May 2020 ScrawlrBox

A Pastel/Charcoal themed box with the prompt 'Carbon Heroes' and I'm pretty sure I'm going to draw another skull....

Dungeons and Dragons Homebrew World

I've been a Dungeon master for my friends for about a year now, and a few of my previous posts may have included some d&d stuff relating to this (I also have a blog featuring minis that I've been painting), but a month ago I decided to create my own Homebrew world as I felt it would be easier as a storyteller to create my own tale instead of using Faerun and the Sword coast (which was fine but I felt a bit restricted with what I could do with the players and the locations of people and places) 

So here is their 'starting' island, Gladras:

Currently Gladras features 1 city, 2 towns, docks, forests, a marsh and some mountains. The players have started at level 1 and I wanted to create a small island with low level threats to not kill them.... yet.

Adventures with EVA foam.

Now I am not a cosplayer nor do I make props but for some reason when Kamui Cosplay posted a PDF of how to make skulls with EVA foam I just HAD to do it. 

But I dont have any EVA foam or experience with the stuff....

So after a little bit of research I found where I could get some foam in the UK, along with the foam clay that I wanted to use on the skull: Poly props. I also got some contact adhesive from amazon.

Now I dont have a printer so I thought I could trace the pdf pattern from my monitor if the image was scaled to 100%, it wasn't until I had completed one side of the skull that I realised it was too big. So I popped the pdf on a usb stick and found a photocopier to print the pieces the right size lol.

After working my first attempt, (which wasnt really a failure as I got to practice with the glue on the foam) I started with the face plate part of the skull to be sure it was scaled correctly this time. A few hours later and I had completed the whole top of the skull, the jaw i'm still confused about how it attaches.

Anyway here is its current state:

Next I need to test primers and paints on the scrap bits of foam and also play around with the foam clay as I have never used the stuff before.

I'm using 5mm white foam as I plan on painting this skull as realistic as possible so I thought that a white base would be eaiser to paint instead of black and trying to get it white. Watch this space.....

2020 Scrawlrboxes so far

 Februarys box

March's Box

I loved April's box so much that I did multiples, including a self portait.

Then I aslo bought an old box from the shop which I think was Jan 2017, and I LOVE how my drawing came out!

Scrawlrboxes

Novemebers Scrawlrbox, Gouache and "Face of Emotion"

Decembers Scrawlrbox, Metallics and "Squared Away"

Januarys Scrawlrbox, Pastels and "Reflective Skies"

Robin Christmas cards

Scrawlrbox October 2019

I like the look of this box, but the prompt 'Dressed to the nines' is giving me problems as always.