It's Gekko Time!

jester1966 · #1 08-15-2002, 07:35 AM

Here's my latest sculpture, done with FIMO and then drybrushed with Acrylics.

I also attach the preliminary studies I sketched.

C&C welcome.

Jester1966

al22 · #2 08-15-2002, 09:36 AM

Now that's a great gekko......... How big is it Jester?
......al

jester1966 · #3 08-15-2002, 11:31 AM

Al22 - tail to nose about 8"

Jester1966

ArtMusicFilm · #4 08-15-2002, 02:05 PM

Nice work! I love reptiles. What a fun piece!

Paul Snyder

jester1966 · #5 08-15-2002, 04:14 PM

Thanks Paul. Yes, it was also fun to make. And as my partner used to say: You're good at cute things.

Jester1966

MKathleen · #6 08-15-2002, 04:33 PM

Hi Jester:
Very cool your 'Gekko Time' in deed I really like the color work very vivid. Looks like you had fun creating this piece and you put together some nice idea sketches/images.
Good Work!

Best,
Kathy

inkskin · #7 08-15-2002, 09:57 PM

Hey! Great gecko Jester! I love lizards too. I used to have an iguana named Floyd-very mellow guy.

I was wondering-do you fimd FIMO to be crumbly at first? I have only used it once and thought maybe I had a bad batch.
He looks great!

Heather

Fmalo · #8 08-15-2002, 11:14 PM

Hi Jester,

I love the gekko. We have one that parks itself on a window over our front door every night. There really cute critters & you have captured this very nicely.

#9 08-15-2002, 11:29 PM

Well 1st things 1ST CrazyFish MADE ME DO IT !!!!! great job!

crazyfish · #10 08-15-2002, 11:44 PM

good job on the gekko ! pay no mind to the keeper of the fish !! I never start trouble here at WC !! Just ask MAX or FRANK !! GOOD job i've got a gator make sometime soon i'm not really looking forward to it ! ok later the Fish

jester1966 · #11 08-16-2002, 04:51 AM

Thanks everybody for your kind replies. The funny thing is - I have never seen a life gekko. On TV and photos, yes, but in real life I only know lizards (small ones) and chamaeleons (at the zoo). But I was always fascinated by those little critters.

inkskin - I ususally buy FIMO on eBay (and you never know how old that stuff is that you get there) and it is always ok. But - in contrast to super sculpey - FIMO (the regular one, not the soft one) is always hard and crumbly at first and needs to be warmed and kneaded extensively. I've read that some people even use a foord processor to speed this! I ususally twist and knead the stuff between 20 and 30 minutes before working on it - but then it's fine. It's quite boring and feels like hell when you want to be creative and have to do such tedious preliminary works.

Jester1966

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