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Making Friends by ~Kalapusa:iconKalapusa:

Categories Traditional Art > Sculpture > Fantasy

©2009 ~Kalapusa
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My Piranha Plant, her baby and a few friends (Paranoid Carrot and Green Thumbs).

In creating the mother ( [link] ) , I based my design on this question: Had it been based on a real living plant, what would it look like?

For the baby, I followed the exact same steps except I applied softer textures, brighter colors and a teething mouth.

I used clay, a strengthened wire skeleton and a special mix of acrylics to get the right appearance of flesh (particularly the inside of the mouth).

To see a making-of vid of the momma, click here: [link]

For a full photo set, click here: [link]

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~JustLynnWeav Sep 25, 2009, 5:25:38 PM
wow! that's great for a Holloween decoration if your planning a haunted house for the trick or treaters! :XD:

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~genuine-insanity Sep 25, 2009, 5:41:11 PM
That is some pretty amazing work you do. Keep it up for sure.
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Mood: Joy *bannerninja Sep 26, 2009, 7:11:09 AM
Heh - I wish those were available for purchase - would love to have a piranha plant stuck in amongst my other greenery :D
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*Toope Sep 27, 2009, 9:33:50 AM
Where can I get some seeds to grow those hehe =)

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~Kalapusa Sep 27, 2009, 1:48:02 PM
If only.

I'd sell those instead and grow a whole bunch of them to surround my house. You know... to keep the plumbers away.

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*Toope Sep 27, 2009, 5:03:33 PM
hehe good idea

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~cwicseolfor Sep 28, 2009, 11:50:41 PM
I have to say I adore these. Your perfection of the textures takes the detail to an almost disturbing realism, especially on the "skin" around Mama's jaw and her main leaf-joints (not pictured in any of these shots! Pity), not to mention Baby's mouth. It was fascinating to learn about the materials used, too; between the video you made and your flickr shots I'm thrilled these are so well-documented. Absolutely gorgeous - the highlight of your technical brilliance here is the understanding of the aging of tissue, and it makes for an incredibly eerie pixel-to-clay translation ^-^

One last note, on the side - the tragedy of your original Audrey II makes me wonder if you've heard about Sculpey Superflex...? It might be well-suited to your methods.
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