“My music is for Phoenix. Only she can sing it. Anyone else who tries… dies!”
Phantom of the Paradise digital bust, sculpted and rendered in Nomad Sculpt for the iPad Pro.
PHANTOM of the PARADISE
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HERCULE POIROT
Minibust of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. I confess to never have read a Poirot story, so this is kind of a sense-memory of her brief description (egg-shaped head, bushy mustache) and my impression from various movies and TV shows.
Sculpey Firm over an aluminum armature, about 5” high.
ACTION DRACULAS: FEAR IN FRESHMAN YEAR Part 1
THE ACTION DRACULAS- “Fear in Freshman Year!” is an all-ages, full-color video storybook, with a musical score byUNCLE MONSTERFACE , and is read by a full cast, featuring MIKE STARR (GOODFELLAS, DUMB AND DUMBER, and NBC’S THE OFFICE).
Four ordinary high school students find DRACULA‘s magical amulet, which grants each one of them one of Dracula’s powers. When the evil record promoter DON PTERANODONand his army of monsters threatens the students of HARKER HIGH‘s Battle of the Bands contest, it’s up to the ACTION DRACULAS to stop him. Can they use evil… To do good?
Fun for kids, adults, fans of Dracula, superheroes, monsters, and rock n’ roll! LET’S DRACULIZE!
Scheduled to be released as a PHYSICAL OBJECT – a full color book and record – in 2024!
PART 2 WILL BE RELEASED THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd!
BRAD STOKER: Benjamin Pierce
LON CREIGHTON: Darius Marquis Johnson
MISTY MURRAY: Whitney Holland
RENNIE RENFIELD: Conner Coleman
DON PTERANODON: Marty Allen
GREAT LORD DRACULA: Griffin Meagher
With special guest MIKE STARR as MIKE
Also featuring Naeemah Maddox and Dan Brennan
Music by Uncle Monsterface
Produced by Marty Allen and Dan Brennan
Sound recording, engineering, and design by Dan Brennan
Written, illustrated, directed and narrated by Jesse Farrell
©2023 Jesse Farrell
Music ©2023 Uncle Monsterface
WORLD’S FINEST: Superman and Batman
The WORLD’S FINEST: Superman and Batman (after Drew Struzan). The poses of these 1/6th scale sculptures were inspired by paintings by Drew Struzan, but I had latitude to style them however I wanted, opting for a modernized Golden Age look.
They were sculpted with Super Sculpey, Sculpey Firm, and Apoxie over aluminum armatures.
I made a short making-of video which you can watch here.
007
Not the first time I’ve sculpted James Bond, but this time I sculpted him digitally. As before, I was envisioning Bond as described in Ian Fleming’s novels.
Digitally sculpted and rendered with Nomad Sculpt for the iPad Pro.
DRAGON-MAN Digital Sculpture
Digital sculpture of my childhood superhero, Dragon-Man, sculpted with Nomad Sculpt for the iPad Pro.
I used to make this guy out of plasticine, now I’m making him out of ones and zeroes.
DOCTORS WHO?
My friend Dave Marshall did a fan comic based on the long-running BBC Sci-Fi series DOCTOR WHO in which an aging Doctor (modeled on Helen Mirren) ultimately regenerates into a new Doctor (modeled on Sam Cooke). In his early drawings, Dave hadn’t settled on those specific likenesses, and I used those earlier versions as my template for these 3D versions. In a nod to Cooke, I did make the Doctor’s trademark sonic screwdriver resemble a 1960s-style pencil microphone (and like his predecessor Doctor’s mechanical right hand, it’s made of brass, like the workings of a clock).
The Doctors are 1/10th scale, sculpted in Super Sculpey and Apoxie over aluminum armatures. The TARDIS is made with cut sheet styrene and has working lights.
BATMAN ’89
The comic book incarnation of BATMAN ‘89, as designed by Joe Quinones (from the comic book drawn by Quinones and written by Sam Hamm, screenwriter of the 1989 Tim Burton film) which I digitally sculpted with Nomad Sculpt for the iPad Pro.
Taking advantage of the layering abilities of a digital sculpture, I was also able to sculpt a complete Bruce Wayne face under the mask. The comic book version does not, by design, strictly resemble actor Michael Keaton, who played him in the film, but is instantly recognizable as BRUCE WAYNE.
Prior to this, I’d also sculpted a version that hewed more closely to the movie:
Bram Stoker’s DRACULA Digital Sculpture
“Enter Freely, Go safely, And leave something of the happiness you bring.”
Count Dracula as described in Bram Stoker’s novel, seen here as he welcomes poor unsuspecting Jonathan Harker to his castle. Digitally sculpted in Nomad Sculpt for the iPad Pro.
Mignola’s HELLBOY Digital Sculpture
Mike Mignola’s HELLBOY, digitally sculpted on the iPad Pro with Nomad Sculpt.
I’m having a lot of fun digitally sculpting and learning a lot as I go. I’m self-taught, so I don’t know if I’m doing things the ”right” way, or even if some of these pieces will be printable with a 3D printer, but right now I’m having a blast and enjoying how these are coming out.
Plus I like sitting on the couch and sculpting without having to unpack or clean up any tools. That said, I feel like working this way is whetting my appetite and giving me ideas for my next traditionally sculpted project.
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