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WOLVERINE : SCULPTURE

mondo invited me to adapt the wolverine poster that i created for their "snikt. bamf. thwip." gallery show into one of my wooden sculptures. here are some behind-the-scenes shots of that process.

"snikt. bamf. thwip." opens tonight (12.11.2015) at the mondo gallery in austin, tx.

"THE REAL TOM WHALEN" PREPS THE DRILL PRESS
TEMPLATES
ROUGH CUT
CLAWS
VP IN CHARGE OF SANDING
PAINTING PROGRESS
MORE PAINTING PROGRESS
PAINT COMPLETE / PRE-ASSEMBLY
CLAW ASSEMBLY
FINAL : FACE DETAIL
FINAL : CLAW DETAIL
FINAL
"THE REAL TOM WHALEN" PREPS THE DRILL PRESS TEMPLATES ROUGH CUT CLAWS VP IN CHARGE OF SANDING PAINTING PROGRESS MORE PAINTING PROGRESS PAINT COMPLETE / PRE-ASSEMBLY CLAW ASSEMBLY FINAL : FACE DETAIL FINAL : CLAW DETAIL FINAL
Friday 12.11.15
Posted by tom whalen
 

COMP VS. FINAL

one of the most frequent questions i get asked by new clients is "what's your process?". nothing more succinctly illustrates how a first take evolves into a rendered piece than these side by side comparisons of my comps and finals.

the rough drafts (left side of each entry) generally take two days to create while the final drafts usually take an additional 5-6 days to render.

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View fullsize sideXside_legomovie.jpg
View fullsize sideXside_spongebob.jpg
View fullsize sideXside_ywsc.jpg
View fullsize sideXside_tmnt.jpg
View fullsize sideXside_adventuretime.jpg
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Sunday 12.06.15
Posted by tom whalen
Comments: 6
 

HARK! THE NEW STRONGSTUFF!

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this brand "refresh" has been a long time coming. and after three gallery shows over the past year, i finally made it a priority. hoo-ray.

i'll be posting fresh prints/appearances/endeavors/musings here in the blog while keeping the work gallery up-to-date with images of my newest projects.

as i continue to take on exciting new work (and really, guys, i can't wait to share some of this new stuff with you), my goal is to make visiting strongstuff.net a more organic and lively experience than it has ever been.

as always, thanks for the support and stay tuned!

Saturday 11.14.15
Posted by tom whalen
Comments: 2
 
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