Sculpture
My Happy Pot first came from a series of tree illustrations back in college. I never forgot about that happy little stump and her warm smile, so after college, I decided to create her in real life but as an actual planter. I enjoyed creating her tree textures and accentuating her smile and cheeks. After painting her in acrylic I gave her a plant-hair photoshoot.
Continuing my love for nature and whimsy, I created a variety of characters using Zbrush.
Six years ago, I asked my dad what he wanted me to make him for Christmas and he quickly replied, "an atomically correct human skull". I had never worked with paper mache prior to this, and it was an experimental, trial and error process. I used tons of tissue paper, water, glue and flour to create the paste, and when perfecting the details I took sewing pins and wrapped then in paper for the teeth. The mandible is connected by pins to the skull, so it moves, and I finished everything with a light coat of acrylic paint. Glad to say he loved it.
For over a decade, I've experimented with sculptures in a variety of mediums. The owl is made out of cardboard, the marlin was created with wire, stuffing, and tape to create the merlin and painted with acrylic. And the left is a spider elf tailor made with a wire skeleton, sculpy on top a sculpted and shaped to create his body and face, and acrylic to finish.