PostAWeek 21: Woodworking, Minimalists, and Busts, Oh My!
By David “Egypt Geek”
Dysart
By David “Academic or
Artist” Dysart
Note from the author: “Egypt Geek”
and “Academic or Artist” were my second choices. I wanted to use something else
from the Supernatural Parody from the VERY END of the post
All this, and I need a show to audition for. If anybody
knows any good ones, let me know!!
As another academic year comes to
an end, it brings about a new summer. It also means I will (Hopefully) have more
time for creative endeavors. I’m not entirely sure how true this will be since
I’m starting my externship the Monday after Finals week and need to start
working on my thesis to propose this Fall, but I really do want to get back
into the swing of things.
So I decided to make a central list
of things I needed to get done. And given the fact that it’s Friday, I figured
I would just make it the PostAWeek (Also, I hope that if I spend some more time
thinking and writing about them, it’ll motivate me more)
To do Woodworking, Minimalists, Bust, Drawings
If you don’t know about my woodworking projects:
Wood working
Branden’s
88
For his birthday,
my nephew wanted an 88 for a Nascar racer.
Kyla’s
Lakers Wand
And my niece
wanted a yellow and purple wand. I already bought the materials at Michaels, so
it’s just a little drilling, putting together and painting
Secret collaboration
Shhhh
Seraph
Blade
I bought a
trenchcoat-looking coat the other day and figured I was a blue tie and seraph
blade away from a sweet Castiel cosplay, so BAM! Inspiration
Lord
Zedd Staff
Ever since I saw
this trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L9_MvP7zHA,
I’ve wanted to do his staff
Ice and Fire
Dothraki Sword
I burned through
the first 2 seasons of GoT in far too little time, so I knew I had to do
something from the show. The Dothraki swords were very cool, very reminiscent
of Egyptian swords (which I used to be a huge Egypt geek when I was younger, so
this was kind of a have to for me.
Longclaw and dagger
I also wanted to
do a sword/dagger combo from the show. And the most distinct sword on the show is
definitely Longclaw. No spoilers, so I’ll just say it’s from the Night’s Watch
LotR
Legolas Bow?
I’ve wanted to do
a bow for a long time, and I figured Legolas’s would be cool. Not sure yet
though
Aragon sword (whole and broken)
Another one I
thought would be kind of cool. I’d just have to make it twice basically
Loki’s
Staff
Ooiiii. I’d love
to do this one, but it would probably be a ridiculous build, so I don’t know if
it would ever happen. Ideally, I’d make the head, short staff, and long staff
and be able to attach it, but that DEFINITELY would never happen
Minimalist
Pegasus from Hercules
The only thing I
have on my to-do list. It was a request. Forgot about it until I put the list
together
Captain Jack Harkness (with Spoiler) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4326336296840&l=f5be8c0e71
I’ve never really done realistic drawings, and very rarely
done much in the way of shading, so I figured these would be fun. I figured I
wouldn’t be able to do faces (which has proven true), so I chose folks with
very distinctive character design, so I wouldn’t have to do faces.
Busts
X-men
After having done 3 of these drawings, I wanted to start working on
faces. So the best training ground would be cartoon characters so even if I
don’t get the likeness down, people won’t notice.
Wolverine
I’ve always been
a wolverine fan, so while it’d be a more simplistic drawing (unless I
incorporated a hand), it might be cool)
Cyclops
Not a huge
Cyclops fan, but should make for a good drawing
Cable
Lots of stuff to
do here
Rogue
This one would be
pretty intensive too, but I really look forward to it
Magneto
Amazing
character, could be an interesting draw too
Supernatural
Dean (Leather jacket and necklace)
Would be a fair
amount of layers and then the necklace, so could be an interesting draw
Castiel – Leviathan or bloodied
I’d like to take
another crack at Castiel, including the face this time
Disney
Jasmine
Ugh, just tried
this last night. It was a train wreck (partly because it was too small, partly
because I just sucked
Ariel
Done in a
realistic fashion, I think this would be a really cool drawing
Snow White
Moreso, just
because it is a very distinctive character design
Doctor Who
Tennant
I dig Matt Smith,
but Tennant is my Doctor. More curious to do the face study drawing for this
one
Avatar
The Boulder
Well, I’d learn a
lot about musculature, plus a fun character
Cabbage Merchant
My cabbages!
Miscellaneous
Assassin’s
Creed slide blades
I actually bought
the drawer slides, gosh, I don’t even know how long ago. Just need to sit down
and actually do it
Replicator
Bug
Ugh, another crazy
old project. I have a number of blocks cut and half painted.
Listening to
The 40 Year Old Boy Podcast
Twitter Tag
Get Ready. Summer #woodworking, #minimalist #drawings, and
bust #sketches, only @ http://tiny.cc/PostAWeek
#creative #to-do
Going faster than a
“Reply All” email, websites like mine will surely go your way
http://twitter.com/daviddysart All in
all, it’s just another post in the feed
http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/ I’m
gonna post some tumblrs
http://hangingonbelay.blogspot.com/
Got you stuck on my belay, on my belay like a figure 8
http://daviddysart.blogspot.com/
Posts become as vapid as a blogger out in Starbucks
http://tiny.cc/Facebook_DavidDysart
This site has got to be the most pretentious thing
The http my own website
is coming soon .com !!!! in all its Glory - and all its Horror
New to the PostAWeek?
These are the essential posts to see
3 – January Performer of
the Month – The first official appearance of Chuck and Tom on the PostAWeek,
and a good sampler of their style.
5, 6, 7 – The February
Performer of the Month Trilogy – The only Performer of the Month to span 3
posts, Chuck deals with a Batman-quoting Tom for over 1,500 words in this
three-bit of brilliance
8, 9, 10 – The Mile High
Diaries Trilogy – My yearly pilgrimage to the top of Mount Etatslac chronicled
for the future generations to tackle the peak, written article-style with
pulled quotes and all that jazz.
Oh, Supernatural parodies
to end the PostAWeek, how I adore you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXb_jDujAxY
(season 7)
Me as Castiel,
Parents as Dean,
Creativity as Crowley
Woodworking as Kevin
Me: I’m going in the
garage
Parents: No, you don’t
have enough time
Creativity: David, fresh
from Uni. Wish you would’ve blogged first.
Me: Creativity
Creativity: Which David
is it this time? Academic or Artist. I’m never really sure
Me: These projects are
coming with me
Creativity: I think not.
Woodworking is staying in summer now
Me: So this is how it’s
going to be
Creativity: It’s very
West Side Story, but let’s be logical, You look like hell week. And I should
know
Creativity: Maybe you can
get it up, but you can’t keep it up.
Creativity: You’re
bluffing
Me: Do you want to take
that chance?
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