Copied from the previous WIP:

I am making a new mask! This will be painted resin like my previous mask, but I am going in a different direction aesthetically this time. I'm going more feral, but still friendly. The eyes will be painted acrylic cabochons. I think these are 2" ones? They look a little manic right now, but the look softens with eyelids. I plan on hinging the jaw, filling in the gap with a spandex cheeky web thingy. The details will be fairly simple. The idea is to make a resin blank that can be easily modified with epoxy clay, resin bits or whatever to make a whole 'nother character.

After this is finished, I am sculpting a different dragon! I'm making a pair of costumes; one for me and one for my main man moresmallerbear. Bear's head is much larger than mine, so it would be difficult to fit one blank to both of us. Plus, it will be fun to sculpt one soft, cute dragon face and one rough 'n tough dragon face. (Though I think he'd rather be the soft and cute dragon! :P Knowing how I do things, his will still going to be pretty cute.)

The clay is WED clay, a specialty water-based clay. I really enjoy working with this stuff! In the past I have sculpted in oil clay, but it's so hard on my fingers. Plus it's difficult to block out large shapes in any reasonable amount of time. I think from now on I will be sculpting masks in WED clay because of how fast it moves. My opinion may change when I get to the detailing phase, though.

I made some pretty big changes from my previous WIP. I made her a little more beefy all around, including making the jawbone a lot fatter. I also bulked up the bridge of the nose and re-made the nostrils. I also angled the eyes ever so slightly outward , which also allowed me to make the brow bones a bit more streamlined. The next big step is sculpting in the dividing line... I'm a little nervous about that part, because I want to keep all of the hinge and spring parts inside the resin so they can be hidden. I've got the area right in front of the ear bulked up, so I've got high hopes.

"Hey Rachel, you gonna sell casts of this thing?" I don't know yet! If I can get pretty pulls that hinge nicely and aren't too small like my previous mask, then yes.

Constructive criticism or tips welcome and encouraged! I'm almost done with getting the overall shaping and symmetry done, then I'll be moving onto texturing.