I Can't Imagine Where The Inspiration Came From For This One.

I can't imagine where the inspiration came from for this one.

Super Sculpey, ~25 min.

When I helped her move, Dayna let me borrow her whole collection of Astonishing X-Men comics (thank you!), and now I'm kind of obsessed. I just finished #11, which has a pretty freaky reveal at the end involving a Sentinel. So here you go! His shoulders are too narrow (I carved off too much), but other than that I think it's a definite improvement over Zombie Scott Pilgrim.

Marblex, ~45 min.

Today I was busy helping my best friend move, so I made a quick octopus in the car on our way to Woodland. In the interest of full disclosure, I also blatantly ripped off the design from a little framed drawing in my hallway.

But before the epic moving day, Dayna and I took a trip to Flax, which is probably the best art store ever. All I bought was a little $0.89 brush, but I'll definitely be going back. Check it out:

Blue Play-Doh, ~20 min.

Today I had the serious privilege of attending the 32nd annual Lucasfilm picnic at Skywalker Ranch. (I won a blue ribbon at tug-of-war!) As a huge nerd, this place is basically heaven. I met all sorts of cool people and decided that my new goal in life is to become a model maker for Lucasfilm. (Are you listening, George?)

So of course I had to make a little Yoda for today's sculpture. The better-quality clay (no offense, Play-Doh) made a huge difference, although the kebab skewer I've been using for detail work is still way too blunt to do any delicate work. I'm planning a trip to the art supply store on Monday for tools, so hopefully I can start making some more intricate models soon.

This one's for you, Dad.

Marblex, ~25 min.

Usually, after I take a few pictures of the sculpture, I smoosh the little guy back into the scrap pile. But I was so enamored with my cute little Hypnotoad that I just couldn't. (I mean, I did, eventually...but I took a lot of pictures with him first. Possibly for my scrapbook. [Don't judge.])

Marblex, ~30 min.

first things first

I promise to never make any jokes about or references to the movie Ghost.

Except for this one.