Masks and other Art

[Rusty Edge]

My first impression was a dog. It could be personal bias,

That's the thing about dogs, though. Due to human managed un-natural selection, they have more variety than any other species. Quite a snout spectrum between bulldogs and speed hounds.

[Buster's Uncle]

Definitely - but there is a big difference in a cat muzzle, whiskers details aside.  Cats have a prominent flat nasal ridge.

[Unorthodox]

I've found treating the eyes more feminine help read "cat". 

[Buster's Uncle]

Good point.  Rounder eye holes definitely read more 'dog', and pointed ends, shorter and pointed end turned up on the outside, 'cat'.

[Rusty Edge]

If you told me it was a seal or sea lion...

I'd say "that's cool, I like the blue."

[Dio]

I think this is the next-to-last pic in my Masks folder before I have to dig through the boxes and take more...

Blue kitteh.  Buster was asking for animals a lot right before she moved to California and after.  Make a little muzzle, and easy enough to do.  I can't be sure, looking at the shot, if it's not a dog - there is a difference in the muzzle, though.

I fervently support the idea that BUncle sort through boxes to find more masks. Dig, BUncle, Dig! 

[Buster's Uncle]

Smilie idea!

I will.

[Buster's Uncle]

And for the last thing before I take the take more pictures, a DotD mask Mylochka did in a black and white design...

She had me trim them in a variety of ways, for the variety.

[Dio]

And for the last thing before I take the take more pictures, a DotD mask Mylochka did in a black and white design...

She had me trim them in a variety of ways, for the variety.

I think this mask would fall under Unorthodox's area of interest because it relates to Día de los Muertos. I further have a hunch, based upon the variety of masks shown, that BUncle's family has participated in the creation of costume pieces for a mulitude of occasions.

[Buster's Uncle]

I have a 12 year-old niece who used to be even younger, and Mylochka wrote/directed a lot of academic plays before she retired.

I'm and actor, and of course, Momma, who sews like crazy, has done a LOT of costuming.

[Dio]

I found a great picture to complement the festival described above.

[Buster's Uncle]

Someone should paint some real dogs like that.

[Rusty Edge]

Or make a real dog a mask and vest and paint it like that.

That does look really cool.

[Buster's Uncle]

I think this is the next-to-last pic in my Masks folder before I have to dig through the boxes and take more...

Blue kitteh.  Buster was asking for animals a lot right before she moved to California and after.  Make a little muzzle, and easy enough to do.  I can't be sure, looking at the shot, if it's not a dog - there is a difference in the muzzle, though.

I fervently support the idea that BUncle sort through boxes to find more masks. Dig, BUncle, Dig! 

Bad news - I finally went through all the boxes I have, and I'd actually already took pictures of all the masks I can lay hands on. (Did a little organizing and threw away a lot of packing material that made it hard to know when I'd reached the bottom while I was at it, so not a waste of time.)   We gave a couple to aunt Pokey back in February -and were rather thrilled she liked some enough to ask, 'cause she's a real, multi-talented, artist with an actual art degree to boot- and there's some stuff missing, for sure, from the move from Texas - but all I'm certain of is some plaster bases I use a lot, at very least to hold up half-mask store templates while I'm working on them.  I wanted all along to take photos of those for Uno and anyone else interested in actual details of how I work, not least with various snouts, human noses and other sculpey facial appliances designed to fit them.

All I remember having a picture of that I haven't already posted now is a small feminine wig-dummy face I cast in plaster as a possible base, but have never used.  Today I found the plaster gauze outer mold and latex lining I cast it from, so I want pics of those, too, but that's all I've got until some missing boxes turn up in Mylochka's stuff.  -I really want those missing bases before I work up to making more masks - I'm used to them and all the appliances already on hand fit them.

There's actually a whole lot left of various things I use in the work left to shoot, but the two bases are central to my process.

The boxes tended to be packed in a MOSTLY organized way, so there might be a few more masks to photo when the bases turn up, but don't hold your breath.  There are definitely a few I don't know about giving away, and we never actually sold one...

[Unorthodox]

BU:

I only had time to skim your thread for pics, holler if there's specific ones you want me to add over there.

http://www.halloweenforum.com/for-sale-by-merchants/144010-jk-studio-masks.html#post1794788