Square Sketchbook

Another coptic binding sketchbook. Going from the outside in, the corners are outlet covers painted in enamel and the buckle is from the same Lip Service straight jacket. The main part of the outside cover paper is construction paper done in suminagashi. The design in the outside centers is photoshopped layers of suminagashi, folded and cut like children cut snowflakes. The inside cover papers are the same, but without the snowflake technique. Filler paper is a whole lot of brown packing paper. I made this because I liked the large sketchbook that I got for class.

Alien with Flying Saucer UFO

This is a character that has evolved through the creation process. It started out as one face from a wall of faces like in FFIX Oeilvert. I liked the face so much that I built a little grey alien body for him. I then tried to make a paper mache robot, but it would not stand and took up way too much space. That got crumpled and thrown away in favor of a simpler UFO vehicle. I saved the driver's seat and constructed the flying saucer much larger than originally planned. The lights around the edge are made from scraps of red-themed neckties wrapped around empty tape rolls. I did paper mache and painted it in my drybrushing combination of acrylic and tempera paint. The silver highlights are enamel model paint.