Whillock: March 2012

Process, as you can see, split the strands of string up, colour (soaked in acrylic in water), leave to dry, bunch, divide, plait, insert the wire, attach to head, glue and fiddle with hair until happy. Also, eyelashes (wire), eyebrows (wire and

Mini-Project: Digital Drawing Practice

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Bit more digital drawing practice, went fairly well, but rushed it a bit towards the end, few things need improving; the foreshortening on the arm and the boy's hand etc. Not too fussed as it's all part of the learning curve.

Mini Project: Just Keep Drawing!

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Filling sketchbooks full of character drawings is a great way to keep on top of a vital skill, so that is what I shall do!

Early sketch to Sculpey base with wire armature wire. This is so the back can be baked with the main head features and eye indentations. Then the eys can be sandwiched between that layer and the Milliput face, so that

Tree Prop

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Finishing off the trunk and doing the detailing on it... Testing out things like leaf ideas and creeping moss/grass... Settling on how to do the leaves.. And leave to dry...

Tree Prop Progress

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Set (2) + Props Progress

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And here it is all paper machéd up, next up getting cracking on the props (grave, coffin, tree):

Set (1),(2) &(2a) Progress

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Just keeping you updated on the set pieces coming together with plenty of glue and clamping... Next up strengthening with some paper maché. Oh, and here's the mini set coming along nicely:

Armature Update

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A quick update on that armature situation I left hanging.Even with a fair bit of meddling I just don't think it's going to cut it, short of welding bits together, which will create the type of problems I bought the armature

Set (1),(2) &(2a) Progress

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Set (1) The 'distance-shot' set on a paper-maché balloon is coming along nicely, but can't do too much detail on it until the other set (2&2a) is done so I know exactly what I'm making a miniature of. Set (2) Diameter is

Early Set (2)

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Getting started on a more substantial set, this will be one of the main one for the puppet based scenes. It was developed from early sketches to get a rough idea of shape and scale (see first image) and then

Lovely Lady

Mini-Project: Digital Drawing Practice

Mini Project: Just Keep Drawing!

Fabrication Progress

Puppet (1) Head Mostly Done

Puppet (1) Head Fabrication

Tree Prop

Tree Prop Progress

Set (2) + Props Progress

Set (1),(2) &(2a) Progress

Armature Update

Set (1),(2) &(2a) Progress

Early Set (2)

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