Fleshlette #6 - Richanda

Here is Richanda, the 6th fleshlette. She is similar to the others except for one key difference: her singing voice.

Super sculpey, flocking, acylic/water color paints, crepe wool. Approx 2 1/2 inches (head to shaft).

Eileen! - Fleshlette #4

She is named Eileen (for obvious reasons). Super sculpey, human hair, flocking, acrylic and watercolor.

Meet the Fleshlettes! ©

These are the first three Fleshlettes. They are a family. From left to right you have Gisele, Tina and finally our newest addition, Elaine. You'll notice in the detail that Elaine is suffering from a dry skin problem and will likely need to start using a good moisturizer.

Kiss

This is a Birthday present I made for my wife. My lips, scars and all. Approx 1 1/2 inches. Super Sculpey Firm 50/50 mixture.

Frankie

This is Frankie. He's just a little bit funkie. He's also probably as finished as he's going to get for a long long time.

Approx 2 in. tall. Chavant NSP medium.

updated: Now with cracks in the face

So I went back and redid the whole body below the neck on my pugnacious gladiator thanks to some great insight from my friend Tyler Jacobson. The downside is that when I finally cooked him he got some gnarly cracks in the bridge of the nose. I think the ones under the left eye (his left) are happy accidents that look like scars. The bridge of the nose one? Not so much. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm leaning towards either stuffing some more clay in there and re-baking or tinting some epoxy sculpt grey and filling it in to look like scar.

My fear with the super sculpy is while it will look the best, it could expand in there and push the face open creating a massive sculpture ruining crack. Any experience with this? Ideas, suggestions welcome.

Thanks

Jon

Pugnacious Squint

Approx 6in. Super Sculpey regular and firm mixture.

Lemon #2 - Ipad Still Life

Painted in Brushes w/ my Targus stylus on my ipad.

New ipad painting - Apple 2

I painted this on sunday night after the Superbowl with my wonderful wife by my side. Brushes, targus stylus (waaaay better than the pogo!).

Macro Mouth

Macro Mouth. Approx 2.5 inches x 2inches. Super Sculpey, flocking and a bit of clear acrylic medium. This sculpture was created as a private commission.

Mr. Grey - face study

This is a small scale sculpture done for practice. Super Sculpey firm and regular 50/50 mix. Approximately 1 3/4 inches tall.

Super Sculpey mini-mouth

This is a test using the techniques Jordu Schell has showed us in his advanced maquette building class. My only regret is that I did not do an entire face (or at least a nose as well). 1 inch high, made of super sculpey, red flocking, and some clear acrylic on the tongue.

New Sculptures

Me

testing the ipad!

While on vacation in Salt Lake Mary Runolfson graciously lent me her ipad for the weekend. I tried Sketchbook Pro and Brushes and so far I have found Brushes easiest to use and most 'to-the-point'. Here are three paintings I created in Brushes using my pogo sketch stylus. The first is the venerable value ball. The 2nd a candle of Lacie's back lit at dusk and the 3rd is a painting of "Black Pool" in Yellowstone Park. For the last painting I did use photo reference but did not copy the photo. It is still very loose and took a frustratingly long time when compared to what it would have taken to arrive at the same result in photoshop. That said I love the freedom and sometimes speed of ipad painting. I would love to experiment more with painting outside and in places laptops or desktops dare not go. Finally the pogo stylus was great but I wish it was a little thicker in the handle, thinner at the tip and that the tip was more robust. Mine flaked off in places and is generally scrunched now. One more quick note: These all have slight levels and colors adjustments to better match how they looked on the screen. When viewed on a desktop the images seem slightly more washed out and desaturated than they did on the ipad itself.

Quick value study

While getting my oil changed. A warm up sphere and a bush across the street.

Neutral paper value steady from William Maughan

Just from the very begging of his guide to drawing the head book. CarbOthello pencils and some general neutral paper. Still looking for the exact type of paper he recommends.

(WIP) Vault Door - Hard Surface Modeling

Created in Maya 2010 almost entirely out of Nurbs surfaces. Work in progress.

Elephant Eye study

Gouache on cardboard. From photo reference on google image search.

Lil' Sparky!

4x6 Gouache still life of one of those hyper-tasty Lil Cuties. It got a little flattened in my lunch but it was oh so good! I am really loving this gouache painting. It's like the perfect combo of watercolor and oils.