Walking Nude

This is my newest digital drawing. It took me about a week to make. Its related to the clay figure that I posted recently, and is based on a reference image that I used.

I have the mother and child figurine back. I have to do what I can

today to hide a small crack, but I'll post pictures soon.

Apple Turkeys 2

Here are this year's apple turkeys. Noah made the snowman, Jeremy made the elephant triceratops, my dad made the alien turkey, my mom made the only regular turkey, and I made a steampunk turkey.

Digital Painting

This is my first finished drawing using my new Wacom Bamboo Create digital drawing tablet. It was expensive, but I've been thinking about getting one for a long time. I have such a difficult time drawing that I thought that I could use any advantage that I can get. So far it feels like digital drawing might be the best medium for me. I drew this in GIMP, but I think that Photoshop is still my application of choice.

Good News and Bad News

The good news is that I got a glimpse of the Woman and Son figurine today, and it looks like the firing went fine. The colors are a little darker than I had expected, but the clear glaze looks good. The bad news is that I only got a glimpse of the sculpture because it is currently at a few hundred degrees Fahrenheit. I'm going to have to wait a few days until its cooled down to room temperature and they can take it out of the kiln (they are very cautious). So no figurine quite yet.

Hopefully I'll have another post for you guys tomorrow.

New Project

Pictures are in chronological order. After a failed attempt at building the form, I had to bake some of the clay on to make a more sturdy armature. This piece is taking many, many hours. I'm using a mix of 2:1 Sculpey Firm and Super Sculpey, which seems to work really well. I have big plans and a complex thought-process with this one, but I'll share that next time. She does have a head, but that is also for another time.

The sitting female has also been fully repaired. Next step is buy materials for the patina.

Going to Pieces

I got my pieces back from CreativeClay on Saturday. As you can see, the female figure fell apart on me. I am currently putting her back together with foul-smelling exopy putty. It smells like chemical tuna.

The mother and son faired much better-- no damage at all. The colors look very much the same, but a little darker and richer. I took her to my car, put on two coats of clear glaze, and brought her right back to the store. I'll get her back again soon, so everyone pray that there is no crazing or crawling or milky clear-glaze.

My bro's guest spot is on hold until I can get Blender to stop lagging, or learn to use a better video editing tool. Or shoot a continuous video, whichever comes first.

Everyone's Favorite Horseman of the Apocalypse

 I had a good time remembering how to paint. These are water-based acrylics made for painting models, called Vallejo's Game Color paints. When I do this again I think I'm going to get Citadel paints, and get an ink wash* this time.

*Ink washes are thinned paints which fall into the cracks of a model, making for easy shading. They can also provide a mostly transparent layer of color on top of another paint.