Zero-Gravity Jabba complete

  



















This would've been done a month ago had I not stripped the paint off it due to a mistake. My approach to painting this piece was to mimic the color and painting style applied in a piece done by artist Paul Komoda. The piece is titled, " Faceless": 

  I was actually making great progress, that is until I made the mistake of going in with some burnt umber to shade here and there, the beautifully transparent blue and violet tones I'd applied previously mutated into green. That changed everything...It wasn't that it looked bad, but it just didn't look like Paul's painting anymore at that point, so I stripped the paint and started from scratch...a month later. Two days before I needed to ship it across the country to my friend, Norman Meyers. But, as in all mistakes, it was a learning experience.


 Artist Proof Studio's, Zero-Gravity Jabba. Sculpted by the blindingly talented Paul Komoda:

 

Julia: Resurrected

You just can't keep a good girl down, can you? This is the official Artist Proof Studio re-release of the mid-90's Netherworld Julia resin kit sculpted by Paul Komoda. In all her skinless glory, complete with the totally corrupted corpse of an unfortunate supplicant base. I ask you: What more could you ask for?

 This Artist Proof Studio re-release features some revised detailing by Mr. Komoda and improved quality casting. The casting seen here has been prepped and primed; arms unattached. 


   

Zero Gravity Jabba

Paul Komoda is the artist responsible for realizing this interesting little piece. As I understand it, Paul sculpted this a number of years ago and the piece fell into the hands of a friend, and ultimately into obscurity. Come 2012, said friend rediscovers the piece, produces it to Mr. Komoda again, and it gets molded, cast and produced under the Artist Proof Studio banner. And why not? 


  Yes, an interesting little piece indeed. Measuring in at a length of 7" from tip of the tail to forehead, and 2 3/8" elbow to elbow. It's imbued with the delicate detail that Paul is very well known for. And to top things off, he's Zero Gravity! Jabba the Hut, unbound by the laws of gravity. Who knew? Who would've even thought? But again...why the Hell not?! I always thought it was ridiculous to see the rotund creature sliding along side of Han Solo in the late 90's special edition of, "A New Hope". I much prefer to see him floating about, chock-full of convoluted details in a pseudo-yogaic posture. http://artistproofstudio.blogspot.com/ 
 is the place to inquire about this piece, and many other Paul Komoda pieces, as well as a great deal of other extremely creative and original artwork.
  


  Feast Thine eyes...

Nosferatu- Peter Murphy

     




Well, this one took longer than I had hoped it would. Summer waltzed in and captivated me with creeks full of turtles, so I took some time off. But when I returned, I was less than inspired to paint to say the very least. There was a time when I was damn close to actually throwing the bust into the trash because I felt that I couldn't paint it the way that I wanted to see it. But...it's finished. 

  The eyes of a vampire...they draw you in...entangle you in their owner's savage , insatiable lust for pleasures of the flesh and blood. From the moment I saw this bust I wanted to make sure that I paid close attention to the eyes. I wanted strong, vibrant eyes that would be capable of beguilement; eyes that glowed in the blackest stygian night; eyes capable of paralysis if caught in their swath. The anesthetizing lullaby of those eyes...and then the sudden crash of crimson desire.

     And Blood. I definitely wanted to add lots of blood spurts around the mouth and on those sick talons, but this moment is before the attack. You know damn well what's going to happen next...