Bob's Sculpt

Some good news..........

2008-02-05T21:56:00.000-08:00

Well I was out with the Fam, and we went to the Rite Aid store. These stores are closing and everything is on sale. Not to pass up a chance to profit from others bad fortune we shopped. I bought a new leather office chair at 25% off. When I got home I found it was pretty much crap. Too small for my large rear to fit in nicely and much lighter weight. I mesured the old chair and sure enough the new bottom fit the old chair seat and BANG, I got my old chair back! HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY.

I also shopped at the "Going out of business" CompUSA store. I bought some crap but nothing too exciting. I did see some drawing tablets that I might go back and have a look at. I was really hoping for a new track ball. My old one is damaged and just limping along.

That's all for today.

Bob

New PC not so great

2008-01-30T00:35:00.000-08:00

The new PC isn't working out so great. It would be OK if you were using it just for web and such but I have been scanning all my old photo's to archive them and the new PC just chokes when you get too many files in a folder. So although I am critical of it it wasn't designed to do that kind of thing so I guess I would have to let it slide. A piece of advice though, if you plan on getting one of these find someone who knows Linux to give you a little help.

I haven't had my hands in the clay for a while. Every time I have a failure like I did with the Orc I tend to stay away for a while. I have been thinking though that I should try some busts. You know just keep it simple for a while. I'll let you know how it goes.

Bob

PC problems continue.

2008-01-09T00:06:00.000-08:00

Well the old PC has pissed me off enough that I have replaced it. Well sorta, I bought one of those "green PC's" I had been hearing about. It doesn't run on windows but uses something called "G os". It is actually a version of Linux. It was only USD250 tax and all. I picked it up and it has been doing pretty well. I am glad though that my nephew is Mr. Smartie Pants when it comes to Linux. I did call him to work out a little problem. The office chair finally gave up and dumped me on the floor. I am using a big ol chair that should be in the corner of a formal living room. It's big and clunky but will have to do until I can save up some money for a new one.

I started a new sculpture of an Orc, Didn't get far. Armature and initial bulk up. I decided to cook it at this stage to see if it would give me something to push against. Well after I got it out I noticed that the pose is wrong and now I'm kinda stuck after cooking it. Oh well back to the drawing board.

I am now hopelessly addicted to diviantart.com. You can see my stuff over there. My user name is Papabrvo.

That's it for now........

Computer Problems

2007-12-14T02:18:00.000-08:00

Have I had computer problems lately! First my office chair developed a crack and now leans back at a precarious angle. Second the Power supplies fan started making an awful sound. I replaced it but some how blew up my PCI bus and then had no drives showing. Back to the part store for a new Mother Board. It's back up, sorta. I only show one CD drive and one hard drive...... I can't use my old video board so I'm stuck with the onboard one. I'm scared to put the sound board in ... who knows what I'll screww up next. I am just hoping I can get anoth year outta this old PC. Everybody pray for me and it.

New Book

2007-12-12T00:54:00.000-08:00

I started reading a new book. You can follow my progress right here on my blog.

Today I joined DeviantART.com

2007-11-29T18:30:00.000-08:00

Today I joined DeviantART.com, It is a artist site and seems pretty cool. I haven't figured it all out yet but it looks good. Check me out!

I have returned to Yahoo Groups. There are several sculpting groups there. I am going through them to see if there is still much activity. I haven't had a look over there for years.

I am adding a couple more photo's of my sculpts today. The "Goth girl" is my first attempt at using a live model (sort of). I met this girl at "Chiller Theater".Chiller Theater is a convention held in New Jersey twice a year and is alot of fun. Anyway I was walking around just snapping pictures and I ask this girl if she would pose for me and she did. I took about 4 pictures right there on the convention floor. Took them home and this is what I came up with. I really should finish it someday.

Let's see some sculptures!

2007-11-28T18:11:00.000-08:00

I suppose if I am going to talk about my sculptures I should show a few. These are a couple of early sculptures. They were sculpted in the colored sculpy and are Xmas tree ornaments.

Today I searched

2007-11-27T18:23:00.000-08:00

Today I searched Blogger and Facebook for sculptors. I am hoping to find a mentor. I know I probably don't "need" one but I feel like I don't know how to properly learn about sculpting. It has been along time since I was in school and even then I really wasn't that good at it. So I'm not sure I know how the process works. I probably don't need to know, I could probably just do it and learn as I go. Then again I find myself choked off by my own inability and my own belief in myself. I start projects that are either way above my current knowledge and talent or more likely I try to sculpt thinks out of my head. I am not a good drawer and am unable to put my ideas on paper. This seems to be the method most used. I am never sure how to proceed, so I do nothing. You see the problem. paralysed by fear and trying to go in too many directions at once I accomplish nothing.

The first post

2007-11-26T01:13:00.000-08:00

The first post is always the hardest and usually the most unimportant. This post will be no different. I intend to share some of my sculptures and hope to find others who like me are interested in learning more about this fun form of art.