666: The Number of the Beast

I am so very proud to be a Haunted Design House Minion.

It is quite an honor to be a part of such a talented bunch

of like minded artists. And it is an even bigger deal that we, as a team,

have reached 666 followers over on the HDH challenge blog.

I'd like to think that people follow our challenges because the themes are 

unique and cater to the "dark crafter". And because we provide such

incredible, awe inspiring samples to sow the seeds of inspiration for each

and every challenge.

We have reached a milestone that others may find unsavory,

but in the dungeon, if it's unsavory, we savor every last bit of it.   

We don't appeal to everyone, and that's what makes us so

appealing to others, and ourselves. We are rather proud of our

reputation for the distasteful and the wicked. 

Okay now it's time to share my make for the 666 challenge.

At first I wanted to try and recreate Derek Rigg's Iron Maiden 

cover art from The Number of the Beast album, but that didn't work out.

At all. I am no where near talented enough to sculpt Derek's work.

Learned that the hard, and time consuming way.

So I opted to go a bit more simple in my design.

I considered using my own Hello Kitty tattoo for my reference art.

But decided to go with something a tad more original. And a bit less cute.

Here is my reference photo for my "Hello Darkness" sculpt.

I started out with a 4" x 6" base of polymer clay.

I decided to work a bit larger than my previous relief sculpts.

I was also hesitant to work with such an iconic image as Hello Kitty,

because if  it is too "off", it will be a huge fail (see first attempt at the Derek Rigg's art).

I've seen too many tattoos, and counterfeit products with a wonky ass Kitty on them.

No bueno. I think I did okay though... 

Started blocking in the color with acrylic paints after

Kitty got roasted for 35 minutes at 275 degrees.

Almost done. 

Screwed up the eyes, so still need to fix that.

The flames turned out pretty killer. I added some glitter paint to the 

flames to give 'em some sparkle. 

Ta dah!

I (sorta) fixed the eyes to match the eyes of "Darkness", 

from the film, "Legend".

Overall, I am pleased. How about you?

I would love it (and the other Minions, too) if you would stop by

the HDH blog to check out all of the incredible artwork that the

we made for this special challenge. We also have a bunch of wicked cool 

prizes to be won if you are brave enough to join us for our special occasion.

See ya there!

     

Happy Hallowe'en!!!!

Happy Hallowe'en!!!

Geesh! 

The day is almost over and I have barely even gotten started!

After getting my monster off to school this morning all decked out in his

finest Amanda Bynes costume and wig, I must have watched all of the 

Halloween movies back to back, starting at 7 AM. Nothing like a little

horror in the morning to get your day started off right!

  I did manage to complete a few Hallowe'en projects

that have been on my 'to do' list for quite a while.

Like this cute card featuring one of the sweetest Pumpkin Sprites ever,

and her kitty. The image is from Aurora Wings, by Mitzi Sato-Wiuff.

Mitzi is our sponsor this challenge at HDH, and she is also one of my favorite

artists. She has such a unique and beautiful style of artwork. I'm a huge fan.     

I have been trying my artistic hand at relief carving/sculpting.

This was my very first attempt. I thought I'd try to keep it

pretty simple. All made from white Sculpey polymer clay, painted in acrylics, 

and then some glitter and rhinestone bling was added. 

This is my second attempt at relief sculpting.

A little more involved this time around.

I'm still learning and acquiring the right tools, but overall,

I'm pretty pleased with this Lycanthrope.

This piece (and the other one, too) measure about 

2.5" x 3.5", like an ATC. I really like this type of sculpting quite a bit,

and I have some really cool ideas for lots more of these!

Thanks for dropping by, and 

Happy Hallowe'en!!!