Following the lead of James Gurney I decided to work on creating a maquette of one of my aliens in the Abandoned Worlds story. Once I put all the materials together I found that the simple process of creation was very stimulating.
I am looking forward to using the maqette to get a better understanding of the anatomy of my creatures. I also found that I draw better from life than I do from imagination. Or at least I enjoy the results better.
I'll post photos as I get them prepared. Right now I have progressed to the point of detailing the creature and will be ready to "cook" it to hardness.
The techniques I have been learning from Mr. Gurney's blog feel like pieces of a puzzle I have been missing from my training as an artist. It has been hard stumbling around in the dark of ignorance.
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