tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82190114324459047832024-03-04T20:09:40.560-08:00Jake "Cube" RuethJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110437671615733562noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219011432445904783.post-70875031278020087252010-05-22T21:03:00.000-07:002010-05-22T21:05:46.858-07:00SORRY! NEW Blog!Hey, not sure if anyone is following me here but I'm using a new blog account through wordpress.<br />I started blogging again so feel free to follow me and shoot me a message at my new account here:<br /><a href="http://jakerueth.com/blog/">http://jakerueth.com/blog/</a>Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110437671615733562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219011432445904783.post-43369275971349376442009-08-10T19:05:00.000-07:002009-08-10T19:22:32.198-07:00Puking ProjectionsHere is the progress of my new painting "Puking Projections". <br />I spraypainted a burgundy and red background and lightly sketched the characters on the canvas:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhdfgvzT3G4ZcEZsLlPSlCytyL2vBDV50yZ5lZ3z4SSBAyJRngi8PWNF1gcym3cjmXDUSJFpVmGxbUJ7eBa7jtfZxClCm2xbjHm0hOhWm94DSJRYfkFvGXBtkjGinamoXfYZXNN7y9po/s1600-h/IMG_1014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhdfgvzT3G4ZcEZsLlPSlCytyL2vBDV50yZ5lZ3z4SSBAyJRngi8PWNF1gcym3cjmXDUSJFpVmGxbUJ7eBa7jtfZxClCm2xbjHm0hOhWm94DSJRYfkFvGXBtkjGinamoXfYZXNN7y9po/s320/IMG_1014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368524707083711522" border="0" /></a>Here you can see I got the spirits all painted and starting to build up detail:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDdzWRm4dhtR32Qw0G12e_0T6b-K0GHWLKFP-Ot7XDs8OgVoaNV82Ce10ZZLT-Ho_OfkaCuxGoBHpedJCfERmd_1v6HIYsSehf-XsiThCbaO7zBp07Daa-7vZIFP4RPSQAWZRu_shC3o/s1600-h/IMG_1018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDdzWRm4dhtR32Qw0G12e_0T6b-K0GHWLKFP-Ot7XDs8OgVoaNV82Ce10ZZLT-Ho_OfkaCuxGoBHpedJCfERmd_1v6HIYsSehf-XsiThCbaO7zBp07Daa-7vZIFP4RPSQAWZRu_shC3o/s320/IMG_1018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368523416881890706" border="0" /></a>Adding more highlights and shadows to the characters:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOjq7nHEQyKgyEgNa5JgGqbZbvcZjv9HhlTORI5etM9ny3Su4sFodkvmFGmWE7FOIEBIMUuSyu-cjRbnNjLOW6-6pg8t89591sjhhZQARDiherQZ8GLbhups8vX4pIlVFRVmdDR7hD1o/s1600-h/IMG_1020.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOjq7nHEQyKgyEgNa5JgGqbZbvcZjv9HhlTORI5etM9ny3Su4sFodkvmFGmWE7FOIEBIMUuSyu-cjRbnNjLOW6-6pg8t89591sjhhZQARDiherQZ8GLbhups8vX4pIlVFRVmdDR7hD1o/s320/IMG_1020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368522989645931442" border="0" /></a>And here is where I left it to display in my booth at Wizard World Chicago. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrp_eYvVyyoKCf8kMg-B390ScLGONMQGgl0wJAex5HLv0m5kDnjIdqSAQo-OEHTX_zETyKhasqPbDK-Zz82IRwSH2p04rQ7IJVxUjdyHKYiZPbhnf0YaZGtLFQu4fRaLrfI6hYLAOHKg/s1600-h/IMG_1028.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrp_eYvVyyoKCf8kMg-B390ScLGONMQGgl0wJAex5HLv0m5kDnjIdqSAQo-OEHTX_zETyKhasqPbDK-Zz82IRwSH2p04rQ7IJVxUjdyHKYiZPbhnf0YaZGtLFQu4fRaLrfI6hYLAOHKg/s320/IMG_1028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368522588921485938" border="0" /></a>I'm not sure if I'm done with this. I do have some things I'd like to add but that will have to be done at a later time.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110437671615733562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219011432445904783.post-9404051592477595152008-04-20T11:10:00.001-07:002008-12-08T21:52:42.835-08:00Spirited Tunes<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Here is a doodle I sketched one day. I decided it would make a cool painting so off I went.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9yWRUwtQJRk1V5mq_cHT4Tz1hfiWh9nQYfCr1TnD19-uOmVmKY02Yk8O75JK3UJjxUP0-2kc0PpZfki0Zg5lMkc9_ums-YMzshI4EKytevWaZOX161UmzGhnstyvxR1nnBWKbvlWulkk/s1600-h/PICT0025.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9yWRUwtQJRk1V5mq_cHT4Tz1hfiWh9nQYfCr1TnD19-uOmVmKY02Yk8O75JK3UJjxUP0-2kc0PpZfki0Zg5lMkc9_ums-YMzshI4EKytevWaZOX161UmzGhnstyvxR1nnBWKbvlWulkk/s320/PICT0025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191395713518867250" border="0" /></a>I started off by making a green background:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgls9OaZW20ClqN5S9BwP41dGJ1R8tv-53ZpeL2Hkr3_4QYFV6f6F7-pgZ1U33WNPjnDC9Fr9EJP0pVrnU4EZbWyNzl4CR8cmy_iXmDD8Xh2viIXLF5K38iMmjDWl94ZuOMcjkNH-X3W9g/s1600-h/PICT0009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgls9OaZW20ClqN5S9BwP41dGJ1R8tv-53ZpeL2Hkr3_4QYFV6f6F7-pgZ1U33WNPjnDC9Fr9EJP0pVrnU4EZbWyNzl4CR8cmy_iXmDD8Xh2viIXLF5K38iMmjDWl94ZuOMcjkNH-X3W9g/s320/PICT0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191395335561745122" border="0" /></a>I saved a scrap of vinyl from my last job and used the dot pattern for a cool background effect:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ21HoHkhzXRc6Eno6wGLxoluoKU01blbzAA2lkALp7x7XDHOSxrxkL1dSf8KOxObvrgHexKSHEG0ncNAQT4aPz7XwVF56E0nekfjRgryhIh4Ft_QUHZ1cxZqZgC9P-mOID8B_rfME8U/s1600-h/PICT0016.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ21HoHkhzXRc6Eno6wGLxoluoKU01blbzAA2lkALp7x7XDHOSxrxkL1dSf8KOxObvrgHexKSHEG0ncNAQT4aPz7XwVF56E0nekfjRgryhIh4Ft_QUHZ1cxZqZgC9P-mOID8B_rfME8U/s320/PICT0016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191395344151679730" border="0" /></a>Next I thought it'd be cool if the MP3 player had a funky glow behind it,<br />so I cut out a stencil for it:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUU2_uvPGrQVqFbPXASaoSwjwsjsL7fWc4I9EQsy7b1mV-PkzPSUuDM6Gd6m92eosqeZPy4yDxz7AqVOFycHj0NuDfKKwnrn_WllkZsudzTqCXh0hlxa5KJwP2Hyqf5puYDFgzpLYXNds/s1600-h/PICT0028.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUU2_uvPGrQVqFbPXASaoSwjwsjsL7fWc4I9EQsy7b1mV-PkzPSUuDM6Gd6m92eosqeZPy4yDxz7AqVOFycHj0NuDfKKwnrn_WllkZsudzTqCXh0hlxa5KJwP2Hyqf5puYDFgzpLYXNds/s320/PICT0028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191395348446647042" border="0" /></a>I also overlayed some of this window vinyl for another cool dot pattern/halftone effect.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QXoT18EnV6g04BTv-HisXSmDx2TeH_G4K9oJrMUCe0opFE3YphYfqKoEJztMsv9RXfBhSP4XX4PmxBcj1gY_-FRUq7BSMZMBmPs1xsiAmReherAn1hCmo-rszXvW3s1_9W3w89kWKWs/s1600-h/PICT0032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QXoT18EnV6g04BTv-HisXSmDx2TeH_G4K9oJrMUCe0opFE3YphYfqKoEJztMsv9RXfBhSP4XX4PmxBcj1gY_-FRUq7BSMZMBmPs1xsiAmReherAn1hCmo-rszXvW3s1_9W3w89kWKWs/s320/PICT0032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191395352741614354" border="0" /></a>Here is how the glow turned out:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2p1w0sbMLqdZ4qsj0GUu7GnN7qEzNFY5taXgvfli1BqY2EyiUI_vdB-QblE7P3ThyphenhyphenkueM_ZIewBjg0PA8FdU4vVP79RQeyvgVwGFWoLGsPnJDXPueHk2jnL-flg5kkIg2ZQqLST6NnZo/s1600-h/PICT0027.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2p1w0sbMLqdZ4qsj0GUu7GnN7qEzNFY5taXgvfli1BqY2EyiUI_vdB-QblE7P3ThyphenhyphenkueM_ZIewBjg0PA8FdU4vVP79RQeyvgVwGFWoLGsPnJDXPueHk2jnL-flg5kkIg2ZQqLST6NnZo/s320/PICT0027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191395357036581666" border="0" /></a>Next I worked on the stencil of the Mp3 player and the spirits, I first started the screen:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqKXH3qY-rR6cAVbpL8V53Hygp43mTzSjaFCak1wR_to8ftn3GrVCvkAcqLuAHiPgQUQLZ6CLliDYv_nadZZAwxvdVNSO5KURWfXQXkJY6Ly8mmBQrvlCSQzaHdhgMIe76w9HmDY4WVw/s1600-h/PICT0034.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqKXH3qY-rR6cAVbpL8V53Hygp43mTzSjaFCak1wR_to8ftn3GrVCvkAcqLuAHiPgQUQLZ6CLliDYv_nadZZAwxvdVNSO5KURWfXQXkJY6Ly8mmBQrvlCSQzaHdhgMIe76w9HmDY4WVw/s320/PICT0034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191393883862798994" border="0" /></a>Next I made the Mp3 player and shadow:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVPDQ6TWehngna94ZRlHpnIJw2WoCGF4hBQbhuRA3gpYlbki8b_8OwUClxKzF61w1nf5KTRXj8KbVCMVtK1auGh-zPUAK-RY3E7WEzz0d4aMIKHEMJXDGt_aqz1-Y48_uG2DkPH1qozk/s1600-h/PICT0036.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVPDQ6TWehngna94ZRlHpnIJw2WoCGF4hBQbhuRA3gpYlbki8b_8OwUClxKzF61w1nf5KTRXj8KbVCMVtK1auGh-zPUAK-RY3E7WEzz0d4aMIKHEMJXDGt_aqz1-Y48_uG2DkPH1qozk/s320/PICT0036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191393888157766306" border="0" /></a>Here you can see me working on the spirits:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgBXemT2XFF6DIYJyY_BvUTsw3x5Ggy0sILfXaf0Oo9T-ew5_6htu_hKQJyqyAr-pSwCCAjJrGaG0rV4O7G5SSDgtS1Jll9jacmaQ5EojrpTMADXJ9dzxez3MnlJJmrOnBcWZMaEk6fs/s1600-h/PICT0037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgBXemT2XFF6DIYJyY_BvUTsw3x5Ggy0sILfXaf0Oo9T-ew5_6htu_hKQJyqyAr-pSwCCAjJrGaG0rV4O7G5SSDgtS1Jll9jacmaQ5EojrpTMADXJ9dzxez3MnlJJmrOnBcWZMaEk6fs/s320/PICT0037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191393901042668210" border="0" /></a>Here is the canvas with all the stenciling done.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDotRJXwz0LeNXN49zjbh3oiPgyvY53bhEovz9TkCi9MWdM3BWsAFVnApdA7SRmm1KOEEEYdrzB1Aw4Tr7R5XKCjv2OgoVb0-jD8VVyEASrNcAZK3NfSYVMJzWPlilD31IjaXBMxUD860/s1600-h/PICT0040.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDotRJXwz0LeNXN49zjbh3oiPgyvY53bhEovz9TkCi9MWdM3BWsAFVnApdA7SRmm1KOEEEYdrzB1Aw4Tr7R5XKCjv2OgoVb0-jD8VVyEASrNcAZK3NfSYVMJzWPlilD31IjaXBMxUD860/s320/PICT0040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191393905337635522" border="0" /></a>After adding some details and faces the painting is done. I modeled the Mp3 player off of the Zune, I have one and love it to pieces.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHRfM2D5auDwy3PdERTyL0Q1VnYFwysN8xORsfgw5USLyZGnHkfjz_nIjqtNWP_3OaGG3jSe_6ePwShTCQB5ClwkHUoXb75HUIpCJrM1K2LOBnuevGKrlyCRGwooMnam-uJKuO8axslc/s1600-h/spirit+tunes.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHRfM2D5auDwy3PdERTyL0Q1VnYFwysN8xORsfgw5USLyZGnHkfjz_nIjqtNWP_3OaGG3jSe_6ePwShTCQB5ClwkHUoXb75HUIpCJrM1K2LOBnuevGKrlyCRGwooMnam-uJKuO8axslc/s320/spirit+tunes.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191393909632602834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110437671615733562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219011432445904783.post-3447713508825868012008-04-20T10:31:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:52:44.012-08:00Late<div style="text-align: center;">I had a cool idea I wanted to try out for this next painting, I wanted to do a layered repeated background. So I started out making a sloppy yellow>orange gradient:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIVMw-vophS6HwpTtZk3nZDFFfFUkVpTuNg3c5yNjtOZXkuwj5G8ceJyQG39lyLgAGuza2NYZU2V_sZKC1mLszbCTGC_58fg1ss7EIf8xQGocyKBVrf2zYbURozl2D5mFAMUZkxwvtsY/s1600-h/PICT0021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIVMw-vophS6HwpTtZk3nZDFFfFUkVpTuNg3c5yNjtOZXkuwj5G8ceJyQG39lyLgAGuza2NYZU2V_sZKC1mLszbCTGC_58fg1ss7EIf8xQGocyKBVrf2zYbURozl2D5mFAMUZkxwvtsY/s320/PICT0021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191385250978533906" border="0" /></a><br />Next I took my stencil I used in some of my other paintings and started spraying:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gkJ81_NeaVe6-0vQA_0ywGdjzyUsjWR4yzbGqx7xMHA4nPndYy4-_0gwdp2Qi8m1N7Ky4qR4TzCz9lhxmEPevIWfaclNeR68TKiaJNPvmWdIKxlRAcTYlrbowuzufWvrKviA2CxupWk/s1600-h/PICT0026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gkJ81_NeaVe6-0vQA_0ywGdjzyUsjWR4yzbGqx7xMHA4nPndYy4-_0gwdp2Qi8m1N7Ky4qR4TzCz9lhxmEPevIWfaclNeR68TKiaJNPvmWdIKxlRAcTYlrbowuzufWvrKviA2CxupWk/s320/PICT0026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191385263863435810" border="0" /></a>Here you can see the final result. I thought it turned out really cool. I wasn't sure what exactly I was going to do next so I turned to my sketch book.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EawxzDJlHqtBxU6T5qYuVtdPmdMRFXPq04HV3vIC4q9aCUEZQjNHcGTs5lmN75JvVj3pJfXbGWSdP3bGaYDSScKU6huZjnZ18g3CWv9RoNJcoO5nANqr2jidtpaOFC0QHC_NBf-CtXk/s1600-h/PICT0032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EawxzDJlHqtBxU6T5qYuVtdPmdMRFXPq04HV3vIC4q9aCUEZQjNHcGTs5lmN75JvVj3pJfXbGWSdP3bGaYDSScKU6huZjnZ18g3CWv9RoNJcoO5nANqr2jidtpaOFC0QHC_NBf-CtXk/s320/PICT0032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191385268158403122" border="0" /></a>After some doodling I came up with a cute idea and started cutting out the next stencil:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8KFYrJjyoGWNJ1Vql3DtDpFIdcOviHgkReEGdydURNwJu9VhpJE_kEczMF4JUpCwrSP9ioCrpXp8z5Rp72Mt8Va4Kvv6FvPWSQCE1blL-L3lmkf_QSC1iVBjkEJU4NlnnfFhygtBj58/s1600-h/PICT0002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8KFYrJjyoGWNJ1Vql3DtDpFIdcOviHgkReEGdydURNwJu9VhpJE_kEczMF4JUpCwrSP9ioCrpXp8z5Rp72Mt8Va4Kvv6FvPWSQCE1blL-L3lmkf_QSC1iVBjkEJU4NlnnfFhygtBj58/s320/PICT0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191385276748337730" border="0" /></a>Here are the new stencils in place:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDTKh0clGq_wappzpPoHed1i9gl31XoiqGE6GJwRzp2iVavQl2T7AzLgOlx_Xvhdhkdd0J0NcsFo-EzVgAAxE5yIJAUdskOuM_R9FSTf0M-eZgyVYu9n1Ms3CVbtG2878UA7-tWB6ECo/s1600-h/pict0001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDTKh0clGq_wappzpPoHed1i9gl31XoiqGE6GJwRzp2iVavQl2T7AzLgOlx_Xvhdhkdd0J0NcsFo-EzVgAAxE5yIJAUdskOuM_R9FSTf0M-eZgyVYu9n1Ms3CVbtG2878UA7-tWB6ECo/s320/pict0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191385281043305042" border="0" /></a>Working on the lil monster dude:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTrfx7S8pRSf-sHqooDJXXKzfNceMpKqDAOrMLepgihzcH0h9c3_3297ReNOAlxC0Ee9kuDTjj2E4vOLWgREjEZPHndsH2d6nzYm7KrZ-r5CjfGiaTtOHuwWeMDGs7KHIXiEWvdzN1BA/s1600-h/PICT0005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTrfx7S8pRSf-sHqooDJXXKzfNceMpKqDAOrMLepgihzcH0h9c3_3297ReNOAlxC0Ee9kuDTjj2E4vOLWgREjEZPHndsH2d6nzYm7KrZ-r5CjfGiaTtOHuwWeMDGs7KHIXiEWvdzN1BA/s320/PICT0005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191386457864344162" border="0" /></a>Here is the painting so far with the monster in. I used some microns and paint markers to put in some more details:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwUC5oW1x1ZUR8bXmMjW5E60c5fLWtifTsmBejaX6yi5F2-gdB85BQIl4gzB9R18pxYbr2UeiBiT7_09GC6kblYsyOYNL8kwfxYDa2_ymJuoEiwgJZMvs_tIuDpQInkQipRzYEtMh-7M/s1600-h/PICT0002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwUC5oW1x1ZUR8bXmMjW5E60c5fLWtifTsmBejaX6yi5F2-gdB85BQIl4gzB9R18pxYbr2UeiBiT7_09GC6kblYsyOYNL8kwfxYDa2_ymJuoEiwgJZMvs_tIuDpQInkQipRzYEtMh-7M/s320/PICT0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191386475044213362" border="0" /></a>Here is how the final turned out. I couldn't be happier :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoylwURMgZndc4t1aIIlsMbXEc168yUKTDcJJ1eH9PoRs4N3Icqi79iynhT6QaDrRl57q5vUtuT2xevcDXCbjJDZYD76SpkQ7Pvoem-tlFg_8tyEgk-rXr65kFEXZmvUyRAb3eGGdO_4/s1600-h/PICT0008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoylwURMgZndc4t1aIIlsMbXEc168yUKTDcJJ1eH9PoRs4N3Icqi79iynhT6QaDrRl57q5vUtuT2xevcDXCbjJDZYD76SpkQ7Pvoem-tlFg_8tyEgk-rXr65kFEXZmvUyRAb3eGGdO_4/s320/PICT0008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191386479339180674" border="0" /></a></div>Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110437671615733562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219011432445904783.post-60674002538606439172008-03-20T06:42:00.001-07:002008-12-08T21:52:44.746-08:00Stoplight Demons<div style="text-align: center;">I got a new job just north of Chicago and the transition has been an interesting one.<br />I come from a small little farm town in Wisconsin and the most annoying thing about Illinois are all the stoplights!!! I was sitting at this particular intersection and the stop lights made me<br />burst into the gigles:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZlKIRt9muDAiesOq-Pv0NZIGqCuCIQfxFHU79S67UJGcuwu285soxjjSnSP0iWrHQYrlxq3v_JYsu0G5q5GoBiNQwDu4J7RiVMcWxQAohYmOsHIEJRC3ZW_CE_1KrdAD5R5JYzJueuw/s1600-h/stoplight.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZlKIRt9muDAiesOq-Pv0NZIGqCuCIQfxFHU79S67UJGcuwu285soxjjSnSP0iWrHQYrlxq3v_JYsu0G5q5GoBiNQwDu4J7RiVMcWxQAohYmOsHIEJRC3ZW_CE_1KrdAD5R5JYzJueuw/s320/stoplight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179818984062339378" border="0" /></a>I thankfully had my camera on me and snapped the above pic. I rushed back to the place I'm staying at and tossed the picture into photoshop and started painting away:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUr-bB4YqFIJDrlRFj585svkR-Ycz9Fi3nL0DIJd8BCdgZMuwPZDnb5cdiHPWTGoqxxOqj3jw2n8xvxsjqkf93bosLBpTLDE95PHE5r0ATNa1lKpV1eAK9JhqBla9LbVG3CcDOk9FC-20/s1600-h/stoplight+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUr-bB4YqFIJDrlRFj585svkR-Ycz9Fi3nL0DIJd8BCdgZMuwPZDnb5cdiHPWTGoqxxOqj3jw2n8xvxsjqkf93bosLBpTLDE95PHE5r0ATNa1lKpV1eAK9JhqBla9LbVG3CcDOk9FC-20/s320/stoplight+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179819147271096642" border="0" /></a><br />The lights turned to eyes and soon bodies took form. I used the smudge tool to swirl and<br />create the creatures and sculpt the photograph. After smudging out the general shapes I went back and painted and smudged some more.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdO0uq6MhZ0vrwMyTjR7nuPyIzlxrtqML8yKY2SuQegEriWKYSNxwT7AYVNF2vKsEPcgBVEBNAH1hpkulY9xYsSvfgfNFepz6bXEYiAGQvalMXzrz4lKNqc5RtZLuca-i03r1z4SBEr4/s1600-h/stoplight3+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdO0uq6MhZ0vrwMyTjR7nuPyIzlxrtqML8yKY2SuQegEriWKYSNxwT7AYVNF2vKsEPcgBVEBNAH1hpkulY9xYsSvfgfNFepz6bXEYiAGQvalMXzrz4lKNqc5RtZLuca-i03r1z4SBEr4/s320/stoplight3+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179819366314428754" border="0" /></a>Pretty soon the photograph turned into a bunch of silly demons in their cave.<br />This was really fun to make, especially looking at the original photograph to the final result.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFaQRjpzsxIpsvRBsC_-z5Lk4S_L7ICcDTFYvXpLNL-2DlhfVBdOzA2d92Kir_nqi3fCfQHP9yGjKhjuE430DxxJ76DAAJ7xB9R9ZGvqVaSdPVemksm00C-TCUB276bkjGyPZDTImTf4/s1600-h/stoplight4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFaQRjpzsxIpsvRBsC_-z5Lk4S_L7ICcDTFYvXpLNL-2DlhfVBdOzA2d92Kir_nqi3fCfQHP9yGjKhjuE430DxxJ76DAAJ7xB9R9ZGvqVaSdPVemksm00C-TCUB276bkjGyPZDTImTf4/s320/stoplight4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179819744271550818" border="0" /></a>Now instead of hating stoplights, I laugh and enjoy them because deep<br />down they are really just a bunch of silly demons.<br /><br /></div>Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110437671615733562noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219011432445904783.post-64131965854485096012007-12-30T08:22:00.000-08:002008-12-08T21:52:46.553-08:00Moose MunnyBah! Its been awhile since I've posted anything new. I worked on rebuilding my website. Check it out <a href="http://cubecrazy2.com/">cubecrazy2.com</a><br /><br />I picked up a Munny awhile back so here is what I've been doing with it:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDEswz_ZHk5mObEz9kDWApi3ncJ1QveM7CK4jiwUiBQ6p3tpTc0mttE2fCYPLy7kVzek-u1g8rp5zulb9sjs2yMz6FMTf1EJlmx1gt9QCSRArAB0pMu6ngBRdcHV6N1MvGm4nFuCrddk/s1600-h/PICT0009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDEswz_ZHk5mObEz9kDWApi3ncJ1QveM7CK4jiwUiBQ6p3tpTc0mttE2fCYPLy7kVzek-u1g8rp5zulb9sjs2yMz6FMTf1EJlmx1gt9QCSRArAB0pMu6ngBRdcHV6N1MvGm4nFuCrddk/s320/PICT0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149803091818649938" border="0" /></a>I recently picked up an airbrush to mess around with and base coated the munny light blue:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjL4ISxpupHyCkK2b3ygbcRGdBkAIA6H4ZmbZm4KqfmteYkt3B6wxV4BAxRZb6FZJjQV51QV80Pw4QpM893UqsBYAEoh2AnFK4Plnp7X6qv6AaGxik_idbyGnuCwR12o8ZtQ1N6vqpaBQ/s1600-h/PICT0017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjL4ISxpupHyCkK2b3ygbcRGdBkAIA6H4ZmbZm4KqfmteYkt3B6wxV4BAxRZb6FZJjQV51QV80Pw4QpM893UqsBYAEoh2AnFK4Plnp7X6qv6AaGxik_idbyGnuCwR12o8ZtQ1N6vqpaBQ/s320/PICT0017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149803753243613554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5XQJYW16EWgd-7c3fKABDJeJMKL-2kAe_sUkA8l8m-d1hYr8Knm36o7gDU5NCiol5r4XOZZ_HjmH6fRjvKPWvd5Eodhw_HpevjSy7SnNkragofDJ9iSUejS1G5BDgX8Q1MFPXKUttMQ/s1600-h/PICT0013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5XQJYW16EWgd-7c3fKABDJeJMKL-2kAe_sUkA8l8m-d1hYr8Knm36o7gDU5NCiol5r4XOZZ_HjmH6fRjvKPWvd5Eodhw_HpevjSy7SnNkragofDJ9iSUejS1G5BDgX8Q1MFPXKUttMQ/s320/PICT0013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149803435416033634" border="0" /></a>I then started working on the antlers by taking some wire and foil:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIztUPAEIinkAWhdSRkmuEz7O04mtoIfiF8bcNUeId-s5hEG9JSuwUqvIu0p80r9o5sq1Cq1LyShkhKLdmOKLC2xJ6GBtJ8gWdqijezMHAGvWa7eKYaspxtgjGbCcQUa9-3yWJ1dqrmhc/s1600-h/PICT0003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIztUPAEIinkAWhdSRkmuEz7O04mtoIfiF8bcNUeId-s5hEG9JSuwUqvIu0p80r9o5sq1Cq1LyShkhKLdmOKLC2xJ6GBtJ8gWdqijezMHAGvWa7eKYaspxtgjGbCcQUa9-3yWJ1dqrmhc/s320/PICT0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149804195625245058" border="0" /></a>After making a rough shape for the antlers I took some sculpey and formed it around the foil:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOPUVyTaxLemGbrQs8-c6TOqVvcEhLNBqq0sT2G4CM8KyDRuk7YAOQ1LcY_ma4Enllg6wIUwh2EOv13cXcz2Zji0o1Dsyt-t45YmmrhEI0cOBwXROGGWdZwHtYrfxniCuoCGaA9dA9MI/s1600-h/PICT0005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOPUVyTaxLemGbrQs8-c6TOqVvcEhLNBqq0sT2G4CM8KyDRuk7YAOQ1LcY_ma4Enllg6wIUwh2EOv13cXcz2Zji0o1Dsyt-t45YmmrhEI0cOBwXROGGWdZwHtYrfxniCuoCGaA9dA9MI/s320/PICT0005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149804474798119314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pKecYq6AwUAEz_7f6Zd1p_KrAwfsPGUU4ShBdkbL3_hzFXdHOvD7SJuzMg_E1889TsQ8H9V-jXX9AhSnuPITc3PKh3485r-ILIeTwymgwANqduvHdgAM7_U0fJ-clg3a2d0t6ULsJvc/s1600-h/PICT0007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pKecYq6AwUAEz_7f6Zd1p_KrAwfsPGUU4ShBdkbL3_hzFXdHOvD7SJuzMg_E1889TsQ8H9V-jXX9AhSnuPITc3PKh3485r-ILIeTwymgwANqduvHdgAM7_U0fJ-clg3a2d0t6ULsJvc/s320/PICT0007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149804766855895458" border="0" /></a>I went back to the body and painted a big spot on the belly and worked on the head:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7v8NTSaePtj-8bdRAnfNcNS0-7n-0X4p2pPRC43hKPeOZtjBTU3NsN-H7Zz8RK4dXQSKiSqSckGO0dMsSARTOUyAQCZtp_Brc85dqE8txs5EuUENEsx9KL2N7pmxY7mLg4TcfZQg1Zo/s1600-h/PICT0047.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7v8NTSaePtj-8bdRAnfNcNS0-7n-0X4p2pPRC43hKPeOZtjBTU3NsN-H7Zz8RK4dXQSKiSqSckGO0dMsSARTOUyAQCZtp_Brc85dqE8txs5EuUENEsx9KL2N7pmxY7mLg4TcfZQg1Zo/s320/PICT0047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149805527065106882" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxT5O-yw1NDnb4TcAwVK4UAa8G6EeEIHKx5CBKjGm-N0VBQ10eugckXZF6zSgvP5CKjN0LwybZWKSdQ14xgshq9a-G63qj3ygsb7c18obgtGh1sx_SPQJAFdJNBmV9hd_n06Q1qGT9_0/s1600-h/PICT0046.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxT5O-yw1NDnb4TcAwVK4UAa8G6EeEIHKx5CBKjGm-N0VBQ10eugckXZF6zSgvP5CKjN0LwybZWKSdQ14xgshq9a-G63qj3ygsb7c18obgtGh1sx_SPQJAFdJNBmV9hd_n06Q1qGT9_0/s320/PICT0046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149805260777134514" border="0" /></a><br />Its turning out pretty cute so far.<br />Here is how the body looks assembled with the arms in:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvS1pf0npe4pXPMDzCe-KLQcPAT-TaqvtxmSPIe2jTxjrM_W2ZuFx4e8Vc1bPvfhpTVSPQBh_fTFQJmt39eoUMbSiYPcXBsZjJyO4RoC8Qc41FvyaRBc1JROBV6AdG1alIS9tN_D5UVk/s1600-h/PICT0002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvS1pf0npe4pXPMDzCe-KLQcPAT-TaqvtxmSPIe2jTxjrM_W2ZuFx4e8Vc1bPvfhpTVSPQBh_fTFQJmt39eoUMbSiYPcXBsZjJyO4RoC8Qc41FvyaRBc1JROBV6AdG1alIS9tN_D5UVk/s320/PICT0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149897697063279058" border="0" /></a>After painting the face on I glued the antlers on and wah LAH! I call him MuSu!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kXmHuEZSgnXOs8qmq1u1lcJF45ef0z3PFvxSEbeJ8pPuBVCbulEaYcZH8qZeqEBOK4dVyQcMAQs28JVzVAC0Ry7rdUXdStx5AOSUAXA_2AHyhw8ogaR5liQnsnu4B1Z2EWhjfGkc9Yw/s1600-h/PICT0009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kXmHuEZSgnXOs8qmq1u1lcJF45ef0z3PFvxSEbeJ8pPuBVCbulEaYcZH8qZeqEBOK4dVyQcMAQs28JVzVAC0Ry7rdUXdStx5AOSUAXA_2AHyhw8ogaR5liQnsnu4B1Z2EWhjfGkc9Yw/s320/PICT0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149898109380139490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgdntWB4g9c3LWPhUsHzAlj_29ZZ-5ww5MPreHtaFQjveX5QqNQ7bc9jWxRZ3F3neZOMSrNqPX9mroBaAl1j3MoMEqeCDXIQI50MA0ZzMvvB3Dj5SQXKgmVQHeaiKOv6PdOKG4cXOkzg/s1600-h/musu2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgdntWB4g9c3LWPhUsHzAlj_29ZZ-5ww5MPreHtaFQjveX5QqNQ7bc9jWxRZ3F3neZOMSrNqPX9mroBaAl1j3MoMEqeCDXIQI50MA0ZzMvvB3Dj5SQXKgmVQHeaiKOv6PdOKG4cXOkzg/s320/musu2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149898392847981042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVknfkYyivHjLb_DFvflxHxPAGWl40cStKFypryiJHufkmxTPkLTE8hbUkEPGvKXY_JX-l7VZuJ1qhxZuM3wFPkoPTKjOLWy3PC2WRgrjPgN3Sfb_GlIbli07x1v7mhtqwZiuZqAGrY4I/s1600-h/musu1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVknfkYyivHjLb_DFvflxHxPAGWl40cStKFypryiJHufkmxTPkLTE8hbUkEPGvKXY_JX-l7VZuJ1qhxZuM3wFPkoPTKjOLWy3PC2WRgrjPgN3Sfb_GlIbli07x1v7mhtqwZiuZqAGrY4I/s320/musu1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149898680610789890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacexnulAuoTHcfdfsvg2qg3IKpiq_vzaftBEZFzRrGoXbYtvUfbj8X9C88MdEAx4As7exc_emr3ABQhBV-7St9rhi3EVS3DVis1seHaqrdqQKRBgVsr5wfCANsQLXzt6qJ2IX8cO_0JQ/s1600-h/PICT0008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacexnulAuoTHcfdfsvg2qg3IKpiq_vzaftBEZFzRrGoXbYtvUfbj8X9C88MdEAx4As7exc_emr3ABQhBV-7St9rhi3EVS3DVis1seHaqrdqQKRBgVsr5wfCANsQLXzt6qJ2IX8cO_0JQ/s320/PICT0008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149898805164841490" border="0" /></a><br />I pegged my initials and date on the bottom. MuSu rules! I love him!<br />See him on <a href="http://cubecrazy2.deviantart.com/art/MuSu-73366325">deviantart</a>!Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110437671615733562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219011432445904783.post-69278778785788879992007-10-22T17:54:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:52:48.659-08:00Hide-N-Go SeekI started a new painting. Here is simple sketch of what I want to do. Its a bunch of monsters playing hide-n-go seek or ghost in the graveyard or something. I used to play this game a lot when I was a wee lad. The fall weather kinda triggered all these memories of running and hiding in the woods and having lots of fun trying to find new hiding spots.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUOjaWm-LwyiH_xAdqeg3z46zEs1t7yti62xsnnyKyvqpYVgRrg-AsH3-5czKrcmAzQtuPxZVRRicoewX8HmBRVo7Y5zQ3rt_xf1cNlempEkDAAp-kz45i9stfcavCDc_jdurmho-_10/s1600-h/PICT0042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124329925413446322" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUOjaWm-LwyiH_xAdqeg3z46zEs1t7yti62xsnnyKyvqpYVgRrg-AsH3-5czKrcmAzQtuPxZVRRicoewX8HmBRVo7Y5zQ3rt_xf1cNlempEkDAAp-kz45i9stfcavCDc_jdurmho-_10/s320/PICT0042.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here I started off by spraying the sky.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9odk_jcftBwPP-eAKaBu0s_gI7hjG3spgjvoOezLFiQ1KLr2y7RTEcOB3i57g9W3trMgNMNULOSk0KrIdB8zc2b2lQ0RUW4p9pb1rN3fnrnKW0_bsDbb_ffGEt36aUid9GS6c9HxVss/s1600-h/PICT0048.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124329835219133090" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9odk_jcftBwPP-eAKaBu0s_gI7hjG3spgjvoOezLFiQ1KLr2y7RTEcOB3i57g9W3trMgNMNULOSk0KrIdB8zc2b2lQ0RUW4p9pb1rN3fnrnKW0_bsDbb_ffGEt36aUid9GS6c9HxVss/s320/PICT0048.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>Next I cut a huge stencil by taping cereal boxes together. Its really long!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjS2bczs8ugJMArkafofn3USszNtMJuZaKd8nn9XUARwtQgszlHkJlfIwXXTz8SsuGODqAO5IaxHfCfdvLSv_-zbHUvcYs82EtZqsInBXj2dmVE8LEEPS-F1I1Qgv9S6V6V8fydyD144/s1600-h/PICT0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124329543161356946" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjS2bczs8ugJMArkafofn3USszNtMJuZaKd8nn9XUARwtQgszlHkJlfIwXXTz8SsuGODqAO5IaxHfCfdvLSv_-zbHUvcYs82EtZqsInBXj2dmVE8LEEPS-F1I1Qgv9S6V6V8fydyD144/s320/PICT0005.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here's how the rest of the background turned out.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_k9KozD2YANu9KYQQMyMRXQ2rlcbJYmhgMnT8vDbf7mAcuBlYud95ew1wdVdlKg9PdKTJ9xR4jPE3mZ8TWT0kg_2d0Xdv6gPwBPQWoYKIPTRR3_08mXRXOADXFFbFXF-ZDufhskBiQA/s1600-h/PICT0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124329440082141826" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_k9KozD2YANu9KYQQMyMRXQ2rlcbJYmhgMnT8vDbf7mAcuBlYud95ew1wdVdlKg9PdKTJ9xR4jPE3mZ8TWT0kg_2d0Xdv6gPwBPQWoYKIPTRR3_08mXRXOADXFFbFXF-ZDufhskBiQA/s320/PICT0004.JPG" border="0" /></a> Once the background is finished I covered the canvas with tracing paper and doodled on some of my characters.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2l_gARpZ-XjGbhDwUqqgtxcIc9ZGzrXiyxXuB3PzZaEd0RT3HZD-LewxcXl_ljBnZWKXDc3_hAA4NJENuZwoo9ErUljFKJ_mzwpuVy256jciWSpvMJF2VY8NywAWU35sCjnqSX1HQPC4/s1600-h/PICT0007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124329319823057522" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2l_gARpZ-XjGbhDwUqqgtxcIc9ZGzrXiyxXuB3PzZaEd0RT3HZD-LewxcXl_ljBnZWKXDc3_hAA4NJENuZwoo9ErUljFKJ_mzwpuVy256jciWSpvMJF2VY8NywAWU35sCjnqSX1HQPC4/s320/PICT0007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Now I'm battling on whether to spraypaint the characters or not. If I do, I need some huge chunks of cardboard or somthing... If I go acrylics... well thats just a ton of paint! Haha. Plus I don't like how my red acrylic paints turn out. *shake fist* I'll duke it out soon enough.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126893906674163394" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2-FTKIva5vDf0sAu8ubVADViaWLX993wTkovYbCoz-BtivLqUqEPTkMz34eFtBI2ApQYIJ9dXiEZ-pz_GIyUH9BcGgwjC0PvMlnZRhoanruapXQ3cf4s7lENbhbnqvJNb-ruLgj0Pp8/s320/PICT0001.JPG" border="0" />Okay, so I went with the spraypaint. I made the stencils out of posterboard... not the greatest to use, they do tend to get all wavey and curl in contact with the spray paint.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126894014048345810" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUIWM_IzPPNCdpfpxAqhPnIT4ApBRYHqdJxkiU6Ue2cIsDGgC778OSXymK5Nf0uZgve1hTdVUeMB9MvxXHDU3r1x5lPyE_KkDP9obuZ5ars2a17YYK7H2XD5OINaUbV25mZvtzbal13k/s320/PICT0002.JPG" border="0" />Yup... This is the ghetto... the ghetto of trees where I make most of my spraypainted paintings and stuff.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126894177257103074" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxHNtdLrdihXeamtizWW8mo_ayJscTOT0jPhdImYW4-r3LgVK9huOCqJE_DsNLef0nof6ngZGmt5sv4pc2DlmsX6STcOoXAKXeR9fWlcOz24l8YeVW1XbFYBthSxT48iwnbqNHZhEPBA/s320/PICT0003.JPG" border="0" />Here is part of the stencil I cut out. spraypainted the mouth red and when I took it off the painting I was like "OMG! I made a zombie!" I think I'll have to paint my stencil and hang it up somewhere.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126894271746383602" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0KU3bYbgMwjCeN6VR8NNIHD9TVwxJqVIsU1tmZrrIbop3qQ4oZgXNV8UUmneGIeLYEHDfejRCrSoHeivxoM_VPGvXsTn2HbaLEZWHr57tngv0CPDcfjncjQ8ojx-LNdpCjyLqzVHZzo/s320/PICT0004.JPG" border="0" />Here is how the painting is going. theres going to be an orange character on one side and a big green character on the left. Dont worry about the center, I just placed my stencil there.<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126894477904813826" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8iqSCsBSxVjCEMR_qZqmO0U3DuHoWrlVk1oJIDxV9giFBOR0Es_jcB4CTrWdlnmiPbN_vEi9R7WApSf0cPJuIQi6vt6-09ntrWArQX7nTwEvf4cKgS9m6sOR7LKNvVCkA5tCn2r2RnI/s320/PICT0005.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p>Heres another shot with the mouths red. Looking sweet!</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnS58jFYwHyXyeA7QApVj0alZJZOcW6Ch2ypAykpm2bIhxHtmMHWuikQwj1F85R5AEj3ijsXA8jGxXRwXPcMa6ip2ajbBmAcGbezfFBZBdhKxHKCrsnneFTS6h3E2-z2so659AqIA_MnE/s1600-h/PICT0001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnS58jFYwHyXyeA7QApVj0alZJZOcW6Ch2ypAykpm2bIhxHtmMHWuikQwj1F85R5AEj3ijsXA8jGxXRwXPcMa6ip2ajbBmAcGbezfFBZBdhKxHKCrsnneFTS6h3E2-z2so659AqIA_MnE/s320/PICT0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130276214961424962" border="0" /></a></p>Heres how the two big guys came out, they are looking sweet. You can see I started painting the eyes and teeth on them.<br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGAu9OwX503v5VXzXnfoRnZEwgVPZjghcxk3EDd-zD30dnZDt3ok0l5TehPxUi9AWAxfN1V5ZXDtU-BSMzuJDzzTqqvGqbYc2LFTHZEedBrSZjKYDQ9i3mp-b87HybFwvQIYRSwRyFyA/s1600-h/PICT0008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGAu9OwX503v5VXzXnfoRnZEwgVPZjghcxk3EDd-zD30dnZDt3ok0l5TehPxUi9AWAxfN1V5ZXDtU-BSMzuJDzzTqqvGqbYc2LFTHZEedBrSZjKYDQ9i3mp-b87HybFwvQIYRSwRyFyA/s320/PICT0008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130276360990313042" border="0" /></a></p>Here is a detailed shot of whats going on in the middle. I love my tree. Its turned out so cool! Still a lot of work to do but its wrapping up pretty smooth!<br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1DcdWlZYncDFAcTInVwfAI2N6cz_jMJxu2P-DV2_ijOWsJk3hIuRBfcYIe6OjU-8Z4zzn4JlgAV6Sf1QlkFhY5lG7ZuaqPezACYaxxyJdkco80zNGU__AVkSttsPu1NEaYowK62JQwA/s1600-h/PICT0017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1DcdWlZYncDFAcTInVwfAI2N6cz_jMJxu2P-DV2_ijOWsJk3hIuRBfcYIe6OjU-8Z4zzn4JlgAV6Sf1QlkFhY5lG7ZuaqPezACYaxxyJdkco80zNGU__AVkSttsPu1NEaYowK62JQwA/s320/PICT0017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130276468364495458" border="0" /></a></p><p>Here it is! All done! This was probably one of the funnest paintings to make. I really enjoyed it. Check it out on dA <a href="http://cubecrazy2.deviantart.com/art/Hide-and-Seek-69270602">here!</a><br /></p>Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110437671615733562noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219011432445904783.post-45651725633372318722007-10-19T19:04:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:52:49.483-08:00QEEDonald, the super crazy awesome comic shop dude, gave me this 8" DIY Qee to make a mascot for his comic store. I'm so pumped.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123234906321461794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGS_0CZwvdXAb2bAhX_5f4vvJwQ5HvqlBdWx9fVFvmoN3SthMWOToyRe-VNTyjb3qiv7xGT8RgInod9qKIggzzXiw5O7Zj_jS1qjS-jb929dsH6weiAHOUAhd8oyV4mm8gMLJVoLe9cI/s320/PICT0021.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />First things first.... How can you take one of these guys apart? After a lot of forum reading and site hunting I found the easies way is to use a hair dryer and blast some heat at the joints. Not too much but just enough to soften and pry the parts off.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123235301458453042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5FfvPSEUN3t5FUpwkyxBjdaVuJ6YaC1kkXKrj1WP4oU_eq80gOVQ_R-8zCW8R4u9Fm3Ywyhr4F1c12xqVXSD-1ggWTsZjN2x1PePhU2JSTOZZ98GSdVtauVQLo37ayJugpFQtgdo4Ec/s320/PICT0029.JPG" border="0" /><br />Here I started masking off the parts on the Qee that I want left the original plastic. It glows in the dark so I though it'd be sweet if the eyes glowed. Here I used masking tape and vinyl stickers.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123235632170934850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugQVx2akf-YhCvIa3jX8G5GzUCkZ07ScvDuWRxa_mcEF2Bc62oHLZEjq86mEZOhwAAFi3OEFFdUW26IU3uOg9dsSyEGhTZ79kLgS4QHIEHM4iLb7WiEGRf97JB2G0hCPApoKW4u05tj8/s320/PICT0030.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />Here's how the head turned out after spray painting and peeling all the mask off. Its looking sweet. There are lots of areas that need some touching up though.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123235980063285842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWSM0iGiZ1FxoksJ5zS1-9FwHXn0ZSunRUkYtOocpot_gJbabFKtSrFPV5zkEwD_bXm_9oUMeVfQO2aT2hYLB21UJEx-bEOnSa9CyBcCTGQv6vm3ufFqlwfAz68U9OrduC7z1xRRMXG0/s320/PICT0037.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />The arms are going to have flames on them to mimic the logo of the comic shop's. Here I painted a yellow>orange gradient and will mask of the flames with vinyl and paint the rest black.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123236315070734946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiUsEAc5uNQ7y0JK4OZV8mY0LmeavXFJtatv9MlM-xsutEafKpPvt8qP0mjPHiOvKuGU1U52RZYlbAgQvfv7zbIDNJ3VLkinei6kzk0-svIiuyfj8HikIqC2dHbkSX1E0oWcLatE6LOM/s320/PICT0038.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p>Sorry! I was on a roll and didn't stop to take any shot in between, here is how the final version came out:</p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132396726214806146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITvg2k1ajQmxww8JaITqDNO0q4DwagbQ21RzLGg05N1JOhA34Eta8cQJv1aA2Wzg-GTYqW6JyO3vfDnEo_kRxXGUOU1XFqCZaA06gYMVAnBVrm_MvzMYZUyR7rsndChyh5PuoK745918/s320/PICT0003.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p></p><br /><p>Check it out on deviant art <a href="http://cubecrazy2.deviantart.com/art/Planet-Chaos-Qee-69722739">here!</a></p>Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110437671615733562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219011432445904783.post-19973287927736006572007-10-10T19:05:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:52:49.917-08:00Finger Fox<div><br /><div>Productive day!!! I finished the "Love is in the air..." painting and you can find the final: <a href="http://cubecrazy2.deviantart.com/art/Love-is-in-the-Air-67026680">HERE!</a></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Also started an odd painting. I was cornered and almost raped by two boyscouts selling carmel corn. I karate chopped the one and tried to do the "Vulcan death grip" on the other but they were too darn short... so I threw a $10 at them and got myself a small tin of carmel corn. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>It was yummy!</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Now I have this crappy tin and I thought, "Hey Jake! This would be a cool tin to put your pins in!" And I was like: "YEAH!!! Dude! It totally would!" So I started painting the tin. You can kinda see it behind this sexy fellow:</div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119896557091299842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABvYeCydAwQSoAaaaHY-EZU6OYCBraKzCacFhPeRhpmRDRIJYoqk5s-16vDSpfaFiATq7clHT3Z3l1LNIS7jBZB-jnapy0WpQen5KSBwH7laFA5_CBoFhCeT-GdpgKC7UctWIQ77gvZI/s320/PICT0040.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div>While I was spraying the tin some red paint fell onto my fingers. I thought it looked kinda foxy so I penned in some little details: </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119896187724112370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_UH8FBQ6xch6TtB96_kwYfvOMq0qJ5EsXeM9rnSeKFk4LY0x1V_9Fz9QlHUX1lDQ_amldSSDtbpBfWWGwXgy9-oBFyXVZSZIgG4OGckskGuF3Sv6BjCTswGB9_ZnWRvdTGpTenRNOf0/s320/fox.JPG" border="0" /></div></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p>Oh, back in July (?) or was it June... bah! I don't know... I found this cabinent on the side of the road out for trash pick up... I totally yoinked it. My Dad fixed part of the broken bottom and I painted it up! Its the sweetest new addition to my room. I keep all my music and animated movies in there. But yeah. I have a cool room.</p><br /><br /><p></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119897811221750290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUT5UmWbINryxGJstPZnHb5n4lFW8nXNDqqsotNPcSaXcvrvNp5lfTKUXU8rPVFQ07Hpv1a2TmtyuPC7qlYUt3AHznOmNhrX2OyMd_seEVnpWmkGhdK9enY3B0NbDZFYu6WG30ORjYBs/s320/PICT0042.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><p></p>Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110437671615733562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219011432445904783.post-68403729582473684902007-10-08T17:13:00.000-07:002008-12-08T21:52:51.092-08:00Love is in the air...<div><br /><div>Word up Ninjas!?! </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>I started a new painting and its almost done. Heres what I've been doing:</div><br /><br /><div>I flipped through a pile of sketchs and thought this guy would be a fun one to paint:</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119124352036249890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGSLIp-bTssfUEIeFNNWaRGFcC4mPfHVEdlk9vb9p1TXFh0hdiXzmZNZCZuH4KbZqIbd-pnl5FSfubOBFOhXz_7BDFUJawiNlcvTSAXtt7Fy2uCnOj7kf7eGNEXoU3Dfz1IeoQqCv__U/s320/sketch.JPG" border="0" /> I know my sketches are horrible!!! Stop laughing! *shake fist*<br /><br /><br /><div>I then resketch my original sketch on a sheet of tracing paper:</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Once I got that ready I transferred the image onto some card board and made some stencils.<br /></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119132899021169058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IOIOq3BGjxgrAwJSxa7BdeVQCIXC2xLtnbQlJGzGy-uIEK5n1sdg3OS7dU6R8x3IAq1heG4XNYVJ3qKGa6vQfTCHEjCggOALRRZKIwUd1N5-2WFCGZL6Ql-Aktyd0KSIujneIoAVAbE/s200/robot+stencil.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119130996350656850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1a4NCwC3paSqj3ssR5eczVSw_ebHrNtUrtwu9lGGCJCTuaWgFydeQenA9UMOxJoeqeFG-YRA2UPbgk3gEIUn0OKfSuGFOZ5TahdiwDv8pvQydpJnPTO_TLnxeJfoBD3zl8smJrI4oZ4/s200/hills.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAryTwSP2t6vzvkFHsm1ih4m2gZuzcEDlyoI4SYiTPKSSIREXSIVBHAPbMmp13mPxl1eaSOUFURLKO_HggeyCMRpk7WBFUp_G2E2gmDxrfw_1rDXrUuR5eCjGMqfOElW7iB1tSaiGtafY/s1600-h/robot+stencil.JPG"></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">QUICK! Grab some Krylon!</div><br /><div align="left"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119131735085031778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8Bmb5Fe-8KQm0SBpogUJGsCFeflgwA3gIouegLQ1xw6NUnvvtneGHGyo-ikb1NvqBcnZ9HJ0_qaCw8i-FfPZsFwDlx1NwRKghs5dN8vTSLTt7_JqqLsROMcs0vrDbP6Q3dYC9N3l_60/s320/spraypaint.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><p>So after some fun paint slingin and flinging here is how the robot is coming along:</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119132018552873330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4bnDK6r0AMvMrIQIx4owt7dT-sfh1Xk7Z-_4rPP2pZho8RnI4olex1LRNIgut-c-FB8HyuvN_GGw-RaNgF001MhoMeBn3ynlMDhyTqG4baTDRQ_nVP8b87QiyX8Cj49hlmNp9wFvbM8/s320/after+stencil.JPG" border="0" /> In the above pic you can see I already started outlining the robot with some paint markers.<br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119132495294243218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6TdY_OWIYrqB2RCxomVv2443tM28NGTMhJoVsmYJba4gYlRrRj9J9QUeWJTi2o5iC1SUEle455fpB5raqXCWYjBeh3PmDBbbZOKenIBqIw85KQbQHHz9ec8UN53B1afm2pteNc6een8/s200/elmers+markers.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119132413689864578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBn7BGxS3sy84TmT6GWiGxdL-VEC1FNlfIaG8bDVTO0hVLI5eoANSt3w6N9XGrwDs0KiQafQzzsdHRqp_veGfrZsRvCKI7n-4W-AZMbJ2aliar7pLPkQHmVtlhZk7kC_KR-Vt2N40gG2I/s200/markers.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p></p><br /><p>After some more outlining I quick made a heart stencil and sprayed that on too.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119133796669333938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdmy5sUOfe-ixB6wkzd3MGlr4l3iB4oB_i2QktdtRIg8jxbNlsDcTLWyYatw9fpGimTGY1vKALEQkHTDbAKL-pENNav1wYY4srK2wQuY0uiNIzyyTMxFYogOpFRTZG2KTpcwhdaIOA98/s320/heart.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p>Its almost finished, just got to do some more touch ups and it'll be ready to be hung up on the wall.<br /><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110437671615733562noreply@blogger.com1