deviantART

Well, I've had a deviantART account for a few months, but wasn't really active until now. You can check it out here.

Starting Over

I have made the tough decision to start my current art doll over again. I'd invested a lot of time in it already, but there were several reasons screaming at me to start afresh.

1. The armature wasn't very practical, and I wanted to try that part over.
2. The clay was a mix of Super Sculpey and plain white Sculpey, and the effect didn't have the nice skin-like quality of clay that I wanted.
3. The clay was FILTHY. I don't know how that happened.
4. The dimensions/sculpting choices were a bit off, and I felt that I could do better if I started over.

So I scrapped the other doll, bought some lovely fresh clay for the next, and made a better armature.
This art doll will be the same subject and pose, just more well done. I really hope I can finish it by Christmas. Cross your fingers. ;)

Ta ta for now.

Adventures With Eyeballs

I made a pair of eyes for my current WIP weeks ago, but after a while decided I wasn't satisfied with them (eye no.1). So I made a new pair, using a different technique. Didn't work out so well, as you can see from eye no.2.

I worked some more on perfecting the technique, and tried again. Eye no.3. happened. It was better, but I still wasn't happy with it, which is why eye no.4. came along.

I like eye no.4 better than the others, but I'd gotten so engrossed in the eye-making process that the scale went completely out the window, and they were way too big. And so, I made eye no.5, the best yet.

A fascinating story, I know. Up next: A real WIP update.