Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Isaac.

Once again a friend provided my inspiration for today's project.  Cary supplied me with the name Isaac, which happens to be the name of the main character in a game she greatly enjoys--Dead Space (2).  Maybe you've heard of it?  In this game you can stomp on the necromorphs (monster things trying to kill you) squashing them to pieces and finding all sorts of booty in their viscera (like you do).
Perhaps the extreme cuteness of yesterday's Bob pushed me further in the opposite direction than I might normally go.  (I seem to be stretching myself in all sorts of directions.  Look at me--GROWTH.  As a human being.  And we're only on day 2.  WOW.)  But for whatever reason, once I made the leap to Dead Space, I knew almost immediately what I wanted to do.  For the timid, the weak of heart, and the queasy of stomach, look away now.

K. Bliss, what is your deal with the negative-effect on your phone camera?
Good question, curious reader.  But I'm afraid I don't really have an answer.  Because it looks nifty?  Because, as far as effects go, it's that, black and white, or sepia and I didn't think making this look like an old timey photograph would invoke the appropriate emotional response?  Because it makes the coin all blue and glowy?  Shrug.  So for those curious individuals, here's Isaac, or rather the carnage left in Isaac's wake, without fancy camera effects (though with some tweaking on my computer).

K. Bliss, I still don't know what I'm looking at.
Fair enough.  But lucky for you, demanding reader, I made you a diagram.
As you can see, these are the remains of a necromorph (sorry Dead Spacers, though I did play and enjoy the first game, I don't know any specific types of necromorphs, so please don't judge this guy too harshly if he's not anatomically accurate) that had crossed paths with Isaac.  Isaac is not materialistic so he did not take the money (which is in fact a Euro, this entire piece being a commentary on the Euro, something found only in the bowels of horrible flesh-eating humanoid monsters.  Ha ha ha.  No, not really folks.  I have no opinions on the Euro.).  He merely shot, stomped, and moved on, haunted by his past....Also maybe he spit on the corpse.
The necromorph remains are made entirely of paper soaked in water.  (And the Euro.  I did not make the Euro.  It is actual currency.)  Is this what paper mache is, or does that involve glue/glue-type substance?  I haven't done it since I was a kid, so I can't remember, and by golly I will not take the time to google it.
This was an interesting one to do.  It took me a while to figure out how exactly to go about it, but after that it didn't take too long to actually construct. Not sure it was the best idea to use all one color paper.  His various bits sorta blend into each other and the paper he's on (hence the diagram).  I'm curious to see what happens when he finally dries. 
Farewell Isaac.
Greetings Peter.

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