Done partly as a sort of proof that yes, I really do mean it when I say I'm working on art projects. Except when I don't mean it. I have a terrible habit of starting things I don't finish, especially art-related things. Especially art-related things times roughly a thousand.
Here's a trio of photos dedicated to the project I've been working on the most, recently...a mask. I apologize for the slapdash photo quality, but this isn't the finished product anyway.
Why am I making a mask? For fun. Because I can. I've got a little section of wall in my bedroom devoted to masks, mostly ones I made, and the "newest" one had been up there for years. After a failed attempt to do one with construction paper, I went out and got one of those cheap plastic masquerade mask bases from a craft store, and figured I could just add on to it. I started by drawing on it with a marker, and then...well, kept drawing on it with a marker. There's a few nice themes going on here that were all originally unintentional, but once they popped up I started to actively work towards them: the classic comedy and tragedy masks (note how one half appears to be crying, while the other looks amused) dark and light (the "sad" half uses much thicker lines, and more of them, than the other) and a definite clockwork theme versus a more vague lace/ocean theme.
The ink has been tricky to work with...the plastic doesn't accept it very well and it's very prone to smudging, so I have to be extremely careful where I place my fingers or everything smudges up terribly. Hopefully some spray fixative when it's finally done will solve that if the spray itself doesn't just melt the ink. I've been working on this very slowly over the course of about a month, adding a small patch/area/cluster of lines every night before I fall asleep.
As far as projects that aren't yet even begun...
This is a blank white Mighty Mugg--one brand of a growing trend of customizable vinyl figurines (currently, Mighty Muggs and a brand called Munny seem to be the most popular--Munnys are similar but have ears, more head-shaped heads, and much squatter, smaller, nubbier bodies). I picked up a pair of these fellows during my to-be-reported-on stay in London...I've wanted one for some time now. I just thought the ability to make a chunky little plastic representation of one of my personal characters would be so cool. And here's a canvas to do it on. Trouble is, I don't know which of my characters to go for! The ever-present Lexa has already been decided on for one--I've already started to pencil in features, trying to figure a general "feel" that will look like her but work with the chunky, cartoony quality the shape imparts. But who to do for the second? Most likely is Natasha, but I'm not entirely sure. Those of you who are more familiar with some of my large cast-I-do-nothing-with from the other sites I've been part of (I know many of you current watchers are, having known me first from those places), do you have any suggestions?
Pictures of Natasha and Lexa, respectively, for reference. These are both a bit old. Sorry for Natasha's lack of shading. I was also apparently in some weird "bare midriff" phase.
And finally, I'd like to leave you with something else Natasha-related: I stuck her and her BFF Didi in an homage to the amazingly quality webcomic Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff.
[Holden Out.]
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