first of all let me say thank you
as far as me being a beginner, i suppose i've been an artist all my life, i've had very limited experience in sculpture, a bit in college, but nothing too in depth. the house elf sculpture is one of the few ones i've done recently to try and teach myself the casting process. it was a pretty simple mold which i casted in rubber, and hand punched some of my dogs hair- its kind of a crappy cellphone pic- but you get the idea.