Custom Articulated Plant/Baby Groot 1:1 scale figure - Alex Pascual

Here is my Custom Articulated Plant/Baby Groot 1:1 figure.  The majority of it was constructed out of Super Sculpey; the joints and articulation were harvested from 2007 TMNT movie action figures.  Steel and aluminum wire were used to reinforce the "hair" and "fingers".  

Groot's head is on a ball joint.  His arms hinge and rotate at the shoulders, elbows and right wrist.  There are rotation joints on both forearms and body is articulated in three sections with rotation and hinge joints.   Enjoy the rest of the pics below!! :)

Process pics and in-depth explanation here.

pics via imgur

would someone give this guy a hug already?

  Sculpted "soil" - plaster of paris, sand, and paint

Heard there's an awesome mixtape somewhere...

"WE ARE GROOT!!"

"..."

Lucha Libre at the Bridge PART I & II - June 29, 2014 - Seattle WA

Lucha Libre at the Bridge PART I - Faviola Astral & El Roughian -VS- Corazon de Aguila & La Avispa 


Lucha Libre at the Bridge PART II - Christopher Ryseck -VS- Keith Atkins 


Lucha LIbre at the Bridge - June 29, 2014 - Seattle WA

Wrestling and street fair to celebrate the completion of the new South Park Bridge over the Duwamish River. The old bridge was closed in 2010, turning South Park's main street into a dead end.

El Roughian -VS- Corazon de Aguila & La Avispa
Christopher Ryseck -VS- Keith Atkins

press:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/slideshow/Community-celebrates-completion-of-South-Park-88819/photo-6534313.php

Stephanie Fernandez Art - COLORS OF MY MIND

http://www.stephaniefernandezart.com/

From the beautiful, bizzare, to the straight up macabe, Stephanie Fenandez creates make-up transformations that ooze with an indulgently pleasant nightmare of color. 

Gottfried Mind - Autistic Savant - Der katzen Raphael

Born November 17, 1768, in Bern, Switzerland, Gottfried Mind was a autistic-savant who specialized in drawing cats; befittingly named "Der Katzen Raphael" (The Raphael of Cats).

Gottfried Mind was sent to an art academy at the early age of 8 years old.  Where he came under tutelage of the artist Sigmund Heisenberg.   The story goes that while Heisenberg was drawing a cat Mind blurted out, "That is no cat!!".  Undoubtedly annoyed, Heisenburg sent Mind to the corner and incite he do better; the rest, as they say, is history.


Image Gallery via pinterest:
Cats in Art-Gottfried Mind at The Great Cat

info via wikipedia:
Gottfried Mind

video via youtube user: Hugo Dart

Quraphase

TBBR001 | Fuck Videogames EP - by boaconstructor

Androgyny - Sasha Stéfan Art Images - PHOTO SET

androgynous: adjective

           partly male and partly female in appearance; of indeterminate sex.

                                             -The Oxford dictionary

I had the pleasure of partaking in a photo set put on by Sasha "Stéfan" and Jacqueline "Javs" Ann Cables and joining model Eileen Mello.  The Initial idea proposed was glam, but the theme morphed into a discussion about androgyny and the blurring of gender lines.

FULL GALLERY: Sasha Stéfan Art Images - Androgyny 

http://www.ssaimages.com/Concept/Androgeny/

Inspired from early pioneers and challengers of gender roles such as Frida Kahlo  and David Bowie to more contemporary individuals, models Andrej Pejić and Casey Legler, for instance.  All have, in one way or another, either challenged, experimented, or uniquely identified with the way gender and sex is represented as individuals.

 VIDEO: Casey Leger - Male Models: The Female of the Species

Rather than completely reverse identities like drag or other contrasting of gender forms of bending, androgyny has the interesting ability to blend and blur the lines of sexual identity and shine in its subtlety.  Androgyny can have the strange ability to represent both sexes while almost simultaneously doing away with both all together.

This was a great opportunity to not only explore gender and identity from a different perspective, but also a new experience in art; being the subject of a composition rather than filling the role of a painter or sculptor creating the piece.  In no way do I have illusions of being a professional model, but I would like to continue experimenting being in front of the camera.  Thank you again to my gracious collaborators: Sasha, Jacqueline, and Eileen.

Of course we had to include the obligatory "bathroom party" shots :P

credits:

Sasha.Stefan.Art

http://www.ssaimages.com/

#alexpascualart