Most of my designs for the mermaid character feature webbed, amphibian looking ears and so before the photoshoot I wanted to see if sculpting out a wearable pair was do-able.
In my initial attempt (first image) I sculpted out the basic shape in wire and tin foil but realised this didn't look as realistic as I wanted it too and had a cartoonish appearance to it instead, so began again.
The next image shows the second try which I made taking into account the aspects of the first attempt I didn't like. This time the silhouette was different and I put extra hot glue over the top in order to form the 'cartilage' of the webbed ears. Once I was happy with the shape I also glued two hooks onto the backs so they could hang off of the models real ears (third image is me fitting them to real 'ear shape'.)
Finally, when I was happy with them the ears were painted. I made sure to match the colours to the tones I'd be using for the face paints else they'd look bizarre. I also glued a few pearl 'earrings' onto the lobe areas to match the embellishments on the tail and the rest of the jewelry the character would be wearing.
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