The entire day was spent sculpting my idea. This is all I did. I'd invited everyone I'd met at the school out for a drink, but either everyone was going home to see family, leaving the country for good that night, or just were plain uninterested. A few of us went to check out the Brass Monkey to see if we could get any karaoke action in, but the wait was 3 hours. I wasn't going to wait around for everyone to hate me for singing Chas 'n' Dave again, so we heade...

Having cleaned up any rough edges and filled any holes I'd created in the cast, I was ready to begin sculpting my concept. The rest of the day was spent sculpting. I need to get out of the habit of making my sculpts look too cartoon-like to start with. It just makes it harder to work into a more natural, realistic looking face later. The days this week are long to make up for the lost hours during the Thanksgiving holiday this weekend from Thursday. I'll be scu...

Today kicked off by preparing our original casts to make another positive form that we'd be sculpting our final special effects ideas onto, all under the watchful eye of our new tutor, Bruce Spaulding Fuller (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298186/).* There's a lot of processes involved, and it's very important to follow every step perfectly. For instance, make sure you use enough alginate to cover the face completely, working it into each crevice, use plenty of pl...

Had yet another long lay in today, but was up and ready by 2 to go and see The Birds and Jaws on the big screen at New Beverly Cinema, as part of a back to back screening of animal attack films. We never managed to actually get there in time to see The Birds, as there was a brief animal encounter of our own which delayed us somewhat. We'd just passed through an intersection when we were confronted by a startled dog off it's leash wandering in the middle of the ...

I did pretty much nothing today, mainly recovering from last night and carrying on with a bit more research into textures and skin shapes. Pulling my face in all directions and taking photos on the mac seemed a bit weird but it's quite useful for reference. There was a barbecue at Hobart to celebrate Bella's birthday with some of her classmates, to welcome the new Moldovan student, and to get to know the new manager. After a few beers mingling, some of my clas...