I took a ton of photos of this sculpture to post to my class, so I thought it would be fun to share a little step-by-step progression of Nax. :)

The finished piece can be seen here: https://www.weasyl.com/submission/724532/nax-the-buttergi

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1- I did a lot of brainstorming and sketching before I even began sculpting this piece. I went through several different ideas and concepts before I finally settled on a corgi/butterfly hybrid. I sketched out a general pose idea to use as reference when creating the sculpture.

2- I built the armature using thick gauge wire and foil. It is not shown here, but I also reinforced the balancing leg and torso with Apoxie Scuplt for more stability. You can see here I originally has the armature for the wings attached to the body, but after discussing it with my instructor, I decided to sculpt the wings separately and add them in later.

3- The main body shape was blocked out using a mixture of Super Sculpey and Sculpey Firm. I was unhappy with the size and placement of the head here, so ended up cutting it off and re-sculpting it entirely.

4- Here I have added all the details on the corgi, and you can see the placement of the head looks much better now. I did not go crazy on the fur texturing, instead choosing to add in bits of fur in key places to give him a fluffy appearance.

5- The completed sculpt, primed and ready for paint. The wings were sculpted out of Premo Sculpey. Premo has a slight "give" to it that made it a more idea choice to use for the very thin wings. The antennae have also been added using wire with a bit of clay at the ends.

6- And now with paint and base details! I use Ceramcoat acrylic craft paints to paint my sculptures. The entire piece was sealed with Testor's Dullcote for a matte finish, with the eyes, nose and mouth glazed with Varathane's Polyurethane. Pearl-Ex powder was also added to the wings to give them a nice shimmer.

If you like seeing progress photos like these, I post a lot of them on my Tumblr( http://leiliaclay.tumblr.com/ ) and Instagram( http://instagram.com/leiliaclay ) accounts. :)

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