Hehehahahoho!

Its the weekend! and with it comes the carving of pumpkins, Halloween parties, scary movies and anything else good and Halloweeny. Today me and my friends proudly bought advance tickets for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part one) which will be premiering on the night of my birthday. Good stuff. in honor of this fantastic occasion, i have started rereading the Harry Potter books from the beginning starting last night. i am already nearly done with the first. In other news, my sick obsession with J.R.R. Tolkiens Lord of the Rings has taken a turn even farther into madness with the announcement that The Hobbit will FINALLY be made into a film to be directed by the one and only Peter Jackson. Yes, my life will soon be complete.

Second Set

Here is the second set of headphones that i did. This one is a little different and a bit more labor intensive, but in my opinion, better! the person whom i did this commission for wanted them to look steam punk; we talked for a while about how far the look should go, and this is what i ended up doing.

i started out covering the wire and soft ear-pieces with tape and plastic.

then coated the entire thing with gray primer...

the headband was something that was meant tot look like old rusted and decaying metal; i achieved this look by first painting all of the band black, letting it dry and heaping a mass of Weathered Wood Crackling Medium over the surface.

after letting that dry, i painted over the headband with bronze and gold paint, and sprayed the whole thing down with a glossy weather resistant adhesive. the result was this:

after drying, the band felt very textured and thick. IT WAS AWESOME.
now, here are the actual ear parts...
left side:

i used the same coloring technique as on the other set of headphones i did.... now here is the Right side:

and that's that!

Long Time, No See

i wanted to share some cool work that i did, (if i do say so myself) and am proud to display it here on my blog. I did some commissions and designed a couple of cool headphones...
here is the first...

the headphones are Sony MDR-XD200's, and are excellent for the cost. i got them here. This is the left side of the headphones.

started out coating them with a good coat of gray primer, i used Krylon. let it dry. started sketching the design onto the headphones.

for the color, i used a variety of things, but mostly Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens, Sharpie Paint Pens, and Bombay India Ink. Now, here is the right side, (and repeat of the process)

and here is the final product!

HOORAH!