I want to sculpt more but I didn’t really have a good spot to do it. Based on the sculpture stands I’ve seen I created my own. I wanted something with adjustable height, fairly lightweight, easy to move, stable, and something I could make myself. I can’t weld but...
DIY Sculpture Stand
Book Review – “A Technique for Producing Ideas”, by James Webb Young
In continuing to follow my curiosity about creativity, I read “A Technique for Producing Ideas” by James Webb Young, published by The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003. It’s a very thin book but he gets to the point rather quickly: how to create ideas. His thoughts on the process of creating seems...
Water Elemental Reference
I couldn’t find reference for the low angle view of the coral and other underwater objects. Flexible thinking was required. I asked myself, what else do I have access to that would have an approximate shape and structure of the things I wanted to draw? Oyster mushrooms! I lit...
Cloud Gazing
Letting my mind, and eyes, wander while looking at random textures or patterns is something I really enjoy doing. Growing up, my bedroom had both textured walls and ceiling so I had all sorts of creatures and scenes to look at. James Gurney did a great post on this...