Sculpture by me. "I Love You"

Offering a damaged heart to someone...or, symbolic of repeated hearbreak

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Bit of a cliche concept, but I appreciate the effort that went into this.

The black markings on the heart look like a gameboy control pad or a keyboard? Curious of what you intended them to be (if I'm right, it seems to fit the theme).

IMHO proportions look relatively good, but you need practice smoothing your surfaces... Unless the intention was cuts/bruises?

I think the effort that went into it was well done.

Curious what your sculpting medium was...

Bit of a cliche concept, but I appreciate the effort that went into this.

 

The black markings on the heart look like a gameboy control pad or a keyboard? Curious of what you intended them to be (if I'm right, it seems to fit the theme).

 

IMHO proportions look relatively good, but you need practice smoothing your surfaces... Unless the intention was cuts/bruises?

 

I think the effort that went into it was well done.

 

Curious what your sculpting medium was...

hi, the black markings are a boot print. this was my first sculpture, i used a mold for the face. i "messed it up" to show distress in the face. some of the imperfections in the face were cause by me taking it out of the mold wrong, but it worked to my liking.

the surfaces (like on the hand) arent smooth but i dont know how to smooth. for this project it was ok with me cause i wanted to show wear and tear on the user's body.

it expressed how i was feeling at the time. i used sculpey.

thx

Nice!

Admittedly I think you might have missed the mark with the boot print, partly due to execution (just offering constructive criticism).

That aside... For a first sculpture I think you did a great job.

I have limited sculpting experience, but when I used to sculpt I used epoxy putties (often called "green stuff" or "white stuff", and often sold by specialist hobby miniature stores, or sometimes marketed as plumbing compounds). They have a long curing time, and when mixed they have a relatively tough consistency, while staying pliable for hours, allowing you to spend time perfecting details.

For smoothing I used to coat my fingers in a bit of spit to smooth out the finger-prints, followed by fine-grit sand paper, finished with a rouge cloth... Normally I would prime with an all-purpose spray paint like krylon before painting with acrylic-based paints.

I've never done anything on this scale, and think you did an excellent job sculpting, as far as I'm concerned

Nice!

 

Admittedly I think you might have missed the mark with the boot print, partly due to execution (just offering constructive criticism).

 

That aside... For a first sculpture I think you did a great job.

 

I have limited sculpting experience, but when I used to sculpt I used epoxy putties (often called "green stuff" or "white stuff", and often sold by specialist hobby miniature stores, or sometimes marketed as plumbing compounds). They have a long curing time, and when mixed they have a relatively tough consistency, while staying pliable for hours, allowing you to spend time perfecting details.

 

For smoothing I used to coat my fingers in a bit of spit to smooth out the finger-prints, followed by fine-grit sand paper, finished with a rouge cloth... Normally I would prime with an all-purpose spray paint like krylon before painting with acrylic-based paints.

 

I've never done anything on this scale, and think you did an excellent job sculpting, as far as I'm concerned

thx.

at the time i was less concerned about details of technique (mainly cause i didnt know any technique) and just getting my feelings out in some form. this project was incredibly calming to me during a very harsh time. i was very excited about it. i even made the little pole mounts from some copper wire i found at home depot. spray painted them, cut them etc.

there are some projects i want to do that i want to be very smooth. so these tips help, thx. i thought about wearing latex gloves to prevent finger prints too. a "rouge cloth"...see there's so much i dont know. the sculpture above is all from intuition and self taught.

thx for all ur feedbak

This is quite good for a first sculpture, actually.

How was it working with Sculpey? I've wanted to experiment with that but fear it might not allow for enough detail work.

I agree with the previous poster about avoiding cliche, so this is more of a conceptual than a technical critique. Like, I'm going more for the screws than the imagery of a bandage and the teardrop on the face. The more you can create the emotion you want without having to announce it with very literal and common associations (this is a tear, so the figure is sad; this is a bandage, because the heart is mending) the more powerful it will be. Rather than just thinking, "oh, that's about sadness", you want the viewer to have a visceral pang of their own.

I think that the way you've distorted the face and its texture conveys the pain much more effectively than the teardrop, which is redundant and overly-stated.

I also rather like that I can't quite make out what those other marks are on the heart -- it leaves my imagination to wonder how it's been marred.

What did you use in the mold to release the clay?

I have limited sculpting experience, but when I used to sculpt I used epoxy putties (often called "green stuff" or "white stuff", and often sold by specialist hobby miniature stores, or sometimes marketed as plumbing compounds). They have a long curing time, and when mixed they have a relatively tough consistency, while staying pliable for hours, allowing you to spend time perfecting details.

I've never looked into that but it sounds really cool.

Is it non-toxic? Does it emit a strong odor (I got extremely sensitive to art material vapors)?