Christmas critters 2024

 Chubby critters for this season :D

Sculpey critters

I have noticed the two best sellers in my Etsy shop are phoenix and flying foxes. In comparison, dragons are a hard sell as there is a lot of competition. Below are some that have already sold.

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Poseable leafy seadragon

 

Made a set of these colorful leafy seadragons for my family. These were designed as vector files, turned into 3d STL and cut from wood with a cnc milling machine. Then painted on both sides and assembled with screws. There are five sets of leafy fins that are moveable.

Etsy shop now open

With encouragement from family I have opened an etsy shop to sell my artwork.

Mini winged fox

Mini winged bunny

Golden griffon

Salamander dragon

More sculpey

 It's been a while since I have posted anything. These are sculpey critters from the last couple of years.

fish

octopus

dolphins

lizards with bells

Christmas seals

Sculpey seals with curly whiskers for Christmas 2014.

Halloween 2014

Although I had a lot of fun decorating, halloween was very quiet here - a handful of small kids came by and then it was empty by 7:30. Next time I may hang around at a friend's house, they have crowds going through.

With ambient lighting.

Halloween in progress

Paper mache props made for halloween 2014. Eyes on the gator candy dispenser made from plastic Easter eggs, eyes on the cat and owls are from resin poured into paint dishes - yellow led lights installed behind eyes. Cat teeth and claws made from sculpey clay. Sponges cover the gator teeth for safety reasons.

Foxes

Sculpey foxes made for Christmas 2013.

Kimono Bunnies

I had sketched the kimono buns a while back, finally got around to coloring them. The pose on the bottom right is also painted on a ceramic bowl :D

Halloween 2013

Paper mache props built this year: werewolf and mummy candy dispenser. Also rigged an mp3 player and motion sensor to an arduino board to play roaring noises, should be entertaining for the kids.

Illustrations

Prior to all the 3d gaming stuff, I would draw in my free time between classes and during summer break. I really enjoyed making up characters. I drew everything from imagination - no references, so anatomy is off and limbs tends to be stretched, lol, but they were made for fun. I have stacks of drawings that I kept, only a handful are colored in. These date from about 1991-92, and helped me get my first job as an artist.

LeVar Burton

I have freelance work with Reading Rainbow Kidz making interactive children's books and have met LeVar Burton. He is a very friendly and energetic person. He read a cute book to the team and was kind enough to give me signed photos of his Star Trek character. This is certainly one of the coolest jobs I've had.