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So hopefully the link uploads correctly (I lit a candle and shook a chicken foot when I signed on to photobucket, so it SHOULD work), and you get to see my blue/green Medusa.
If you scroll down in my LJ and look at the gold/copper Medusa, you'll see the variations that occur with hand-shaped masks. Manufacturers hate that kind of uncertainty. Me, I like it. I think it adds originality. Plus, I can experiment. Gold/Copper Medusa has snakes that curl more closely around the face and droop over the eyes like unruly anime bangs. This one has snakes that I coiled less and arched away from the face. It has a more open, "sunburst-like" design. I arced the fourth and eighth snakes higher and further back, so they'd look almost like horns. Also, I always draw the central snake on the mask freehand, (that's the only one which shows a complete snake, tail and all, the rest fade into the face) so it comes out different each time. I think I like the central snake on the copper Medusa better, but that's just me.
The eyes in this one are hematite. Twenty-two little teeny 3mm hematite beads...my poor bleeding fingers! I really wanted to use amber beads (I like gold with blue and green better than silver, in general) but unfortunately I didn't have enough. Poop.
Anyway, these girls are going to look simply awesome up on my screen together at my next show. I wanted to make two distinctly different versions of the same mask, and I think I succeeded.
Tuesday is going to be a "character building" day for me (my euphemism for "that which doesn't kill me makes me stronger"). For those of you privy to my f-locked stuff...wish me luck. I'll update when I can, once life stops being so damn...interesting. In the meantime I'm tapdancing as fast as I can. Being productive = being distracted. Sometimes that's a very good thing.
If you scroll down in my LJ and look at the gold/copper Medusa, you'll see the variations that occur with hand-shaped masks. Manufacturers hate that kind of uncertainty. Me, I like it. I think it adds originality. Plus, I can experiment. Gold/Copper Medusa has snakes that curl more closely around the face and droop over the eyes like unruly anime bangs. This one has snakes that I coiled less and arched away from the face. It has a more open, "sunburst-like" design. I arced the fourth and eighth snakes higher and further back, so they'd look almost like horns. Also, I always draw the central snake on the mask freehand, (that's the only one which shows a complete snake, tail and all, the rest fade into the face) so it comes out different each time. I think I like the central snake on the copper Medusa better, but that's just me.
The eyes in this one are hematite. Twenty-two little teeny 3mm hematite beads...my poor bleeding fingers! I really wanted to use amber beads (I like gold with blue and green better than silver, in general) but unfortunately I didn't have enough. Poop.
Anyway, these girls are going to look simply awesome up on my screen together at my next show. I wanted to make two distinctly different versions of the same mask, and I think I succeeded.
Tuesday is going to be a "character building" day for me (my euphemism for "that which doesn't kill me makes me stronger"). For those of you privy to my f-locked stuff...wish me luck. I'll update when I can, once life stops being so damn...interesting. In the meantime I'm tapdancing as fast as I can. Being productive = being distracted. Sometimes that's a very good thing.
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Private stuff? KICK ASS. Or at least come out of it sane. Ganbatte!
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Yarg! For today (it's very early Tuesday morning, just before five am for me)...may the force be with you. Use it to choke the bad guys like Vader did to that skinny ugly old guy in...er...one of the Star Wars movie when he was bugging him! (Haha...Star Wars fans all over the world wince and eagerly flail their arms around in an effort to educate me in exactly who that dude was, what movie it was, his 'real' name, his stats as an actor, and all the background info on the character he played, including his penchant for biting his nails and his love of iced lattes on his home planet of ZORG'nebulon 20 where they have two sons and only half a moon.)
Er...just have a really good, fortunate day, and crush their heads with your mind. But don't do the pinchy thing with your fingers or they'll know what you're up to.
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I was a huge "KIds In The Hall" fan (Canadian comedy tv show in the early 90's) and still crush people's skulls on a regular basis. Sometimes I wish it would really work.
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I love the colors on this mask. The blue really stands out and lights up the whole mask. ...and the snakes still strike me as cute. :) Of the two, I think I like the copper mask. It's the curling snakes close to the face that interests me. :)
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I agree with you, I like the copper & gold one as well. It's especially fun to wear because the snakes droop and swirl right into your peripheral vision which is SO much fun. I think of all the masks I've ever made, the copper Medusa is my favorite to wear. It's flattering, too! I only wish I could actually turn my enemies into stone...
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