Card Flame WIP - Waiting for the final piece to dry

The scan is pretty ropey but conveys what I have just done - the paint is barely dry, and could do with a few more coats to erase the marker outlines - The concept seems to have worked out okay in 3d so I just need to find an application for it.

Card Flame WIP - Not enough card to finish the job!

It's not exactly what I had planned but I found some free time in between ironing, searching for a new home and having a tasting for my upcoming wedding and have started the process of changing a Moleskine doodle to a full fledged piece of art.

My usual source of material, cat food boxes, was the place to start along with the trusty Sharpie. using the original Moley doodle as a rough guide I marked out the outline the cut around with a scalpel.

15/06/2008:
Updated Still no movement with this, With a wedding and a move on the horizon I am finding very little time to get anything completed.

The various pieces of card are then stacked in a 3D'ish manner - I am hoping that this turns out okay.

I just need to get my Cats some more food so I can pillage the packaging to complete this first stage. then I can look at painting, then sticking, the finished pieces together.

22/06/2008
Updated. Thanks to my extremely greedy cats I have all the pieces I need. Painting should start pretty soon, followed by assembly.

A Scrap of Card

Scrap of Card 03.05.2008
Originally uploaded by Mr.Burning

Doodled over a piece of left over card.

Something else to add to the ever growing pile - I have no idea where to put these little scraps.

LOTS OF CARD

LOTS OF CARD
Originally uploaded by Mr.Burning

The great thing about having two hungry cats is that I have lots of cat food boxes on which I can paint and doodle. The downside is that, as a hoarder, I am fast running out of space to keep the material and then to keep my creations after I have finished. A lot has been dropped at various Birmingham City locations, and elsewhere, as Free Art but this still leaves a lot remaining. i will be distributing this little collection over the next few days and week, freeing up space for me to start on something else.

CARD SNAKE

CARD SNAKE
Originally uploaded by Mr.Burning

On reclaimed catfood box card, Gold Acrylic and Black Marker.

I wanted to test this and see what it would look like using different media and a different size. Proportionally it is wrong but still looks quite impressive.

CARD Character March 2008 2

CARD Character 2
Originally uploaded by Mr.Burning

From my Moleskine.

Staring eyed..things..waiting...just waiting.
Are they united?

Again, painted on card from a catfood box. These and dishwasher tablet boxes are a great source of heavy card ideal for painting on.

Card Character March 2008

From the idea scribbled in my Moleskine.

Less the clouds, stars and Satellites. I am not sure what the character is doing. Is he crossing my viewpoint? or is he waving goodbye, going off on an adventure heading toward the hills?

He still looks quite jolly and I am sure he will pop up again and make another appearance.

The card is salvaged from A catfood pouch box.