see this sort of thing, other than star wars fans and sculpture professors who have assigned you to recreate a pre-existing character.

I love how TS actually added "TIP" at the end. Enlightening to the last.

Hodge, you said something fell out the window? Was it this sculpt? If so, it's a shame - I would've loved to see this thing cast and painted. For a few hours of fun, you pulled out a lot of nice detail.

Looking forward to seeing more.

~KU

[Japanda]

What kind of clay did you use? Is it water based? It looks amazing! :D