Starting to block out the torso now and I have sculpted a rough face to start getting an idea of the expression I want. At this stage I’m just playing around with a few ideas and will most likely completely redesign the face and hair through the sculpting process.

Originally I was going to sculpt the torso and legs before I started adding the arms but due to the size of my oven I am going to have to bake this guy in stages. My plans for now are to finish out the head and torso, bake the sculpture and then start working on the lower body. The wings are always last in the sculpting process and will not be added until the entire sculpture has been baked.

The beginning stages of sculpting are tuff because I know in the long run the sculpture will not look anything like what you see here. My favorite part of the sculpting process is the detailing of the sculpture so getting past these early stages is always something I look forward to.

I still have a ways to go before I can start fine tuning the face and torso and right now my main focus is to build out the design and make sure I have the anatomy down correctly (already see a few areas in the picture where I need to improve on the anatomy). So far this sculpture has moved along rather quickly but I know that when the detailing begins I will end up having to start investing a lot of hours into this project.

- Gerald