Poof'n Out!

Trimming Time!

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Making progress trimming and altering some of the forms... I lost two of my babies to being a little forceful. It has been a while, I guess. I'm gonna spend another hour or so deciding which ones I want to decorate and how. Here's a better picture of what I've been working on. The hardest part is deciding which ones to pair together, other than the ones that blatantly should be (n_n). But, a lot of that will change post wood fire.

Trimming Time!

Making progress trimming and altering some of the forms... I lost two of my babies to being a little forceful. It has been a while, I gues...

Into the Abyss (The Road to Glory)

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In preparation for show in September, I've begun <i>Into the Abyss (The Road to Glory)</i>. It's an LED Mirror based photographic sculpture... I built a foam heart, and I'm covering it in silk roses. On n the front a 6x6" two-way mirror will be inset, and on the back an 8x8" regular mirror will be attached. A photograph of me in costume will be attached to the mirror on the back, and the inside will be covered in small roses with LED lights in the centers. The result should be what appears to be the Dooman skipping through an endless tunnel of roses, since the mirrors reflecting each other should appear to be endless. I'm getting pretty excited about it. More on the show in another post sometime this week after I get more details.

Into the Abyss (The Road to Glory)

In preparation for show in September, I've begun Into the Abyss (The Road to Glory) . It's an LED Mirror based photographic sculpt...

More Tattoo Fun: Butterfly!

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Still messing around with the bamboo, pen and touch... but I feel like I'm picking it up pretty quickly. I'm working on a memorial tattoo where the woman wants a butterfly resting on some holly. I made the stencil, and now I'm working on coloring it so that it has a spiritual glow, kind of like a flashback scene in a movie. The pen and touch is definitely living up to its reputation, and coloring is fast, easy, and it looks good. Here is the butterfly. Off to the studio, lot's to do today!

More Tattoo Fun: Butterfly!

Still messing around with the bamboo, pen and touch... but I feel like I'm picking it up pretty quickly. I'm working on a memorial...

Throwing Spree

I had a pretty good throwing spree today. I went to the studio to teach the childrens saturday class and decided to stay to throw a little. ...

Bamboo Pen and Touch! Play Time!

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After starting to design tattoos, I decided to invest in a tablet for my PC to help make the process easier. I ended up deciding on Wacom's Bamboo Pen and Touch. I purchased mine on amazon, refurbished, for about 60$ after shipping. It was a great price compared to used ones on ebay, or their lower end pen models going for about 50-60$, used, after shipping. It's smooth, feels just like paper, and the pressure sensitive pen is to die for. The multi-touch aspect, which was just a perk at first, is actually really useful. I can pan and scroll pages, finger paint, open and move folders, and even right click with just a swipe of a finger. I just bought a super cute turtle shaped mouse, but this may replace it. It's sexier anyway. The pen is dual ended, with one side acting as the pen, and the other as the eraser... which blew my mind. Okay so i'm easily impressed and I am a tablet virgin. I'm glad to let the Bamboo Pen and Touch pop my tablet cherry. I messed around for maybe 15 minutes in Photoshop drawing and coloring just to play around. It really mimics the use of an actual pencil, changing the weight of the line based on pressure, and the texture of the pad(which mimics paper) feels totally natural. This is the quick drawing I did. I used a few colors, but mainly black. This is nothing serious... as it says, but seems like a great starting point. Oh, and I used it to write all of this... The Bamboo Pen and Touch gets 5 stars, for being fucking epic.

Bamboo Pen and Touch! Play Time!

After starting to design tattoos, I decided to invest in a tablet for my PC to help make the process easier. I ended up deciding on Wacom...

Recent Tattoo Commissions

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Here are a few tattoos, I've been commissioned to do. I was asked to do a floral spread representing a family with 11 children. It has 5 types of flowers, representing the 5 girls, and 6 honey bees (the state bug of Arkansas) to represent the Boys. Another was a design for a man with a still-born brother. He wanted him represented by a baby resting with a White Siberian Tiger. And the last is a Shel Silverstein design. The woman wanted a  modified drawing to go on her back, so I took his drawing <i>The Sidewalk Ends</i> and ad it a floating sidewalk.

Recent Tattoo Commissions

Here are a few tattoos, I've been commissioned to do. I was asked to do a floral spread representing a family with 11 children....

Tattoos?

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Who knew I would end up designing tattoos to make a little pocket cash. Here's one of my illustrations I've turned into a tattoo design. For more of my designs, or to purchase one (includes stencil), visit my marketplace on <a href="http://www.createmytattoo.com/iplaywithmud">CreateMyTattoo</a>.

Tattoos?

Who knew I would end up designing tattoos to make a little pocket cash. Here's one of my illustrations I've turned into a tattoo...