Need to make mold for bear?

i have a 4 foot high wooden bear and want to make a mould from it so i can make reproduce 100reds of models








who would i call to get it done or how could i do it myself
Need to make mold for bear?
Did you do the bear sculpture? If it%26#039;s yours you can reproduce it in different ways. The 2 methods I prefer: Contact a %26quot;bronze foundry%26quot; they make molds for all kinds of different castings. It can be very expensive though, especially if your piece is 4 feet high. If you%26#039;re an artist %26amp; are up to the challenge, you can pour a rubber mold, the best I%26#039;ve used is %26quot;Por-A-Mold Thixotropic%26quot; (Check out the dickblick link below.) but if you go this route, be prepared for a huge mess, cuz this stuff gets EVERYWHERE, it is a difficult process, but if it%26#039;s done correctly it will give you a fantastic replica of the bear. You will need to seal the bear first, %26amp; use a release agent so the mold doesn%26#039;t stick to the bear. Sometimes you can loose your original sculpture, wood especially, so make sure this is really what you want to do. It might be worth the investment asking a foundry for their help. Sometimes foundries will allow you to work on your piece in their facilities %26amp; that helps cut the cost some. But again, this is only if it is YOUR sculpture, because you can%26#039;t reproduce anything that you are not the artist of. Hope this helps.





Alginate molds will deteriorate after one or 2 casts, but silicone rubber molds (like the Por-a-Mold Thix%26#039;) will last a long time %26amp; can reproduce hundreds of casts.
Need to make mold for bear?
a) what is the material you want it reproduced in? Every mold is only good for a certain number of replicas, it deteriorates with use. A sturdy mold probably will cost you a few hundred dollars to make.





b) why would you want 100s of replicas? Unless it%26#039;s old enough you can%26#039;t sell it, it probably would be copyright infringement.

International coins as art?

I have some coins my father gave to me. They aren%26#039;t really valuable but I like them. I want to frame them or showcase them somehow, but I am not artistic at all. I thought I would like to incorporate some color too. Any ideas?
International coins as art?
on sheet of paper trace the outline shape of country from which the coin is ! and middle of it stick the coin ! and colour the country in its flag !!





i hope this helped !


good luck!

Amateur artist; Questions?

Can an amateur artist improve his/her drawing skills by taking lessons? I ask because I don%26#039;t know and have never took any lessons. One only thing I am having trouble is, drawing my own stuff - different ideas- creativeness. I need to look at someone else drawing to draw. I cannot draw stuff from my own mind.


Here is an example of my drawing skills. *Again, Image below are not my ideas*


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http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/9479/...


Not much, I%26#039;ve been busy with school.
Amateur artist; Questions?
Try Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain... it sure worked for me.
Amateur artist; Questions?
i think your doing fine, my drawing level was like yours when i was your grade, but i took art class in highschool, and thats about it, but i actually just got in a competitive art college. but i stild recommend going to art lessons outside school.
Reply:yeah.. lessons definitely help. They%26#039;ll help you with the actual drawing... but if you really want to be an artist, you need to find out how to grab hold of whats in your mind.. and draw it.





dont worry though.. lessons help make it easier for you to just draw what you%26#039;re imagining
Reply:i guess what you want to do is focus on drawing things from life as acuratly as you can first, then you%26#039;ll start getting ideas. I also like to draw things out of some of my dreams lol.Its really good to have in a portfolio too
Reply:yeah lessons are great you really learn a lot. if you have the money, definitely go, cus i went and man if there was a comparison for how i was b4 and after, it looks like 2 different people.





yeah i had that insecurity with creativity and stuff, but its just the lack of life experience. just learn a lot from school and observe the world and you will learn how to be creative.





for practice, (example) if you are into games ( i am) try creating a list of characters from scratch and what kind of game, etc. Who is the main hero? the villain? who is the big muscle guy? who is the female character?, etc. make a character and design it, and say has this been done? what new creative spin can i do to improve it and not copy, but get inspired from?
Reply:In my opinion it takes originality to be an artist in the romantic sense. As far as the mechanics, you have what it takes to do the grunt work in advertising and animation. All those jobs are currently outsourced. You have to live your art before you can create. Art is about observation. Your personal observatiopn is your originality. Most artists wont make enough money with art.
Reply:Yes.Almost every artist whether successful or not will start out copying somebody elses work.Back in the middle ages they apprenticed young talented artists under a master craftsmen.Usually the apprentice will have a style like their masters%26#039; but along the way develop their own style.I can see that you%26#039;re influenced by the Manga art style.When I was alot younger it was Marvel comics as I was hoping to become a comic book artist when I grew up.
Reply:you might improve with lessons but youre not bad at that style of drawing already. practice makes perfect. you could take a life drawing class and explore shading and drawing anatomy, but it will only help if you draw above and beyond your assignments.
Reply:Yes, I believe in always continuing your education in art. You have a natural ability in drawing and a steady hand, but if you take drawing courses, you%26#039;ll be able to improve your sense of value and form.





I have also included a helpful site that outlines all the important design principles.
Reply:Classes help you fine tune, find your style and teach you how to look at the world, great teacher shair ideas and ways to %26quot;get%26quot; the image in your head from there to here (paper, etc)

What kind of table is this?

The top of the table has a carved and painted picture that is sunk into the table and has a glass cover its kinda like a shadow box exept the pic is like 3-d like so you cant put things in it also it is antique is it worth anything
What kind of table is this?
a) it%26#039;s a table with a relief under glass. could be a side table, cocktail table whatever.


Depending on the materials used, the craftsmanship, the style, the age, who made it, it could be worth a decent amount of money or nothing at all.


Without and image it%26#039;s impossible to tell.





but this is sculpture anyway, not a free and valid appraisal service, so regard all info including this here as tentative... if you really want to know pay an appraiser.

Hey if ny1 has given NATA plz tell me what type of drawing questions are asked???

NATA-National aptitude test for architecture...what type of drawing questions..??
Hey if ny1 has given NATA plz tell me what type of drawing questions are asked???
There are 2 questions in da drawin part.


in da first one they wil ask u to either enlarge an image 2 2wice its size or draw a mirror image and color it using any 4 colors


the next one is the sketching part..


in this part they will ask u questions like draw a: coffee shop,bullock cart in village, pt in a school ground, etc


usually dis question wil hav to make u draw a few human figures..


de online has questions determining ur aptitude.. a major part of de q%26#039;s are like wat u hav in iq tests..


dere%26#039;r also simple mathematical q%26#039;s n pics of indian n foreign monuments wich u%26#039;ll hav to identify


also learn some of da architectural terms.. q%26#039;s on dose wil be asked too... think dats bout it... all de best

How do you rotate a movie from your camera that you took sideways?

You need an editing programme like Avidpro. And a very very grunty computer.





Or turn the TV over.





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Whats wrong with my Wacom Pen Tablet? (Please help, details inside)?

For some reason it%26#039;ll act like the pen is still touching the tablet and drag ink all over my screen in photoshop even if the pen is like 2 inches off the tablet. It keeps doing this on and off until I switch USB ports, or take it out/reinsert it. I%26#039;ve tried all USB ports and another computer and it still does this.





When not in Photoshop it doesn%26#039;t drag the pen and get ink everywhere, but it will drag the box selection tool (like when you are selecting a group of icons on your desktop) similar to when you drag a cursor across the screen with SHIFT held down.





Can someone please tell me what I can do to fix this? I updated my driver and everything. I know its not just my computer either as I tried it on my laptop too (although my laptop is admittedly a piece of ****...) but it%26#039;s something that%26#039;s just started recently on both PCs with the same tablet.
Whats wrong with my Wacom Pen Tablet? (Please help, details inside)?
Have you checked your driver settings and/or calibrated your tablet? Perhaps your sensitivity settings are off.