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Imagine FX 30 as it turns out...

Tue Apr 8, 2008, 12:35 PM
  • Mood: Thrilled
  • Listening to: podcasts while I work
  • Reading: is for people smarter than I am
  • Watching: The Fountain (great flick!)
  • Playing: catch-up with old friends
  • Eating: When I remember to...
  • Drinking: Vault
Anybody here seen a copy of Imagine FX 29? I'm supposed to have a little snippet feature in a traditional artists' gallery and I have no clue if it's in issue 29 or issue 30 maybe? :confused: If anyone has a copy of either and could give me a heads up that would be great!

I'm crazy busy at the moment sculpting for Bowen Designs and I couldn't be happier. Hopefully I can share some photos of those projects soon because I really think it's the best work I've ever done ever.

Plus I started working out again after I hit my 33rd birthday about a week ago. I figured I'm still too young to look this bad so I gotta get back to hitting the weights. ;P

Take care guys! Hope you are all doing well! =D

Walter

EDIT: Big thanks to =Feather-Dancer for letting me know that my Imagine FX debut is actually in issue #30. She even went thru the trouble of scanning the page so I wouldn't have to wait a month to see my own ugly face in print! She's good people! =D

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ACRYLIC PAINTING TUTORIAL - Direct link pages to the tutorial I made for my painting of the Shiflett Brothers' character, Ol' Scratch, have been created by all around badass, Simon Lee, of Spiderzero Interactive Media. He was gracious enough to replicate the pages and host them directly on the site, so we're no longer at the mercy of imageshack to make sure all of the images in the tutorial load properly! =D

Tutorial page 1 = [link]
Tutorial page 2 = [link]

Thanks Simon! YOU RULE!!!
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  • Current Residence: Vancouver, WA
  • Interests: Art, Videogames, Candy, Marvel comics, my woman
  • Favourite movie: Labyrinth (GEEK!), Spider-man 2
  • Favourite band or musician: Tenacious D, Three Days Grace, Cold, Disturbed, The Fray
  • Favourite genre of music: Anything 'cept country
  • Favourite artist: Michael Whelan, Norman Rockwell, The Shiflett Brothers, Andy Bergholtz, Adi Granov
  • Favourite poet or writer: I don't read much... does Mother Goose count?
  • Favourite style of art: Acrylic Painting, tight pencil work
  • Operating System: MS XP Pro
  • MP3 player of choice: My desktop PC, or my PSP
  • Skin of choice: Julie skin
  • Favourite game: Shadow of the Colossus
  • Favourite gaming platform: XBOX 360
  • Tools of the Trade: Pencils, acrylic paint, some photoshop... whatever gets the job done.

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~billyt1978:iconbillyt1978: Jun 15, 2009, 7:32:51 PM
What scale are you doing your figures? I am doing a comic and I am sculpting the figures first. I did a head 2 1/2 inches across to warm up, and am wondering if it would be easier to just do them larger.
~No-Sign-of-Sanity:iconNo-Sign-of-Sanity: Jun 18, 2009, 6:15:23 PM
I usually work in 1/8th scale or 1/6th scale, which are probably the 2 most commonly used sizes in the statue and toy industry. If the head you did is about 2.5 inches wide then you're probably working around 1/4th scale. In general it is a bit easier to work larger, and a larger piece would probably be better for use as reference for drawing a comic. However if you're looking to produce and market these pieces, you might want to stick with a smaller scale like 1/6th or 1/8th so your pieces would fit better into any potential buyer's previous collection.
~billyt1978:iconbillyt1978: Jun 19, 2009, 6:02:12 AM
Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it.
I'll post them as I do them. I made an aluminum armature for the priest character, it is 12 inches tall. I think this one will be a good start.
I can't wait for it to explode in the oven.

Any tips for firing? I've never done it. Just wondering if there are some obvious things that I might over look.


Thanks again for your time.
Bill.
~No-Sign-of-Sanity:iconNo-Sign-of-Sanity: Jun 19, 2009, 1:48:43 PM
Are you using a polymer clay like Super Sculpey? If so bake it in stages for best results. Pop it in the oven for 20 minutes at 235F then crank up the heat to 250F for about 20 minutes. Finally turn up the heat to 275 and bake it for another 15-30 minutes and then turn off the heat. Let it sit in the oven for about 2 hours before you open it to take it out. Doing that should avoid any cracking. Even so it's still very much a guessing game and you can never quite tell how it's going to go. Good luck to you! =D
~billyt1978:iconbillyt1978: Jun 19, 2009, 3:09:06 PM
Thanks again.
I'll give it a try.

I'll make sure to send you images when I finish it.

Bill Thompson
Mood: Wow! ~Fanboy1138:iconFanboy1138: Jun 15, 2009, 3:00:17 PM
Breath taking realism, you're art work is amazing I wish I was a good as an artist as you[link]
=fydbac:iconfydbac: Jun 11, 2009, 11:01:49 AM
Simply beautiful work! Very inspiring, in both 2d and sculpting.

Really looking forward to seeing even more!

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~zlocudan:iconzlocudan: Jun 10, 2009, 11:55:29 AM
Fantastic work!
Cheers from Croatia!
~fanyandrie:iconfanyandrie: Jun 7, 2009, 8:37:25 PM
good works man,,,i like your scluptures
:thumbsup::thumbsup:
~MaryA666:iconMaryA666: Jun 5, 2009, 1:01:33 PM
Moar sculptures!

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