{"id":1620,"date":"2012-04-20T21:09:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T21:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2012-04-20T21:09:51","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T21:09:51","slug":"experimenting-with-titanium-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1620","title":{"rendered":"Experimenting with Titanium part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMoving along, I did a little more today. \u00a0Above, I’ve removed all of the background.<\/p>\n

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\nHere, I’ve finished sculpting the right hand moth.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd another quick and dirty inking. \u00a0Rather than the scribble texture, I may try stippling the background. \u00a0We’ll see….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moving along, I did a little more today. \u00a0Above, I’ve removed all of the background. Here, I’ve finished sculpting the right hand moth. And another quick and dirty inking. \u00a0Rather than the scribble texture, I may try stippling the background. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[23,5,28],"tags":[9,3,7,10,29],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-q8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5685,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=5685","url_meta":{"origin":1620,"position":0},"title":"WESN Knife Koi Tutorial","date":"May 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m baaaaack! 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