Wednesday, March 18, 2009

In progress sculptures



I'm betting most equine artists don't misplace their original sculptures and have to go searching for them. Then again, most sculptors don't work in micro mini scale! I, on the other hand, do work in MM scale, and fairly regularly misplace sculptures and find them months later. Most of these guys have been sitting around forgotten for months if not years! The two at the bottom right are closest to being done, and they're also probably the most likely to actually get done at some point in the future (you may have to click the photo to see the whole thing so you can see them).

Micros don't take too much effort or materials to start, so I usually start a bunch and see what works out and what doesn't. As you can see some of these definitely haven't worked out!

Traditionals, on the other hand, take quite a bit more effort. That doesn't mean that I don't start and discard them too, but I do put quite a bit more thought into what I'm planning with one before I start. And, since I went out and got some reference photos and video this past weekend, I was able to get some work done on Supernova:


I've just started roughing in his entire hind end, and something is going on with his back that I can't put my finger on just yet. It probably doesn't help that my video references are of a lovely QH, and Supernova is meant to be an Arabian! It's going to be an adventure seeing how he develops.


Here's a screenshot from my video! Check out how deeply he's digging in with those hind legs--really pushing off hard.

3 comments:

Laura Dotson-Thomson said...

DRAFTERS! Oh please oh please finish the drafters! hehehe. Or just send them to me :D
Loving supernova. I agree, something's bugging me on him... Then again, he's better than what I would do, so I don't mind staring at him for hours to figure it out :D

Unknown said...

I like al the minis! lol when i first saw green for a split second there I was thinking..oh those plastic little toy.. like that army men green plastic? .. then I realized what they were! lol. It just amazes me when I realize how small they really are.. I think they all look pretty good!
Rebecca Turner
www.solticeartstudio.blogspot.com

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