KISS Painting

This started off as a project to distract me from the horrible Deadmau helmet failure and slowly transformed into a project of its own! my dad liked it and wanted it for his office...

Over time i began to learn that the more i sketched out the faces and more color i added the better it got. The last face i needed was Gene Simmons... i originally didnt make a sketch so i had to wing it and use a rough draft as the final copy and im pleased with the results

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Once i got that done my dad suggested adding symbols on the corners and the KISS logo in the center. After some research on the web i found some images of the symbols and sketched them on and did a test layer of the placement.

Once he OK'd the design i began to darken everything and i decided to do a flame color for the KISS logo in the center. In the end i was happy on how it came out and he was happy. thanks for looking! 

More Side Projetcs

A friend of mine ant me to make him a zelda shield and a KISS painting for my dad. Today i spent 3 hours on both and im glad on how far i got. enjoy!

Arc Reactor

kind of a delayed post but i finally found some free time to update! For Halloween this year i decided to be Tony Stark from Iron Man, tho i didnt have enough time to grow out the beard, i got pretty close where people could recognize me without the Arc Reactor. I wish i had taken progress pictures but i made it in only 4 days in my garage with a box of scraps... The copper wire spools are made of well.. spools. The outer ring is hot glue sticks shaped to the form of a ring. The inner ring is made out of epoxy sculpt and the base is a ÇD to give it a reflective look. The light is a single really bright LED hot glued to the center. 

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 In the end i was pleased with how it came out and i will make another one just 

for me. My friend bought this one from me after Halloween was over and asked for a stand to go along with it. 

DeadMau5 Head

 So after getting tired of painting I decided i needed to make another prop, in this case the iconic Deadmau5 head worn by Joel Thomas Zimmerman. The head is basicaslly a giant mouse head with white eyes and a big smile. Im still poor and a lack of funds im going with the Paper Mache route many have taken. Updated soon!

     

Finally got started on the project. I created a paper mache sphere with an old beach ball which unfortunately popped but luckily it was after the mache had dried so i was lucky with that. Heres a reference shot and i know yes the sphere is not size accurate.

unfortunately here in california the weather took a turn for the worst and it started to rain horribly and getting to 60 degrees which has a huge effect on paper mache so basically the head collapsed after i cut it out but i managed to salvage the ears... gotta start over again hopefully the weather gets better. 

Holiday Painting, Jack & Sally

Recently i got a commission from my friend to make a painting for her aunt who is a huge Nightmare before christmas fan. Her idea was to have Jack and Sally with Zero together on a canvass. I had an extra canvass lying around and decided to take the job! i goofed off for a while which is a no no on my part, but i got pretty far in 2 days of work. Here are some pictures of where im at.

The tricky part was at the time i was completely out of acrylic color paints except white. I decided to improvise and use some water color pencils i had lying around. The effect came out well and they loved the look. Still need to add the hill on the side and finish Sallys face. 

Finished painting! minor details needed

Hover board

recently I was asked to help with something to add to our School yearbook, some sort of picture to make things different. Here is what i gave them! a Hover Board. I wish i had taken progress pictures but it was a tight schedule. the base is made of MDF wood and tinted window pannel as the 2nd layer. The yellow is construction paper and the red and green are painted on. Enjoy!