Elephant part 7, A Happy Little Trunk.

[@christiandoering2493]

I like your videos. Your voice over explanations are thorough and soothing. I saw that snail moving in and the trunk dance was great. I'm learning a lot and think you are a secret expert at elephant anatomy.

[@dollyad4953]

The snail is adorable....so is the dancing trunk. Great job!

[@DeivisonTeles]

Loved "Dance Time!" was a good surprise! Hahahaha

[@melisspants1990]

Thanks so much for the videos! Very informative

[@rosalealoveselephants4ever733]

Love love love!!!!!!! This elephant is gorgeous!!

[@korensalajka2256]

ha! love that you time-lapsed the dancing trunk!

[@TheBroodingTom]

LOL! I really enjoyed animating that! :D Glad you liked it!

[@Talki200]

Awww... Super cute! I really love your snail! Your elephant is looking great & this vid had me giggling!

[@TheBroodingTom]

I know the feeling, I laughed so much! I must have watched that 6 second animation for 30 minutes total while in my editing program LOL!! (loop mode, activate hehe) It's cute funny and a little dumb all at once! xD

[@iamchriss77]

Another awesome video. Getting so close to finishing. Can't wait to see it.

[@Mrs_Slusherz]

I died from laughter when you made the trunk dance 😂 made my day

[@royceshatzel]

Thank you for giving so much detail on tape, foil or wire. Very helpful information. I love your new camera, the quality and your work is amazing. Thank you for making these. Also, your voice over work is awesome :)

[@kawaiipetal1644]

I love you for making this series! My mom loves elephants, and I want to make her one for her birthday. You just seriously helped out so much! Can't wait to get started.

[@BlackCat_2]

You are just too cute. Thank you for making me smile. Loved the snail and the dancing trunk. :D You are having way too much fun with editing and that makes me smile too. :) The elephant is coming along great! Looking forward to the next video. - Heidi

[@TheBroodingTom]

I love stopmotion animation just as much as time lapse, it's just trying to figure things out along the way like using wifi instead of touching the camera, or just using film like in this video. Either way, between the new camera mount, and equipment upgrade I bet I can do mad MAD stopmotion animated video's, pretty fast too. You can expect to see it more often at least... it's too easy really. I may make a video showing what I do to make them :D Glad to make you smile, these simple changes made me happy and I guess it shows :D

[@BlackCat_2]

Polymer Clay Artist Yes it definitely showed through and that made me the happiest of all. I needed it. I have been down a bit lately. Doing okay today but frustrated because I can't find my open tube of e6000 :p I have one unopened and I know where it is but I don't like to open things when I have one that is already open. :P

[@TheBroodingTom]

LOL I had to google that I didn't know what those things are, but I can relate to wanting to rotate your stalk! I hope you find it! You could just open it but increase your crafting output by a warp factor of 2.. Oh no, that's it... too much Star Trek next Generation marathon :D

[@BlackCat_2]

Polymer Clay Artist hee hee yes I could just open it but I am taking this as a sign I need to neaten up my crafting area. I have so much stuff in stock but if I can't find it when I need it then it isn't much good to me is it? :P Nothing wrong with a TNG marathon. :D I have been watching too. I need the glue to stick together some puff balls to which I will be adding faces, ears, legs, arms etc. made from polymer clay.

[@TheBroodingTom]

That sounds neat, are you going to upload or post a pic? My crafting area is a total WRECK right now, I moved it from one room to another and still haven't got everything squared away, I should clean up too really

[@karendnollbechtel1964]

he's looking awesome!

[@frostyzek7461]

feel the elephant! be the elephant! make the elephant!

[@GameDevAraz]

zack frost lol True! For Your World! Your Piece!

[@heatherherrmann1777]

Dancing trunks and sneaky snails! This is great! I am LOVING watching your videos! You voice is so calm and mellow! I absolutely enjoy watching and listening to you teach. You are super talented. I am just starting in Polymer clay so I believe your channel will be very helpful for me. :)

[@TheBroodingTom]

I'm very luck to have you here, thanks for letting me know too and the feedback. It's motivating and helps me! This channel needs help, I wish more people could find it... the response is usually good from new visitors but I'm competing with like a million YT channels lol. I want to say it's catching on and picking up, keeping fingers crossed. In time, if you still like this perhaps you could tell a friend about it? Not now, just enjoy and thank you for your time as it means everything!

[@heatherherrmann1777]

I will absolutely tell my friends about it. I have a good friend that really wants to get into clay sculpting and while she seems to want to do kiln type clay, I want to convince her how amazing polymer clay is. Most people don't have a kiln in their house so polymer is an awesome option I believe.

[@TheBroodingTom]

I agree! My first few items were made from a potting clay (I guess) and it does have it's uses, but definitely has limits too! No armature or rigid structures can be used at all, not to mention it's messier lol I tried to fire a king cobra and it exploded in the kiln, roughly 80 hours gone. Before that I used a armature and it basically "ejected" right out of the sculpture due to the massive shrinkage of the clay around it. (it's made with water, water evaporates causing less mass, thus it shrinks) Polymer clay has less than 1% shrinkage (from what I can remember reading) so I can even wrap fine glass with it. Thank you so much for helping this channel.. It's hard asking but I'm glad I did!

[@heatherherrmann1777]

Oh yeah that kind of clay is awful if it gets fired with air bubbles in it too! Lol!

[@TheBroodingTom]

just wanted to add something to that.. if your friend insists on using kiln clay then let them. Sculpting is really relaxing and it matters not what type of clay used! Some of my idea and techniques can still be applied, they will just have to consider the clay shrinkage, keeping it wet and/or covered constantly, and it being very brittle when dried. I'm fixing to do the baking video on this elephant!! WOOHOO! (just waiting on yet another new microphone lol) and I'll try comparing the two clays a little while explaining the baking :D

[@leoroam2770]

Its nose is better in dancing than me trying to make a move!!!

[@jerrifenton3927]

great video

[@bayleymyers7278]

Did anyone else the the snail in 0:31

[@Debutdekay]

Hahaha you were very happy I see during the voice recording, definitely made me laugh love how it's looking

[@TheBroodingTom]

I was definitely happy, and I still am! Editing was such a struggle for me, but now it's not. I fell in love with what I do all over again, which is making YT videos. Thank's I'm glad you like it so far and thanks for saying hi too :)

[@yuzuruhanyu8583]

Fantástico 🤩

[@matytj5738]

Can't wait for the rest of the videos =]

[@TheBroodingTom]

Thank you for taking the time to comment on every video in this series! Glad you're enjoying this so far, I enjoyed the comments thank you again! BTW, most of part 9 is already edited I'm just waiting on a external power supply to get here for new microphone, so I can do the voiceover. It should be here today too woohoo. so soon... then I'll be able to move even faster having FINALLY sorted out all my gear (knock on wood) lol

[@narfcat4262]

Thank you for the video. Its totally fun. I'm new to working with polymer clay & was having fits over pieces breaking off after baking. Thank you for the tidbit of info about how long to let them sit after baking. It has made a world of difference to me. The animations are awesome too. Ever thought about doing a tutorial on how to film the animations?

[@nacerber1035]

Yes I like and I subscribe. Awesome !

[@kayla3972]

Great video

[@최지혁-u9w]

very cool

[@TheBroodingTom]

Thank's I appreciate it.

[@skelllllllly7574]

Dancing trunk awsome

[@Anonymous-ng4wc]

OH THE TRUNK I'M DYING

[@TheBroodingTom]

lol glad you enjoyed it, stop motion animation is fun to do... no idea why I don't do more of it. Thanks for noticing!!

[@jadeykinz1026]

What brand of clay do you use for this? Looks so nice.

[@Anonymous-ng4wc]

Ha ha! The snail!

[@maxmaher9990]

i like it

[@TheBroodingTom]

Thanks, much appreciated!

[@generalbean7824]

Hey tom this is me and bryants channel we dont have any gear to post videos yet lol but id like to say your doing a amazing job ur channel is growing so fast last time i seen ur channel it was at 30,000 now over 40 congratulations

[@bikerleathertv]

I love your elephant videos, you've done a fantastic job! What are you using to make the animated intro? The clay letters are awesome. Did you make the clay letters from real clay and animated them or the whole thing is animation? Hope that makes sense lol.

[@libbyslittlegarden9514]

Well aren't to the next video and now not only do you sculpt you make things dance!👉👵👈

[@TheBroodingTom]

I'm so glad you're enjoying this!! Thank you so much for your time and for leaving feedback!

[@jessicakeegan2415]

Can I ask, does the polymer clay stick to the armature or foil, or do you need to apply an adhesive to the armature?

[@AshokKumar-tr6qu]

Awsome nice

[@icecreamprincess000]

it's getting really cool :) looking forward to the next part. I'm not sure if it's possible but I feel like if you'd upload more often, your channel would grow faster. I really like watching you craft but it's like whenever you upload a new video I have almost forgotten about your channel. I don't mean that offensive or anything, it's just a suggestion to stay in people's minds ;) hope you understand me.

[@TheBroodingTom]

Thanks! No you're right on point, if I upload more often it'll help the channel grow! I'm making huge strides to making just that happen too! Editing was so frustrating to me I hated doing it more and more to the point where it would seem like I have forgotten about the channel too... (talking about the 2 month gaps between some uploads recently) I just had some wrinkles to iron out is all, but I'm back now at full swing, so wish me luck as I upload more often, and here's to hoping you can catch the rest of this series. I completely agree with you and I appreciate the feedback, thanks again!

[@icecreamprincess000]

well I wish you all the best and good luck with getting everything sorted :) looking forward to your next video :)

[@TheBroodingTom]

Thank you it means a lot. It's gonna take some luck and sent wishes to make this happen so I'll gladly accept :)

[@Anonymous-ng4wc]

Who thinks he is Bob Ross reborn?

[@emex-interiordesignate8232]

Good

[@arnon-jaya]

2 nov 2019 12:34 pm edt: thanks. 5:15 leg is smooth then suddenly 5:20 leg has art-mark

[@TheBroodingTom]

Thanks for noticing. :)

[@Anonymous-ng4wc]

7:39 AHHHHH

[@celikart]

here is your like body :D

[@TheBroodingTom]

Thank you very much!

[@ivymichelle189]

He a lil skinny....but I’m a lil late

[@TheBroodingTom]

I really appreciate you taking the time to watch this series it means a lot. And ya he skinny lol and proportions are off a bit... But he looks happy though, not bad as first try huh? Thanks again!