YAY! Thanks! Considering it took 16 hours(watching a Doctor Who marathon at the same time) to actually build the body, get the orange on, build the head, make the claws, teeth(which i ended up closing the mouth on, whoops), eyes and ears, get the claws, teeth, eyes and ears set in, and add the white detail on the face, underbelly, and toes. I took another 6-ish or so hours for the stripes. 1 for the tail and back legs/hips area, 1 for the rest of the body, 1 for the chest and neck, 1 for the back of the head up to between the ears, 1 for the details on the face and the back of the ears, and the last hour was fixing the white(wherever the black had turned it grey or smudged), and fixing anything I messed up working on the stripes. 22 hours of work. It's no wonder my hands hurt. :D
Yeah... there's a reason I hadn't finished it until now. The 16 hours was Jan 1, all day basically. Watching the Doctor was a good way to make the work go faster. I needed something for my hands to do!
That being said, SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! I want to hug it and pet it and squeeze it and love it and call it George!!! Bonus points for the ears! What medium did you sculpt that out of? Because the clay I was using in art class back in high school wouldn't really support a body that big on legs that comparatively thin (I think they're perfect) and for some reason, whenever I tried to wrap the wet clay around a metal wire for support, it always cracked when it dried and fell off.
But you got the rearlegs right, and the paws are nice and big, and for the record, fur!Mac thinks it's awesome too. ^_^
It's a modeling clay called sculpey, and you bake it to harden it, but it doesn't really dry out if you leave it alone for ages. And there is a wire armature inside, so that's keeping everything upright and together.
I'm still exceptionally proud of the ears and the head in general. The detail work on the face was hard but it was actually a lot of fun to do. If I do another tiger thing, I'll probably end up just doing a head/face, because it was fun.
And... George?
Also, I'm glad that fur!Mac likes it. I'm not totally satisfied with my effort, but it's a good start. And I still think the front legs are a little off.
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Date: Mar. 3rd, 2010 01:07 pm (UTC)*butts out again*
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Date: Mar. 4th, 2010 02:10 am (UTC)i'm sure the doctor would be proud ;)
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Date: Mar. 29th, 2010 10:42 pm (UTC)That being said, SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! I want to hug it and pet it and squeeze it and love it and call it George!!! Bonus points for the ears! What medium did you sculpt that out of? Because the clay I was using in art class back in high school wouldn't really support a body that big on legs that comparatively thin (I think they're perfect) and for some reason, whenever I tried to wrap the wet clay around a metal wire for support, it always cracked when it dried and fell off.
But you got the rearlegs right, and the paws are nice and big, and for the record, fur!Mac thinks it's awesome too. ^_^
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Date: Mar. 30th, 2010 02:16 am (UTC)I'm still exceptionally proud of the ears and the head in general. The detail work on the face was hard but it was actually a lot of fun to do. If I do another tiger thing, I'll probably end up just doing a head/face, because it was fun.
And... George?
Also, I'm glad that fur!Mac likes it. I'm not totally satisfied with my effort, but it's a good start. And I still think the front legs are a little off.