Cteno II -Actual Progress!

After kicking my work rooms ass , and turning it into a much more organized and productive space, I was able to sit down and spend a couple hours on my Cteno sculpture.

Here's how it's looking now!

Obviously there are still some wires sticking out, as her tail is not fully formed yet. But the main components are there.  I am trying sculpted eyelashes for this one, we'll see how it turns out.

I am pretty happy with my progress. The first sculpture was about to stand alone, but this one is going to need a base. Haven't quite figured out what I'm going to be using, but I have a couple ideas.

I'm excited to finish it, and I'm already considering doing another sculpture in a larger size. I'm really tempted to do another Cteno, but honestly, I'm starting to creep myself out...

She's just so fun to sculpt! so gooey.

creative outlets

So, I have decided to take a cue from some other artists online, and have created a tumblr account. I don't know how well I will be able to juggle all these blogs and accounts, but each one serves a different purpose. This blog will remain a place for me to spew my thoughts and processes, works in progress, sketches, etc.  The tumblr is more for random stuff, short comics, photos, and whatever else.  It also allows people to ask me questions which I will try to answer with a drawing or comic. The idea is that it will improve my speed and creative thinking. And give me something else to do when I'm art blocked, or just bored.  And unlike the blog here, it's more social, so I might have the opportunity to interact with other artists.

In other news, I did a complete overhaul on my work room! I DID get a couple things from IKEA, mostly for organizing.  I have a couple more things to do, but when I'm finished I may post some "before" and "after" photos.  It's a pretty serious difference, and I'm hoping it will be a pretty serious improvement in my productivity.

a good workspace is important!

So, since my last 'work in progress' shot of my sculpture that I posted.....nothing has progressed. I blame my workspace!

First of all, I share it with the cats' litter box, and we keep it clean, so that's not a problem, it's just really distracting when they come in and use it. Very noisy and awkward.

Then, there is the clutter issue. The room also doubles as a storage closet, so alongside my work table there is also,

a vacuum cleaner
unused aquarium supplies
chests of toys/action figures
the display boxes for the toys and action figures
an old wooden easel
a rarely used exercise machine
our old dining room table and chairs

aaaaand various other small collections of stuff we never use, but don't feel the need to throw out.

 The plan is to condense some of the clutter and store it away somewhere I can't see it, then move the furniture around to give me the most productive workspace. Hopefully if it all works out, I will be able to work in there for more than 25 minutes at a time.  Then I can actually get things done, and maybe even start taking sculpture commissions!

This calls for a trip to IKEA.