Reptile Art - Mixed mediums

Hyokenseisou · 03-06-14, 02:22 PM

Hi! So I thought I'd share the various reptile art I have done/am doing.

I did this of my veiled chameleon, Dingo, back in 2011, reference pic was of a photo I took of him:

This piece was done with prisma pencil crayons.

A shot of it out of frame:

My GTP, Envy, also from a photo I took of him:

The prints of this as well as the cham turned out well:

This was free hand, trying out water colour:

Hyokenseisou · 03-06-14, 02:27 PM

These I started recently doing.

GHI Mojave BP
NO PAINT was used!!! this is all clay work!

A few BRB babies:

The one in the 'water' (cast resin) was the first sculpt I did, so his head is a bit goofy. The Mojave was the ssecond. With each sculpt I get better and better. (far right was #3, middle was #4)

A little boa inspired by my Zeus (albino columbian)

And another BRB done last night

Again, NO PAINT was used for any of the detailing! Only paint I used was a bit of black for the eye pupils, a bit of gloss to make the eyes shiny, and for the BRB's, a bit of glitter gloss varnish for that iridescent effect.
I plan on putting these in my etsy store, see if there's any interest for these, I plan on doing many more different morphs but specializing in rainbows (being my fav and all).
I am currently working on a larger piece, of a full scale panther cham. Wish me luck! I'll post progress pics if it's turning out ok. :P

Mikoh4792 · 03-06-14, 02:27 PM

Great work! Do you sell your work? I have a few pics I'd like to have drawn

Hyokenseisou · 03-06-14, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

Great work! Do you sell your work? I have a few pics I'd like to have drawn

Thanks! Yes I often sell prints (both prints of the cham and GTP are available) and I do take commissions sometimes, depending on what it is.
As far as drawings go, I'm only accepting water colour stuff in that splash style. My realistic style that the cham and GTP were done in, takes quite a while and most people aren't willing to pay the price I quote for that nor do most appreciate traditional style art. :P But if you're seriously interested in a realistic drawing, pm and we'll talk.

Jim Smith · 03-06-14, 02:45 PM

Gorgeous work! I love both the realistic style and the splash style. Your models look great also. I suspect that you could put come of them in cages and people wouldn't notice that they were not alive until they looked very closely.

Thanks for sharing.

poomwah · 03-06-14, 05:05 PM

Incredible work. I thought the drawings were amazing, but your claywork is absolutely INCREDIBLE

Hyokenseisou · 03-06-14, 07:09 PM

Thanks guys!!

Made 3 more bps today.
Who likes pie?

I really should take pictures with proper lighting and not with a cell phone. :/ It really doesn't do them justice...

I got a spider cooling and a 'orange dream fire' cooking. Pics soon.

poomwah · 03-06-14, 07:18 PM

oh wow, the pied is great! is that all clay too? any paint on that one?

Hyokenseisou · 03-06-14, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by poomwah

oh wow, the pied is great! is that all clay too? any paint on that one?

Nope! No paint! Just a little bit of clear varnish on the eyes

Valvaren · 03-07-14, 12:15 AM

Nice to see some more clay artists! I find clay has a better look then paint in general, paint can look really messy. I've never tried paint on clay personally so I'm not sure if its easier or if it bleeds a lot like I think it does.

Hyokenseisou · 03-07-14, 12:39 AM

I dunno, I've painted on many types of mediums (I make costumes as well) and I've never had an issue with paint, just years of experience I guess so I know what works and what doesn't or little tricks. I just figure I would expand my experience with clay by not using any paint - certainly makes for a challenge when you're figuring out how to put which colours to make what patterns that will look good. Learning quick though!

And I have established that I really don't like making balls as much as I didn't like them to begin with. :P I don't get why bps are sooo popular - silly little fat sausages; I keep making them long and slender like my other boas. Guess that's something to learn and get better at. Maybe I don't like them cause they take up so much clay? idk. In any case, here's an orange dream fire (L) and dream spider (R)
Forgot to put heat pits in the fire, pretty angry about that... Oh well..

I'll be throwing these up on etsy in the next day or so if anyone's interested!

Hyokenseisou · 03-07-14, 08:21 PM

Here's a few better shots of previous stuff:

Just curious, if when I go to paint this life sized (well... maybe slightly bigger than life sized) sculpt of a panther chameleon, if some of you might be interested in a live stream of it.
Here's a WIP of it so far

Hyokenseisou · 03-08-14, 03:14 PM

I haven't baked it yet, still humming and hawing about the portions. Panther heads confuse me (doesn't help I don't own a panther, yet next week!) so I tried by best off using photos. I have since fixed the lips a bit and the left arm since the photos. I'll probably bake it later today, I've very eager to paint it!

LarryS · 03-08-14, 04:02 PM

They are all amazing but that free hand water color is outstanding! I'd love to see one of a GTP!

Hyokenseisou · 03-09-14, 10:27 PM

Thanks! I plan to do more free hand watercolours, I have quite a few herps in mind with a slightly different style I'd like to try out.

On the left, baked and primed with white. On the right, started painting. Though I wasn't liking the quality of my paint job (near the blues) so I went over it with the white primer again and started over. Looking much better.