Hi there, I'm rather new to the ciommunity, and to LJ in general, so do forgive me if I mess up with post a bit.
I'm at this point working on a head for a friend of mine for her LARP character Nivissa. It's a commission in a sense that she is paying for materials, though not in a sense that I was asking her to make a profit off it, but I digress.
I was going through the taping stage when it's occurred to me that there were a few things I'm missing out on (Oops) and so I thought I'd take this time to ask for some opinions on the sculpting. I find it hard to look at my own things with a critical eye and pinpoint where the problems are, and while I've been playing around with costumes and creature effects for a while, I am relatively new to fursuit construction, so suggestions are only too welcome.
Current Progess
http://i.imgur.com/UKp7r.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/GEjSx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/QElOe.jpg
A few details on the project:
-No reference pic for Nivissa, so I've been working off a verbal description and by talking the design over. I threw up a rough sketch, but the wearer is pretty laid back about the design in general. I was asked to base the look around a lynx or a bobcat, so I've been using lynx photographs for reference.
-It's a head designed for LARP, and as such, it has no bottom jaw so it's not as hot and confined as a traditional head, and lets the wearer talk, eat and drink while wearing it. Once furred the fur will clip around the bottom of the neck to form a hood-type arrangement, hence no bottom jaw.
-Eyes are roughly drawn on and the placement isn't finalized.
-Still needs a brow piece I think, as well as some more foam around the ears as I'm not happy with how durable they might be in their current state. The wearer likes the size, which seem a bit on the large side, and wants me to keep them that size, but I think they may be too flimsy as they are, especially if she's running around in it.
-Since the pictures yesterday, on advise of someone I have rounded off the cheeks somewhat, as they were rather too 'boxy'.
The back of the head seems a little...well like a hat made of foam. I'm unsure if adding the fur, which will by quite long, will counteract that, or whether it needs some sort of padding or sculpting.
I'm at this point working on a head for a friend of mine for her LARP character Nivissa. It's a commission in a sense that she is paying for materials, though not in a sense that I was asking her to make a profit off it, but I digress.
I was going through the taping stage when it's occurred to me that there were a few things I'm missing out on (Oops) and so I thought I'd take this time to ask for some opinions on the sculpting. I find it hard to look at my own things with a critical eye and pinpoint where the problems are, and while I've been playing around with costumes and creature effects for a while, I am relatively new to fursuit construction, so suggestions are only too welcome.
Current Progess
http://i.imgur.com/UKp7r.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/GEjSx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/QElOe.jpg
A few details on the project:
-No reference pic for Nivissa, so I've been working off a verbal description and by talking the design over. I threw up a rough sketch, but the wearer is pretty laid back about the design in general. I was asked to base the look around a lynx or a bobcat, so I've been using lynx photographs for reference.
-It's a head designed for LARP, and as such, it has no bottom jaw so it's not as hot and confined as a traditional head, and lets the wearer talk, eat and drink while wearing it. Once furred the fur will clip around the bottom of the neck to form a hood-type arrangement, hence no bottom jaw.
-Eyes are roughly drawn on and the placement isn't finalized.
-Still needs a brow piece I think, as well as some more foam around the ears as I'm not happy with how durable they might be in their current state. The wearer likes the size, which seem a bit on the large side, and wants me to keep them that size, but I think they may be too flimsy as they are, especially if she's running around in it.
-Since the pictures yesterday, on advise of someone I have rounded off the cheeks somewhat, as they were rather too 'boxy'.
The back of the head seems a little...well like a hat made of foam. I'm unsure if adding the fur, which will by quite long, will counteract that, or whether it needs some sort of padding or sculpting.