A number of folks helpfully pointed out that this site’s old banner was, in point of fact, a painting. And just maybe,  for a site called “JFSculpts,” it’d be more fitting to present a sculpture. And to these folks I’d usually say “You’re not my real dad!” 

But they were right. (Not about being my dad, but about the painting thing.)

So I made a new banner incorporating myself (far right) and Gussy, Big Jerk of a Little Bear (far left) on a glowy banner.

First the sculptures, which were reliefs done in Sculpey Firm and Sculpey III. They were then primed:

Painted…

Then, incorporating a trick from the opening titles of John Carpenter’s THE THING, I cut out banner letters and placed them in from of a glowing surface:

(That’s my computer monitor.)

Everything was photographed separately, then I put it all together in Photoshop, and here we are.