Art - Haku: Spirited Away

[kriadydragon]

I think what amazes me most isn't so much that I managed to sculpt this but that it actually came out how I had pictured it in my head. I think sculpting may become my art medium of choice. While I do love to draw, I'm kind of limited in terms of poses, in that I can only do profiles and my brain has a tendency to trip over itself when it comes to shading and trying to make things more three dimensional. But clay is all dimensional, and I was seriously surprised how easy this was to sculpt. It was like I didn't even have to think about it, I just did it, and the only setback was my sometimes unsteady hands, clay that had gotten a little too soft and stubborn wire.

For my next project I plan on doing either the wishing tree from The Night Circus or something from one of my own stories, or possibly Jack Skelington from Nightmare Before Christmas.

Comments

[sholio]

Oh wowwww, that's amazing! :D I skimmed across this on Tumblr, but I completely missed that it was something you'd made rather than something you'd reblogged. Really incredible detail and sense of motion -- I'm especially impressed by the floating whiskers and the overall light, airy feeling to it -- he really looks like he's floating! The coloring job is perfect too.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :D I'm glad to hear the whiskers worked. They were giving me worse trouble than the legs. I'm still stunned that everything managed to work out. Initially my plan was to keep things as simple as possible by having Haku on the ground, but the image of him actually flying wouldn't leave me alone. I'm glad I took the chance :D

[bratfarrar]

Impressive! Especially all the fine details, like the whiskers and claws.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D

[timespirt.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love that, it came out very nice hon!

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[crashbarrier.livejournal.com]

That is Gorgeous!...