Wanted an excuse to play around with Zbrush again.  The Weekly Sketch of Facebook; subject "Mythical beasts".

Just installed this today.  Originally wanted it because it hasd pre-designed templates for comics/graphic novels and word balloons that i just dont want to have to take the time to make in photoshop. " Able to import 3D objects as well?"  stay tuned for my take on this program.
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These are some weird critters man....

I've been doing some writing.  A novel of sorts.  I first had the idea to do a graphic novel, but now I am aiming for more of an illustrated novel.  This painting was done in ArtRage on my phone and then edited in Photoshop.  It's been a lot of fun to write, very vivid.  At times it even sends shivers up my spine.  I think, How does Stephen King do this stuff?

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I was requested to do another Audrey 2, this time for my Nephew's birthday.  I used a Terra Cotta sculpey clay, 2 sizes of armature wire, craft leaves, ivy and tinfoil.  the armature wire was then wrapped in green floral tape.  I ended up needing a bigger pot later and opted out of doing clay leaves for fear of being damaged.  I wanted this Audrey to be fully posable, the neck, mouth, tounge and leaves if he wants to, the leaves and ivy have wire inside of them already.  Once baked i primered and painted the head with acrylic paints.  I used a gloss coating spray to finish it.  The veins on the larger leaves were painted blue with Acryilics as well.  The main stem was wrapped in a green burlap ribbon material that had wire in it as well and hotglued everything.  Originally I had q tip ends for the orange spots on the leaves but they kept falling off.  The hotglue wasn't working for that, so I had to paint the orange dots on.  The pot was topped off with some craft moss.  What is unique about this sculpture is that it is poseable within reason.  A very rewarding project!

Out of numerous phone applications I finally found one that kept my attention span...ArtRage!  This is a spectacular free app that simulates using oils and pastels as well as the usual suspects and utilizes layers.  You can get it here:  https://www.artrage.com/artrage-android/ or on Google Play.

This piece was inspired by a story i'm writing.  Originally wanted to do a graphic novel but now leaning towards having paintings to illustrate portions of the novel.

Baby Audrey 2 for my littlest.  Armature wire, Sculpey, hinge, spring, acrylic paints, gloss finish.