Archive for the 'video game art' Category

04-28-12

Published on May 3, 2012 in EarthBound, fan art, painting, polymer clay and video game art. 1 Comment

6×8″ polymer and cel-vinyl on canvas.

Song of Storms

Published on March 28, 2012 in fan art, Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time, polymer clay and video game art. 2 Comments

6×8″ polymer, cel-vinyl, and ribbon.

EarthBound Figurines

Published on March 11, 2012 in EarthBound, fan art, polymer clay and video game art. 9 Comments

Over the past 2 months or so, I’ve been sculpting 4 prizes for the annual EarthBound Fanfest. They are one of a kind, signed on the bottom, and made of Super Sculpey (the gray kind). I built them around compressed foil cores and wire armatures, and painted them with cel-vinyls. I tried to make them as close to the game sprites as I could. These were pretty challenging and a lot of fun to make!

Titanic Ant

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Indulgence

Published on October 30, 2011 in fan art, polymer clay and video game art. 4 Comments

Quina from FFIX. Polymer on canvas. 8×10″

Sine Wave

Published on October 10, 2011 in resin and video game art. 3 Comments

I was recently thinking back to my school days and art history in particular. I had the pleasure of being taught art history by two very knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and well-spoken teachers. This subject has always fascinated me because art is such a beautiful record of culture, knowledge, and everyday life. There’s a fairly predictable style trend in most art over a period of time. The trend begins with simplified representations of shapes, colors, and patterns, moves on to more naturalized forms, becomes idealized, and finally takes a turn toward realism before heading back toward simple stylization. Continue reading ‘Sine Wave’

wedding cake topper

Published on August 5, 2011 in EarthBound, fan art, Mr. Saturn, polymer clay, Uncategorized, video game art and wedding cake topper. 8 Comments

Stephen and Mallory asked me to make a topper for their wedding cake. I was honored but also a little terrified. They met on starmen.net, an EarthBound fan site, which is also where I met my husband 10 years ago. This was my first attempt at sculpting realistic people. I tried to plan as carefully as I could, so I started with an armature and built up layers between bakes.