"Hollywood" piece finished / Leech has form kinda...

The paper where I printed the lines for the piece to work off of.  Also littered with notes, and  paint colors.

The Paints and scrap cardboard that I used (my bluetooth headset still chills out in the studio for when I'm working)

"Hollywood" - Finished

Started the base of the leech sculpt with some aluminum foil to not waste clay and such.  Made a support stand for it too. I'll get to the sculpting soon...

Pretty happy with how the painting finished.  Not too thrilled with the streaks, but they turned out alright.  Now to figure out the next piece to paint.  I'm thinking of something more challenging, with more colors, and some more experimentation with ideas.  Eventually I'll do a really real painting, but I am enjoying the cartoony ones for now.  Maybe a few more, then I'll try my hand at real painting.  Time will tell I suppose.
-eD

"Hollywood" painting - Photo Update

Got into the studio for a few hours today, after runnin' some errands for other projects and Halloween costumes.  

I adjusted the black outlines, redid some of the gums, tongue, and black eye.  I made it more flesh colored even though it should be a yellowish brown.  The yellowish brown of what it should have been just looked gross and not in a good way.  I have a few more details to adjust, and have to add a few lines then it's time for some streaking!  You'll see once I get it prepped.  I'm hoping to have this all done by the weekend.  I keep putting it off, but i have too many ideas that need the space in the studio heh.
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Bit o Rocking...

This weekend I played Rock Band again for the first time in a very long time.  I had to do both vocals and bass cause it's the most fun for me.  I also broke in my new mask, which helped my entertainment immensely.  I have pictures of that but I have to wait to show it for now...

meanwhile, most songs I was kicking butt on but this was the last song and my most satisfied moment of the night...

Medium on Bass (100%) / Hard on Vocals (100%)

Though I did land a few jump kicks while rocking out on the bass...

-eD

Those Leech Design Doodles...

Finally got around to scanning these doodles and ideas for y'all.  not sure how much anyone would care.  Also saying this is life size wouldn't help at all, but the mouth hole will be about 2.5 inches in diameter.  gonna be a large sculpt...
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Shuttle Landing...

Early in the day I went over near LAX with Ben to watch the shuttle Endeavor land.  I wasn't sure how cool it would be or if it would be worth it to see, but I figured since I had no other plans and wasn't sure if I would get another chance to see it so I went.  It was a lot of waiting for a few flybys.  I let Ben tackle the photos since he had his camera with his new lens, and I knew I could get em from him at some point.  I took a few random pictures of the crowd near where we were.

It was pretty neat all in all.  should have taken more pictures of the crowd.  It was insanely busy on the side of the road near the airport.  Now onto the weekend and the mysteries that it will bring.
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Photo Catch-Up

Here are two quick pics I snagged at the shoot for "Layover" the new short from David Aslan.

Replacing the original lights near the bar...

Some of the cast & crew past my O'Doul's, yes I drank more than I should have.  Drank it like it was normal beer, cause I wanted to sell it, but it was awful (and warm)

Some Artsy Updates:

All base colors added.  There is a slight pink to his L eye, streaky slightly yellow teeth, and a slight layer of yellow on top of the blackened eye.

Added initial black outlines (still have to touch them up a bit), and of course add shading and any other extra details before the last few layers of overall...

I get ancy watching TV anymore so I started doodling out  my next sculpture piece.  This was after the first night.  I will try to scan the newest variation tonight.  There will be many more drawings of this guy, quite possibly part of a horror movie I want to write.

Recently I've been deep in thought, and revising older scripts to make them more awesome.  My bluetooth keyboard for my iPad is now my newest friend while watching tv, that mixed with my iPad stylus I am loving my iPad more and more each day...  I put the apartment from Overcast on the backburner while I work on a few other things.  Hopefully I will have some new character models to show soon.  But my issue is too many ideas and not enough time in the day, even though my sleep schedule is all out of whack...

Whatevs, new stuff to show soon...
Gotta start putting my thoughts on my next painting piece onto paper (or iPad for that matter)
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New phrase to start... "S&G's" aka shits n giggles. try to spread it around... -eD

Cant go to bed ontime tonight, i'm goin to a late night shoot to be an extra. Business casual, feelin all pimp with my tie... -eD

"I work @ home Problems"

- it's difficult to determine the perfect volume of music to drown out the outside chatter of grass cutting and other nonsense, while not destroying the music itself.

- with a work computer in your bedroom there is never time "away from" the computer.  (this will also destroy scheduled time for sleep)

- "I have to leave the room, I suppose I should put pants on..."

- "Wait what time is it?  Oh Ok... What day is it again?"

- Coffee can be considered breakfast and lunch, and the time of day is hardly considered when drinking said coffee either.

I think that's a good start.  I may add more of them later.  I'll try to revamp and get some good ha ha's up here for y'all.
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A sign i saw @ the bar... "Squeeze me, stomp me, make me wine." -eD

Sometimes while playing wingman somethin sounds hilarious in ur head but when it spews from ur mout u realize ur not helping n it's best 2 leave the convo. -eD

Painting Update (Sat)

Got the main yellow down for the star guy.  Tomorrow my plan is to blacken his eye, and get the black border lines down.  Then that will lead me to additional shading for details like eyebrows and lips and speed streaks.  I'm liking this one much more than my nostalgia piece.  This one has been all done by hand (not counting primer), and I think it just feels more rewarding.  Dunno.  gotta get ready to go out...
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While my dental hygenist Today was cuter than normal even though she kept brushing her breasts across the top of my head, she still brutalized my gums. -eD