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I’m getting ready for Emerald City Comicon in Seattle, WA! ECCC is right around the corner, March 1st in fact. This is my array of business cards for the con. I can’t wait to debut my new sculpts there. I’ll be at Booth #506 with a great group of artists including: Dev Madan, Karin Madan, …

“Old Knot is an ancient tree dragon. He was once a tree but had been pushed to his edge through long struggling years. His anger twisting him into a malicious dragon. Behind that rage is a deep ,old sadness though. That part of him still resides in his quiet moments.” This duality of character is …

Don’t be such a girl! It’s completely degrading when people use “female” as a pejorative to mean weak. Often in popular culture, one of the biggest insults to a man is to label him as a woman. Like saying…”You ____ like a girl”, “All right ladies” (army & sport films),”You’re a pussy” etc there are …

What does a reference junky do when a computer is not allowed at her sculpture studio? She builds a Great Wall of Reference! The lamp is hiding the Emmu feet but I really need a whole wall just for those… they look like dragon feet! The Wall is growing and shifting all the time. – …

The GRUMP  – my 3rd monster in the Peeking Series! I’m trying to create sculpts in a series as a opposed to one-offs these days. For this convention season, I hope to have 2 series done – the Peeking Set and the Tree Spirit set. If you’d like to see the other Peeking monsters they …

  A great blog The Mary Sue (a geek girl culture blog) just did a story on my “Jessie and Bullseye” sculpt! Yay! This piece never sold at Disneyland’s Wonderground so its nice to see it get some love The culture blog Visual News also posted “Jessie and Bullseye”   ** Fun fact: I originally …

Hi all! Two lovely blogs just featured my sculptures: Geek-art.net and SUPERPUNCH! They are both fantastic pop art blogs Check them out for links to lots of cool artists!  

Disney posted an “Insiders Look” page on my “Mickey and the Beanstalk” sculpture on the Wonderground Gallery’s website! It shares a little insight into what my thoughts were making the piece. http://collections.disney.go.com/blog/insiders-look-mickey-and-the-beanstalk-by-lyla-warren/ Title: Mickey and the Beanstalk Size approximately: 12” height x 7” length x 6.5” depth Mediums of cast: Polyurethane resin, marble powder and …

This is the finished hand-painted, hand-cast edition of my “Maleficent as Dragon” relief for Disneyland’s Wonderground Gallery! As with most of my pieces I learned a ton from this one as well I’ve become a better sculpture for quick molding. This piece was only 2 separate molds (as opposed to Mickey’s 15!). The teeth were …

This is a preview of my new “Maleficent as Dragon” maquette for Disneyland’s Wonderground Gallery! You are seeing the sculpture in its wet clay state before being molded, cast and painted. I have the painted version as well but thought this would be fun to show as a teaser first This piece went though a …