214 + 215

Illustration of the final design for #157, seen here.
The clay sculpt of the work in progress can be seen here.
(and this is how it started)
A rougher version, more painterly (?) version can be seen below:

APW NYC Gallery: Custom Toy Exhibit

Opening this Friday, April 3rd @ APW NYC, marks the first custom toy exhibit at APW's new location and will include 100's of toys from many artists. Included in the exhibition are three new MACRODON figures (pictured above). So, if you are in the New York area be sure to stop by and check it out! MACRODON sightings are very rare, and this promises to be a fun show!

this is the first completed figure from the designs for #157
(here is the piece in progess)

this is the painted plastic figure of illustration #193,
from the cast of the clay sculpt, from design concept #159

and this last MACRODON is a new version from "series 1"
(some still available on Etsy + @ A.Okay Official)

159 CLAY SCULPT

Here is the plastiline sculpture (mentioned here: #202) for "design #159" (which illustration #193 closely resembles), and below is some Photoshopping to figure out a base color for the final product.

213

drippy, oozing, slimer

212 v.2

bumpy, gridded, net-like skin

212 v.1

banded/ridged, wormy skin

211

lumpy? rocky? cracking?

210

study of MACRODON's musculature?

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208

These next few MACRODONS to come are from these sketches: #179 (in pencil), #179 (with outlines), and they are a little more wacky than usual... this one is like a humpback whale.

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206

205

204

scribbled / furry

203

The next few posts also come from the sketches for #159 / #193 but the designs deviate more significantly -they've become completely different MACRODONS than the original design intended.

202 ! !

The past 45 entries are part of a process to come up with designs for some new MACRODON figures. Many illustrations are very similar, and the textures I have been trying out recently are quite different from the previous look most MACRODONS have had. I figured out some new things I liked, as well as several poor designs that simply don't work for the time being. Today I posted 10 illustration studies for a MACRODON I recently finished sculpting in plastiline, #193 closely resembles the final result, that began from an idea for #157, which I then developed into another idea: #159... This last entry for today represents an idea for #159 / #193 that I am trying to figure out, the image above is simply a very rough sketch of it's shape, and below, a little Photoshop doodling of these ideas... more on that later, once I have actually figured it out...

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201

199

198

197

beetle juice, beetle juice, beetle juice

196

another smoke monster ?

195

leopard print?

194

covered in pappardelle?

193

This is the final design & texture for another new MACRODON figure.

192

grooves /indentions

191

faceted: rocky / crystalized

190

rough & lumpy

189

feathers / bumps

188

scales / armor

187

furry / wrinkled

186

belly.

185

scratchy / furry

184

drippy.

183

further change for #181 + #182.

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A Photoshop sketch-up taken from the mess I made last post.

181 ANIMATED PREVIEW

159 + 180 + more (outlines)

Here are the cleaned up sketches for my recent MACRODON studies #159 + #180.



...I am still working out that "headless" dude at the top of this drawing, see where I was going in the last post.

180 + more (pencils)

Here is another set of designs for an upcomming MACRODON toy/sculpture.
It is based on this small 7" x 7" painting (available @ THE PUBLIC TRUST):




...which in turn spawned this MACRODON figure:

(A.OKAY OFFICIAL may still have some available)



Also, visit my ETSY store for more MACRODONS figures.

157 CLAY SCULPT

Here is one of the new MACRODON figures I am working on, from the designs for #157. It will have movable appendages once cast in plastic (it was really freakin' hard to figure out!). Below you can see the joints and sockets in place, and the subtle texture I gave this MACRODON (I wasn't crazy about most of the texture studies I did for this figure, so I went with something simple for the time being).



So, no drawing today, well, maybe later.