The Ife head recreation
a 6 week, challenging project to recreate a real-world asset as truthfully as possible. I wanted to tackle less traditional aesthetics and learn how different cultures approach forms of the face while improving all my core skills for asset creation.
The Ife head recreation
The Ife head, a brass sculpture made in the 14th-15th(early) century by the Yoruba people. Initially, when the British were invading the area, they didn't believe that the locals could produce a sculpture with such sensitivity to form, rivalling the old masters.
The original sculpture can be found here:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1939-34-1#:~:text=Ife%20is%20located%20in%20Osun%20State%20in%20modern%20south%2Dwestern%20Nigeria.
I decided to tackle this asset for my specialism project for its richness in tertiary detail but still retaining the recognisable forms of the face. It was a real challenge to get the material to look similar to the original and to make it real-time especially.
You can read more about my process in my blog:
https://wordpress.com/post/tadasblog559558516.wordpress.com/50
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