I'm back!

Wow, it's been this long? Sorry guys...I'm usually over at livejournal (http://missmonstermel.livejournal.com/) and forgot all about blogspot. I'll be updating on here a lot more though since LJ is having issues.

New buckle design...still needs clean up.

3.75 long x 2.5 tall. Will be cast in plastic and painted to look like aged silver.

Will be $25. If anyone wants to preorder they will be ready to ship monday or tuesday...

fabric monster

o I was introduced to a magical material that allows one to iron fabrics to each other! No sewing! My friend Corrina showed me the stuff, i guess it's a common seamstress thing but i had never heard of it. I have wanted to make wall hangings for years, but was always discouraged by the need to sew everything on. Remember that Okami wall hanging i made from felt? The one that took me for-fucking-ever? I may have to do a new one that kicks that one's ass.

This actually took me a long time to put together, I spent pretty much this entire day working on him. It still needs some little minor detailing and I'd like to sew in some little thread accents ( or not, i don't know). It also needs to be trimmed and a dowel is needed for proper hanging. BUT I REALLY LIKE THIS!!!!

The fabric i used is actually kind of shiny and has a cool texture. You can't really tell how much work went into this since i had to use my iphone to take photos as my our of town boyfriend borrowed by camera. It's really clean and looks like a big flag...has that same wieght and texture. My first attempt from last night is pretty bad but im really glad i didn't give up on this method and tried again. All the pieces STAY on! They are like....melted to each other, it is so cool looking.





Makes for a cool curtain! Pinned up over a window....those are piles of dirty laundry.



Now that i understand what to do ( and what not to do) im hoping to make more of these with more detail and color depth...im sort of limited to what they have at the store in this material and i didnt want to buy up thirty different colors at $4 a yard but i think this is awesome. I just wish i had better photos :C

Taxidermy werewolf head progress

The eyes look so much better set in the face. My roommate said it looks like the wolf from Neverending Story...it totally does!! Alot more needs to be done, longer fur in parts, lips need work, ears suck...but it's getting there. I'm just happy it's coming together.

More progress on the werewolf head!

there are a few more photos in my flickr account :)

Painted the glass eyes myself.









Still needs alot more work..will post more progress!

more art!

i have been working on a pendant to be cast in silver. Click to see the whole image if it gets cut off...

The sculpey version:


And the wax copy:


Made to come apart to be cast in silver, then welded:


So that's fun. I have been wanting to get back into silver stuff for years but i dont have the space for the equipment. I found a pro jeweller willing to make this stuff into silver so that solves that issue! He's very nice and does good work, im very glad he's down with doing this for me!

The werewolf head is coming along! I added sculpey parts ( the grey and pink) and will bake them with a hairdryer or heat gun since foam doesnt do well in ovens. I will also add painted glass eyes as soon as the blanks arrive in the mail. The the final part will be adding fake fur!


Also, have some paintings!

New monster project!

I just finished the werewolf costume, go check it out! werewolf blog!

And in other news now that the costume is out of the way and a major project is wrapping up, i'll be posting here more. So here's a new thing im working on!

I cheated and used a taxidermy bear head. Cut off the nose, lips and made the eyes bigger. Not sure where im going with it but it's going to be cool. I hope. i just want a life size monster on my wall, fur and everything. Carving foam with a dremel is fun..slices so quickly!





in other news, I have not stopped watching Metalocalypse since the DVD came out. Oh man.

learned some Illustrator!

So i'm really enjoying illustrator. I know there are alot of possibilities with this program and im just going with my comfort zone for now. But it sure is FUN.

I was told about a full color sticker place so that's what this is destined for...


Then I made it into a sports mascot like design for an embroidered patch (photoshop):




And a work in progress. Traced off that large foo dog i painted awhile back.This was headache inducing but REALLY fun. It's going to be available as a HUGE poster later on:

Hexafoo

Sneaky girl! Should be catching up on freelance! Oh well....have a painting instead:



gouache on board