tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83220241075591374892024-03-14T02:57:09.552-04:00The Rage of AnathThe art blog of Kate Sheridan. Featuring animal and nature illustration.Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-34096145929953960162013-05-08T20:45:00.003-04:002013-05-08T20:45:30.575-04:00TumblrI've been using Tumblr a bit more than Blogger recently to update.<br />
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Here's my art tumblr:<br />
http://ksheridan.tumblr.com/Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-88213161384947431732013-04-03T22:23:00.002-04:002013-04-03T22:23:37.383-04:00Sketch<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-23252974621684886052013-03-14T17:44:00.001-04:002013-03-14T17:44:22.909-04:00Vulpes lagopus<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<br />Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-36442695057949030172013-02-06T22:21:00.000-05:002013-02-06T22:21:24.620-05:00Baby Arctic Fox Skull<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<br />Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-12705282154499957482012-12-13T12:28:00.001-05:002012-12-13T12:28:10.926-05:00External Hard DriveSo I have been working on updating, as you can see, but as I was trying to get my new work all set my external hard drive decided to stop working.<br />
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In the short term though that means the under construction period will be extended a bit and the work will be a little older on average as I can't curate the images as I would like.Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-19297509495817696202012-11-22T21:32:00.003-05:002012-11-22T21:32:49.331-05:00NecrogoatI actually finished up the Necrogoat in Julyish, and haven't had time or energy to take proper photos. Here are some shots of him on my studio wall. I'll compile all my process images into one post, but <a href="http://rageofanath.blogspot.com/2011/11/necrogoat-progress-and-artial-form-mod.html" target="_blank">here's a link</a> to a blog entry from pretty much a year ago when I started the project. When that portion was complete, it took me several months of off and on work to get it down those extra few inches in circumference, and the face was a total mess that took another few months and was pretty much resculpted from scratch. Why I wasted my time and money buying a form is beyond me at this point. I also sort of wish I had gone with a classic left turn pose but that would have been more difficult to cut down. Such is life. <br />
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<br />Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-17373114914784147252012-11-22T21:08:00.004-05:002013-01-18T02:40:17.147-05:00Lowell Open Studios So last month Lowell Open Studios happened. Here are some shots from my table. I also had some necklaces and prints but eventually I'll post those for sale individually.<br />
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<br />Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-42963491986904260582012-11-16T10:30:00.000-05:002012-11-16T10:30:08.332-05:00Construction NOWI will be actively editing things over the next few days, and have already started the process of shifting things around.<br />
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If things are confusing for a while and links go strange and unexpected places, check back later.Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-6565151029280245222012-10-03T14:38:00.000-04:002012-10-03T14:40:18.396-04:00Updates coming soon!I'm in the process of reorganizing the work on here. Instead of sorting by subject matter, I will be sorting by medium. I also have a bit of work to post!<br />
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It's been a busy year and I hope I can refresh everything on here soon, but I've left my largest sections up for the time being for viewers to find some of the work easily as I prepare a new version of my PDF portfolio.Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-36695253886851789102012-09-03T17:56:00.000-04:002012-09-03T17:58:38.347-04:00Lyrosa in Sculpey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I find it is easier to draw something when you can see it in 3D. I made this sculpey figure to help me draw a character, but the figure itself is pretty cute. Click the image for full view.Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-61512864592585802972012-05-24T22:08:00.003-04:002012-05-24T22:08:46.358-04:004x4 ProcessThere was a charity show at the Brush Gallery in Lowell and I donated a piece.<br />
The theme was 4x4, and everyone got a canvas of that size to make art on and donate.<br />
<br />Here is my quick painting process as documented by my not so awesome cell phone camera. I was pretty happy with it for one afternoon of work but looking now it could use improvement.<br />
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<br />Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-59116520525192644872012-02-27T22:16:00.002-05:002012-02-27T22:23:19.050-05:00New Header and Brush Show!The badgers were getting a bit old, so I updated to a new piece of work.<br />
This photo is an excerpt from a piece called "Tea Party" that was shown in the Brush Gallery "Welcome to the Neighborhood" Appleton Mills Exhibition. The opening was the same night as a chili-tasting contest so it was pretty busy!<br />
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This was my first mixed media sculpture that heavily involved taxidermy. I've done a number of taxidermy pieces leading up to this piece, but they were standalone and not particularly conceptual.<br />
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More photos from the event. <br />
http://blog.culturehive.com/2012/02/art-and-chili/<br />
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During J-term, I took part in a mini-course at Harvard Forest. It was
sort of an interdisciplinary art and science program, so we learned
about forest ecology and processed core samples one day and had a
writing workshop the next. I put my writing below the jump. Here is one
of the drawings I did on our visual art day where we used pencil and
pastel on brown paper. This exercise was led by artist in residence <a href="http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/">Debby Kaspari</a>.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>For our writing assignment, we were set loose in the forest with only a map for 2 hours and told to explore and write "something", which we would edit later.<br />
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<b>Unedited notes while walking<br />
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My coyote<br />
paws 3 1/4 in track<br />
walking, to a trot<br />
with the path, to the side<br />
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down a trail. hope it’s what I want,<br />
ponds in the snow<br />
leaves on the bottom<br />
ice on the fringe<br />
CS Lewis ponds between worlds<br />
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Not sure I’m where I want to be<br />
Other footprints reassure that I’m not the only one wandering this way<br />
The trail is marked with pink flags<br />
I trust the ecologist who came before<br />
This time no footprints but my own<br />
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I found the clearcut site<br />
It’s a warzone<br />
Barbed wire thorns<br />
carcasses<br />
pit fall traps with spikes inside<br />
Experimental moose and deer exclosure plots<br />
fighting hte landscape to get to the road<br />
no tracks here. <br />
the creatures are more intelligent than I<br />
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MOOSE TRACKS<br />
size of my hand<br />
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Prospect hill tower - I did it!<br />
no exhilaration, just a sigh of relief<br />
and curiosity about moose.<br />
Through the trees, can see for miles<br />
a house, a steeple, and infinite woods.<br />
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Trail unclear.<br />
This time I’m going to trust the moose<br />
The moose and deer lead me safely down<br />
the hill until coyote or fox led me to an ecologist<br />
Now time to trust the ecologists again.<br />
Thank you animals.<br />
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Trusting ecologists pays off<br />
Through the swamp to the environmental monitoring site.<br />
Someone swept the path.<br />
There’s a truck here but I see no one. <br />
At least the way back is clear.<br />
I just hope I make good time.<br />
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Fresh human tracks.<br />
My classmates?<br />
This is the right way.<br />
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On Wednesday, after lunch (around 1) to 3pm was “free time” to walk
through the landscape and write. Part of the goal was to have some
written product by the end of our personal hikes. We were given a map,
waterproof notebook, no briefing and set loose.<br />
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Looking at the map, I realized that I would need to plan for the most
effective 2 hours. I could either stay close, see less and write more,
or go far, see more and write less. Choosing the latter, I set a goal to
see Prospect Hill, an area with a second research tower and the highest
point in the Forest. I plotted what I believed to be the proper route
on my map and set out, stopping occasionally to jot down notes.<br />
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After fetching my gloves from Fisher house, I modified my route for the
detour, aiming to hike most of Prospect Hill Road but cutting into a
more direct trail, as opposed to the full Prospect Hill Road route which
required a certain amount of doubling back. With only two hours to hike
the entire route I desired the most direct and time efficient route
possible.<br />
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Prospect Hill Road was wide, with two strong divots where car tires had
packed the snow and frozen into an ice rink. Human and canid prints
snaked between the parallel hazards, choosing the less slippery snow for
a foothold. Examining the prints as I walked, I tried to determine when
the canid had a human partner, and quite a ways in discovered a set,
possibly two sets, of prints with no corresponding human footprints. My
field guide suggested coyote as the culprit, and we traveled together
for some time. As he hastened to a trot, I did as well, throwing back my
wolverine hat and tearing open my jacket as the warmth of vigorous
exercise filled my body.<br />
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The coyote and I parted ways at the entrance to a side trail and I
pressed on toward my goal. A ways after divergence I noticed the
entrance to a jeep road that my map indicated might be one of three
possible desirable paths. It had been difficult to keep track of trail
entrances so at this point it was a guess. I kept my map on hand at all
times, comparing the topographic indications.<br />
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To the left of the jeep road, snow covering the deep part of the forest
floor undulations had melted, revealing small, dark ponds. Closer
examination revealed that the floor of the ponds were coated with last
season’s leaves in a variety of earthtones. The fringes of the pool
retained hints of ice, in another basin the ice covered the surface but
was transparent like glass, bubbles struggling to escape. After our
lunchtime conversation of childhood books, The Magician’s Nephew comes
to mind. In a particularly memorable scene, the characters put on their
magical rings and emerge from water into an infinite forest. Trees space
out still pools, and each pond contains another world. By diving
through the pools wearing the appropriate magic ring, the characters can
enter the worlds on the other side.<br />
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However, I had time constraints, so I pressed on. A class member crossed
my path and we exchanged directions. His footprints led me in the right
direction, but I kept my gaze focused to the left to find the path up
Prospect Hill. The map claims there is a trail, put I’ve had difficulty
pinpointing the “trails” and little difficulty locating jeep roads and
town roads. Two pink flags flanked a slight opening in the trees.
Tentatively, I took a few steps up the path, and sure enough there was
another pink flag following a continued gap. Topological markings on my
map indicated that these flags were most likely not a coincidence, so I
followed them up a steep incline. No one had passed this way since the
snowfall on Monday night, so I couldn’t trust footprints anymore.<br />
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After completing the incline, the trees opened up to reveal a clearcut
space. The space was vast, but could hardly be called a field as short
thorny brush coated the hillside, waist to chest-high on average but in
some cases entirely taller than me. In the distance I could see the
corners of a moose and deer exclosure. The reconnection to Prospect Hill
road should be just beyond the exclosures. The bushes posed a
significant obstacle but my goal was so close. I sought the most direct
path, with the least resistance by thorns, but this was not always
possible as no official path had been cleared, or if it had, I had lost
the trail.<br />
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Large portions of trees were strewn haphazardly in my way, the thorns
snagged every piece of me, grasping and tearing, holding me back.
Frequently, I tore my sleeves free, snarling in frustration as my jeans
were pierced and entangled. I thought of turning back several times, but
since the the way back was equally imposing, pressing on seemed the
less painful option. Interestingly enough, throughout my endeavor I did
not see a single animal track. It seemed that the local wildlife was
intelligent enough to avoid the brambles, though I wasn’t.<br />
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After a significant distance, I stumbled out onto the road again, across
from a solar powered station. The road sloped upwards again as I neared
the tower, and tracks reappeared, this time a track I had never seen
before: moose. I double checked my assessment with the field guide, but
it was hard to mistake tracks as long as my hand. The moose both crossed
and followed the road multiple times, heading to the same destination.
Finally, the fire tower was in sight, indicating the summit of Prospect
Hill. I sighed with relief and checked my cell phone clock; only forty
five minutes to get back from a place that took me an hour and a half to
reach.<br />
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Despite initial visions of myself finding a comfortable seat and writing
prolifically at the summit with an epic view of the surrounding area, I
instead began to study my map and search for the trail down. There
wasn’t much of a view anyway, since trees had filled in most of the area
and the only real clear space was a gap for a power line. Just as the
trails branching from Prospect Hill Road had not been clear, the marked
trail that would bring me back to the Jeep road was not clear. There
were several flags along the border of the forest that might indicate a
trail, but I started and turned back several times before electing to
just follow the moose tracks. The incline swiftly increased, but the
moose followed the easiest path down the steep hill. <br />
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Occasionally, I would lose the moose only to pick up another, or a deer,
all ultimately trending towards the same direction. I continually
checked my map with the topography until stumbling across canid tracks.
As I lifted my gaze to check the general direction of the track, a blue
flag leapt out from the surrounding white snow. Whether this flag
indicated a trail or a general study site was unclear, as there was not a
consistent string of markers, but scattered between yellow-marked trees
somewhat haphazardly. I tested the string to the left, then to the
right, before electing to just go “forward” on the direction that my map
indicated would probably lead me to the Jeep trail. However, I made
sure to stay close to the flags and painted on the quite likely
probability that they would trend in the direction of civilization. In
actuality, my orientation had a significant percent error as I faced
about 15 degrees farther east than I should have to reach the jeep road,
but amongst the undulations of the swamp and without a compass, rough
approximation was the best I could hope for.<br />
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The terrain shifted from relatively sparse trees with relatively smooth
space between them, to frozen puddles amid mounds of moss and trees.
Instead of hiking straight through the region, I was forced to hop
between the segments high ground, to avoid breaking through whatever ice
was below. Eventually I reached a stream, rushing beneath a layer of
thin ice, which I crossed with a great bound, clutching the tree at my
landing point to steady myself. More ecological markers appeared in the
distance. I raced onwards, through the thickening pine and hemlock.
Flags grew more frequent until suddenly, a wire fence appeared. A few
feet later, a small wooden building could be seen through the fence, and
looking upward, a great metal tower peeked out between branches, lined
with instruments. I had been here before! Testing the fence to see if it
was electrified, I dove between the wires and broke into a trot, hoping
I hadn’t triggered a security system.<br />
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The boardwalk leading to the Environmental monitoring station had been
swept since the class visited the day before. A green Harvard Forest
pickup truck was also parked at the entrance, but I could see no one
around. Maybe they were inside. I didn’t care to find out, here was the
road, and it was 3:07. I had to get back. I quickened my pace again.<br />
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I have been making some sketches with my water pen recently, sketching from my new "Animal Skulls: A Guide to North American Species" book. This one is a species of squirrel.</div>
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<br />Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-43316691648178961392011-12-16T12:40:00.002-05:002011-12-16T12:43:12.339-05:00HitchensI've been putting off posting this project for months now. Maybe I just hoped that it wouldn't matter how long I delayed in posting. Either way, I'm never comfortable with my depictions of humans and I'm not at all happy with this one. But why not just post it now...<br />
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In my 3D illustration class we had to create a bust of a person "in the news"... sort of a 3D editorial cartoon. So of course I chose Hitchens. His cancer diagnosis was relatively new, and I had just completed his book on Thomas Paine. He had recently completed an interview discussing his cancer, and his hollow, haunted look wouldn't leave my mind.<br />
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But he just looks so sick here. I just hoped he would get better and write more books and articles, and host more debates, and... well, just be Hitchens for another 10 years. I hoped I could file this project away during a triumphant rebound and never have to remember just how discolored the flesh is, or how sunken the eyes are, and that glassy look of a man who has not just glimpsed his own mortality, but has realized that the outcome of the fight might be determined within the hour. But unfortunately my sculpey bust remains relevant, and here it is.<br />
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Materials and methods: I used flesh-colored sculpey on a wire and tinfoil armature. Color was added in thin washes of acrylic, and the shirt was hand sewn from scrap fabric.Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-409168915963327142011-12-15T16:58:00.001-05:002011-12-15T17:00:11.329-05:00Harvard CitizenI realized that I did not get a chance to post on the editorial work I've been doing for the Citizen this semester. The Citizen is the free biweekly student newspaper of the Harvard Kennedy School.<br />
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Here are two editorial cartoons I did over the course of the semester.<br />
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The article for this cartoon was about to the "Too-Big-to-Fail" bank bailouts. <br />
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The article for this cartoon involved anti-science republican campaigning strategy.<br />
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<br />Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-41330775855854664242011-11-28T17:21:00.001-05:002011-11-28T19:04:52.748-05:00Necrogoat Progress and Partial Form Mod Tutorial Part 1Sorry that you'll have to suffer with cell phone pics for a while, still waiting on a camera. However, the steps I have taken in modifying a Goat form may help you in future projects with models or costuming if you have to modify the size of an already intact structure.<br />
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So recently Shelby at Promise Land Tannery had a tanned cape sale (<a href="http://minotaur-queen.deviantart.com/">Her dA.</a> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Furries">Her etsy.</a> <a href="http://www.promiselandranch.net/">Her site.</a>) Since her products are top notch, I always watch for these sales, and sometimes find myself starting an unexpected project.<br />
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This time, she had a small tanned goat cape... in black. Normally I'm not a huge fan of hoofed animals, or gameheads, but a black goat? How metal...<br />
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But it was "small" with no measurements? How small was small? What form should I get (because I'm not wrapping or carving this)? And would I need horns? Did she have some? Long story short I scoured ebay and taxi.net for some horns, found some earliners and eyes, and Shelby told me I could get a Spanish Goat form and size it down, and I found a <a href="http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/GTV-203-P1291C1573.aspx">Van Dykes form </a>that was more interesting than usual. So Necrogoat was a go, and packages started coming in with goat things.<br />
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When the cape and form were finally in the same room, I tried an initial test fit before modifying the form so that I could get an idea how much I'd have to modify the form, and took some rough measurements even though measurements on a cape alone aren't as useful as measurements from the actual animal. The results were surprising, but I won't bore you with details. Here's a dramatic taste.<br />
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The horn area is lined up on both, the lower margin of the lower jaw is lined up. We're looking at about 2 inches too long on the face lengthwise, quite a bit on height as well... and the neck was measured from the cape at 10 inches while the manikin had about 20 inch circumference. So I was essentially trying to fit a baby sock on an adult foot.<br />
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Here's how I marked up the head to piece it back together later.<br />
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We have blue lines for posterior to anterior alignment and red marks for lateral to dorsal alignment, and black sharpie for where to cut. <br />
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After a fun evening with my Japanese saw, this was the result:<br />
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Then all those head pieces were cut down the middle and about 1/2 inch taken out. The thought was to deal with the head and neck somewhat separately then sand them to meet each other. Fundamentally this was a good idea, in my opinion. It allowed me to work on the head without those shoulders getting in the way, and hack away at the shoulders without worrying about messing up the head anatomy.<br />
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When working on the head, I was mostly focused on the nose and jaw, and less on the eye/ear/horn area. The initial horns I ordered were far too big for the specimen, and the smaller horns I managed to procure are still in the mail as of right now. I knew that the forehead area was going to end up a bit big but I'd worry about that when the horns came in.<br />
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So I used <a href="http://www.nakka-rocketry.net/ablative/bondo-repair.jpg">Bondo</a> to glue the pieces of the face back together. I had heard the glory of Bondo proclaimed on all sorts of Taxidermy related threads, but hadn't tried it so I figured this would be a good chance. I was not prepared for the smell. Sure, there's a warning on the back. Sure, it's magic in a can/tube. But WOW, open a window at least and get a fan pumping it out.<br />
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Here's the initial result of the head:<br />
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I actually did test the length before opening the Bondo can, and from forehead to nose the form and cape appeared to be the same size. In the lower picture you can see the T pins I used to hold the foam in place during testing and actual gluing. I managed to find T Pins at Utrect, actually, and they're amazing if you pin and unpin the same things constantly whether it's foam or fabric since the large bar at the top allows for easy grip... unlike the teeny tiny heads of "normal" pins which can be tough even with fingernails.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GoNfUkORzEc/TtQhS4P1TJI/AAAAAAAAALs/E3LiMUHenk0/s1600/headrough2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GoNfUkORzEc/TtQhS4P1TJI/AAAAAAAAALs/E3LiMUHenk0/s320/headrough2.jpg" width="320" /></a>Also notice that I lined up the blue and red lines despite the form irregularities. I can sand away the form problems, but the guidelines I made in the beginning will keep the core structure the same. In order to sand this, I am using metal rasps like <a href="http://www.hyperdrug.co.uk/images/HoofRasp.jpg">this one</a> for the large areas and stone carving raps <a href="http://shop.hobbylobby.com/assets/item/zoom/486241.jpg">such as these</a> for detail, and finally a <a href="http://www.ekal.pk/products/file-rasp-double-sided-948s.jpg">double sided rasp </a>with a fine end to smooth out the lines left by the more harsh rasps. All of these I bought for stone carving, initially, but they seem to work extremely well on foam. The goal here was to eliminate the uneven areas where the pieces of foam meet, while maintaining the original anatomy. I did lose some detail, but I can recarve when I am sure the cape matches the form in size, rather than expend the extra energy making sure all those chin bumps exist...<br />
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When I finished evening out the forms, I filled the gaps with a little bit of <a href="http://shop.modellpferdeversand.de/out/oxbaseshop/html/0/dyn_images/1/mpv31002_p1.jpg">Aves ClayShay</a>, which essentially is a powder that creates a light, easily workable mache when mixed with water. I sanded that down and got this:<br />
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Despite the missing detail, I'm pretty happy with the initial result. I will add more detail back into the form when I know the cape fits. I have not done much with the upper neck, even though I know it will need to be taken down in circumference. The goal is to fix the lower neck, then bondo the upper to it and then sand to fit. The sanding is easier than the cutting, surprisingly.<br />
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So the bottom neck I cut from its plywood base, which I will reconstruct when I know I won't need to remove any more length, then roughly measured how much I would need to take away, and cut it into four pieces. the shape of the neck muscles are several ovals smashed together, so it isn't possible to just cut from one direction without getting a severely warped shape. Keep this in mind when you're cutting anything irregular. Here is the neck cut and glued back together.<br />
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You can see the areas it doesn't match up perfectly here. All of those were sanded to match, then smoothed with mache as before.<br />
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Pretty elegant looking. Now lets bondo the head back on and sand the two pieces to match!<br />
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Well I did it. I got the two to match.<br />
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Here's how it looks today. Yeah, the forehead needs work, but the horns aren't in yet, the back of the braincase needs work too. So do the eyes. And the earbutts. And the nose, I haven't touched the nose since I cut it in half. And... well lets just see how the cape fits now and then we'll decide what to work on first.<br />
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It looks like the front of the face fits perfectly, but I can't pull it up on that massive cranium, and the eyes are easily an inch out of place. Fine, I knew that was going to happen. Looks like despite that I have plenty of extra around the shoulders so the length is pretty good. Lets turn it around and...<br />
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..... It's still at least two inches two wide in circumference at the narrowest part of the neck.<br />
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<br />Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-53202297137059126742011-11-19T11:50:00.001-05:002011-11-19T12:52:08.797-05:00November ProjectsI have been quite busy this fall, but still working on a lot of projects. I feel as though most of my interest has been in 3d work recently.<br />
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Recently I bought a Carving and Engraving bit kit for my Dremel and have been working on bone carvings. This one is on a damaged fox jaw, textured with ink washes to make a "New Paleolithic Artifact".<br />
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Also I've been working on my basic taxidermy skills. I have a number of ideas but I'm only just now feeling confident enough to begin them. This mink was a great confidence booster. Even though it still has problems, it's close enough to work I've seen elsewhere to encourage me to start my next project. Here he's just sitting on a bookshelf, I'm not totally sure what I want to do with him.<br />
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I've been working on another reconstruction Sculpey project, slowly. This one is a vole, and I'm trying to complete the whole skeleton. Here's the current state of that project, It's been very difficult as the sculpey only sticks to the bone in a limited way until its fired, so it took me a long time to get the ribcage section. Since these photos I've finished the vertebral column and rebuilt the viscera inside, as well as worked on getting the neck muscles on.<br />
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Here's a basic skull reconstruction I tried with translucent sculpey built over a real juvenile opossum skull. I tried to create all the muscles from deep to superficial, varying the chroma based on how deep the muscle was. The eye is a black glass bead lightly covered in clay to give it a glazed/dead look.</div>
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<br />Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-32565975333507720612011-10-10T00:12:00.000-04:002011-10-10T00:12:57.318-04:00Going into Fall and the Centerpiece Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So over the summer, I was commissioned to do a large scale project of centerpieces, all based around mythical creatures. </div>
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Not only was I working on this project, but I also taught 3 classes and worked a number of jobs, so of course my posting of new work has been slow. At the end of August, I started moving, but due to some paperwork issues, I've only recently moved into my new apartment. I've been setting up my studio space and trying to get everything under control. </div>
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Here is a work in progress shot from the project this summer, taken on my cell phone camera. This creature is the Sea Dragon, and his base needs to be completed in this image. A number of photos were taken of the completed centerpieces at the event but I am waiting on the photographer to process the images and the client to forward them. </div>
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<br />Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-60308986976694993082011-07-20T13:04:00.000-04:002011-07-20T13:04:31.359-04:00Some Updates!I've been uploading new work a bit today!<br />
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Mammalogy has been slightly modified to eliminate categories that to date have not been filled. In their place, I have added a second Mustelidae category and a Mephitidae category, which I am slowly populating.<br />
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The past few months have been busy and cluttered, but starting in September I will have a designated studio!Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-13868917706575714762011-06-04T20:21:00.002-04:002011-06-04T20:35:41.075-04:00Ferret Sketch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1IJwZHZiSF4/TerLnCemyfI/AAAAAAAAAHY/OnDDlpN_Zbk/s1600/ferreticon_w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1IJwZHZiSF4/TerLnCemyfI/AAAAAAAAAHY/OnDDlpN_Zbk/s1600/ferreticon_w.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Trying to get back in the swing of things after graduation... Made a sketch in Photoshop to use as an icon on dA and some other sites.<br />
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Want to get in the habit of uploading new content, even if its as loose and random as this.Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-50824732817704650152011-05-11T01:02:00.000-04:002011-05-11T01:02:32.861-04:00Martes americana<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BskyT94Vv5M/TcoYPh7OO1I/AAAAAAAAAHU/CPwjcdORaOA/s1600/pinemarten002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BskyT94Vv5M/TcoYPh7OO1I/AAAAAAAAAHU/CPwjcdORaOA/s640/pinemarten002.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Fun stuff. Some scratchboard.<br />
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Just wanted to post some work.Anathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02393594084543168956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322024107559137489.post-64617880769835569272011-03-15T09:27:00.000-04:002011-03-15T09:27:41.801-04:00Amniota & ArthropodaMy BFA senior show is coming up soon! <br />
It will be hanging in the University Hall gallery in Porter Square (1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA) from April 4-9, with the opening reception April 7, from 6-8 PM.<br />
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Preparing has been intense so far, and will only get more intense as final projects need to be completed and finishing touches put on completed works... not to mention the food, promotions, booze, and all the nitty-gritty stuff that goes with such an event.<br />
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My work in the show will include prints and paintings, as well as some 3d and taxidermy work. This is the front of my postcard; a small longtailed weasel I mounted.<br />
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