Thursday, May 26, 2011

Living Retro

Now that the troll project is done I have moved on to a darker place, possibly my darkest subject matter to date.

My current project is a combination of things; my love of non-CGI special effects, film and of course papier mache.

My current project is also something I’ve had in the back of my mind for years, sort of a culmination of all the things I love rolled up into one.

(I hinted at this a while back in my post regarding "Cinemagic" magazine)

The “old school” nature of the work has moved me to dig out the turntable and listen to some vinyl while working on this project….Alan Parson’s Project is my current preference.





Hell, the retro thing has even moved me to ditch my shaving gel and start using shaving soap and brush, … sometimes newer isn’t better.

Looking forward to sharing my current works in the coming weeks…it’s dark, it’s comfortable and best of all it’s undiluted horror.

Friday, May 20, 2011

It's The End Of The World As We Know It


And I feel fine.

Cool bumper sticker my wife made for my Suburban. 

Now I can be left behind in style.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Boris Tutorial


Completed my troll sculpture for the 2011 Midland Downtown Summer Sculpture Series, posted a tutorial detailing the three month construction process.


Link can be found here.


Thursday, May 12, 2011

Is it....?




So what do we have here?

Is it a glop of human brains? Nope, not really the right color.


Is it a puddle of cellulite waiting to be disposed?  Nope, but that thought made me a little nauseous.



 Is it a barrel of toxic goo?  No such luck.

The correct answer is……scroll down.
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The correct answer is a nice crust formed on a bowl of papier mache paste left to sit in the hot sun for about eight hours.

Pretty gnarly.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Rust Study


Accidentally left an old lantern outside since last October. 

During the last six months it has been submerged in water causing some considerable rust. 

Here are some close up shots of the rust details, the could be useful when trying to create a faux rust effect. 

You can click each photo to enlarge for better detail.