Well holy crap! Since I've gotten back to work on this piece the followers on Instagram has almost doubled! Now go and make ye fishers of men! But seriously, the interest people have shown along with the complements they have posted has really geared me up to finish this piece. Plus, who would have thought that Instagram would be such a helpful resource. The Tyrannosaurus had been put aside so that I could finish a couple other projects: the Triceratops doorknocker for David's new home, some Steampunkey bugs, and a human heart pendant. While on the shelf, this dinosaur became very intimidating and it'd seriously still be sitting there today if it weren't for some friends and Instagrammars asking me about it. It just goes to show, what a profound effect just a little bit of free encouragement can do. The last time I blogged about this piece was back...
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The current chess piece I'm working on is slated to be the Queen. I'm trying to base it's look entirely on the Chinese description of the dragon which, to me, looks nothing like the bearded snake that's so often illustrated. Last week I completed the head and basic body shape. Over the weekend I completed most of the detail on the body, which is described in Chinese literature as having "scales of a Carp". Honestly, I know as much about fish as I do about the stock market: Carp swim around in water and stock traders stand and shout in a room. Is there really more to it than that? I needed to do research so I don't seem so ignorant about the important things... so here's what I've learned about Carp: they are an oily freshwater fish that are native to Europe and Asia and they have been a primary...
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Last week was my first week with this website up and running. This weekend I was so excited to be working on a new commission to post I just about finished it. I'm currently 15 hours into the piece. Amy, a friend of a friend contacted me specifically interested in the Dragon Lighter Case for her boyfriend for his birthday. That piece had already been sold and no molds were made so we discussed the possibility of a custom piece and the details she'd like to included: Tod (her boyfriend) has a tribal tattoo that's very meaningful. The cost for this piece was quoted at $250 and that price was adjusted for allowing me to making a mold for reproduction. As I prepared the initial process, Amy and I discussed different ways to combine the dragon with Tod's tattoo without making the dragon entirely abstract... As detailed in a previous post the initial pink layer...
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