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After a few false starts, I finally managed to complete my first successful 3D print. I designed this with @nomadsculpt, a super intuitive and fun app to work with. This bit of success definitely has me excited to create something else. #enderpro3 #3dprinting #nomadsculpt https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj0fdKzu1PU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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So, I’ve been doing these drawing challenges with one of my nieces for the past few months. I’ll come up with a fun idea to draw, we both take some time to draw our interpretation of the concept and we share our work via video text or FaceTime. It’s not a competition; just a way to keep our drawing skills fresh. Her most recent challenge to me was to combine animals from the African savanna, the jungle and ones you’d find in your back yard. Needless to say, I got a little in to this one. But I’ll send her the process video sometimes to show how using photo reference can help and starting loose and tightening it up can help a piece come together. She’s 5, so I don’t know if all of that is soaking in. But she loves to draw, so we’ll keep challenging each other. The app I use is @procreate and I draw on an iPad Pro. https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca93I4Ru6zE/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today, I started in on painting. I’m glad I had the first unsuccessful mask as a paint test model. I had the idea to put a brown acrylic wash on the mask and rub off the excess, leaving the textured hatch marks painted, and it worked out. Also, I wanted to paint using the oil based, rubber cement paint method used in my @stanwinstonschool class. After the acrylic rubdown, I brush on a thinner layer of rubber cement. From there, I mix the thinned out rubber cement with oil paints and apply them via airbrush., building up layer after layer. I still have to finish up around the eyes and mouth, but I’m pretty pleased with how everything is coming out so far. I ended up going a little heavier on the red than I originally intended, but I think it works. #halloween #halloweencostume #costume #cosplay #monstermaker #scarecrow #scarecrowcostume #moldmaking #latexmaskmaking #latexmask https://www.instagram.com/p/CGyUkD0BAaG/?igshid=wwp7vm5dgqjw

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Finally got around to finishing this one. So purple. So angry. #beastshapechallenge

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Thought I would take my shot with the #beastshapechallenge . Create what you can within the given shape. I love working on this #ipadpro .

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About 2 weeks late, but here is my annual Krampus drawing. This guy looks more annoyed than he does menacing. #krampus

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From foam to metal. Still need to add assorted detail, doodads and some rust. But getting the metallic coloring on these really starts to make this piece feel like it's coming together.

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It's bad luck to not name a gun, right?

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Finally decided to dive right in with the head sculpt for my costume. Still plenty of work ahead before making a plaster mold.

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Plugging away slowly, but surely, on the chest plate, back breather and the gun. With the exception of the chest plate, the other two are evolving concepts that are straying from their initial design a bit. Hopefully making fast decisions on the fly will keep this project on pace to make my deadline. Maybe I should bring those sketches back out and make sure I am heading in the right direction.  The gun is going to be comically big. I have seen plenty of weapons people have fashioned from video game characters. But this one is getting a little inspiration from Eddie Valiant’s Toon Town six shooter from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and “Big Baby”, the oversized weapon from “Hellboy”. The main green section of the gun was a water gun from Five Below. It’ll get tricked out with some more PVC, some other doodads and whatzits to make it seem ridiculous and impressive at the same time. 

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Slowly making some progress. Have to make some modifications on the chest apparatus. But the back aqua breather is coming along. Learning some lessons about high temp glue guns and 2 liter bottles. Both of these are about ready for some PlastiDip .

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So, I have finally gotten around to some more sketching about what I want to do for my costume build this year. I just haven’t gathered any of the supplies yet to get the ball rolling. The whole process has been rolling around in my noggin, though. I bet you’d like some context as to what the hell this is going to be.  Not quite yet. 

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A little creature sketching. Maybe some costume brainstorming. Maybe. #sketching #monster

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A little project I knocked out for the @steadfastfp #CorporateChallenge today. Gemmy Thunder ready to BRING IT! #gemmyindustries #gemmy #fitness

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I guess we're diving right into the Christmas season. So, here is a Krampus to remind you to be good.

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Working on this guy in the garage, and Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" comes on. Coincidence? Probably.