Monster slug

Here is a recent illustration that I finished and is awaiting a color bath.

THORA!

This piece was inspired by a child of some friends of mine.

The child was torn between two characters, Thor and Dora the explorer.

My mind naturally merged the two together and Thora came into being.

I remember when I gave this to the child and seeing the excitement that it brought. 

Although, the real enjoyment came the other day when his mother relayed a story of him looking at the picture, almost a year later, and saying, "She my hero." and then continuing on his way. 

It reminded me of this picture. 

Here is the original sketch and the final piece.

- j

Starchild

I have had the opportunity to work with author/artist James A. Owen and Jeremy B. Owen of Coppervale International Studio since the fall of 2003. If you aren't yet familiar with the work of James A. Owen you can follow the link here to his facebook page or follow the link here for a list of his various works and publications.

James is a very talented artist and writer and has published various works in both realms that are available here: coppervaleinternational.com

The first maquette that I did for James was a character by the name of Martin Humble that is from James's graphic novel series, Starchild, also known as Fool's Hollow. Martin's character is the help at the Two Penny Inn as well as the comic relief.

Martin Humble

Shortly after the work on Martin was completed I was asked to sculpt another character from the
Fool's Hollow series. Harrigan, as seen below, was then put into the works. Harrigan is the bar-keeper at the Two-Penny Inn.

Harrigan

The series is about storytelling and the magic that enfolds from the realm of spoken word and how it shapes our reality. If you like very detailed line art and a good story you should check it out. Which brings us to the next maquette.  The character Homer Higgins (The Huntsman) was a great character to sculpt. Enchanted by the woods of  Fool's Hollow, Homer sprouts horns and a mane of wild hair. Some of he details that were needed for this one were very tiny but also vital to the look and feel of the character. Ivy is interlaced in his beard and the various details of his clothing were a great experience to put into clay.

Homer Higgins (The Huntsman)

More pictures here of the Huntsman's previous post.

I have worked on various other projects with the Brothers Owen and will be posting more of those projects shortly as I endeavor to keep up with this blog.

Enjoy the pics and the exploration of new reading/viewing materials by James A. Owen.

- j

Thanks for looking us up!

Gloveinkstudio.com is currently undergoing a face lift and so I have directed the traffic over here to my blogspot account.  Unfortunately this account has been neglected of late and needs some help in getting up to date.

So in an attempt to appease those who have posted here and have not gotten a response and to those who are new...lets start back at the beginning. Here is a commissioned piece for a client to use in the table-top war game.

Here are some pictures that document the starting point with the armature and the sculpting process after. I will post the various stages of the build and elaborate a little on the process. 

Thanks again for the interest and please check back as I will start to post more on the past projects that are shown as well as the current projects in the works.

-j

Here is the armature that I constructed out out particle board and wire. The wood allowed me a nice way to flesh out the body without using a lot of clay and the white material is floral tape that I used to give me a base to start building up the clay on this beastie.

I used a variety of sculpey I had on hand to to flesh it out, hence all the various colors on him at this point. On this project I wasn't given a lot to go off and so it was a really great opportunity to let loose and just let this creature come to life.

Here is the finished sculpt that is getting fitted with his harness for the howdah.

The howdah was by far the most time consuming effort on this piece.

It is constructed out of wooden dowel sticks and twine and a wide variety of string. 

as promised

Samaranth

Here is a maquette I did for Here There Be Dragons a novel by James A. Owen. If you are not familiar with the many facets of James you should check out his blog or his studio's site. I'll be posting more pictures of Sammy soon.

j

Crabgrass