Hellbeast Build (part 1)

 I want to someday be a concept artist for movies/vid games ect.    I made this beast to put on my website to demonstrate some 3D skills.  This first part is the clay side of the build, I will be posting the resin molding and painting later on.  In this edition I will show you the steps of taking a sketch and rendering it in clay.  So lets start.

Step 1 Materials

Clay (duh)- I used gray water based clay for this one .  I will probably never use it again because of the drying out factor.  I will say that it retained great detail on a small scale that i couldn't get with super sculpey. 
Clay tools-nothing crazy outside the standard set at a craft store.
Small paint brushes-also nothing special
A sketch- the more angles you can do here the better off you will be.  Draw your creature from straight on, up,down,back,front..ect.  I kinda skipped this part and paid for it later.  The less you draw out now, the more you will go of back and forth with clay (which takes much more time).  So take your time and plan it out. Now to get dirty.
Also check out my artist warmup to help you get started.

Comments

[JerBear]

awesome! you have inspired me to sculpt something... i just don't know what yet

[Zion_Sphere]

I think this is really cool. I enjoy making machines and puppets, so I sculpt alot in various materials. Goodluck to you! :)
These are pics of one of my monsters in progress.

[FrozenIce]

 nice good job!!

[rabiddemonweasel]

Totally awesome!!!!!!

[punk12345678]

!!!beast!!!  literally

[neckrochylde9]

great neck!  looks cool

[neckrochylde9]

I would suggest using Isopropyl alcohol for sculpey... acetone is highly toxic, and if you can avoid getting it on your skill or breathing the fumes, that's the way to go.

[phoenix124]

 nicely done!!! i really want to get into the same field someday, that would be amazing! 

[Walnutfish]

it looks a lot like Clover from Cloverfield. any reference taken?

[Ward_Nox]

Cloverfield was more like a giant Cyrbaziod from Starslip (he eve made a joke about that fact

this hell beast looks more like a Rancor on steroids

[Foaly7]

This is excellent. Mind if I use the dental orientation in this illustration I'm working on? It's of a hell hound named Phoebe. She has no teeth yet, or color.

[lemonie]

I'd put one of the last pictures as image #1 in the introduction - they'd make better thumbnails.

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[Jayefuu]

Agreed.

[emmerich45]

very cool, nice work! 

[Sovereignty]

Awesome. Looks like a mutant rattlesnake.

[Jayefuu]

Awesome. I like the first photo of the last step best :D