final Bullfrog images

Bull Reins and Frog Leg Texture

I've added rope and metal rings to my BullFrog, that Im going to mould and cast as well as the bull. I'll have to remove the rope reins and mould these separately. The frog texture has been a challenge, because it just seemed to look weird on such a large scale.  Still working on this, trying to make it look subtle and it needs to blend into the bull body.  Finally got the saddle looking leathery, needed the clay to dry out slightly, easier to refine then.

sculpting frog legs and marble eyes

Found sculpting the frog legs quite difficult.  Frog leg anatomy images proved very useful though, I wanted to exaggerate the muscles. The bull is supposed to look on steroids so I need the frog legs to do so as well. Had to get the feet on before the ankles could make any sense. Spent whole day on ankles.  Feet are very rough at the mo.

Ive inserted marble eyes today 34mm. Now I can sculpt the eyes properly.

Reflecting on todays pics, stomach looks too low and hump to high. Get a rake tool on that.

Shapely arms

Bigger horns and more defined arms.
P.S please ignore the left ear sliding off. Must address this tomorrow.

Bull Nostrels

Disaster struck again this week as the belly collapsed like the bum did last week. Another fixing sesh with ally, chicken wire and poly and more butterflies.  The stomach feels sturdy now. After this I decided to take a break from the body and work on the head. Using anatomy books to help. 'Animal Anatomy for the Artist' has brilliant drawings. The head always looks like it has something missing from the profile shot, I think he needed more on top of his head and he still needs bigger horns. Want to copy the bull's horns in Drake/Rihanna's Take Care video. Will need to extend the armature here. I will just attach another length of ally with a jubilee clip. Pleased with the nostrils.

progress

 The clay on the back side fell off last friday morning, two days work on the floor. The clay was too heavy and wet and it didn't have enough to grip onto. To recover this I added a bulk of polystyrene wrapped in chicken wire to the back and tightened the chicken wire already there around the thighs.  Then I attached lots of butterflies around the whole area to support the clay.

Ive been working on the stomach today and the front legs which needed an additional piece of ally and polystyrene and chicken wire (as seen above). Trying also to make the frog legs look strong enough to support the bull. Cant seem to bulk them up enough.

Given him a flat frog bum and some more bumpy bull areas on the bod. And even got carried away enough to mark out the beginnings of a saddle. Looking forward to refining him.