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The Adventures of Herman 01

Creation of my first comic

Group picture

Inking process for a group picture

"Wintercold" Painting

Art Toy: Concrete Herman

After making the moulds I wanted to create a concrete version of the art toy. The first idea was to create both halves separately and sti...

Art Toy: Moulding second halves

I created a box around the first part of the mould and sealed every side with hot glue. Do not forget to cover the silicone and the insid...

Art Toy: Demoulding the first halves

After a day I could demould the first halves. Because the clay dried out a bit it was easier to crumble off.

Art Toy: Silicone mould

My setup for pouring the mould Always wear gloves when working with silicone. Saves your hands and in time cleaning afterwards. I need to...

Art Toy: Mould making preparations

I wanted to make a two-part silicone mould for the body and arms. So with modelling clay I surrounded the body and made a box around that...

Art Toy: Patching up

So when everything dried up I noticed a few mistakes. I patched these up with a quickdry clay. Then coated everything with a clearcoat.

Art Toy: Adding details

I kept the clay wet so I could easily manipulate or add more details. Here I am adding the moustache, the monocle and some fur details on...

Art toy: Shaping the basic shapes

Bought modelling clay and started to shape the basic shapes for Herman. I didn't take any pictures of it but I started out with just a bu...

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