If it's going to happen at all, doubt creeps into production in the early stages of a project and I get a little anxious and wonder whether a design is going to work out as planned.
No matter how well executed on paper, applying a two dimensional design to a 3D object offers challenges.
Flexibility is generally the answer.
On Day 32 I turned that corner when a visitor to the studio stopped in his tracks and asked why in heaven's name I was painting tire tracks on a snake. Thanks Ted!
A week later I had sponged hundreds of those little tedious tread shapes all the way up to the snake's chin, and now I'm pleased and convinced that the design works. At this point I used a detail brush to square off the many rounded corners that sponging had left, and top coated the tread with a glossy sealer to protect it from accidental globs of flying paint and spills.
In the next few days I'll address the chin, and begin custom mixing paint for the orange and blue upper body.
No matter how well executed on paper, applying a two dimensional design to a 3D object offers challenges.
Flexibility is generally the answer.
On Day 32 I turned that corner when a visitor to the studio stopped in his tracks and asked why in heaven's name I was painting tire tracks on a snake. Thanks Ted!
A week later I had sponged hundreds of those little tedious tread shapes all the way up to the snake's chin, and now I'm pleased and convinced that the design works. At this point I used a detail brush to square off the many rounded corners that sponging had left, and top coated the tread with a glossy sealer to protect it from accidental globs of flying paint and spills.
In the next few days I'll address the chin, and begin custom mixing paint for the orange and blue upper body.
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