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

Made for two of my friends who recently got married! Inside, there’s a compressed foil core wrapped in sculpey ultralight, and covered with a thin layer of premo.

Here are some interesting examples of this trend in Ancient Greek art:
Geometric period
Archaic period
Classical period
Hellenistic period
Roman rule
Byzantine empire

This trend fits well with digital art, fashion, art in video games, etc. My thoughts on the current digital art trend are that idealism and realism have given way to a little more abstraction. Rough lines and textures seen in traditional art have made their way into digital art, adding more personality and depth in contrast to unaltered vectors with crisp digital perfection. The frequency of this stylistic shift has increased dramatically as everything is now so much more accessible and I’m curious what the next trend will be.

A little off topic, but here’s a preview of what I’m working on currently:

The sculpting took 12 days. Here are some progress pictures:

Without paint these faces look a little scary. These are also the most difficult things I’ve sculpted so far. I used a large sewing needle and a colour shaper tool for the details. Later, I mixed a little oil paint with some Kato liquid polyclay and baked on the color to make them more lifelike.

Here are some pictures of the finished sculpture.

8″x10″ oils and acrylic. I rarely get the chance to do a painting, but I really enjoy it.

Here’s a look at my progress. I started out with a sketch and ink wash.

I tried something a little different and used acrylics as a base.

Once I had the shadows and highlights where I wanted them, I went over it with oils. It’s so much easier to blend with oils, so the fur started to look softer and the eyes looked more realistic.

Using an acrylic base really saved me time and kept the painting from getting too muddy in the beginning. I’ll definitely try this again.

Venus fly trap pin. I’ve been staring at one of these little plants for a while now, trying to figure out how to make one.

2.5″ x 3″ Sculpey SuperFlex

30 day art challenge complete. This has been so much fun. I’ll have to do this again!

monster bracelet. Premo, duck decoy cord

Deer pin from Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. Polymer pixels are quite a challenge! premo, kato liquid polyclay, 2″x3″

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antique brooch: premo, beads, pearls, metallic powders, metallic leaf, wire. 2″

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