Keskustelujen arkisto

Quote from user: FuriennaSigh... I wish I could draw like that...
Awww! Thank you, but I wish I could always draw like that. ;) And you do good work! :)

Quote from user: VoBoVery nice, LadyQuackly.
Thanks! :)

Sorry for the image heavy post!
Last week I've been trying something new; I managed to get some super sculpey (which is not being sold here for some reason!) and sculpted the first thing I could think of. I just finished the painting.

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/6264/006.jpg

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I think I'll retouch the painting a bit tomorrow, in daylight. Sculpting is fun to do, though I definitely prefer drawing! (or, I'm just too lazy to sculpt)

Quote from user: Robb_KWauw! Leuk! Zeer net!

I see that it is difficult to paint even over the small, uneven areas of the clay. An incredible amount of work, I can see. Of course it would be easier for people good at drawing to draw. But look at what a nice thing you have now, that you created yourself. Nice balance, too! A 1945-46 Barks Duck. It would be a Mau Heijmans Duck, except the beak is slightly too short, and so is the neck.

Is that clay malleable (pliable, wet and moveable)? I notice the pose in which he is looking upward, and standing more erect. Or did you make two figures?
Thank you! I was not fond of doing the paintwork, I should try buying some better quality paint next time. The black paint was so sandy that I decided to use ink, so his shirt is painted with the same material as what the comics are inked with.
I did not really try to make a duck from a specific period, just a 'comic book duck'. I think a '46 Barks duck should have narrower eyes, bigger pupils, a more rounded (from the side) beak with a very high 'nose', and a smaller head in comparison to his body. I wish it would've looked more like a '49 duck, but I've made some errors on the head. Maybe someday I'll try to make the old animation Donald, like how he looks in the shorts from the late 30s or the early Barks comics. That one should also work far better in 3D, since his eyes are much more on the side of his head. (and big!!)
About the clay, it is soft and rubber-like, but when baked and cooled down it's very hard. (I think you're referring to the 7th picture here; I was just holding the sculpt when I took this photo) The body and head are filled with aluminum foil and I had to put metal wire in the legs, to keep them upright while baking. Other parts were held up by constructions of aluminum foil while being baked. To make the sculpture stand by itself, I baked the hands seperately and then added them to the body. Without the arms the sculpture was actually standing upright by itself.
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8346/clipboard11fc8.jpg

Old Barks-esque ducks:
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/2417/0054.jpg

http://calisotalatina.deviantart.com/art/DR-color-114359228
...warning...is bloody

Supercool! Excellent sculpture, Henrieke! How big it is?
How did you attached the arms on the body?

Timo