Elysian Realm
Most of the supplies showed up yesterday afternoon. The vacuum chamber looks pretty awesome, I’m glad I didn’t try to make it myself. The ball joints from China are indeed much stronger than the other magnets I purchased. I decided that the stronger joints that will be arriving next week will work for the hip […]
I have the rib cage about done, and I got the pelvis and a scapula in near-finished states. The first set of magnets will arrive tomorrow from China. I’m hoping they will be stronger than the other ones I bought. I went ahead and contacted China again to order two other types that are even […]
I started sculpting the rib cage for the art mannequin out of super sculpey. I’m using my printouts to help me keep it to scale. I’ll create a mold from it when finished and then create the final part out of resin. I feel like resin is going to be heavy, but I don’t know […]
I had a rough go on this first cast pour. The resin sets up in about 3 minutes after mixing. I had put the molds in the microwave for a minute and I forgot I had copper wires holding things together. Copper and microwaves are an interesting mix. Luckily the smoke and burning smell subsided […]
I was seriously having problems finding a specific ball joint for my mannequin armature. At first I explored stop-motion animation armature joints. Everyone seemed to be using these double ball joints that were sandwiched between brass and tightened with a screw. I almost went with that type, but I decided I wanted something better. So […]
A new adventure has begun. Yes I suck because I haven’t been painting. One might think I’m darting around between projects – which I am. I have an oil painting and a graphic novel in progress, and yet I have started another art project. I’ll explain what happened. So as a figurative artist, I draw […]