Tomo
One of three done this year as demos at Anime Weekend Atlanta, it's Tomo
from the opening sequence of Azumanga Daioh, a show I dig because it
gets high school right--in that the drama of school usually comes not
from huge life altering events but rather from trying to get from one
end of the day to the other without looking like a complete tool. I like
how you can't quite tell if Tomo's aware of exactly how stupid she is.
Necoconeco
The other two done as AWA demonstrations, forming another Azumanga Daioh
piece depicting the show's cat and kitten mascot. Done as an
experiment/warmup in segmented pumpkins, and designed to be lit by a
single candle, as the kitten part is cut from the bottom.
New England Revolution
It's not just cartoons I'm nerdy about; it's also soccer. This is the
logo of our local MLS
side, the Revolution, of which I'm a big fan. Made it for the last home
game of the season, a 1-0 playoff win against Columbus, which was
decidedly overshadowed by a certain other
local team, but it's the thought that counts, right? Because
accuracy of replicating the logo was key, I cheated on this one and used
a printout of the official logo, going against my usual "freehand or
nothing" stance.
Hellmonkey
Who is the biggest danger bringer? Hellmonkey, one of the Kaiju
Big Battel stable. This year I decided to do an all-kaiju theme,
coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Godzilla.
Gamera
Gamera is really neat! We love eating turtle meat! We all love you
Gamera!
Mothra
This one, I think, is my favorite of this year's round. Colored parts
within the wings are done using the Dremel.
Godzilla
King of all kaiju. This pumpkin was so large I could not lift it out of
my trunk to bring it inside. This one's a good example of how instead of
the usual light/shadow contrast, the design is based on muscule
structure. This was also too large to get the whole thing in the photo
frame.
King Ghidorah
This one was wicked hard to engineer. Six pieces--two wings, one center
holding three necks, and three heads perched on top. I originally was
going to have the wings on the main body piece, but there wasn't enough
space to do them in a decent enough proportion.
King Ghidorah
Closeup of one of his heads.
Porch railing
This is the front of the porch.