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Paper Sculpture - Owl
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Published: 2015-07-14 12:54:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 13815; Favourites: 946; Downloads: 83
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So, this is it. I've spent perhaps 2 or 3 years on this paper sculpture. On and off. Mainly off (^.^'). But despite my procrastination, I have to say I am fairly proud of the end result. I've also respected my self-imposed challenge, which was to create this sculpture without using anything but paper and glue. From the details to the structure itself, this bird is made out entirely of paper.Related content
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Thank you kindly for your critique. Your comments are heartwarming. I will consider the positive aspects you mentionned and make sure I include them in my next sculpture to obtain the best results possible! ^_^
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That is so beautiful, I LOVE it! absolutely stunning
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I did a paper owl a while back too. But I use polymer clay for the beak and claws.
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Oh wow! Yours had nothing to envy to mine. It's splendid! Thanks for sharing this with me, it's inspiring.
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My goodness. 
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Wow, that's fantastic! Β You should try doing an octopus!
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(sorry for the late reply!) An octopus! What a clever idea! It's going straight to my to-do / inspiration list. Thanks!
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Beautiful work! Congratulations on the DD!
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Beautiful!! The attention to detail is AMAZING! 8O
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This is pretty amazing. The amount of details on this paper sculpture is epic and pleasing to the tired eye. Great job on this! You're amazing!
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Oh man this is absolutely incredible!! Really well done and damn even though it was really time consuming, the end result came out amazing : ) Congratulations on such a wonderful paper sculpture and also the DD!
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Many thanks, I appreciate your comment. ^.^
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Not at all, I love paper sculpting and you did a fantabulous job
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Wow! What materials did you use? I might want to do something similar to this! Dragon perhaps.
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The materials are extremely difficult to come by, man. First, you must go on a quest to find paper. This alone could take you months, perhaps even years. You're looking for a very specific type of paper: white paper used in a printer. Super hard to come by! And next, you'll need glue. You may have to wrestle a kid at a daycare to obtain that. And kids nowadays are strong and swift, man. You'll need to prepare yourself for this mighty encounter!
TLDR; paper and glue.
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... Obviously. I shallΒ rephrase. How did you make this? What were the steps? I wish to make a dragon model please.
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Hm, I went at it pretty randomly, to be honest. I had zero planification done. In fact, this bird will serve me as planification for my future sculptures.
I started off with a wing. Adding feathers and feathers until it looked like a wing. This first wing is what decided on the final size of the sculpture. I then made a second wing, roughly identical, but with a slightly different angle (because I didn't want my owl's flight to be static, I wanted some asymetry). For the body, I made a structure in papier machΓ©, but the structure was modified over time (I ended up cutting it, reshaping it, removing an entire half of it, etc.), again due to lack of planification. To this body structure, I've added the head, then the tail, then the legs, and finished with the feathers on the body.
I wish I could tell you more about the science of it, but there really isn't. It's mainly improvisation, step by step. The mistakes I made probably helped me more than anything else in the process, too.
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I see. Well thank you for explaining it. may I ask a favor. If you do another paper project like this, please document it. I would love to see the steps in progress. Thank you.
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As a matter of fact, I've already started! I'm working on a fish this time. I will make sure to take pictures, and perhaps even create a tutorial documenting my process! Hopefully, that will answers some questions you may still have.
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Yah! I can't wait to see! Thank you so much for this! Ps I really love the owl, especially the details to the feathers.
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I can only admire your dedication, and the amount of detail this piece shows 
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This is amazing.
I didn't even know this was possible to do until now.
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Neither did I, up until I stared at the finished piece. I have problems, haha!
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Outstanding work- congratulations on the well- deserved DD!
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Impressive feat!!! Congrats on the DD! Very well-deserved for such a beautiful and challenging piece!
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Awesome detail, I thought this was one of those models they do for animated characters
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Absolutely amazing work! Congrats on the DD!
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Museum quality, you deserve all the pride you can muster. Β Maybe even a little arrogance. Β
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