Once of you guys needs to paint this in a real abstract manner for use as an album cover...

animation linework

I recently hopped on board a film students animation project "pucket and the prince" because they were in dire need of some extra hands and I wanted to learn how to animate so here's the little scene I was able to contribute. Two parrots talking about stolen treasure and scoundrels

something to ponder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9vxdypD3SQ

clay modeling

here's my inspiration, courtesy of illustrator Fred Lammers



base armature to build clay on




beginnings of clay masterpiece



set against a mirror to achieve perfect symmetry, the human eye is just too flawed

salt n pepper shakers

ideation sketches



final models cut from high density foam



after the models are made, molds are made of them




Here's what ya need for a little slip casting



from top to bottom:
random wooden thing I use to scrape slip off my beautiful mold
tool used to form holes that salt n pepper will eventually come out of
exacto knife to clean up the seams that occur in slip casting process



pouring slip (liquid clay)



beautiful salt n pepper babies freshly poured



out of the mold and ready for finishing touches



there's still much glazing to be done, I'll keep you guys up to date
can you guess which one is for salt and which one is for pepper?

Leaf light design

cutting out basic leaf shape



Final mold to be filled with plaster



plaster mold



vacuum forming polystyrene (plastic) over plaster mold

Leaf Light design

After cutting out slits for ridges



after inserting ridges



tiny LED lights come out of those two holes in the bracket



final form taped to the wall