Maquettes

Taking a small break from animation. I started on my sculpting skill, making maquettes and clay busts.

This is the maquette I just finished. It's a character that I some what developed in my 3DII class. The character looks as if it was from Alice in Wonderland, but actually it's based on the the Queen in Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen. The maquette itself is based on only one drawing, a concept drawing. Not, the side, front, back etc. views. It made the process a little more interesting.

This is the maquette I'm still working on. Again, it's a character that I developed in 3DII class. The character is based off the Sea Witch in Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. And this also based off only one concept drawing. Probably shouldn't be making this a habit, but I thinks it's looking pretty good.

This the bust I've been working on for a while. It's suppose to be Lucille Ball, but it's not coming across; eyes are way too small, mouth is a little big. I'm finding out, eyes are probably the hardest aspect in sculpting.





The clay is Van-Akeen clay, an oil-based. If I ever got really good at this, I'd start investing in WED clay. Supposably, it's the clay that Disney's Imagineers used to sculpt animatronics. The clay is part oil and part water-based, so it gives enough time to work with it, until it eventually dries up. Good for something you want to sculpt that you intend to keep and not destroy later on.