Looking back at my previous sculpts, I realised that these masks would be too small for the 1:1 scale I created the prototype bird body in. I also realised that by simply sculpting out the mask alone, without a head there would be nothing to stick it too. I can solve this problem one of two ways; Either sew and stuff a small, featureless ball to act as a head shape that the mask could then rest on, or simply include the head in the mask sculpt. For this prototype I decided to sculpt the head into the mask, to save on time and to experiment with whether this looks good or not.
1) Blocking out the base shape for the bird mask. For this prototype I was looking at jay birds for reference; the American blue variation sporting a small peak of feathers at the back of the head, which I felt was a key characteristic in distinguishing the features of this bird. The blocking out was simply done with my hands; no tools where needed at this point.
2) Begin using tools; smoothing out the shape to begin figuring out features and seeing what kind of shapes I'm working with.
3) Using references to refine shapes.
4) Adding in a neck piece to connect the body with the head. To make sure the final thing will fit, I held this against the opening of the neck and made sure to regularly check that it could still connect.
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