Fixin' up a coyote skull

Hey there peeps,

I recently ordered a coyote skull from ebay, which unbeknownst to me, was poorly cleaned, and poorly packed. When I received it, the thing was smelly, greasy, and covered in mold. Also, the jaw was glued shut with hot glue, leaving plastic tendrils everywhere.

 After having my messages ignored by the salesman, I decided to take matters in my own hands and fix it myself.

I started off with a water and dish soap bath, leaving the skull to soak for a couple of days. That got rid of the greasiness. Afterwards, I scrubbed the bones and soaked them in 70% solution of isopropyl alcohol, to help kill the nastiness and deal with the residual smell. I finished by leaving the bones rest for a couple of days in hydrogen peroxide, which whitened the skull, and help dissolve all residual mold and tissue still in the bone.

Once dry, it was a simple matter of gluing the teeth and the two halves of the lower jaw with good ol' elmer's glue, and I was left with a beautiful, squeaky-clean skull to adorn my bookshelves.

Pictures of the skull as I received it after the break. Be warned it's kinda gross.

Shrunken Head - The finishing touches.

Here's, sooner than expected, the video detailing the painting, hairing and finishing of the shrunken head. That thing looks great in a bell jar on my dresser! Now I'm bored. I need to find something else to make! More pictures after the break.

Making a Shrunken Head - Partie Deux

Hello again, here is the second part of the process of making latex shrunken heads. In this video, I'll go through the whole molding and casting process. In a couple days, I should have a video detailing the painting & finishing of the head up and running.

Enjoy!

Dancing Goths

You're welcome.

Tsantsa sculpture timelapse

Hey there peeps!

I just finished the sculpture to make a new batch of shrunken heads. I decided to try making a timelapse video of the process, in hopes that you'll find it interesting. It's anotated with a few tips here and there. It's sped up around 1600%, so the whole process, which took a bit over 3h, is now down to 12 minutes.

Soon enough, I'll post one of the molding process.

Ronnie the flayed gent

Hey there!

It's been quite a while. I haven't been doing much arts 'n crafts lately, lots of new things going on, plus I discovered Skyrim and that mofo has been eating much of my free time between work and the girlfriend.

Nevertheless, I still enjoy each and every opportunity I get of making some cool stuff, and such an opportunity happened recently, so of course I took it and rode it aaaaall niiiight loooooon (and then some.)

Basically, a local metal band who had their album cover designed by the good folks at Le Mur Insolite (of which I've been a resident artist for a year now) approached them recently for something a bit bigger. So, Anktil, the co-owner of the gallery, amazing artist and good friend of mine, thought including me in the deal.

We basically had to create a life size flayed body prop, that needed to be hidden inside a wooden crate, and could be pulled up and hung by its feet at the right moment by pulling a chain linked to an attached gallows. Oh, and the whole thing had to fit inside a Honda Civic.

Patrick took care of crafting a collapsible gallows and a big enough (but small enough) crate, while I was tasked with creating the dummy.

I unfortunately didn't take many pictures, and since I lost the cable to charge my nikon, the pictures I have come from my shitty cell phone. Sorry about that!

Pictures and more info after the break!

Art Exhibition

Hello everyone!

Just a quick word to let you know where you can see my work around halloween!

First of all, beginning on october 19th and running until christmas, my latest oils will be on show at the art gallery "Le Mur Insolite", which I mentionned a few times until today. The gallery was an old convenience store that has been transformed in a dark artist's haven and now works hard to bring the unusual and the bizarre to the general population.

Also on display will be one of my shrunken heads, my hand of glory, and my feejee mermaid, all of which will be available for sale.

For those who can't make it to Quebec City but live close to Montreal, until halloween, I will have a few oils & watercolors on display at the Usine 106U gallery near the Plateau Mont-Royal.

On the Aging of Statuary

OH EM GEE GUYS!!!! I ain’t dead. For real!

I was just busy, y’know, selling shoes. Painting. Stuff like that.

THAT BEING SAID, here I am again, with something that might be useful for you, in these days prefacing halloween. (Prefacing? Is that even a word? Or is that a francisism or something like that?) In any case, I’m gonna show you guys how I usually proceed to give an antique patina to 3D objects. In this case, a sparkling new bust of King Tut.

Art Show Tonight

Hey there peeps!

It's my second solo art show's opening tonight at the Temps Partiel. Lots of fun to be had and beer to be drunk. If you come by Quebec City, stop by the bar and take a look! My paintings will be hung on their walls for the whole month of july.

Here's a link to the event!

Live Painting at the Temps Partiel

Last friday, I had the chance to share the stage with my friend and incredibly talented artist Marie-Pier Lapointe at the Temps Partiel, painting a large, 30" x 60" canvas in front of the bar patrons, in under 3 hours.

That night at the bar was actually a fundraiser for Le Mur Insolite, the darkest, friendliest, most bizarre gallery in the province of Quebec. While we tried to give something to watch with our painting, DJ Kronos was spinning great industrial music, tickets to win two gorgeous pendants by local artist Rottenz were sold and the gallery kept about 15% of all sales of alcohol, courtesy of the bar.

While the evening started with the bar almost empty with the worst thunderstorm I've seen in years raging outside, it ended up being a success, bringing about 400$ to the gallery, and an invitation from the Temps Partiel to do that again every three months.

The finished canvas is now on sale at the Mur Insolite.

Dead Citizen - From The Void Above

Hey there guys!

For the last few months, I had been working here and there on the design and illustrations of a concept album, produced by a talented, passionate local progressive metal band called Dead Citizen.

The lyrics from the album tell a story, and it was my job to create the universe around it. I'm very grateful towards the band members for giving me a chance to make their work come to life, so to speak, and I've designed every element, from the band's new logo, to the humongous bio-mechanical antenna towering over the city in which the story takes place, including an illustration for each single song.

Now, the album will finally be released. If by any chance, some of you are around Quebec City on the 8th of June, stop by the Temps Partiel, a friendly local alternative bar, at around 21pm, to attend the release party.

The band will play the album live for you guys, with Mire doing the opening.

I'll be there, enjoying the show while downing a few cold ones with a couple of friends, and the album will be on sale, though I don't know at which price.

Here's the facebook event if you're interested!

My final school animation demo

Hey there folks!

I recently deposited, at last, my animation Demo Reel, done during my final year at Collège Bart in the 3D animation program.

Now, the hard part: Finding a job as an animator. If anyone got any leads, let me know!



David Gagné - Demo 2013 from David Gagné on Vimeo.

The Clarksville Alien

The very talented Jacob Petersson is at it again.

This time, instead of a fae folk body, he presents to us the corpse of a small humanoid alien. Lovely work.

LINK

Ren & Stimpy

"Realistic" paintings of Ren & Stimpy by talented artist Nick de Spain.

Facebook Page

Hey there guys!

 I just finished setting up a page on facebook on which I'll post my creative work. On there I'll post work in progress shots, some insight about my work, interesting events and whatever artsy stuff I found on the net that tickled my fancy.

 You can also see what I have to offer on sale, often at prices lower than on my etsy shop.

 Please take a look, and if you like what I do, follow me! I'll try not to disappoint ;)

LINK

The Lady ParaNorma

Here's a beautiful, spooky short by Vincent Marcone, featuring Peter Murphy as the narrator, and music by Janine White.

The mix of live action, 2D, and 3D animation gives quite an interesting look to this short, which evolves around a strange, solitary woman, haunted by the voices of the dead.

Via The Art of Darkness

Interview with R.S. Connett

Here's a very interesting interview with Robert Steven Connett. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

LINK

Artist Feature - Michael Hussar

Born in 1964 in Southern California, Michael Hussar is an american oil painter who works in a style reminiscent of the work of the old masters, with the talent to go with it.

Self Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 2001

Trained at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, he taught portraiture for almost 10 years at his alma mater some time following his graduation. He possess a great mastery of alla prima portraiture, but still, his best work lies in the grandiose, opulent canvases, in which he depicts in a voyeuristic approach a grotesque menagerie of freaks and libertines.

Weathering Tips with Adam Savage

I thought you guys might find this interesting;

The folks at tested.com made this video with Adam Savage of mythbuster fame, where he shows tips and tricks for weathering a wooden box, based on his many years of experience in the model making and special effects industry.

A Few Sketches

Banker - done in class instead of animating

I don't have much to talk about these days, so I thought I'd post a few sketches that I might paint over later.