Monday, June 20, 2005

Works in progress

I am constantly drawing, inking and coloring 2d pieces and recently finshed several small sculptures including a voodoo doll, a vampire frog, a jester angel and two larger hanging skeleton angels.

Currently I am working on the art for my story "A Cure for a Sad Heart". I've also recently started a couple of sculptural pieces. One is a paper mache alien/angel and the other is a stick puppet made with wood, polymer clay and fabric. They're both about 12 inches tall.

Another thing I am doing is writing. I recently finished a short story called "Why Anna Paints Angels" and I've contributed a few pieces to this collaborative writing project:
Tiny Stories @ Fag Blog
Tiny Stories @ Slaughter House

This project offers a chance to exercise your creativity in a specific limited format. Because the pieces are so small, there's a nice sense of completion. Also the limitations of word count, content and word usage add a nice challenge to both your innovation and your vocabulary. It's like doing a very rewarding crossword puzzle.

Here's a link to one of my stories from the first 100 word experiment:
Lost Dreamer
If you poke around on Lisa's journal you will find lots of great examples.