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Audrey Hepburn
By TrevorGrove
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An Audrey Hepburn attempt from some time ago. Very challenging likeness...Some likenesses blindside you by how insanely difficult they are. You can't find the subtle things needed to unlock the character. I agonized over this one for some time.
Some day I'll get back around and make a new one... Usually when you attempt someone a second time, knowing what to expect helps you find your way to some better solution.
Trev
Some day I'll get back around and make a new one... Usually when you attempt someone a second time, knowing what to expect helps you find your way to some better solution.
Trev
IMAGE DETAILS
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900x858px 885.53 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Shutter Speed
1/40 second
Aperture
F/3.5
Focal Length
15 mm
Sensor Size
1mm
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I really appreciate reading that, thanks! I struggled so much on this...It ended up being a really lousy professional experience, but I still want to some day get back around to making my own version of Audrey...Something not intended for production so that I can make different choices that aren't dependent on eventual paint. Some day, some day. That's a good point about the soft focus used for actresses. I'm not even sure why this one in particular ended up being so difficult.... It's just the puzzle of the face....Some people feel right when you're 75% there, others feel completely wrong unless you're 98% there...I never know what to expect. The "Breakfast At Tiffany's" hairstyle was also weirdly hard....Maybe a "Sabrina" Audrey would come together better. I like her cute short hair.

"I agonized over this one for some time" Oh man, and i think she looks so gorgeous. She has a very special face and what is think is particularly difficult is that you have to sculpt her without make up even tho she's wearing quite a lot. Make up can really influence how the face and eyes look so that's 10 times harder... Then again, you managed to do it with a clown before
I just think it's very impressive.


Thank you so much! You're so right, women tend to be so hard to sculpt well because of how their features are often accented with make-up....In this case I needed to consider how production paint would be done, too, which means not sculpting the line of the eyebrows, and so forth....When I sculpt her again I'm going to approach it differently. I was stunned by how difficult she was to do remotely well, and the project ended up going poorly because of how long it was taking me..but that's the nice thing about art, we can always do something again for ourselves on our own time...I love her, it would be great to sculpt something again some day....Maybe Sabrina or Roman Holiday!

I agree, it's just not something you can pull off well in sculpture before paint....Or if you do, you need to intentionally sculpt her brows and eyes to get the proper shadowing to give the right impression. The next time i sculpt her I want to do that. Thanks so much! She was murder to get even to this point, and I got depressed by the project, but....There's always an opportunity to try again!
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