Watercolors!

I've been playing with watercolors, and having a lot of fun! Here's my favorite woman in the world, and my favorite dinosaur.

Cadborosaurus

I'm getting back into colored pencils, and also cryptozoology.

Jell-O Chess Multiplies!

 I made three more sets over Christmas!

I made new molds using a newly-discovered material called Amazing Remelt. It's basically red Jello that you can melt and reuse over and over again!

Also, if the Jell-O company ever threatens legal action, I'm changing the name to Holo-Chess.

Or maybe Jellÿ Chess

Jell-O Chess!

About a week and a half ago, my fiancee said that she wanted to try chess again. 

  Unfortunately I had no chessboard,  so I decided to make one. 

     The pieces are made of epoxy resin dyed with alcohol ink, and the board is made from a picture frame, resin, and some tiles from Lowe's, as well as a string of lights from Hobby Lobby with some metallic tape and wax paper to diffuse the light.

 I still plan to add one more coat of resin to the top of the board and to modify the base. I am also considering giving the pieces a smoother finish with some spray-on Mod Podge, though I kind of like the foggy look they have now.

A Portfolio!

This blog is really meant to be a portfolio of my work, but here's the condensed two-minute version.

Pottery
0:04 - Wheel-thrown pieces, assorted glazes

Creature Sculpts
Steel Wire, Sculpey III, Acrylic Paints, Mod Podge
0:12 - Sophia the Tyrannosaurus
0:16 - Pfifltrigg, Out of the Silent Planet
0:19 - Hross, Out of the Silent Planet
0:23 - Sorn, Out of the Silent Planet

Stop-Motion Puppets
"Mold Builder" liquid latex, steel wire, yarn, craft foam, hot glue, sculpey III, Acrylic Paints, LEDs and watch batteries
0:30 - Jerome in "Be Careful, king Hrothgar"
0:47 - Chupacabra, Chupacabra: Just Desserts
0:50 - Dennis 2.0, Hunting for Dennis
0:53 - Master, The City of Gold and Lead
0:55 - Ridley, Super Metroid
0:58 - Metroid Larva WIP (Needs new outer membrane), Super Metroid

Costuming
Assorted Fabrics, Hand-sewing
1:03 - Medieval and Viking outifts
1:09 - Tusken Raider, Star Wars 
               Hand sewn fabrics, vinyl pleather, hot glue, copper pipe, PVC Pipe fittings, etc.
1:11 - Power Suit WIP, Super Metroid
               "Bondo" Autobody filler, assorted plastic containers, craft foam, foam board, wood glue, spraypaint, acrylic paints, mod podge, LEDs and watch batteries, child's bike helmet.
1:17 - Zebesian Space Pirate 1-2 day Halloween build, Super Metroid
               cardboard, duct tape, electronic lea-lights, fabric, staples

Etc.
1:28 - Stop-motion puppet, The Menace in the Mountain
1:36 - Znnoont (Crocheted)
1:37 - Elasmosaurus Skeleton, Jurassic Week (cardboard, masking tape)
1:39 - Hounds and Jackals board (woodburning)
1:40 - Faerie in a bottle, The Legend of Zelda (LEDs, watch battery, feathers, foam balls)
1:41 - Viking ship (Gingerbread)
1:42 - Cardboard fossils, Jurassic Week
1:43 - The Beast from 20,000 fathoms puppet WIP (as Bradbury described, not Harryhausen's Rhedosaurus)
1:45 - Dennis 2.0 WIP pictures

Mechanical Hounds

Here are various sketches of the Mechanical Hound from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

The Latter ones were inspired by this version.
Also, I've always thought that there should be a monster with a head modeled after a staple remover, so I incorporated an element of that.

Triops Study

A friend gave me some Triops Longicaudatus eggs and some oil pastels. This happened next!