Tuesday 24 January 2012

Working on Ravana armour after Sculptis:




I have started to work Ravana armour and arms but after detailing the armour first in the sculptis program I found so easy and quick to bring into clay, its still in the early stages but here are some photo updates!

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Sculptis CGI software:

 Hi Guys I have been looking a long time for a really good CGI sculpting program cheap and easy to use, I have never really sculpt on CGI programs before so I have to learn as i am going. But this site and application is truly unreal its called sculptis very easy to use and great for drawing up your sculpture before you start, the program allows you to change scale and save, so you can get the exact size you are wanting to bring out into clay. Here are my first few attempts with the software

Still working on the Ravana piece I started to sculpt his head and armour, and just like sketching it really gives you another prospective into your sculpture!
You can change the materials you use to sculpt with in the program like the armour here I change to a gold material, it is very impressive to see the transformation!

I am having only one issue for now and that it starts to slow down and close the screen on me while I work on, But I have sent the company a massage and hoping to resolve the issue soon. The best part about it is that its free the upload "FREE" Yes it is but I think the catch is that the real program that is need with the sculptis is the ZBrush application and thats for sale for $700 US thats a pretty good price. I have been looking around and I know its a very good price. But the sculptis is unreally an unreal yes I said Unreally unreal. Just try it for your self here is the link for sculptis and the company pixilogic

 http://www.pixologic.com/home.php



ZBrush Tips and Tricks

Saturday 21 January 2012

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 Ravana many heads defined!

Because sculpting can be limited to the realities of the material laws of nature trying to sculpture Ravana full ten heads was not an option. But based on the past time his heads came out after Lord Rama cut them off, so in many traditional painting sometimes three heads were out.

  Brahma granted him these boons in addition to his 10 severed heads and great strength by way of knowledge of divine weapons and magic. Thus ravana known as 'Dasamukha' (Dasa = ten, mukha =face). 
Here is a painting with 3 heads coming out
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 For molding reasons all three heads can be detached at a later stage, when sculpting I have to always keep in mind the molding process and the undercuts and difficult areas that would cause a problem later. Hence the arms and legs will also be removable!  
I wil leave the finer details on the heads once the main torso is finished, this will keep work undamage, in the earlier stages to sculpting I learned that doing the fine detailing at the start can cause you to do it twice, and there is nothing more frustrating then when you just get it right and you have to go over it again! Finish the bulk of the heavy pushing and pulling of the clay and then detail your little hearts away. I will post detail description of the helmet being sculpt so keep an eye out for that.

Thanks for reading if you have any comments please fill free to ask.

Jivarts

Thursday 12 January 2012

Sculpting a monk
This bust of an Indian monk was sculpted in a water based clay, details were made with brushes and sponges, with a little help of glad rap!

Stay tuned for the firing process:)

My project entails  making limited edition of sculptural base on spiritual and warrior history from all around the world. Sculpting different traditional past times and hero's From India, Japan, to ancient Rome the Project would capture different battles and personalities and bring them to life in sculptural form.

 Creating an artistic understanding of many different historical events and tradition. The kickstarter would allow for the moulding processes of limited editions of each piece.

Capturing each art sets in both Bronze and casting stones (which would be individually hand painted)

Each set would also come with a limited edition framed pencil sketch of the sculptural scene with an explanation of its meaning and traditions.    

Ravana
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Ravan" and "Raavanan" redirects here. For other uses, see Ravan (disambiguation).

Rāvaṇa (SanskritरावणTamil:ராவணன் IPA: [ˈrɑːʋəɳə]) is the primary antagonist character of the Hindu legend,
 the Ramayana
who is the great king of Lanka. In the classic text, he is mainly depicted negatively, kidnapping Rama's wife Sita,
 to claim vengeance on Rama and his brother Lakshmana for having cut off the nose of his sisterSurpanakha.[1]
This depiction is, however, open to other interpretations. Ravana is described as a devout follower of Shiva,
 a great scholar, a capable ruler and a maestro of the Veena. He has his apologists and staunch devotees
 within the Hindu traditions, some of whom believe that his description as a ten-headed person (Daśagrīva)
 is a reference to him possessing a very thorough knowledge over the 4 Vedas and 6 Upanishads, 
which made him as powerful as 10 scholars. However, there is mention in Atharvaveda of demonic Brahmans
 called Dasagva (ten-headed) and Navagva (nine-headed) and the metaphor of a supernatural number of bodyparts
 to symbolize powers is an ancient one in Indian mythic depictions.

Ravana also authored Ravana Sanhita, a powerful book on the Hindu astrology. Ravana possessed a thorough knowledge of Ayurveda and political science. He is said to have possessed the nectar of immortality, which was stored under his navel, thanks to a celestial boon by Brahma.[2] According to some theories, he was a historical emperor who reigned over Sri Lanka from 2554 BC to 2517 BC.[3]


 This is the beginning armature of Demon king Ravana to go with the 2nd set of limited edition surrounding ancient Vedic culture!











Narasimha and Prahlada

Narasimha kills Hiranyakashipu, asPrahlada and his mother bow before Lord Narasimha
The story of Narasimha as described in the Bhagavata Purana is as follows:
/>In his previous avatara of Varaha, Vishnu killed a rakshasa known as Hiranyaksha. Hiranyaksha's brother Hiranyakashipu, greatly angered by this, started to abhor Vishnu and his followers. He decides to attempt to kill Vishnu by gaining mystical powers, which he believes Brahma, the chief among the devas, will award him if he undergoes many years of great austerity and penance. This initially seems to work as planned with Brahma becoming pleased by Hiranyakashipu's austerities.[6] Brahma thus appears before Hiranyakashipu and offers him a boon that he will personally make true anything he wishes for. In reply, Hiranyakashipu requests the following:
O my lord, O best of the givers of benediction, if you will kindly grant me the benediction I desire, please let me not meet death from any of the living entities created by you. Grant me that I not die within any residence or outside any residence, during the daytime or at night, nor on the ground or in the sky. Grant me that my death not be brought about by any weapon, nor by any human being or animal. Grant me that I not meet death from any entity, living or nonliving created by you. Grant me, further, that I not be killed by any demigod or demon or by any great snake from the lower planets. Since no one can kill you in the battlefield, you have no competitor. Therefore, grant me the benediction that I too may have no rival. Give me sole lordship over all the living entities and presiding deities, and give me all the glories obtained by that position. Furthermore, give me all the mystic powers attained by long austerities and the practice of yoga, for these cannot be lost at any time.[7]
Narasimha statue

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 One day while Hiranyakashipu is performing austerities at Mandaracala Mountain, his home is attacked by Indra and the other devatas.[8] At this point the divine sage Narada intervenes to protect Kayadu, whom he describes as 'sinless'.[9] Following this event, Narada takes Kayadu into his care and while under the guidance of Narada, her unborn child (Hiranyakashipu's son) Prahlada, becomes affected by the transcendental instructions of the sage even at such a young stage of development. Thus, Prahlada later begins to show symptoms of this earlier training by Narada, gradually becoming recognised as a devoted follower of Vishnu, much to his father's disappointment.[10]
Hiranyakashipu eventually becomes so angry and upset at his son's devotion to Vishnu (whom he sees as his mortal enemy) that he decides he must kill him,[11] but each time he attempts to kill the boy, Prahlada is protected by Vishnu's mystical power. When asked, Prahlada refuses to acknowledge his father as the supreme lord of the universe and claims that Vishnu is all-pervading and omnipresent. Hiranyakashipu points to a nearby pillar and asks if 'his Vishnu' is in it:

 O most unfortunate Prahlada, you have always described a supreme being other than me, a supreme being who is above everything, who is the controller of everyone, and who is all-pervading. But where is He? If He is everywhere, then why is He not present before me in this pillar?"[12]




Narasimha claws Hiranyakasipu atBanteay Srei in Cambodia.
Prahlada then answers, He was, He is and He will be. In an alternate version of the story, Prahlada answers, He is in pillars, and he is in the smallest twig. Hiranyakashipu, unable to control his anger, smashes the pillar with his mace, and following a tumultuous sound, Vishnu in the form of Narasimha appears from it and moves to attack his father in defence of Prahlada. In order to kill Hiranyakashipu and not upset the boon given by Brahma, the form of Narasimha is chosen. Hiranyakashipu can not be killed by human, deva or animal. Narasimha is neither one of these as he is a form of Vishnu incarnate as a part-human, part-animal. He comes upon Hiranyakashipu at twilight (when it is neither day nor night) on the threshold of a courtyard (neither indoors nor out), and puts the demon on his thighs (neither earth nor space). Using his sharp fingernails (neither animate nor inanimate) as weapons, he disembowels and kills the demon.[13] Kurma Purana describes the preceding battle between the Purusha and demonic forces in which he escapes a powerful weapon called Pashupata and it describes how Prahlada's brothers headed by Anuhrada and thousands of other demons "were led to the valley of death (yamalayam) by the lion produced from the body of man-lion" avatara.[2] The same episode occurs in the Matshya Purana 179, several chapters after its version of the Narasimha advent.[2]
The Bhagavata Purana further narrates: even after killing Hiranyakashipu, none of the present demigods are able to calm Narasimha's fury, not even Shiva. So all the gods and goddesses call his consort, Lakshmi, but she is also unable to do so. Then, at the request of Brahma, Prahlada is presented to Narasimha, and finally he is calmed by the prayers of his devotee.[14] Before parting, Narasimha rewards the wise Prahlada by crowning him as the king.