Double howling wolf bust

Hello and good morning all,
Today I'd like to share a piece that ended up a mistake, I needed to re-carve.

So I had an order for a lifesize howling wolf sculpture. Easy enough, right? Sure..
Well I started it as I do all, stand a log up and rock and roll..

As soon as I free up the wolf's head from the log I realize it's too big to get the body (in the right proportion) out of it.
Luckily there were more logs to get a wolf out of.
So I carve a bust out of this one instead..

And then another, 2nd bust underneath..

All freestyle, from memory..

A little refining, and some negative space to make it flow nicely.

Next up was the torch, to soften and for a little color.

Sanded the char off and added just a little shadow with the airbrush. Leaving this one as natural as possible.

A little video gif from my snap I shared yesterday...

And here it is with varnish..

Along with the lifesize howler I was supposed to carve originally.

I hope you enjoyed seeing what I saw, if so feel free to upvote and reblog. I love what I do and I'm happy to share here on Peakd. Please do stay tuned as I have much more to share on this awesome platform.
Thanks for looking,
Jon