Creating “Roonie”

CONCEPT

Paint a cartoon in an old frame that I found in one of my sheds.

BUT THEN!

Remember that I have a collection of paintings from yard sales! Maybe I can use a piece from one of the paintings for cartoon “hair”……?

OFF WE GO

For the character, started with these two doodles.

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Rough sketch on paper.

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Draw design on the wood background w/in the picture frame.

Arg, should have painted the background first! Transfer drawing to paper using carbon paper, paint background and transfer back.

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Sketch transferred back.

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Ok, now try cutting hair out from a painting…

HMMM - pretty cool, decide to cut “JUST a FEW more pieces” out from paintings.

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I’m liking this!

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Clip clip clip…

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I’m obsessed now. How about some arms!

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Need a hand model. Thanks SteveO!

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Having trouble with the right hand.

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Over a period of several weeks, create a bunch of pieces to try to get the hand “right”.

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Got it!

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Paint each edge black to help it stand out (whew!).

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Ready to glue down!

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But how…do a bunch of glue tests…

Gorilla Fabric Glue - good, but not water-based so can’t wipe off.

Gorilla Wood Glue - nope.

WeldBond - nope.

Modge Podge - pretty good.

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This one works well.

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Many (many) days later…making progress…

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Et voilà!