OC cutie mark help!

[ManaMinori 4,143]

Can anyone offer suggestions for a cutie mark for a pony that's talented in sculpting. Has to be relatively simple in design to draw. No 'statue' suggestions, please. Too detailed.

[Naiya The Brony 480]

Sculpting? how about a chisel?

[ManaMinori 4,143]

Sculpting? how about a chisel?

hm.....not  a bad idea, but do you have an idea for a sculpting cutie mark that might be more abstract, like Cherilee's cutie mark?

[Naiya The Brony 480]

how about a chisel passing through a skeleton photo frame?

[ManaMinori 4,143]

how about a chisel passing through a skeleton photo frame?

the photo frame seems strange, when its not related to sculpting, though. Did you suggest it, as just to portray art in the broader sense? And the chisel passing through it meant to represent singling out one artistic talent out of the broader picture of the many?

[Naiya The Brony 480]

Yes, exactly what you meant  

[ManaMinori 4,143]

Yes, exactly what you meant  

while i like the concept of such a cutie mark, it still seems like it'd be overly complicated on the flank.

[Naiya The Brony 480]

Oh, Well that's the only Idea I have, sorry, but good luck though  

 

[Time Shield 402]

The art of sculpture is to realize that the statue is already inside the stone, and that you just need to chip away all the parts that aren't the statue.  That being said, maybe broken rocks clustered around an empty silhouette of something?  Might be too busy-looking though.

[ManaMinori 4,143]

Oh, Well that's the only Idea I have, sorry, but good luck though  

 

 

thanks for the help, though

The art of sculpture is to realize that the statue is already inside the stone, and that you just need to chip away all the parts that aren't the statue.  That being said, maybe broken rocks clustered around an empty silhouette of something?  Might be too busy-looking though.

yeah, it might be, unfortunately ):

[Red Cedar 1,406]

I was going to suggest just the pile of stone chips, representing what is chipped away to reveal the statue. Somewhat abstract and doesn't immediately scream "sculptor" unless it's explained the way Cheerilee did hers.

 

(I think Cheerilee and the mane characters of the show suffered from having their cutie marks defined by Hasbro before the writers and producers explained the meaning behind cutie marks. By comparison, the cutie marks of many background or one-shot ponies are much more straightforward.)

[Time Shield 402]

Maybe a hammer and chisel that itself looks like it was carved from stone?

[Zephyr Breeze aka po 57]

well what about one of these?

[ManaMinori 4,143]

The art of sculpture is to realize that the statue is already inside the stone, and that you just need to chip away all the parts that aren't the statue.  That being said, maybe broken rocks clustered around an empty silhouette of something?  Might be too busy-looking though.

on second thought, I like the interpretation of that- the statue already inside the stone. I think I'll go with that concept (thank you), but not with rocks. Maybe a cocoon, which would seem more abstract to reflect the nature of the characters' talent, and still carry the same concept

Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!