For this sculpture I used super sculpey. After trying to
sculpt with air dry clay it became apparent I needed the control and time to tweak
the model before it was finalized
The objective of creating this piece was to study the mass
of the facial muscles in three dimensions. What I hoped to get out of this endeavor
was a better understanding of how underlying muscle tone plays on the surface
of the skin. I chose to sculpt an older face because the crevices between the
muscles are accentuated and the effect of gravity on the skin was something I wanted
to achieve.
I feel that the facial muscle flow came out as I had
intended. I was quite happy with the result. Conversely the ears were the
biggest struggle, I found it difficult to get them the same size as they
require a certain amount of clay on them to, first have the details carved out
of them, and secondly to merge them convincingly with the head. Originally I was
going to sculpt a goatee onto the face; however I decided to leave the face
bare in order to focus on the muscles.
Sources
As a base for this sculpt I used Bryan Cranston as a rough
guide.
The images I used as reference are listed below
- Jack. (2011), Anomalous Material. Retrieved from http://www.anomalousmaterial.com/movies/2011/05/bryan-cranston-on-board-for-rock-of-ages
- McFarland, M. (2012), Internet Movie Database. Retrieved from http://tv.blog.imdb.net/2012/06/14/bryan-cranston-to-host-the-2012-tca-awards/
- Unknown (2011). Countrify. Retrieved From http://countrify.blogspot.co.nz/2010/08/bryan-cranstons-three-peat-breaking-bad.html
