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AlfredParedes
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[2008-08-08 15:12:29 +0000 UTC]
"Alfred Paredes"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 681; Deviations: 492; Watchers: 1567
Watching: 45; Pageviews: 92906; Comments Made: 2583; Friends: 45
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Rodin, Bernini, Frederick Hart, Michaelangelo, Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint Gaudens, Mucha... and that's just some of the dead onesFavorite movies: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, John Wick, Star Wars, LotR, many of the Marvel movies, Batman, and so many more movies... I love them all.
Favorite TV shows: Twilight Zone, Muppet Babies, The Simpsons, X-Files, Cheers, Sienfeld, The Wonder Years, LOST, Fringe, Deadwood, True Blood, The walking dead, Breaking Bad, Westworld, Barry, Stranger Things, Mind Hunter, and so many more.
Favorite bands / musical artists: TOOL, GnR, Led Zeppelin, Greta Van Fleet, The Doors, Michael Jackson, Stevie wonder, Prince, AC/DC, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Al Green, Faith no More, Creedence Clear Water Revival, and many others.
Favorite books: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Anything by Steinbeck, Let me in, The Road, All the Harry Potters, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit
Favorite writers: Steinbeck, Douglas Adams
Favorite games: Anything LEGO, Batman Arkham, CoD
Favorite gaming platform: XBox 360
Tools of the Trade: My hands, clay tools, cintique, zbrush
Other Interests: Rock Climbing, Star gazing, hiking, Ocean swimming
# Social Links
https://www.instagram.com/apsculpturestudio/?hl=en# Comments
Comments: 501
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Happy Birthday!Β Β I wish you only the positive impressions of this year!
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it wont let me leave a comment till I join Facebook.Β 
atb --tim
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Boo!!! That's bullshit. Oh well.
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yeah, I got no interest in FB. Why it has to be linked like that just sucks; I mean , iam a member of SW and have an account!
sorry Alfred, I did try. :/
atb --tim
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No worries my friend. I appreciate the kind words all on their own.
Cheers!!
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heya buddy,
just enjoying your SW lesson. Finally got more techy and enjoying Streaming.
Β Very cool lesson Alfred. Makes me want a large studio so I can use Chavant again which I'm banned from usin' in the house!! lol.Β The model you did was ace plus I like the scale too.
hope youre busy and well man.
atb --tim
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Thanks buddy!! Post a comment or review on the SWSCA site, if you could. It would be greatly appreciated and would help me keep that lesson on people's minds.
A bigger studio is definitely a good thing. Although eventually, even that starts to feel too small.
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Sure thing Alfred! I'd happily watch another lesson if ya did one. 
Right now, any space would be nice. I am getting very frustrated having no workspace!
Could I ask you something else? say that character was wearing high heeled shoes or boots; how would you attack that with the armature?
I have tried every bend I can think of and still have problems. Could you perhaps do a demo some time please? It's driving me nuts!!
atb --tim
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If the character is externally supported, like the I did was, then just take the armature to the ankles and don't worry about an armature in the feet. If you want it free standing, then you need to use very rigid metal. I would use all thread. Heat it before you bend it. Run the bottom through the board and secure it underneath with a couple nuts. Run the top all the way to the hip, then use some epoxy putty and switch to aluminum wire for the rest.
You could also rough out the high heals in epoxy, then drill down a bit and start your armature from there. You could also add a square key (made if brass square stock) and key that into a work base. That way you could take the figure down any time you need to.
Good luck, Tim. Hope some of that made sense.
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Thanks for the description Alfred. I'll try make sense ofΒ some of this.
Be cool to see you do it in some future project though; I am a gestalt learner and do better by example.Β Maybe a future U Tube tutorial?
all the best! -- tim
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Thanks. You're too kind.
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Happy Birthday!Β Hope you had an awesome one!
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Alfred, hope you have a very happy birthday today!
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Happy Birthday! 
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heya man. Happy Birthday dude. Have a great day Alfred.
atb --tim
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Thanks brotha!!
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Wow. Absolutely love your work, its incredible
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Thank you very much.
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Hey Alfred! How are you today? I just want to say I watched your work and some of your journal posts and I am very inspired by you!!
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Wow, thank you. I appreciate it. It's taken me a long time, but with practice and persistence, anyone can do what I can do. Keep at it.
Good luck, and thanks again.
Cheers!!
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Really quite incredible what you do! I always loved super creepy pumpkins too - you know, the ones that are seriously scary and not just cute-scary 
I do wonder: Are you an animator or do you just do sculptures? They look like Β they might be used to animation too, some of those grey ones. Dare I ask where you took your education (if you did at all)?Β
~ curious bee flies away
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Thank you kindly. I'm not an animator. I'm a sculptor and character designer. I was formally trained at the Laguna College of Art and Design (many, many years ago). Since then, I've continued learning by taking workshops, watching videos, reading books, and of course... Working my ass off. I've had the pleasure of being part of the Villafane Studios team each Halloween, and I get to travel the country carving pumpkins at different events.
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Thanks. I appreciate it.
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You're welcome! Keep up the great work!
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