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First week back in the studio… this little monster face makes me happy! These are some quickie camera phone shots of Grumpy’s first paint job. It’s not done yet but pretty close. After this “in the grass” background, I’m also doing a cityscape bg and sci-fi bg. I’ve been trying out some more subtle paint …

The Making of My Monster’s Inc VM95 Mashup Part 2 (read Part 1 here) Now that the concept drawing is approved, the color comps are done and the sculptural elements are added… now its time to paint! Back before I got my sculpture studio I would just turn my second monitor around and look at …

It’s been a tough month so I thought it might be nice to do a “Making-of” of one of my past pieces. I always take tons of process photos being a bit of a reference and documentation nut. I like being able to go back and see all steps of my process. The animator in …

I was covered in some wonderful blogs this month! Do Want (Brazil), Streets of Beige (UK) Me-Magazine (Germany) and Bizarre Beyond Belief.     Thanks to all these blogs for writing about my sculptures – Lyla

The 2nd edition of Maleficent has SOLD from Disney’s Wonderground Gallery! Now I’m on to the 3rd More on my finished Maleficent sculpture here: http://lylawarren.com/2013/01/maleficent-as-dragon-final/ And the Work-in-progress version here: http://lylawarren.com/2013/01/maleficent-as-dragon/   – Lyla

“Snip is a very young tree spirit barely more than a seedling. She happily wonders the lands – learning, meeting and growing. One day she will find a place to put down her roots but not for a very long time… there is so much to see before finding her true home.” Snip is part …

“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 …

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 …

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 …