2012/01/28
2012/01/24
Super Flat
In 2003 Louis Vuitton sought the eye of Takashi Murakami to rejuvenate the brand. For those familliar with the history of the the Louis Vuitton, this would mean the Japanese influence on the famous brand has come full circle. After the introduction of the Monogram Multicolore canvas range of handbags and accessories, Murakami was tapped to create this animated short for the new look.
Years later the to celebrate the successful collaboration this was released.
Wolverine Bust Project
Originaly Posted on Multiply February 13 2008
The Original
Smoothing down the surface would be done after all the adjustments would be finalized.
After finnishing off the the claws, i would be moving on to the metal ports that are the exit poits of the claws on wolveriens hands.
The Original
This is the project. A 5 inch high cast of a wolverien bust , showing his head to waist. i bought it a the Annual Philippine TOYCON last year, for what i can remember to be a bit pricy. It was sub-par , dusty and apart from the green-goblin cast, was the coolest one there.
Almost 9 months hve passed since ive bought it. Ive been putting it off due to academic commitments, on the side ive been agonizing how to work; first on the obvious problem -the Claws. and secondly on parts of his anatomy -which im guessing are his muscles- that look like baloons streched out too far then deflated.
First off was the cleaning, of the dust then drying with a towel. I began with deconstricting the model, by taking off his claws then chizzling and sanding down any parts that stick out too much due to casting.
Almost 9 months hve passed since ive bought it. Ive been putting it off due to academic commitments, on the side ive been agonizing how to work; first on the obvious problem -the Claws. and secondly on parts of his anatomy -which im guessing are his muscles- that look like baloons streched out too far then deflated.
First off was the cleaning, of the dust then drying with a towel. I began with deconstricting the model, by taking off his claws then chizzling and sanding down any parts that stick out too much due to casting.Smoothing down the surface would be done after all the adjustments would be finalized.
The new claws would be constructed form fast food plastic forks. The idea came from my friend who pointed out that the forks -especially the two points in the middle- had the perfect tear-drop shape quite similar to those of the original claws in the comics.
The biggest challenge of the claws was the scale and the materials. Anyone whos eaten at a fastfood joints would know that these forks would break after applying little pressure to your meal. For anyone trying this technique, the best results would be obtained using clippers to cut off the fork ends to at points farthest from the parts your trying to use. Then by using a metal-filer of some sand paper. is to smoothe down the exxess sides and in the same shading the edge of the claws to have that sharp edge look.
After finnishing off the the claws, i would be moving on to the metal ports that are the exit poits of the claws on wolveriens hands.
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