SKEKSIS

My original sketches were an attempt to work out how I would fit into the shape of a vulture but I just couldn't visualise it. It was clear that I would need to be seated or crouching in the costume and the more I looked I realised my head couldn't be the head of the bird but instead the hump of the 'shoulder' area. I was really struggling AND THEN

The Skeksis from The Dark Crystal

New Year New Plan:

The fabric strips seemed a much more practical and visually appealing plan.