I'm so changeable! LOL. It's true though.

Nobody cares....

I'm too lazy to post the new pic right now. I will later. Tired right now.

Breathing is good for you.

You know what I just realized? Sometimes I don't breathe when I'm really in the zone, sculpting. You want to know how I realized? I started seeing stars. How messed up is that? LOL.

Amputation Time!

The front foreleg of Smaug has been a pain in the ass for me since the beginning, so I gave up and amputated it. It's already replaced with a new one and it looks so much better. I redid his chest musculature to more closely resemble my Temeraire sculpt. I'm starting to think this one would be worthy to enter into the Spectrum publication. When I finally finish it that is.... The deadline for spectrum 19 is coming up next week I think. I might have to wait a year.

Deviation

So I uploaded the pics onto my deviant art account and the new one (not the updated one) has been awash with views. The only other time I've ever gotten over 4,000 in a day, was because I got a daily deviation. It must be Benedict Cumberbatch. He's bringing all sorts of fandom together. LOL.

I googled "what will Smaug look like" and my sculpt is right next to John Howe's in the second row! He's one of my favorite artists! I'm going to have to up my game it seems. I am having a hard time not losing my composure and SQUEEEING!

this is more of a front view.

So here's my work, so far.

Well, in an effort to keep this blog more current. I'm posting, this. Which is nothing. I didn't get to Smaug today and I'm quite grumpy about it. I had a long tedious day at work and I'm going to hit the sack, I think.

Going to work in a few hours. I guess the fun had to end sometime. I will work on the sculpt a little before I face the masses again. Will post a pic soon. I ended up taking off the large horns and giving him smaller ones with spikes. Doing a Benedict Cumberbatch inspired dragon is challenging but fun. Now I'm not saying it looks like him. What human do you know, looks like a giant bat/crocodile? (I know you just went there.) lol. Just certain attributes are emphasized.
God, like I said yesterday. This is slow going right now. I hope I finish this soon. I'm getting the itch to do something else, with a plethora of ideas in my head.

Smaug

Worked on Smaug again today. Only accomplished a little though. This part of a sculpt is always the most frustrating because it feels like I'll never get done. On the bright side, I feel like I'm getting better at sculpting and I'm noticing more of the mistakes before I'm done, every new round. If that makes sense?