56th Post - Finished Clay

Now that my little clay man is all baked up, I decided to slap on some acrylic paint, and snap a few pictures to show off.

I made the glasses just by twisting and curling some wire, then jabbed it into his head.

If I make more of these little guys, I'll have to work on a way to get the classes in and out without damage to the head, which I've been dealing with. The sides are quite weak and crumbly, but with a little glue, it'll hold.

Let's hope my brother likes it.

That's all, folks.

55th Post - Playing with Clay

Recently, since my courses are done for the holiday (for the most part) I've found myself with a lot of spare time, and clay, on my hands.

Making things out of clay (characters, maquettes, and the like) is something I've always had an interest in.
I picked up a brick of gray clay, and a box of sculpey from the college supply store ages ago, and only now thought to mix the two together.

The gray brick had the consistency of...well, a brick. It took around 15 minutes just to get the clay kneadable, and it was hell on the hands.

The sculpey was flesh-toned, and I found to be too oily, or at least, to have too much moisture.

 I'm sure there are occasions when this would be preferable, because it made using it very easy, but I just found it to be too soft.

Therefore, I, being the creative genius that I am, decided to  mix the two materials together!

Elementary, my dear Watson.

I'm sure a much smarter person would've done this long ago, but we won't get into that today.

And why did Sherlock call Watson "my dear"?

Anyway, back to the experiment.

 I'm still working on ways to get the clay just right, and to get a proper maquette that will survive the baking process. I've some...crumbly disasters.

I'm semi-planning on making a little clay figure, and painting it up, for my elder brother (in the beer bottle) for Christmas.

If it doesn't work out, it's not the end of the world.

Anyway, just a little update. Doing lots of sketching and doodling, working with the idea of a Conan-esque character. Perhaps sometime I'll upload some scans of those.

That is all, my freaky little darlings.

54th Post - Mission Hill meets Pirates of The Carribbean

For another drawing jam, we had to do Pirates of The Caribbean in the style of Mission Hill. Really tried to go for the style a bit, here.

53rd Post - Philippe's Peaceful Ride

Here we have a couple characters I did up for a Scriptwriting and Story-boarding project.

And here is a rough version

52nd Post - December?

It's December.

Officially.

Where did November go, and where did this sudden snow come from?

Anywho, things are going alright. Working away at projects and doing oodles of doodles.

That is all.