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Tree Sparrow {a three-dimensional illustration}

Fred Mitchell
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The task was to create an interesting and naturalistic three-dimensional illustration of a bird, fox, wolf, lizard, or frog. I choose a sparrow.
Below are a few images of Tree Sparrow and my process.
Wire Amature paper clay Model Making Nature Tree Sparrow bird Painted Model sculpture three-dimensional design natural illustration
I started by building a collection of reference photos and reasearching size and proportions. I then built a wire armature to scale and used paper bags and masking tape to build out the form.
Wire Amature paper clay Model Making Nature Tree Sparrow bird Painted Model sculpture three-dimensional design natural illustration
Next, I sculpted the body with paper clay (mixture of toilet paper pulp, joint compound, flower, oil, and glue). While the clay was drying I built a small branch out of the same materials for the bird to rest upon.
Wire Amature paper clay Model Making Nature Tree Sparrow bird Painted Model sculpture three-dimensional design natural illustration
After the main form was dry I built out the tail and worked on the talons and tree branch. I ran out of wire and realized that my initial faux branch would have been too small so I decided to build a hybrid tree incorporating my feaux branch in with some real ones.
Wire Amature paper clay Model Making Nature Tree Sparrow bird Painted Model sculpture three-dimensional design natural illustration
The final step for me was to paint the sculpted sparrow and perch him on the branch. I used 3 main reference photos and took some creative artistic and illustrative liberties in the areas of vibrance, variety, colors, and contrast.
Wire Amature paper clay Model Making Nature Tree Sparrow bird Painted Model sculpture three-dimensional design natural illustration
Wire Amature paper clay Model Making Nature Tree Sparrow bird Painted Model sculpture three-dimensional design natural illustration
Wire Amature paper clay Model Making Nature Tree Sparrow bird Painted Model sculpture three-dimensional design natural illustration
Wire Amature paper clay Model Making Nature Tree Sparrow bird Painted Model sculpture three-dimensional design natural illustration
Tree Sparrow {a three-dimensional illustration}
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Fuquay-Varina, NC, USA

Tree Sparrow {a three-dimensional illustration}

A creative and somewhat realistic three-dimensional illustration of a tree sparrow from wire, paper, masking tape, clay, and paints.

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