Sculpting an Elephant, part 1: Armature!

Hello and welcome to a new crafting project where I'm attempting to sculpt an elephant using polymer clay! In this video I build the armature for this elephant... it's not much to start with but as this new video series advances you'll see everything thing that went into sculpting this!

This is a physical subject sculpting challenge for me (just like the Tiger's Face project) meaning I'm using an unknown artist's work as a "guide" to help me make this elephant. Normally a sculptor would take photos of the subject from many angles and then scale all the proportions down to much smaller (unless they're going for life sized!) One day I'll take photos of something and attempt scaling the proportions down but for now I'm doing this lol.

I use 14 gauge galvanized wire for the main structure and 18 gauge galvanized wire to tie it all together. In the next video I'll be working with the heavy-duty foil and tape, sure hope to see you there too!!!

Thanks for watching, reading this, and being patient.. Life comes at you fast at times... Also, editing 4k is still terrible with my rig... not gonna lie it's pushed me away from youtube a little, but I'm working to fix this. I just want to make videos, but I REFUSE to move backwards! I've gotten me a 4k tv to be used as a display panel, which was one of my problems being I couldn't even sample the content I created! Now over time I'm either rebuilding my PC (doubt it) or buying a preleased workstation PC (used) until then I'll just keep at it

A friendly tip for those who wish to film 4k video... get the computer FIRST, then the camera and monitor AFTER... otherwise you'll most likely hate editing... depending on the state of your current PC that is..

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