Edible Sunset

Here's a photo of the sunset from work yesterday, taken by the talented Lexi Phillips! My avant-garde theory professor said on the first day of class that nobody will ever make anything as aesthetically beautiful as a sunset. Nevertheless, I'm inspired to paint my backdrops now and see if I can get close.

(also on the far left side, that's the statue of liberty. PRETTY GREAT, RIGHT?)

Ze Latest In Fabrication

TINY SHIRT. by Angela Juarez, who is making TINY CLOTHES for my characters.

Here is my Alien without a mouth, in a sock! She is in a sock while the epoxy on her head dries. My professor recommended using a copper brillo-pad type thing...(it's called a Chore Boy. I just googled it and apparently its uses are twofold: scouring dishes, and smoking crack...but the internet is WRONG. There is a third use, and it is alien hair).

Her eyes are clay painted with black nail polish, her body is cotton buildup.

Here she is with one of the replacement mouths (I put plastic wrap between the mouthpiece and the head so it's less messy to switch them, then just blend the clay around the seams)

Here's the latest in desert colors...I'm starting to like it.

Here my Alien is surrounded by skulls made by Maria Stamatakos

Lighting Test

Here are a few shots from the lighting test Jenelle and I did a little while ago, experimenting with creating sunlight. The film goes from sunrise to sunset, so we want to plan the sun's positioning for every shot. The cardboard cutouts are all to scale.

I need to get rid of my bed (also I took this picture with my elbow on the dragon keypad. SNEAKY)

Antihero

A charcoal sketch of Boyd Crowder's forehead (from Justified, which you should all watch immediately)