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Sculpting Book - Input Needed!

Sat May 17, 2008, 2:07 PM
I've been tossing around the idea of writing a tutorial book on sculpting for a while now, I just haven't been sure of where I want to start with it. I am getting some ideas since I've been teaching for about a year and a half now, but I am curious about what my viewers would like to see from me.

I've gotten a fair number of comments and notes asking about tutorials and/or help with sculpting. So my question for you is, what would YOU want to see in a book on sculpting from me? What topics would you want me to go over? What do you have the most difficulty with? Or what would you just like to see me demonstrate?

Thanks for your help, hopefully I can get the ball rolling on this soon.

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I sculpt using Super Sculpey, a polymer clay. My armatures consist of household aluminum foil, as well as aluminum armature wire. I paint with Delta Ceramcoat craft acrylic paints, using paintbrushes. I sculpt mostly with my hands, but I also use tools for detailing; I use needles, rubber clay tools, and a variety of metal tools.

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~Stormofshadows:iconStormofshadows: May 17, 2008, 2:14:57 PM
I personally would want to see something on outspread wings, both feathered and membranous.

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=Drakarus:iconDrakarus: May 17, 2008, 2:45:33 PM
I agree with the above, especially if you explain how you hold them up. I've tried and failed. XD

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~Tikalie-Wolf:iconTikalie-Wolf: May 17, 2008, 2:47:37 PM
I think it´s an great idea. First of all the basics, but advanced things too. I would love to know what tools is needed, how to do more realistic things, dragon wings, feathers, poses. Well I would like to now the most of it actually :O From start to end on easy and difficult sculptures..

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~SilverTwilight05:iconSilverTwilight05: May 17, 2008, 2:52:09 PM
I would also like to see a foot tutorial, especially feet with more delicate toes (reptile/bird). Mine always tend to break off or not sit correctly.
~eggyyockio:iconeggyyockio: May 17, 2008, 2:55:22 PM
If you were awesome enough to make a book I'd love to hear about your painting techniques and how you keep your texture so clean looking and crisp. Maybe it's how or what you use to do it or perhaps how you clean/touch it up at the end (before you cure the clay) but mine always seems ruff and sloppy looking to me. Also maybe photo techniques? Lol I know you can't get to everything or there's certain secrets you probably want to keep to yourself. But any of those things would be very helpful!

Thank you

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~AvivaShywolf:iconAvivaShywolf: May 17, 2008, 2:57:52 PM
How you prepare a sculpture (getting the wooden base, getting the wires in the base, wrapping it with foil, etc), how to start the sculpture (do you sculpt in guidelines, do you grid it out, that sort of thing), how to do wings, how to do textures, how to do fur, how to do feathers, how to do wings, how to ensure no problem with baking, and what to do if something breaks with your sculpty while baking (if there's anything to do?) and how to fix it.

Those are some things I could think of. I'd buy a book with at least that much if not more about sculpting. If you're doing an animal sculpting book you can go a longer way with that (example: any special techniques for doing long thin areas like horse legs, etc) but if you're doing a general sculpting book, the things listed above would be good.
*Senaru:iconSenaru: May 17, 2008, 3:05:54 PM
I agree with all the comments here already, but defiantly with the first one, Wings of both types. I've always been curious about how you layer your feathered wings, and abut how your sialed wings are so perfect. Another thing I'm interested in, is how you layer the scales on scaly dragons- are they sculpted and baked separate before placed, or just sculpted and bakes altogether? Oh so many questions! I do know I'd buy that book if you wrote it!

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~LastMorbidRose:iconLastMorbidRose: May 17, 2008, 3:08:04 PM
I would love to see tutorials on how to do fur and other textures ^^

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~Rambios:iconRambios: May 17, 2008, 3:24:03 PM
Interesting. With enough effort, I believe you could do a great sculpting tutorial book, much like Jessica "Neon Dragon" Peffer did for fantasy tutorials (she has two books floating around out there). Your sculptures have that sort of envy inducing quality that makes people gather around you and ask you to teach them your secret.

Anyway, even though I'm no artist in any medium (unless literature counts, but that'll take a while to come to fruition), I'll add a suggestion. One of the things I've enjoyed about your sculptures is they have a lot of character to them. The Okami sculpture was a brilliant display of taking 2D concepts to a 3D medium, and your Nanaki figurine is one of a small number of Nanaki fan-art pieces that I like (a shame really, he's my favorite character from that game). Thus, I'm sure people would be really interested to learn techniques on how to give figurines a personality with the right touches.

On a side note, I like your stuff so much that I would buy/commission works from you, if it weren't for the fact that I'd rather fill my house (er... future house) with a different sort of 3D artwork: Plushes! Granted... there aren't many really good plush toy makers out there that I've seen, and that medium seems to be much more notoriously had to work with and get the results you want. :hmm:

Sorry about all the ranting in this comment. ;)

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