Studio Jefre Sculpting Commissions

This smoothed Tango Couple called "Passion" is the first of many sculptures showcased at Jefre's Points of Connection exhibit in the Orlando Museum of Art (Winter 2020)

This was one of my favorite pieces to work on and I am incredibly happy that Jefre decided to leave it smooth instead of Fractal like the rest.

This is my original sculpt of the piece in ZBrush. Those details really do express the pose and show the beauty of the human form.

Here is the reverse view of the sculpt. My wife (dance teacher) later pointed out that dancers should not point the toes for a dance like this. Good for her. lol

This hall was the main attraction of his exhibit, titled the Baks series. The dog in the front was the only piece of this series I did not work on and as it is one of his first pieces before he first contracted with me in 2017. Its been a long road.

Another piece of the Baks series, titled "Fly Boy" or "Joy".

My Original Sculpt of "Fly Boy". At this stage of the series, we were experimenting with cartoonier attire like the bow tie, Mickey shoes, and inflated glove appearance.

This sculpture was originally intended to be hanging over a ledge with the love girl. Not sure what happened. He is not taking a volumetric dump!

I bet this sculpt was just massively off balance. Better bolt him down!

Although this piece was exhibited as the final piece in a separate room, I assume that this is still part of his Baks series.

Titled "One peace, One Love". I made these two figures separately and then fused together in the middle so that they shared shoulders.

I had no idea his intention was to astro turf this asset, but I assume that this is a nod to Jefre's beginnings in landscaping.

The variations of hand positions that we went through with these two were numerous. My favorite was the female signing peace sign and the male flipping the bird. lol

I was pretty excited to see this sculpture approved for production for the Orlando International Airport.

This was great pose and model to create with a lot of character. The dog is a model we bought, no credit on that.

Unfortunately, the project was canceled to support airport staff through COVID-19. It would have been an awesome thing to brag about to inbound students. lol

I am really glad that this models seems to be able to secure down and balance out. These are some miniatures on display of the larger stuff in progress.

We will see if the puppy will stay on the off chance the return back to us to re-contract.

This the some of the middle phases of construction on the very first project that I worked with Jefre on.

As you can see, this guy is supposed to be massive. I believe that this was supposed to be for a call center in Manilla, Phillipines.

This is a recording breaking sculpture in recognition of working class people. Zipping up is now a 3 man job. lol

Another miniature of a massive piece.

Clothing resolution and cage creation were a bit of a struggle for me but everything came out pretty well in the end.

This sculpture is called "Love" and is another member of the Baks series project.

Fractalizing did eliminate a lot of cloth wrinkle work and the varying resolutions of dress and human were challenging.

I am grateful that this pose seems adequately balanced for seating purposes.

Posing of this figure was hard to get right with the huge shoes.

"Empowerment" was a great piece in the Baks series to represent female pride and determination.

I feel that this piece did not need the large cartoon feet...

...but there they are. At least it is not on its butt.

My model was set up to rest the hands on the hips, but I can see how that would be a hard connection with actual metal.

This is some of the end stage progress of the second model I began work with Jefre for the call center series in Manilla.

We made her to be fit in the crevice and hanging over the edge of the buildings roof.

This was a workshop shot with Jefre of where the models go after 3D printing.

One of the concerns of this design was the pigeons might build nests inside of her neck, so we had to close the hole.

I again am very glad that balance was able to be maintained so people dont get pancaked under it on the sidewalk below.

The baks series piece called "Peace".

Another figure that I worked on with the cartoon like gloves and feet.

I did not see if the bow tie made it on the final sculpt.

We are not crooks.

This was one my most recent pieces with Jefre set to be installed along the I-4 (interstate) ultimate project in Florida. Fingers crossed.

If the Baks series did not make you nervous about balance.... I just hope nobody gets hurt.

Kneel was a relatively recent addition to the Baks series that we created during the Trump administration and all the joys that brought.

Taking on the normal characteristics of the series, he fits in the group nicely.

Glad he could stand up. Praise Yah we don't have cube heads like this.

I tried to really ensure that you felt a burden and weight on the posture, but still resilience.

"Open Arms" of the Baks series.

This character was made from a rig that I duplicated, inflated, and sliced up.

I did not know that this was a part of the series as it was involved with the monstrous sized sculpture in the Philipines.

This process was pretty difficult to figure out. Considering the original character rig was not primarily mine, I still had to make major adjustments and some huge clean ups. Claiming it!

"Faith" or "Respect" of the Baks series. This was the Father of the bunch as they were initially concepted as a family.

The feet were not necessary again, but once you are part of a group...

...it just has to be there.

Being a faith driven person myself, I feel as though I relate to this one the most....even though it is Idolatry. Kind of hate myself.

This piece is called "Time" of the Baks series.

This was one of the earlier Baks models with Fractal effect. I had not gotten the hang of hardening out the edges yet.

No cartoon feet! Still waiting for the applause...

What was truly hilarious about this project was there was a leaning over lady (interacting with children) that was paired with this character. When they were imported together into the same scene however, the woman centered directly in front of the man.

I will let your imagination explain what that looked like....

Although this was not part of the Points of Connection exhibit, "Singing in the Rain" was an iconic piece that we made pretty early on.

Cheetahs and Chihuahuas.....a very interesting choice, but Im just the 3D sculptor.

It is still a good size and I am happy that this piece is balanced out.

Kind of an awkward, "look into my eyes" moment.

"Rat" of the Zodiac series. I was told that these were going to be installed in a sky garden atop a building. Probably not in America.

Just one out of the 12 different animals we created together. Many different variations and optimization for shipping across seas.

Initially designed to be large, I am glad that they can hold just as much potential in miniature form.

These were the first smoothed versions. Some very large revision were made, especially the dragon.

Thanks for sharing this dance with me everyone. I am blessed to be a part of this sweeping artists movement.