I have been experimenting with new working techniques and having a blast with it. The feather cutting on the raven mask went wonderfully. I did the outside edges with the exacto blades as if there were clumped fine feathers and then I went back through with the 1/4 inch ceramic swivel blade and lined the insides of the feather heavily. They came out in such detail that the feathers really looked realistic. I would like to make some smaller face masks that are just feathers with this technique. I also plan to experiment with variance of colors of these feathers. I really need to work through some photographs of feathers to work out some projects.
The fox mask was a great painting success. I have a friend who is purchasing it from me already. I am sort of sad to let it go but creating another one as soon as possible on on the to do list!. The bright color contrast and painting techniques I used on it are something I would like to translate into some other animal masks. I used the ceramic blade to work up a lot of detail and lines so touching the mask you have a lot of texture and depth, but visually the painting stands out more. I am leaning more toward creating depth with the detailed painting than dry brushing the texture of the mask to create the fur look. (Nothing wrong with that though!)
Journal by ChibiMoonX