Not one to do things by half, I decided to throw myself in the deep end with the challenge of sculpting an Octopus. As the second animal I've ever sculpted (the first being a bear, I know, much easier), its proving to be a challenge but one I am really enjoying!
This is how I started...
A tin foil and wire armature on a sculpted polystyrene base.
But it wasn't long before I bulked it up into this...
And a few evenings later, after some reworking to the head proportions, it became this...
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Now when I am happy with the head I'll bake it and move on to the tentacles and blend them in.