Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Rhodesian Ridgeback origins

The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a dog breed indigenous to Southern Africa. Its European forebears can be traced to the early pioneers of the Cape Colony of Southern Africa, who crossed their dogs with the semi-domesticated, ridged hunting dogs of the Khoisan people (referred to by the colonists as "Hottentots").

In the earlier parts of its history, the Rhodesian Ridgeback has also been known as Van Rooyen's Lion Dogs, the African Lion Hound or African Lion Dog—Simba Inja in Ndebele, Shumba Imbwa in Shona—because of their ability to distract a lion while awaiting their master to make the kill.

The original breed standard was drafted by F.R. Barnes, in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (today known as Zimbabwe), in 1922. Based on that of the Dalmatian, the standard was approved by the South African Kennel Union in 1926.

Wikipedia

Midlands & Northern Rhodesian Ridgeback Club - Illustrated Breed Standard

Here you will find the Rhodesian Ridgeback breed illustrated breed standard I am using to sculpt the clay ridgeback model. To obtain a better view you will need to click on the image.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Sculpting of the paws, toes; legs ... videos

Here are the short videos of my live broadcast on June 02 and 03, 2009. Enjoy! and please feel free to comment.

























Steaming on http://www.justin.tv/handsofcaesar/

I carry on a three-way conversation with two of my artist friends as I sculpt. While streaming on Justin. TV, we were using Skype to carry on our conversation. In coming viewers were just a bit confused because of the 10 minute lag time.


Monday, June 1, 2009

ridgeback eye correction for clay model

This video shows the corrections being made to the ridgeback's eyes




more on eye correction

video posting using youtube.com webcam upload

I believe I will stick to youtube.com for the movie clips. The quality is much better than justin.tv ;however, I will still use justin.tv for the live feed.

Kumar can you and Vicki review this video and comment. While I wait for the comment, I will fix the eyes.

Live sculpting broadcast by HandsofCaesar.com

The top screen is used when I am broadcasting live from www.ustream.tv/channel/tutorial%3A-how-to-sculpt-in-clay---artistsculptor

When I am not broadcasting a list of current short movie clips are played.

I will try my best to embed the short videos recorded from the live broadcast on this blog.


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