Emily's CARICATURES & SILHOUETTES Blog
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Toon Weekly submission
This week, the theme is ZOMBIES...which was a fun one to do. My zombie is based on teenage fans of a musical group I had the misfortune to see as an opening act a few years ago, with my daughter...it seems they are becoming more popular because I heard them on the radio the other day.
This was done in Photoshop from a pencil sketch.
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This was done in Photoshop from a pencil sketch.
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
February Sketch contest...
The NCN Forum is lucky to have Jan Opdebeeck step into Court Jones' shoes to moderate our monthly online sketch contests for the foreseeable future. The format now is to draw the famous figure that Jan has selected, in any media, as long as it's NOT digital. The winner gets Jan's sketch, definitely worth having, but his advice and that of peers is the intangible benefit for me.
For February, the subject is Boris Yeltsin. Here is my first attempt, with some coaching from Jan regarding exaggeration around the mouth and chin area.
For February, the subject is Boris Yeltsin. Here is my first attempt, with some coaching from Jan regarding exaggeration around the mouth and chin area.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Sketchbook caricature...
One of my new year's resolutions was to try to do more sketches that don't necessarily have to lead to finished projects--- here's one...
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Sculpture progress
TODAY'S IMPORTANT LESSON: Don't make Sculpey sculpture too big for your oven!
Sculpey needs to cure at 275 degrees for 15 minutes per 1/4" of thickness.
I'd cooked Amy's skull by itself at first, with a bare armature wire to support her famous beehive hairstyle, which was to be last. I then crafted a headless body for her, and cooked that, no problem.
When all parts came together, she and her towering hair were too tall for my oven! And she couldn't lie down, because then her long hair wouldn't hang correctly. She ended up on a slant in large pot, wedged in between mini-bread-loaf tins....I did have some breakage-- some hair, one foot and one hand--which will have to be redone.
And I couldn't stop myself from applying some preliminary paint to her face!
(By the way, the pole will eventually be a microphone stand.)
Some sculpture inspirations:
http://www.hermannmejia.com/
http://www.davidokeefe.com/sculpture.html
http://www.2headsstudios.com/caricature.html
Sculpey needs to cure at 275 degrees for 15 minutes per 1/4" of thickness.
I'd cooked Amy's skull by itself at first, with a bare armature wire to support her famous beehive hairstyle, which was to be last. I then crafted a headless body for her, and cooked that, no problem.
When all parts came together, she and her towering hair were too tall for my oven! And she couldn't lie down, because then her long hair wouldn't hang correctly. She ended up on a slant in large pot, wedged in between mini-bread-loaf tins....I did have some breakage-- some hair, one foot and one hand--which will have to be redone.
And I couldn't stop myself from applying some preliminary paint to her face!
(By the way, the pole will eventually be a microphone stand.)
Some sculpture inspirations:
http://www.hermannmejia.com/
http://www.davidokeefe.com/sculpture.html
http://www.2headsstudios.com/caricature.html
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Toon Weekly submission
This week's theme was clowns...this little doodle was done only with markers.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Back in my studio...
...and back to some projects I had begun before I left on my cross-country trip.
My second Sculpey sculpture's subject decided to drastically change her appearance with the New Year, (hint) but I am sticking with the version of her that first became famous.
This time around I am sculpting the head separately from the body, which will be mounted on a small pedestal.
My second Sculpey sculpture's subject decided to drastically change her appearance with the New Year, (hint) but I am sticking with the version of her that first became famous.
This time around I am sculpting the head separately from the body, which will be mounted on a small pedestal.
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