Adding texture and color variation is an excellent way to increase the visual interest of a prop or piece of artwork. Weathering a piece gives a sense of age and creepiness that adds to the overall atmosphere of a display. I have received many comments about the aging techniques I used on my “Pumpkin Baby” [...]
Painting skin tones is a technique I struggled with for a long while and something I will continue to refine with each piece.
This post will show how I painted my “Grimferatu” piece which was a commissioned piece.
I use Liquitex soft body acrylics (all colors listed in “”)
I use “unbleached titanium” as the base of my [...]
I have blogged about Mr. Lo Pan a few times. But I have never posted about how I made him. I cannot draw so all of my pieces start in my head as concepts. I usually just start building, I don’t even make a sketch first.
He was made for a contest at Hauntforum.com
The contest was [...]
Everyone loves spiders on Halloween, and what is a good spider scene with out cocooned spider victim or 2. This how-to will show you how to easily and effectively make a convincing cocooned spider victim in under an hour.
You will need
PVC
Duct Tape
Spray Adhesive
Spider Webbing
Saran Wrap
Fake Eyeballs
Wire
A skull either plastic or foam
Pipe insulation
Newspaper
Plastic Bags
Spray [...]