[[Optima]]

I have this piece due this Friday for school.. I am studing sculpture I need some tips.. and ideas on how to improve this gorilla... It is suppose to be sad.. feel free to use photoshop to show me how I can improve..

Thank You... In advance
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[This message has been edited by [Optima] (edited October 20, 2000).]

[coconutmonkey]

wow that's a really good sculpture. You said you wanted it to be sad? Try working with his brow and mouth. like have the middle of the brow kind of arced up and his mouth in less of a smile. I think it looks great so far the only thing is the nostrils look a little square.

[garuda_x]

to make him look more sad, make him mouth smaller in width....and the brow could point upward towads the inside of the eye, and downward on the outer part....this may give it a more hungry pitiful look though....moderation and subtlety will be key. very nice work though. i love to sculpt! physical art is still the most gratifying DURING the process...i love the square nostrils too!!! hehe...i know...youre still working it. its great. looks like it has good scale too.. fun stuff. not take it to cybereffects or viewpoint and scan it and animate in maya!!! nice fun work....inspires me to bust out the wire and sculpey......._x

[MaLoRuM]

ME HAPPY GORILLA

ME HIGH GORILLA

ME HAPPY HIGH GORILLA WITH BIG SMILE ACROSS MY FACE

lol

AWESOME sculpture, maybe... loose the BIG HAPPY GRIN cuz thats what it looks like to me....

awesome tho.... how tall is it? looks bout a foot and a half or so high...

cool stuff

GOOD GORILLA! *tosses a Bannana*

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[Superbug]

That's so nice. I really dig the whole gorilla thing. It's got a nice feel to it, but i wouldn't want it around me house or anything. kinda...creepy

[Liquid!]

GReat job on the Gorilla!

I did some quick tweaks to make him a bit more sad.

1. more wrinkles between the nose and the eyes and the brows, and around the eyes themselves.
2. much smaller mouth more closed and downturned.
3. eyes a bit turned in.
4. brow doesn't lift up.

Keep in mind I don't have any gorilla reference around, but what the heck he looks sadder to me...




[This message has been edited by Liquid! (edited October 17, 2000).]

[Hightop]

i think it look god as it is...
Does he really have to be sad??

and i think LIQUIDS! gorilla looks more like he is holding his breath...

but the steps he made....
i think you should follow them to make him more sad....

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[[Optima]]

Thank You all ... I will post further pictures once he is completed.. he is not an actual size .. but really close to it.. I will show you the finished product once I am done..

Thank You all..

[Melkor]

Pardon my ignorance, but what type of material do you use? Having never done any sculpting, but wanting to, Im curious to know more about it. Thanks

[[Optima]]

I use Terra-Cotta clay.. it is the softest clay that they provide us... I have never done it before.. I am a Highschool student.. and will be doing 4 other sculptures as the year progresses.. so I will keep you posted..and I do need good criticism...

Thanks Again.

[Liquid!]

HIGHTOP - no, no, no... He's in fact SOOOOOO sad that he's holding his breath and pouting...

Just kidding, whadda ya want? I can't draw monkeys... where's wacomonkey?

[Melkor]

Thanks Optima, so I guess you can do pretty much any type of sculpting with this clay. Im interested in sculpting creatures, eg dinosaurs, fantasy stuff, etc to be used for scanning in and using as reference for 3D modeling. Thanks again. Anyone know of any good sites/books to learn abit more regarding this?

[Shane Caudle]

Here is a good place with all kinds of photo's you can use for reference.

Ton's of stuff.
http://www.88x31.com/

[yoshi]

hey, maybe you could tell me what kind of materials and tools do I need to start modeling something like that ? Have you seen this: www.milesteves.com ? His sculptures are great reference for skin, wrinkles. He has one gorilla drawing too.

[virago]

A sad gorilla never has it's mouth open.. that's the main problem in the sculpture.. liquid's version comes close, but it looks more like it's angry there.. just have it's mouth closed, downwards slight in the corners, and lift the eyebrows on the inner side a bit.. (i think this already got mentioned ..)
apart from that it's really great.. i love apes ..

(yes people.. this is NOT a monkey, it's an APE.. a monkey has a tail )

ps. can i have the sculpture afterwards


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[Kyri]

Hey Optima..
That's a great sculpture man, I really like it
I had a go at trying to make him look sadder, I hope this helps. Liquid made a great example on the one he did, this is just my take on it.

[Liquid!]

Nice job Kyri! It definitely works better with the brow raised like that. I tweaked the initial sketch, just hit 'refresh'..


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[Kyri]

Your new one is definetly better liquid, he looks much sadder now.

[[Optima]]

Thank You boys and gals for helping me with this ... I really apreciate the large amount of help from you .. since this is my first post on the board that actually shows you my art... Thanks...

Here is the newest pictures.. any comments on these would be greatly apreciated ..











[This message has been edited by [Optima] (edited October 20, 2000).]

[PuckDewd]

I think he needs a kleenex Kidding, it looks really great Optima, especially for your first piece. I'd like to see yhe other three you do through out the year.

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[[Optima]]

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