Mermaid Maquette: Armature
My webcomic, Mermaid Music, is between chapters right now, and while the next one is under construction (I’m currently in scripting mode), I thought it was a good time to […]
Category Archives: Sculpture
Paper, Spider, Pup
That may sound like a variation on an old game, but it’s really just what I’ve been up to lately in the studio. I have two studios, actually; the clean […]
Spam-the-Cat Gets His Stripes
Spam the Cat Maquette went for his first outing yesterday, and charmed his adoring public — but without his stripes. Tonight I finished his paint job so that he is […]
Technique of the Week, or, finishing Spam the Cat (part 4)
It’s been ages since I worked on my Spam the Cat polymer clay maquette, and I’m attempting to get it finished for the comic conference at Camosun College tomorrow. So […]
Aunt Root — a character maquette
Aunt Root is a character in my soon-to-be-online webcomic, The Mermaid. She’s a rather crusty character (with a heart of gold, or at least really good brass), and because of […]
Persuading the Muse
Iris is still not convinced about this drawing-a-day thing. She’s a bit high-strung but she’ll settle down soon, I’m sure. I, however think it’s a great chance to practice stuff […]
A Bit of Studio Drama — Spam the Maquette gets Surgery (part 3)
I’ve been neglecting my Spam the Cat maquette for the last couple of weeks (see the previous posts here and here) because I had run into a problem I had to […]
Spam the Cat Becomes a Character Maquette (Part 2)
This afternoon I took some progress shots on the new Spam the Cat maquette. I forgot to take pictures in the wire armature stage, sorry! I’ll remember on my next […]
Spam the Cat Becomes a Character Maquette (Part 1)
I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s mentoring session with Joan Steacy. We’re going to work on character maquettes all day, one of my favourite things to do. It doesn’t even seem […]
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