Day Two Of The Monster Challenge. This One Is A Spider Person.

Day two of the monster challenge. This one is a spider person. 

I will fully and openly admit that this one was a bit of a challenge. I am not used to drawing spider people, and this one was what I settled on after multiple attempts. I know it's a practice thing, but I still feel a bit cold with this one. 

Edit: Retroactively adding names to the first two monsters. This lovely creature is now J. Attercop, Esquire. 

Today's studio success has been turning two bags of dried-up 4-year old porcelain (the last time I did anything ceramic) into one glorious bucket of completely lump-free casting slip.

I am in a rut. Minimum wage retail work is making me anxious and it's making it difficult to find the energy to be involved publically with the internet and art world. In the interests of getting back in motion and my career off the ground, I am going to make an attempt to consistently put work online, even if it's just a lame technical experiment or a work in progress. I need to get out of where I am at.

My test shots with Impossible Project B&W; I have six SX-70 polaroid cameras that were left to me, and I am trying to figure out which ones work the best/at all.

Unfortunately, not the one I used for these pictures. However, I am so impressed with the quality of the black and white film that I am definitely going to be using it again.

I picked up an old music box at work today.

Cameras, part 2/???

Some of the old black-and-gold crowd. From left to right:

Kodak Eastman, Folding Pocket No.3A Mod C, circa 1912. Big beautiful bellows camera that took postcard-sized film, but which I am going to use 120 film in to make long panoramas.

ICA, Icarette (6x9), 1914. Awesome little bellows that accepts 120 sized film. One of my favorite ones.

Kodak Eastman, Vest Pocket Model A, 1912. One of the first truly pocket-sized cameras. With bellows. Takes 127, which isn’t made anymore, but which I have a bunch of long-expired rolls of. I also have a bunch of spools, so I am going to be doing some respooling.

(Top) Falcon Minicam Junior, 1930s-era bakelite toy camera. 127 film.

(Bottom) Agfa-Ansco, Cadet Box D6, 1935. Box camera, uses 116 film, which I have, but I will also be using 120. I bought this one myself, because I like box cameras and I didn’t inherit any.

(Top) Clix Miniature, 1930s-era bakelite toy camera. 127 film.

(Bottom) Acro-Flash, early 1950s bakelite toy camera. 127 film.