Sculpt Question

[🪦 psychosocial91 ●]

I've decided to sculpt a part 4.I am using water based clay as it is all I have available to me at this point.I will hopefully be doing two versions,one with a machete wound and one without.I started to fool around with my clay and tried some wrinkle patterns,I noticed that while i removed the clay it would leave little bits around the wrinkle and they were impossible to remove without ruining the wrinkle itself.Does anyone know how to remove the excess clay without doing this? I'd also appreciate any comments on the quality I threw these together fairly quick so don't worry the real deal will be much more appropriate <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbsup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbsup.gif\" /> Thanks,Heck P.S sorry for the quality it was taken with a phone <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/teehee.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":teehee:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"teehee.gif\" />

[🪦 Crash ●]

What you should really do is go to your local library and check out any books you can find on sculpting and an anatomy book as well. In the case of sculpting, you need to learn to walk before you can run. Scratching lines into clay doesn't constitute wrinkles. Sculpting is both an additive and subtractive process. There's a big leap from a two dimensional drawing to working in three dimensions. You'll need to train your eye to see shapes and forms from all sides and angles. Sculpting tools are made for specific functions, so you'll want to learn what each particular tool is intended to accomplish.I really suggest starting there and then progressing forward. It's a slow learning process, but rewarding when you begin to see your improvements. Good luck on your project.

[🪦 psychosocial91 ●]

Thanks I checked out a couple books on anatomy and some reference books,its helped quite a bit to understand whats underneath the skin you are sculpting.Thanks for you in put it is really appreciated! Thanks,Heck

[🪦 The Death Curse ●]

<!--quoteo(post=287449:date=Dec 11 2008, 10:13 AM:name=Crash)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(Crash @ Dec 11 2008, 10:13 AM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=287449\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecWhat you should really do is go to your local library and check out any books you can find on sculpting and an anatomy book as well. In the case of sculpting, you need to learn to walk before you can run. Scratching lines into clay doesn't constitute wrinkles. Sculpting is both an additive and subtractive process. There's a big leap from a two dimensional drawing to working in three dimensions. You'll need to train your eye to see shapes and forms from all sides and angles. Sculpting tools are made for specific functions, so you'll want to learn what each particular tool is intended to accomplish.I really suggest starting there and then progressing forward. It's a slow learning process, but rewarding when you begin to see your improvements. Good luck on your project.<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndAs Yoda would put it, "To Crash you must listen! On this all depends!" heh.But seriously, he's absolutely right. You seem to lack the specific tools you need for the job. (Trust me, part 4 Jason is quite a bitch to sculpt without a good selection of sculpting tools. It will frustrate you half to death!) May I suggest trying out Ken's Tools? Here's the link to his site: <a href=\"http://drbanksensteinfx.com/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http://drbanksensteinfx.com/index.htm</a> ...His stuff is so awesome that I personally couldn't sculpt without using it now. He offers varying sizes of loop tools, rakes, and texture wires, and they're all top quality stuff. I'd definitely check them out!By the way, some 91% or 99% isopropyl alcohol on a soft-bristle paint brush will get rid of those tears in the clay around your "wrinkles" if you're <i>really</i> dead-set on keeping them...But I would just suggest smoothing them back out until you get all of the bone structure built up properly.Cheers,Ryan