Journal_interview_part: One

Journal_interview_part: Two

Winnipeg Herald Article

Building Kram_Step 04

With the acrylics painted on, the maquette is all set to accompany me to the reading and drawing events...WOOHOO! Now I'm off to put up some new news on 'polaranimation.com'

Building Kram_Step 03

With the clay sculpture completed, I put it in the oven and baked it at 250 degrees for 45 mins. Then after getting a terrific lesson in mold-making from Shawn Sinclair, (a sculpture professional at the University of Manitoba) I coated the sculpture in rubber with a fiberglass-like shell, cracked open the whole thing, removed the original, resealed the new "mother-mold" and poured in a smooth-cast white plastic. Then I waited for the plastic to cure and removed it from the mold. DONE!...now for the paint

Building Kram_Step 02

For step two: I layed down wire and shaped it into Kram's pose from the sketch, attatched it to a wood base and filled out the basic mass with tin foil. Then began to lay on SuperSculpy till I had the character sculpted.

Building Kram_Step 01

The first step I had to take in building an animation maquette was to sketch out what the maquette would look like. This image of Kram was from the front cover of the Monston book

Winnipeg Sun Article

The Monstons:Book One

The Company That Created "The Monstons"