Winged Raptor by gylkille

's raptor, finally!

He's about 6" high and 11" long

Handsculpted in Super Sculpey Polymer clay over wire and foil armature, painted with acrylic paint, sealed with matte spray.

Commission info & form are here - [link]

Dreamspirit Featured By Owner Jun 7, 2013 Professional General Artist

Stare at this EVERY DAY at my desk at work, and I love it to bits: just as much as I did the moment I first laid eyes on it.

ScarabsCorner Featured By Owner Apr 15, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

woah WOW!

ledain Featured By Owner Jun 27, 2008 Student Digital Artist

i like it a lot! the detail and it shows that you put effort into it, feathers tend to be a pain don't they?

Delotha777 Featured By Owner Jan 19, 2008 Student

very nicely done. I love the detail in the scales!
I've been working on a raptor sculpture of my own, but it's nothing compaired to this.
great work

draculahunter7 Featured By Owner Dec 31, 2007

But raptors were supposed to already have wings with their hands and the back there's the... the...
[System failure]

Nice job with the textures and stuff.
looks like... did you paint each of the scales individually? You're crazy, man.

gylkille Featured By Owner Dec 31, 2007 Professional Traditional Artist

That is why it is fantasy. It was not supposed to be accurate.

Dry brushing, it's the way.

draculahunter7 Featured By Owner Jan 1, 2008

Don't get me wrong - I still like it.
The fading and all that is great. I can't seem to do that too well on my stuff. *shrug*
Keep trying I guess.

gylkille Featured By Owner Jan 1, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

Dry brushing is a really helpful technique for blending. Sometimes I use watered down colours and then dry brush over it.

Brandi01Fans Featured By Owner Aug 17, 2007

Dang! Nice job!

darkfyredragon Featured By Owner Feb 8, 2007

That is amazing. I love it.
Fantastic sculpting and painting job.. I am amazed! I can never do well with Sculpy

But it makes me really happy when I see someone who is amazing at it

parinoma Featured By Owner Sep 6, 2006

The nose/snout could be a little more pointed and narrow. This looks like the snout of a T-rex. I dont know if it is suppost to look like that but it still is REALLY good!

pessimistic-orange Featured By Owner May 6, 2006

Great sculpture

the scale pattern is particularly impressive

gylkille Featured By Owner May 7, 2006 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks so much!

pessimistic-orange Featured By Owner May 8, 2006

you're welcome

Dummydog Featured By Owner Feb 25, 2006

Nice. Reminds me of an archeopterix. I dunno if I spelled that right..but yeah. Gorgeous piece. =]

amelia- Featured By Owner Feb 16, 2006

This is AMAZING!!! I love it, the texture, the face, the markings, its all awesome! I'd love one, do you make them and sell them?

gylkille Featured By Owner Feb 16, 2006 Professional Traditional Artist

I sculpt them by hand. And I sell them individually.

You can email at thepainteddog @ gmail.com and we can talk prices if you want one.

Thanks a lot!

wolfforce58 Featured By Owner Jan 28, 2006

this is beautiful! Great anatomy and the paint job!

gylkille Featured By Owner Jan 28, 2006 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks!

montoy Featured By Owner Nov 23, 2005

definitely a masterpiece!!!love the scales!!i had problems doing the scales on my first dragon (hahahaha).
if i may ask,do you use brush or air brush to color your works? and what acrylic paints do you use (",)
nice finish on the raptor!

gylkille Featured By Owner Nov 23, 2005 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks a lot.

I used a brushes to paint my sculptures. Random sizes and textures. There was a lot of course dry brushing going on with this one.

I usualy Folk Art and Apple Barrel acrylics. No specific. Just which ever one I manage to buy when I go to the store.