The above illustrations are tests in color, mood and lighting. They were composited from photographs, the clay model, and photoshop. I decided that the model was the central point of my animation, so I gave the wizard more developing time than any other elements.
The wizard was first made from self-hardening clay. His garment is raw linen applied with jade glue, the inside from conté colored rice paper, applied in the same way. His face, beard, hards and feet are all Sculpey, painted with acrylics and conté powder. The egg is Sculpey with glass fragments for texture, painted with acrylics. The egg sack is silk from a scarf I once loved but wore out. The butterfly is painted metal. The grass... is weird. It's some sort of turf material used in railroad models or something.