Quick, cheap and dirty deamon.

Music videos often have close to no budget and crazy deadlines, at least from my experience.

Me and skilled prop student Erik had about a week to make a complete daemon character plus some gore effects and props, this was for a music video for the band Dying Fetus.

I'm posting the process to show that you don't always need expensive materials and experience to make cool stuff. There is two quite obvious references for this character-  The reference i got from the director was the Mouth of Sauron from LoTR and my own reference, the ever so inspiring Guillermo del Toro.

Basic concept, insect meets plant meets human.

 The head and neck pieces are basically cut and sanded polystyrene on a cardboard base, twigs stuck on and everything wrapped with masking tape and then covered with a couple layers of tissue paper and a mix of PVA glue, cheap wood filler, paint and water.

 

We tried to keep the fabric in the joints, but this would be filmed in a dark room so small breaks wouldn't be a big problem. it was painted with acrylics and some extra varnish between the "scales" to make it look a bit more organic.

The rest of the costume was basically a black shroud, the scales was cut from an old doormat i found in a ditch (!)  and a bunch of black garbage bags, strips from the bags was twisted and half melted with a heatgun into the stringy bits.

After doing a bit of simple makeup and some 40- minutes Super Sculpey teeth (probably not very healthy but I was the one going to wear it anyway) it was done. and ready for test shoot.

To see the final video go here- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2iiU_Woz-g Directed by Jakob Arevärn

Leprechaun

Found at Carrigaphooka Castle.

Thanks to David from The Old Pretenders for giving me the opportunity to build a mummified Leprechaun.
 I wanted to do it for some time.
I have always liked contrasts and the idea of an evil old mummified creature in a extravagant green suit and large hat really appealed to me.
 I wanted him to look like an uncivilized creature trying to look civilized, clothes made up of  old handcherchiefs and stolen jewelry  The figure with box is about 35cm.

Steampunk Freddy Krueger glove

Not every day you get the opportunity to make your very own version of the classic Freddy Krueger glove.
Very enjoyable project indeed.

I went for a gritty combo of horror and turn of the century technology, a bit more elaborate and refined then the original, but still with that "built by a madman" vibe.
 I imagine the wires would be connected to an external power-source to electrify the blades for extra spectacular effect.

Mainly made out of sheet brass, lots of bolts, my old glove and some madly sew together leather.

(Edit: added last picture with clockwork because, well... I added clockwork)

The Lutin

Following the death of François de la Motte, Baron d'Aulnoy a curious entry appears in the house inventory- item nr 1443, a preserved "Lutin" under blown glass dome. 
The item was presumably donated to the curiosity cabinet of king Louis XIV. It disappeared however, during the turbulence of the revolution and the current whereabouts of the Lutin d'Aulnoy remain unknown.  

An ordinary hovering french gnome-mummy, a Lutin to be precise. This was a commissioned project and I can't take credit for the idea. 

Starting to accumulate a little collection of fae folk here, I like it, They are very fun to do. (Reminder to self- get better camera.)

The Girl & The Siren

Me and my friend Cristoffer Ålund worked on this stopmotion short for almost a year, an insane amount of work went into making it, big thanks  again to everyone in the credits, it was a fantastic project.

Now it's available for everyone, enjoy!

The girl & the Siren from Jakob Arevärn on Vimeo.

Sasquatch hand

Mr. P. Coleman was never the same after that encounter in the fall of 1921. It was however the starting-point for his rather eccentric folk art. Most of which have been lost or forgotten over the last century. But one piece remains, that first trophy brought back from the depths of the Oregon forests. The Sasquatch hand.

This was a very enjoyable commission, I adapted an idea I had for a Swedish troll hand and used American folk art instead to tell this little story of a Bigfoot encounter.
 The hand itself is made of Super Sculpey clay with layers of thin paper to work up a texture, then painted with multiple color washes and dry pigments. 

Doodles

Sometimes I dabble a bit with drawing, fun, but lots to learn still.

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