Big Luna Sculpt day 25

Went in thinking that I needed to make some drastic changes to the ears after looking at the pictures I took. Turns out that I didn't need to do much to them. I just did a tiny bit of cosmetic work.

I did, however, work on her face. You probably can't tell a big difference from Day 24, but I did make some changes. I softened the angle of the bridge of her snout and I redefined her jaws. I sculpted them back to where they would end where the bottoms ears start. I also added a little clay to the underside of them to try to recreate Luna's (well, alicorns in gerenal) unique jawline. They are more curvy than normal ponies' jaw lines. I also did some small cosmetic work around the eyes.

I got to talking to my teacher about how I was going to do the eyes (paint them or carve them). My original plan was to paint them on after it was fired and finish them with a glossy clear coat, but I'm starting to think differently. The main reason I was going to paint them on is because I built the head hollow. I was thinking that it would be a huge headache to carve out the eyes like I usually do because I'd end up carving all the way through and would have to somehow add more clay to the inside of the head. After talking to my teacher about it, it won't be as bad as I had originally thought. He even told me that I didn't have to carve the pupils that deep for them to make an impact. Just the slightest indention will trick the eyes into seeing a pupil that's darker than everything else. So I'm going to give that a shot.

Have questions? Feel free to ask me.