WurdBendur

So I'm finally getting some things together to sell on Etsy. I've got one print already nicely framed and ready to go, and I will be doing a series of other steampunk-inspired framed prints. Some other things may appear as well. When I get some things done, I'm going to put them all up at once.

I've been pretty much obsessed with robots for as long as I can remember. As a kid I used to draw designs for more utilitarian bots, mostly treaded. But now I'm thinking androids. I've been working on a design inspired by ball jointed dolls. You may have seen my sketch (or not because it's a scrap). I've improved a lot on that drawing. My goal is to create something that moves as naturally and humanly as possible. To that end I've been examining photos of real people moving the way people do, and I have a few observations to make, which may benifit other dolls and poseable figures: Almost all dolls, figures and robots are unable to lift the

Well, I've got a number of things going on at once. A while back I started on a skull. I've finished that, but I haven't submitted the finished image yet. After that was done, I started on my hargen, which still needs some work, but at least it's got a coat of paint on it finally. I had also started sculpting a ball-jointed robot doll, but I ended up taking that apart because it just wasn't working the way I had planned. The plan is still the same, but I'm going to try again. I've found some balls to sculpt the joints around, so it should get moving soon. And of course I still have to do the third part of Alexa's dream (see Part I and Part