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by David Lucas
Candlewick Press 2012
The unbeaten Skeleton Pirate who refuses to accept defeat is beaten not once but twice in this quirky picture book.
The Skeleton Pirate knows one thing: that he will never be beaten, and will fight to the, uh, death to prove it. But when a band of pirates chains him up and throws him over board... he still will not accept defeat. rescued by a Mermaid he is
0 Comments on The Skeleton Pirate as of 7/25/2013 2:40:00 PM
A new Slink! panel. At this rate it'll be done in about 5 years. And it's a three page story. I did this a couple of weeks ago, keeping it by my drawing table while I was working on other stuff. I actually managed to finish the second page.
4 Comments on Mrowr! Another Slink! Panel, last added: 2/17/2011
Nothing new here. I've actually posted this picture before but between pages of the Situation I managed to add some more ink to the bushes making them darker. Much improved to my eyes. This comic is starting to feel like a bit of a joke to me, in a good way. It feels like I've been doing it for years. The occasional panel here and there. Really, I think I may have started it last September. Which is a hilariously long time to be working on a three page comic. If you want to see the earlier version or other panels from Slink! click on the tag below.
2 Comments on Slink! Now with Even More Pen!, last added: 2/9/2011
Just something I've been doodling between things. Finishing up stuff for Scholastic Education this morning, a book for little kids. Fun to do but I'm at the last stage: endless little fixes that seem to take forever and are the least motivating aspect of any project. The above comic Slink! will probably be published here and as a mini at some point.I'm playing with rich textures and detail to see if it creates a more immersive world.
3 Comments on Slink! Slink?!, last added: 6/14/2010
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Publia asked me the other day about getting a Señor Calavera puppet like mine, and she decided to give a try to making one for her class. I made mine a while ago, but I found this picture I took while I was making it. I have marked some of the material I used to make him.
Basically my Señor Calavera is made out of pulp paper mache. The recipe I used called for ripping strips of paper (I used tissue paper for mine), boiling it with water over the stove fire, putting in the blender until it was of smoothie consistency, straining off the water, and finally mixing it with white glue, wallpaper paste, whiting, and linseed oil.
The result is a paste soft and sticky like clay.
Here are some fact about Señor Calavera Puppet:
It took me about a week to create it
I sculpted the head on plasticine first, the layered with news papers, until it was thick. Then I cut the head in two and took the placticine out leaving me with the newspapers shells only. I glued together the newspaper head and continued sculpting over with pulp paper mache
I did a lot of drying in my kitchen oven (paper mache can be dry safely at low temperature).
The spine is made out of wooden beads strung with thick wire
The feet carry fishing weights inside it as to make then flop down.
The limbs are attached with leather strips
The head, being hollow, it attached it to the spine with a special but simple mechanism that allows it to wobble (I learned how to do this from a master puppeteer).
Pulp paper mache has a rough finish. A lot of sanding is required.
I sealed the paper mache with a special formula of plaster of Paris, talcum powder, and glue.
One day one of Señor Calavera’s eyes popped off its socket right before I presented him to the kids, and I had to scramble to put the eye back in place before anybody screamed.
0 Comments on Making Señor Calavera as of 1/1/1900
By: David Elzey,
on 7/25/2013
By: Eric Orchard,
on 2/17/2011
By: Yuyi Morales,
on 2/26/2009
By: Tara Chang,
on 10/28/2008
By: moonrat,
on 1/25/2008
This is absolutely stunning! I adore your ink work. There is so much wonderful texture here.
Thanks so much SaraLynne! I'm looking forward when I can shoe all three pages together. I'm pretty happy with it.
long time no talk! I'm loving the mist harbor work! Great line quality and contrast! I hope to hold the book in my hands some day!
Thanks so much Albert! Great to hear from you.