So it has taken me a while to update again as I have a lot of things going on right now. But I wanted to share some progress on my Dragon Radar prop. I decide to use some of the skinniest addressable LED strips I could find to make a kind of matrix of LEDs.

After hooking up and testing the first line I think it looks really good so far. I have yet to figure out how best to diffuse them. I want to try and make a phosphor CRT like screen effect so it has a little bit of persistence. I first need to located my tube of mylar sheeting.

The world is becoming a much different place so please take care of yourself and each other.

Recently I’ve have been leaning on practicing curiosity. Mainly learning new processes and using those skills to make things. These learning experiences are still things that bring me peace and joy.

I’m not afraid to admit that I really am bad at conveying things out of my head and putting them into paintings. I am terrible at it, but here I am, still trying and getting better I think.

I really like using black paper as it makes for some great contrast with light colors. For example, I put down a base layer of this intensely dark matte black paint and then did my painting on top of that. It adds some crazy depth around the eyes. I also did gray around the edges of the nose, but I’m not sure it gave me the effect I wanted.

I think this will be a WIP until I can figure out something to do with the eyes. I have an idea that involves adding some movement to them.

Lean on the things that make you happy and please take care of each other.

Recently the local reuse place had an interesting tabletop that looked like it came from a restaurant. It happened to be the perfect size to fit on the back wall in the office. This is going to be our new workbench for building and repair.

Thanks for letting me share this find with you all and please take care of each other.