After a bit of a hiatus from posting, I’m back! A great project to kick off this return is one of my favorites that I worked on last year – Sculpting a hawksbill sea turtle.
I really loved this project! The client was great to work with. Gave me a lot of freedom in how I sculpted it – really supportive. The only bummer is that the sculpture never made it to finished product. Nothing on the client – it was just one of those projects where things happen and even though the sculpture was finished and good, the project got shelved.
Okay, back to the sculpture – The sculpt was done on a ‘break-apart’ armature as it had to be separated into 6 pieces for molding: head, carapace, and four fins. The sculpt itself was done in a super sculpey / limo mix and is about 12 inches from beak to back fin (I’ll check on that for sure). The style was kind of “stylized-realism.” More on that in future posts…
Top view (Yes it did get singed in the oven. Thankfully it didn’t become distorted.):
Rear view (If you’re wondering, I did indeed take pictures of the sculpture on a roll of duct tape.):
Closer shot:
I plan on posting one or two more photo-filled posts of this sculpture. I have a LOT of images of different angles and showing it in separate pieces as well.
Tell me what you think and if you do actually want to see more.
Stay tuned!
Josh Hagen 