Cat rackham!

CAT RACKHAM by Steve Wolfhard is the best comic you should be viewing with your eyes if you are not already viewing it. I love it and it's amazing and so I decided to make the character out of clay because he is adorable.

Here he is after being freshly baked

paint time!

All beautiful and colorful.

Ready for adventures!


I kind of forgot to sand him down after I baked him, so he isn't as smooth as he's supposed to be, but still decently cute. Measured he is 2 inches tall! He's having a great time hanging out on my desk.

Its been a while..

I need to post regularly! I actually spent a long time not even using the internet except for email and an occasional search. It had a lot to do with being busy, and having a computer that was so slow from 4 years of junk. But it's been wiped clean, and I am ready for action once again.

So commence with images!

"Hydra" mixed media collage

Contact sheet from class. Digital printed on gloss

Unfinished drawing. mechanical pencil

And a picture of my studio! (a small little table at school.) This shows my paint pallet, and a painting in progress, along with a few other experiments

Crafty technique: Marbling

Marbling, is a technique I used when I did a summer camp thing for kids at an art store I used to work for, and I think it's a useful little thing to do for interesting designs in projects. I like to use it for decorating small surfaces, and for making decorative papers. I will give instruction for both.

1.) Marbling small surfaces

Supplies:

• Surface you want to decorate (I like to use the cheap little wooden boxes you can get at craft stores)
• Largish container that has some depth, filled with a couple of inches of water
• Toy car paints (modeling paints, a liquid paint that pours easily, and is oil based, so that it will float on the water)
• Something disposable to stir with (plastic utensil, Popsicle stick, etc)
• Rubber gloves (not 100% necessary, but oil paint is toxic and it's good to be cautious, especially if you are going to be exposed to it for a long period of time)

Make sure you have a protected surface, and a well ventilated area to work in.
Pick your desired colors and pour a little amount on top of the water, and then stir! You will be able to make lots of swirl patterns, experiment to see what you like with colors, and how much you swirl the paint around. When you have something you'd like to transfer onto another surface, just gently place the flat surface to the top of the water on top of the design, lift and ta-da. Set to dry.


2.) Marbling with paper

Supplies

• All that is listed above, plus blank paper for decorating, and a little turpentine to thin down the paint (you can use Turpenoid as a substitute, a odorless less toxic paint thinner).
• Thicker paper is better, as it will resist absorbing too much water, and won't warp as much.
  

Thin down the paint with a little thinner before putting it into the water.
Hold the paper so that the middle of it touches the surface of the water first, then press the rest of the sides to the surface, remove promptly. Lay flat to dry.
It might take a few times to perfect the timing, but the imperfections will add uniqueness to the paper.
Make sure to press the paper under some heavy books (once it has dried) to flatten it out.


And there you go! I wish I had some picture examples of things that I have made, but It's all at my parent's house at the moment, and I don't have any of the paints left over so I haven't been able to do any of this while at school. You'll just have to trust me, and hopefully my low quality little Illustrator drawing at the top provides some sort of reference for you. Comment or email with any questions.