Sawdust Bear Makes Things

My camera died, so I’m trying to get by with a webcam picture. It’s a mutant bunny fetus for the APOPcalypse show in Costa Mesa that I’m in! I’m pretty excited about it…I also sculpted a mutant rat fetus. Ehehehe…mutants.

I’ll probably mount it on a plaque. Maybe just with screws so it can be removable, hmm?

As a bit of a chaser from the dissected bug earlier, here are some cute terrariums.

They’re both for sale on Etsy!

I was invited to participate in an apocalypse-pop-art themed show, which is pretty much the art show theme of my dreams!

I’m working on a small collection called “Specimens from Irradiated Zone 9.” I love mutants! Here’s the one I started working on yesterday – it’s a giant mutant dragonfly. I used wings and legs from a plastic toy.

Show poster! It’s in Costa Mesa, opens September 18th!

Man, I did not know that Halloween decoration was already in stores, but I am going to have So Much Fun with them. I’m finding so much creepy miniature stuff that Marlowe is just begging for a Haunted House story arc. We’ll see.

In the meanwhile, I’ve been finishing commissions. They’re getting done.

I made some mushroom specimen terrariums. They’re not real terrariums because I manage to kill even live moss.

I think they’re kinda cute! I’ll probably list them for sale after the roller derby.
Oh! Roller derby! I’m vending at the LA Derby Dolls match on August 28th. Sirens vs. Tough Cookies! Event information is here: Facebook event. Tickets are $20. Let me know if you’re visiting!

I just mailed this guy off…one of my favourite commissions to date!

He’s a happy, cheery gardening monster.

I’m working on my first custom toy ever! Well, the first one I’ll actually finish. I have several Dunnys and Munnys lying around that I find completely uninspiring.

It’s Brian Mahony’s Guumon, which is a very kaiju-esque monster…thing. I love it. It’s messy and blobby and exactly the sort of thing I like.

I sculpted a face(the original figure doesn’t really have one) and the nest-pouch thing. It’s going to be a pretty maternal monster.

Here are some progress photos:

So much fun. It’ll be part of a custom toy show in Boston in August – that show poster is under the cut.

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Two things – first, I actually am drawing again. Second, I’m even drawing fan-art.

I drew and coloured and painted a bunch of sketchcards this weekend in anticipation for Anime Expo.

I keep on forgetting I don’t really like drawing people, but I really love drawing monsters.

I think these three are my favourites of the batch. From left to right – Totoro, PenPen from Evangelion and Mothra from Godzilla!. I’m pretty sure Mothra’s my favourite because of that derpy moth face.

There’s a picture of all of them over at my DeviantArt page!

By the way, I will be at table D28 as Sawdust Bear Makes Things at Anime Expo’s Artist Alley! Come visit me if you’ll be there!

A commission for my friend Karine! These are characters from a webcomic that she is currently involved with(I’ll avoid posting names since I believe it’s a surprise for the creator).

The baby gnoll and gelatinous cube were eventually mounted on a wood base. The beholder mini is just a little extra I threw in.

The slug is nameless. The flowerpot is Marcy.

I just put him up on my Maker’s Market store!

I was going to send this first one to my dad for Father’s Day, but my mom said it was ugly, so I think I’ll make something cuter instead. She’s very supportive of everything I do – just honest with opinions. Ha.

Here’s another one on an embroidery hoop, except I guess it’s just a detached eye.

I’ll be bringing them both to the Long Beach Experiment next Wednesday night in Long Beach!

I’m not sure how I feel about using embroidery hoops right now. There’s a weird *softness* to them and having monster bits on them just feels a bit weird. I have a whole ton of them, though, so I’ve got some time to get used to it.