Kamakura or OZ?

Akiko and I are back now from our trip to Japan. Had a great time, hung out with Akiko's parents and Grandmothers and saw lots of cool sites. I'll have a more in depth write up after going through all the photos.


I think I spotted the reference material for the Flying Monkeys in Wizard Of OZ while in Japan.


Karasu Tengu, mountain crow goblins, at the Kencho-Ji Temple n Kamakura.
Kinda freaky huh?

Sculpting Jam

Over at one of my fave websites, The Clubhouse, They often have sculpting jams. They offer up a theme, post a deadline and members start sculpting away.
This week's jam is Cyborgs, androids and robots. It's great practice with the deadline as motivation. After years of wanting to jump in, I finally sculpting something to enter.
She's a female cyborg, 3.5" tall made with Pro-Clay in roughly 6 hours. I would love to add more robot-like lines, but Akiko and I are off to Japan to visit, so this is it.







To see what the other members are whipping up, the jam is in The Sculptor's Forum at the above link. You may have to sign up, but it is definitely worth it as the site is frequented by some of the pros in the sculpting field.

Wrightwood

A couple of other unemployed Sculptors and I decided to take our weekly Frisbee Golf (Disc Golf) game on a road trip. The destination, Wrightwood, home of Mountain High Ski Resort. Between April and November, they set up a 27 hole Disc Golf course on one of the ski hills. After a little backtracking (who knew the direct route through the mountains on the Angeles Forest Highway has been closed for the past 4 years to fix a bridge), we got to the very well laid out, gorgeous course situated at 7000'. Akiko tagged along as well to draw and paint the scenery.


Craig and Dave at the first hole. Look for the wood carved bear keeping an eye on the action to the right of the basket.


The yellow circle is the basket we were driving to waaaayyy down the hill.

Not only were there eye-popping views, the course was also a real workout with plenty of hiking up, down and across the hills. We ended up playing 36 holes, and give Wrightwood a huge thumbs up.

The Latest

OK,so its been several weeks now since I finished on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. What have I been up to other than playing golf and disc golf?
Well, I've been chipping away at 2 projects that are always on my "to do" list, the Vartan maquette and the comic book pitch Akiko and I have been drawing for writer Seth Sherwood.


My first cape! This is my first attempt at sculpting a cape. I started with some form holding wire mesh, brushed on some melted Pro-Clay and then added more clay to create the upper folds.


Here is a rough sketch of the comic book splash page.


And this is the reworking of the flying figure on the right side of the splash page.

I'll keep the updates coming.