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Changing the design of the horns

The original horns on this sculpture have been bugging me for some reason.  Although I was not finished with sculpting them, I just didn’t love the way I had designed them.  I have been wanting to change the horns around a bit but was not exactly sure what I wanted to do.

So after setting aside the original design for a few weeks I decided to tackle the horns one more time.  I like to make things up on the spot when I sculpt so the first step for me was to smooth out the original design and just start adding clay to the piece. 

* This sculpture is created with Super Sculpey.

	Okay, the first step is to build out the foundation (starting to see a pattern here from the previous lessons).I build out the rough shape that I want to use on my horns.  For me it is best to sculpt both horns at the same time.  In the past I have sculpted things like this separately and ended up having issues trying to make them look symmetrical.
	I draw some line into the clay to start the design that I will use for my horns.
	Continuing the pattern to the entire horn.
	The basic detail has now been added to both horns.
	Running with my imagination a bit I start to add little bumps and warts to my horns.  A lot of times changes like these just come to me while I am sculpting.  I usually will experiment a little and if I like the changes I will keep them and if I don’t, I can quickly undo them.
	And a look at both of the horns with the bumps applied to them.
	A black and white picture of the horns so that we can better see the details.  The horns still are not complete since I need to add details to the ends of the horns.  I’m closer to completion now on the horns and I am a lot happier now with the look that the new horns create for this piece.

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