Dimensional Illustration - Follow Along Tutorial

EliaMurrayArt

Hey all! Long time no post haha but I wanted to see if anyone would be interested in following along with me on my build for the SVS podcast illustration.

For a recap - I won in April with my Lisa Dimensional illustration and will be building my podcast illustration in a similar way (though with much much less stuff).

Some of you expressed a lot of interest in following along with the Lisa project so I wanted to see if there was interest in following this shorter project for SVS learn.

Hope you're all well!

esgoldman

Yes!!

Mara Price

@EliaMurrayArt I'm interested.

Jeremy Ross

That would definitely be fun to follow @EliaMurrayArt!

Ryan Ehr

@EliaMurrayArt I missed the first one (caught up at the end), so consider me subscribed!

Coley

Yes please

EliaMurrayArt

Fabulous!

Well I'm going to do it in a way that doesn't give away what the podcast episode will be - as I'm sure the SVS team would prefer that.

Fortunately every podcast episode has a Red Rabbit in it (so no surprise there) and since that is the main fun thing to build. That's what I'll be showing.

So stay tuned folks. Let's build a Rabbit!

EliaMurrayArt

and hey - if you'd like to follow along. Go out and get yourself the following:

20g art wire
Needle Nose Pliers
Pipe Cleaners (any color doesn't matter)
Needle Felting Needle (found on Etsy - just get a basic one, nothing fancy needed)
Wool Roving/Batting (also any color - though I'll be using white core wool for interior sculpting, and red wool roving) You can find this on Etsy pretty easily. Core wool is cheap and general undyed, and then you can find fancier colors too but you get much less of it.

And that's it!

carlianne

buckles seat belt

Rachel Horne

@EliaMurrayArt Yes that would be so great!

Rachel Horne

@EliaMurrayArt that's fabulous, thank you! When will it be taking place? Just so I have the time to gather the necessary tools.

EliaMurrayArt

@Rachel-Horne I'll be starting soon but you can certainly gather the materials a flip back.

Plus there will be time between posts so if you order the wool soon and it doesnt show up for a bit, that's ok because we are starting on the rabbit design and the armature. there's time!

Rachel Horne

@EliaMurrayArt Super, thanks

EliaMurrayArt

Ok!

I'm ready. Are you ready? Did you get your materials? IF you didn't - that's ok! Make it up. Use masking tape to bulk out the rabbit - Wire & tape can make a pretty good rabbit. Anyways here's my plan as of right now . I've sketched out a pretty basic design for my rabbit, and then I have laid out where I'll be building the wires.

The blue is where I'll be wrapping the wire with pipe cleaners - but again this is not necessarily needed.

You can see from the sketch how much bulking out sections will need. The head and the belly will be getting the most bulk, where as the arms and the legs I'll have to be more careful and keep them thin because the wire will take up a lot of space.

Cheers!

Coley

Ooh I have pretty much all those materials (just getting caught up on this thread!) . I’ll do it with you . I’ll have to poke around for some wire, I might not be up on how thick or thin etc the wire is but will find something I’m sure. Hopefully there are pipe cleaners from my days with little kids!
How big are you building your rabbit?

EliaMurrayArt

@Coley I'll be using wool and needle felting the rabbit

Coley

@EliaMurrayArt yep I have loads of needle felting supplies! Just wondering size. I was thinking smaller, maybe because I’m lazy and I know how much time it can take hahaha . But padding it out helps. My needle felts were super dense so lots of stabbing involved!

EliaMurrayArt

@Coley if you make it smaller you might not need the wire armature! Though I like to use it regardless.

Coley

@EliaMurrayArt yes I think I’d like to give it a try to see how it goes. I might do a different creature tho, maybe a mouse, will think on it! Will let you,do your svs bunny and I’ll create something similar but a little different too

EliaMurrayArt

@Coley that's a great idea! You could make anything this way No need to make a rabbit.