More thinking out loud

Ok, so I've been really looking at my sculpture and doing small tweaks here and there on her. She now has permanant ears that need some refining, and her forelock is sculpted and baked. The rest of the mane, and the tail are still just thrown on for some shape. I have also added more muscle to her chest and neck which helped her front end.

This first photo shows her as she looks now. But I'm still not happy with everything....

This second photo shows her digitally altered. I thinned her throatlatch some, and I've also changed both rear pasterns. The left rear shows more flex due to the amount of weight on that leg. The right rear has been moved so it's ready for impact. When I do have her complete She will balance on these two legs on a base.

Still need to do some tweaking... but these are my thoughts today.

He's back up for Grabs!

I've just listed the Appaloosa Taboo resin up for sale again. Hopefully my email will co-operate with the silent auction this time.

To see more photos or to bid please go to my website

Jazira- getting closer

Yes, she has a name: Jazira.

I've done quite a bit of work to her since I posted the last photos. Here, her mane and tail are just roughed in to give an idea of what I'm thinking for shape and movement.

For Sale : Appy Taboo

**Sale temporarily Postponed**
I've been having trouble sending and receiving emails. To be fair I have to postpone this sale a week or two. There are people sending bids that weren't getting through. Hopefully this issue will be resolved shortly. Please watch this page, my BLOG, MH$P, and my YAHOO email list for details when he's listed for sale again. Thanks for your interest!!
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I have the dapple grey appaloosa Taboo resin up for sale! Don't miss out on him. All the details are on my website here: http://www.artbydeeann.com/sales/resins/Taboo%5FAppy/

Thinking outloud..

I was able to accomplish some work on the left side of my sculpture yesterday. She's still a long way from being complete, and I will now need to start nitpicking her apart. Her hooves need LOTS of work. They are the most difficult as I have to lay down a basic shape, then build up around it, then dremel down areas, build up, dremel, build up, dremel... you get the idea.

In the meantime I've been playing with mane and tail ideas. Superimposing real horses manes and tails to give me an idea of what I'd like to sculpt (or something close to). Let me know which one is your favorite?

Ahhh, it's time

It's time to get back to sculpting. I'm pleased to have recently finished painting two horses, and now it's time to focus on my Arab Sculpture.

I find it helpful to take photos of my work and import them into Photshop. Then, before cutting off limbs and resculpting areas on the real sculpture, I can manipulate the areas that are bothering me. In a way, it's like digitally sketching my ideas. I also like to take photos of my references of real horses and lay them over the photos of my sculpture to see what area is really 'off'. The references are often in similar poses, or with areas of the horse that I will be using for reference (like ears, mane and tail). This way I see the bigger picture, and it also helps me work out the kinks so to speak.

Pictured here is an older photo of my sculpture taken at the end of July. I've superimposed the mane and tail of a real photo just for kicks. As you can see I have along way to go on her, but now I have a little inspiration.

Time to get back to the clay....