Azyureil is about sixty-five centimeters, terra cotta, possibly one of a kind (I really want to cast him, but only in porcelain, but if you know about porcelain, it's really delicate and fussy right after being poured, and some of his pieces are not porcelain/molding friendly; you'll see in later posts). View attachment 803 View attachment 804 View attachment 805 So I started Azyureil in school, and I thought he'd be a personal project that I would do on the weekends or to relax (I was going to say free time, but hah hah, free time, college), but then he just fit perfectly with a prompt that I have in one of my classes. As you can see, I started out by 'sketching', if you will, his torso. I used the pencil just to show scale, since I was so shocked at how big he is. The next time I had time to work on him, I slopped together too-wet clay (I don't recommend doing this; let your clay dry until it's not sticky). I had to wait to rough out his details until the clay wasn't sticky anymore. Then, of course, because he's just so big, I had to play around with point of view, looking at his body as if I was in it.
Since I've started Azyureil, I've spent about thirty hours working on him. I started him differently than I would have if I had known from the beginning that I would have used him for my final, starting by detailing the head, then fitting it to the neck and moving down the body piece by piece to ensure proportions and that the joints would fit the way that I wanted. View attachment 806 View attachment 807 One of the elements that I really wanted Azyureil's character to have the open ribs, for the view into his heart. I'm kind of excited about his heart to be honest, especially for the gallery environment that I have planned. Stay tuned! There's more to come!
I love what you are doing with his face. I like the detail in the jaw. How were you thinking of attaching his head to the body considering the more eccentric shape?
