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Dark Tree Creature
Published: 2011-05-02 04:03:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 14963; Favourites: 678; Downloads: 0
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I went camping for the first time this weekend. I've not been feeling very arty of late, but was inspired to do some stuff that I would leave in the bush to become part of the landscape. I made this fairly large sculpture to leave inside the hollow of a large tree at the campsite. I am very much hoping that it gets left alone, and no drunken dickhead messes with it. We're going camping there again in a few months so shall report back then.It was somewhat inspired by the creatures in Tool filmclips. Made entirely with sticks and twigs from the campsite and surrounding forest, and natural hemp twine.
This pic was taken during the day. I like this one, though I have some cool night shots too-
And here's a sample of my other stuff... shameless self-promotion is a good thing!
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Thank you for the feature oh Glorious Leader! Many sorries for belated reply, I've been busy with uni. But now I'm all graduated and have nothing but spare time! MWAHAHA!
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That is fantastic news. I bet it feels great to have that all behind you now. You can go to Disney World!
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very cool ..I once visualised a creature very much like this ...the only difference really was that it was also somewhat fleshed out with cobwebs
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Thats kind of what I'm hoping will happen to it. Spiderwebs in the 'ribs' and head. Stuff like that
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Ooh interesting! It reminds me of some kind of native american relic or something. It's hard for me to describe. Something ancient I guess! lol very nice, I hope it's still there when you go back!
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Thank you so much
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You're welcome
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creative, amazing and scary, congratulations!, i love it! and love your artistic thinking way.. wow!
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Thank you so much x
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LOL If me and my cousin came across that we'd quickly think there are some forest nymphs playing tricks around...or aliens. XD
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Or especially creepy locals I suppose
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Amazing job! Hopefully no one or thing will mess with it
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Fingers crossed
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*crosses fingers* YEP!
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this is awesome, the result is like a very eerie creature!
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Heh I didn't quite mean for him to be as creepy as he turned out... but still very happy with the results.
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Nice! I would love to try something like this. It makes me think of an offering left for faeries...
Was there a trick to making the head nice and round like that?
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Only to use relatively fresh branches. Fortunately for me there was a lot of rain the week before and a lot of stuff had been knocked off trees so plenty to work with.
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Thanks! So happy
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Heh thank you muchly
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You're welcome
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Yeah. See, I can see someone coming across that and having a Blair Withc experience. XDD
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Heh that was the original inspiration. That I took no pics of the BW stuff, just left it hanging around the campsite in odd places
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That would be a creepy thing to leave in the woods for someone to discover 
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Heh that was the plan. I really hope he is not messed with. Though even if he is, I spose it means I can just make something new
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It was my first time camping, but we're all a bunch of props/scenery/sculpture students. Everyone else wsa drawing but I've always been more into 3D, so.... sculpture
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It's so cute! ^^
I hope it will survive out there! ^^
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Heh thank you
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hey, this is really worth a DD for sure...
congrats!!!
long time ago i had a time when i was around in the woods and elsewhere and all alone... i did some similar things - once i found a sort of "jesus" on the ground... it was nothing but a piece of oily cloth - someone had mended his car there and left several things - out of that i modelled a complety scenery around him...
i really wish you find him undammaged when you come back - mine were all destroyed almost immediately...
greetings
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Heh I know it was obvious but I was somewhat inspired by the Blair Witch Project here. I started off at the beginning of the trip doing identical ones to that and hanging them around and got bored of it pretty quickly. Found a beautifully twisted stick and thoughtt 'that will make an awesome spine' and it just went from there. So much fun
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simply cool - that are the best ones, when one just gets an inspiration and improvises as it comes - very nice...
thanx for taking the time to answer...
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Exquisite! I wish more ppl would leave little hand-made treasures like this around campsites. And LOL at placement of fern. Congrats on the DD!
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Heh my housemate who was along camping too wanted me to sculpt *bits* on there, which I was reluctant to do, so the ferns were the compromise. I want to make a bird next I think. Thank you so much x
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Yeah I can't wait to see it again. That said, I have a bunch of people asking for similar sculptures now, so I'm thinking I should make some and try selling them.
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What you should do is gather your materials from a area topographically similar to theirs, maybe give it a slightly more personal touch.
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