Do you see?

Ah crap! Epic failure... Never mind. That'll teach me to try and make an emoticon here...

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Ah ha! Hold on... It works if you paste the first image I attempted to make into the reply window! (Just don't attempt to post it or it looks like a bad clone of Ripley. No disrespect intended RC8! Let me know if you can make it out.

Looks like the Derelict to me..

No... It doesn't. Screw it never mind. This db signing off...

LOL

@danrald: yeah maybe...AFTER it crashed... thanks for trying. It didn't work. Not you fault. It won't translate right when I copy it over to the comment section.

Hey RC8, cool new GIF. You are to GIFs what the SJs are to green goo.

looks like Ripley 7 LOLOL.

Its screaming "Kill Me Db..." lol

Very funny... (here's where I'd insert my goofy face emoticon if I could).

[img]http://donbrunning2012.intuitwebsites.com/Roach__2__op_760x1013.jpg[/img]

So what picture do you got there my friend.

Well... I'm making a royal mess of things here... This image is me putting the finishing touches on one of my aural sculptures (sculptures I make with my original music imbedded in them, so when you walk up, the piece basically "sings" to you. ...but it supposed to be one of my alien sculpts (I've made both a scale drone and queen in the past) with my goofy face next to it (to take the place of my non-existent emoticon) which is why I started this topic. But my iPad has obviously become possessed and has decided to screw up all my files. I'll post one more pick from my studio in an attempt to wrap this debacle up.

I like it. Looks like you are very articulate and made quite the effort. Nice.

Oooooh well... Not working. Thanks for the kind words. I'll try something more "Prometheus" oriented a bit later.

LMAO Uh Oh! Fail.

Very cool.....but how did you manage to fit your alien into a pair of jeans????

Hey, great 'bug'-alien there Db! What materials did you use?, and what sound does it make?

Hey RC8, How do I insert a pic? Apparently the way I did it last night isn't working now. Thanks, db

@Cervantes: I've sculpted before using everything from clay to fiberglass. For the money, I prefer a chicken-wire base covered with masking tape. I know, sounds too simple. All the detail work on the roach is simply curled-up/bunched-up masking tape covered with more of the same. Most of the stuff I make, I also wear (not this one though). And I've found these materials to be cheap, extremely versatile, and most importantly light to wear. I either cover it with resin if I want it frozen in place or spray it with a clear poly if I need some give. (I cheated with the roach and used half marbles in the eyes). i was inspired by a chicken-wire and paper-mache' artist back in my San Francisco days, but the paper mache' eventually rots. I've found masking tape to be the "poor man's" fiberglass.

PS. That one roach only cost about $50 in supplies. The rest of course was just time spent in labor. This roach sculpture is 1 of 3 roaches that stand around a lower human mandible. The mandible is suppossed to be the "bar" and the 3 roaches are it's patrons and bartender. Two of the molars can be removed from the mandible to act as bar stools (one of the roaches is actually designed to sit on one of them). When you walk up to the sculpture you trigger a song that plays called: "Do the Roches Really Want Nuclear War?" I'll try to load one or two more pics to give you a sense of its size. The entire piece is pretty big.

Nice : ) Where will this be displayed Db?

Thanks Biomechanic. I'm working on 13 different aural sculptures for a show I'm putting together entitled: "20 Megatons of Fun". My second piece (I'm working on this summer) is a 8 foot tall nuclear explosion that plays a song I wrote a while back called: "Uh Oh". It'll be awhile before I can publicly show them. If someone could let me know how to post pics on here (I've only been successful once), I could throw a couple up to give you an idea of scale. Also, can we post music here directly in an embedded player or would I have to link to one? Thanks for any info.