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Rainbow Dash Sculpt Day 6by *bigponymac

Traditional Art / Sculpture / Fantasy

Day 6

Added her mane, which was surprisingly easy. Only took me about 20-30 minutes to do. Spent the rest of my time making little tweaks. I added some clay around her eyes to insinuate that she had eyelids and built up her cheek bones a little. I also fixed her right elbow. It was looking a little flat. Gave her a tongue as well.

Tomorrow I'll add the wings and go through final tweaks and preparations. After all that, she'll be finished and I can move on to my next project.

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~CONKERSBADFURDAY Sep 23, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

I've been planning on sculpting the full cast (but with Sculpey clay; not sure what you used though) so these set of pics were pretty useful. What you have right now looks amazing. I really like how you did the clouds, they fit in with the aesthetic perfectly. Clouds are such a bitch to do in any medium...I'm not sure I get the pose of Rainbow Dash though, but that might be because she's currently lacking wings. I do look forward to seeing the finished product. Do you have plans on painting it by chance? The color of the clay could make the sculpture go either way, it looks great as is with that bronzeish brown color.

*bigponymac Sep 23, 2011 Student General Artist

Finished product is already up! [link]

I'm using traditional clay. It's a kind called Orangestone and it's one of the more sturdy clays available at my campus bookstore.

And yes clouds are a pain. It took me a while to come up with a method to get the clouds to look like they did in my concept sketch. But once I did they came together nicely.

I do plan on painting it but I have to wait for it to get fired. It has to go through two firings, the bisque and then the final. The piece will be a dark brown color once it goes through it's final trip in the kiln.

I'm glad to know that my step by step pictures could be of some use to someone.

And thanks!

~THE731 Sep 23, 2011 Hobbyist

Thank you very much for these helpful pics. Maybe I should try sculpting ponies too...

*bigponymac Sep 23, 2011 Student General Artist

You're welcome.

And go for it! There's definitely not enough pony sculptures.

~MutheSquirrel Sep 23, 2011

I love this, although the empty eye sockets scare there &^*$ out of me.

*bigponymac Sep 23, 2011 Student General Artist

It's just the pupils that are empty. If you look at most sculptures, the artist hollows out the pupils. Why? Because it creates a shadow that insinuates that the pupil is black. I didn't understand this concept until my teacher explained it to me when I was working on my Gryphon Tile.

Yes, it might look a little creepy. Especially since ponies have HUGE pupils. But that just the way it is.

Thanks!

~Freakinator Sep 23, 2011

Really beutiful.

*bigponymac Sep 23, 2011 Student General Artist

Thank you! ^^

~StonerPony Sep 22, 2011

Creepy

~ProfPyro Sep 22, 2011

Yeah, those empty eye sockets creep me out too. Aside from that though, I'm in awe. Love the look of the swirly clouds, it gives a sense of 'look out, Rainbow Dash is comin' fast.'

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