Dragons

Rufous North American Corpsetail

Some recent work that I didn't get around to posting until now...

Journey to the West, better photos!!

Here are my Journey to the West sculptures from last year, but photographed much, much better by Tas Limur.  

Here Comes Trouble

Orangatantastic!

Something from the Astral Realm...?

Gribbelous Vugax

Squidy-Panda-Lady thing

It's not Cthulhu, but his nephew's fiancé from the Bronx.

Reptilians

Thanks to my friend Francisco Velasco for his idea of guns that look like crab claws for the big guy in back.

Year of the Sheep

Gug

Here is a Gug, one of many creatures come up with by author H. P. Lovecraft.

Sun WuKong

Arguably the most popular figure in all of Chinese literature, Sun Wukong is the Monkey King, or the "Great Sage Who Equals Heaven" as he calls himself.   Brash, arrogant and extremely violent, the Monkey King singlehandedly turned Heaven upside down, abolished death for himself and his monkey subjects, and did the lion's share of the work in escorting Sanzang to India.  For all his criminal mischief, he is also endlessly clever, resourceful and loyal, making him the hero and main character of Journey to the West.   

This is my design/sculpture of Sun Wukong, a personal project very near and dear to me which I have been developing for some time, along with Zhu Bajie.   

Zhu BaJie

In his past life, Zhu BaJie was the handsome and charismatic Martial Tian Peng, commander of a vast naval fleet in Heaven.   But he was sent to be reborn in the body of a pig monster as punishment for his seducing a goddess.   In Journey to the West, Zhu BaJie plays the comic foil to Sun Wukong, a gluttonous, lazy and lecherous dimwit who is nevertheless very endearing and one of the most memorable characters in Chinese literature.   This is my design/sculpture of him.

IN LOVING MEMORY

In loving memory of my friend and mentor Dick Smith.   I will miss you greatly.

"Of Elephants and Blind Men"

Here is an illustration I did a while ago, based on the fable of the blind men and the elephant...