Ninja on the boil.

Whoo! Now that the template has been finished I can start work on a proper design - maybe with real tools to work with and some clay. Its cool seeing where everything went wrong, stuff was fudged and how it could be done so much easier - maybe with some proper design instead of just fooling around in front of DVDs.

Going by my sketches, I've got designs for four Ninja types, one cowboy, one Red Indian and a whole army of Red Coats. I plan on knocking them out at around 3/4 inches in height, keeping the design as simple as possible - I tend to get carried away.
These will need to be a lot sharper and a tad more "street" to appeal to a mass market but who knows, maybe I'll get something good together and be able to flaunt them around some vinyl toy companies.

Until then, back to the drawing board.

submitted here is the intial sketch I did for the Ninja and the final rough version with added sweeping scarf.

Boiling a Ninja

Right, spent my day drifting in and out of sleep looking at the terrible weather outside and kinda wishing I was still in CA.
Spent the day in a constructive way though.
Dug out the tools and created a new model based on my Ninjas. Here's the pics. Crappy quality as per usual ;)

Chibi Cthulhu - finished?

Is it finished? Well, time will tell. Its done for the moment as I'm out in the US for the next two weeks.. Maybe by the time I get back it'll need some work.

Anyhoot, picture quality is still poor - one of these days I'll work out how to use a camera - although I find taking photo's very tiresome - all those captured moments.. Fuck that!

Right, time to venture out into the storm that's currently laying waste to California.

cthulhu

As I've been unable to do pretty much anything computer based for the past week I went back to brush and canvas. Due to me also being a total tit, I managed to confuse Oil with Acrylic. However, I'm happy I did.
Using oils is a real pleasure and I can fuck up as much as I like without the stress of doing so.
Picture quality is crappy - thank you 1st generation iPhone - I really must order my replacement.
Work in progress but I'm loving it and its not causing spasms in my neck and shoulder. :)
This is all based on Ian McConville's Chibi Cthulhu.

The Tiara

My snowboarding tiara. Not the sex tiara from this strip.

Legend of the Chiaruscuro 3

Final one I could find out of the scraps, The Chia Lord. Turns out this wasn't the Chia lord after all cause I remember designing another fatter one to lord it up.
I still need to scan in the old Creative Catharsis work and post that up and maybe some very early work from my first sketchbook in Australia back in 2004..
Oh man that stuff is bad.

Legend of the Chiaruscuro 2

Some more Chia concept art from 2005.