Working on some caricatures. I enjoyed the first season of HANNIBAL.
These are made of some kind of hard modeling clay. Hannibal was relatively easier to caricature; Graham was more difficult.
Next, they’re both boxed up- like so much take-out dinner- to be molded. Later, they’ll be painted.
I just made some brush-on silicone molds with Smooth-On Rebound 25 for four of the faces I’ve been sculpting.
Ordinarily I’d cast these pieces in some kind of plastic resin. The problem is I wanted to make several of these, and the resin heats up when curing, which can warp the silicone mold. Plaster, another cheap alternative, does the same thing. Eventually I settled on Creative Paperclay, which air-dries. It worked really well! The innermost parts of the mold, noses, brows, chins, were still wet when I pulled them out of the mold, but they held the shape and just needed to be exposed to air to dry.
I’m pretty pleased with the results. Now to paint ’em.
I’m working on a bunch of stuff right now, some of which I hope to post soon. Meanwhile, please enjoy this foreboding hallway.
I recently rewatched the wonderful LILO AND STITCH with its lovable, anarchic alien lead.
Initially I wanted to try a more realistic approach to Stitch, that kind of anatomical reality that Terryl Whitlatch applies to fantasy creatures. I’ve also been looking at the terrific work of Neal AKA Verdantsculpts who excels at these kind of creatures (check out Neal’s shop !)
In the end, with only a few nods to realism, including Pug-like rolls of fat and plaque, I stuck pretty close to Stitch’s creator Chris Sanders‘ design.
If it ain’t broke… Well, Stitch will probably break it.
Another piece done for the Relay for Life charity.
For those unfamiliar with the character, or worse, familiar only with the film version*, Howard the Duck is a funny animal, “trapped in a world he never made,” here on Earth with us “talking apes.” Created in the 1970s by the late Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerick, my sculpture of Howard is taken from a drawing by Gene Colan, principle artist on the series. Colan masterfully blended the cartoonish Howard with realistic humans and environments, perfectly complementing Gerber’s absurd-but-grounded satire.
Howard was also my favorite character of Mighty Marvel May.
*I love the HTD movie soundtrack; where else will you find Thomas Dolby, George Clinton, Stevie Wonder and James Bond film score composer John Barry on one album?
Doing some sketching for an upcoming project.
These are about three inches each, Super Sculpey.
A while back I was asked to sculpt a beautiful hairless cat named Spider-Man. Although I didn’t get to meet the model in person, his owners sent me some pictures of the handsome boy. I hope I did him justice.
Every time I sculpt animals I think I should do it more often.
The Marvel Boy is an older sculpture in honor of today’s release of YOUNG AVENGERS by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (whose two PHONOGRAM miniseries I would highly recommend). Originating in the Marvel Miniseries by Grant Morrison and J.G. Jones, Marvel Boy was really Noh-Varr, a misanthropic, teenage alien, angry at the world and ready to conquer it for our own good. He’s mellowed some, but we’ll see how much of his old brand of “Zen Facism” will appear in this new series.
This piece was designed by Daniel Lundie.
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