| Date | Name | Comment | | | 7 Aug 2009 |  Alexa Lee Adamczyk |  Loading...i did post i didnt know it wasnt there. its a bright green dragon with a red speckled egg. um does photoshop cost anything?i want to try my hand, um, mouse, at it. lol  Melody Pena replies: "Photoshop programs can be really expensive , but there are other programs that are free, or cheaper... and there are versions of Photoshop that are much less expensive... I don’t really know much about this sort of thing!
*edit* ok if you search on "photoshop free" you come up with websites that sound like you can get it free! Here’s one:
http://files.uberdownloads.com/apps/lps/index.php?product=gim- p" | |
| 26 Aug 2009 | Alexa Lee Adamczyk | Loading... okay, got some brand new questions. might actually surprise you. how do you do the feathers? and do you put feathers on the whole body sometimes? my mom wants to buy some more eyes from you. it was very generous of you to give me the packet, but i really couldnt accept them for free. OH I FORGOT TO TELL YOU i had a dream that i met you somehow and you taught me how to make one of your dragons and stuff... then you like gave me airbrushing techniques and it was really cool lol Melody Pena replies: "we don’t really sell eyes, so I guess you are stuck with them as a gift. I did notice that in the local craft store they sell huge amounts of acrylic eyes in bags for very little money, you could custom paint those anyway you want. Search around online for eyes; there are several sources for them.
I carve feathers the way I carve everything, after careful observation of real birds and animals. There is no trick to it, but feathers are the most difficult thing to carve well. It takes a lot of practice to learn to hold your hand steady enough to make the lines of the feathers neat and clean. If they have choppy, messy lines in them, they don’t look realistic.
The feathers on my sculpture took a LONG time to carve, like weeks. You can’t sculpt detailed wings in an hour or two, so be kind to your self, you can do it with enough time and practice!
Yes I have a sculpture , the Lion Kirin , which has feathers on his whole body. The danger of putting feathers on a whole sculptue is the feathers can make the sculpture look to "busy" if they are not done carefully. I went back and smoothed out the feather edges ( I undid allot of work!) on most of the lion kirin’s body feathers because they seemed distracting and unnecessary." | |
| 1 Sep 2009 |  Yoni Danziger | Loading... Hey Melody, how are you? Are there any new works in process that I should know of?  Anyway, I’ve made this new piece for the new EW’s contest, that I really want you to check out and tell me your opinion about it, it’s called: Mother Nature Have a brilliant day!  and thanks! Melody Pena replies: "Ha ha, well yes, but they don’t fit here! I don’t really post real ART like you do! I need to visit your gallery again. Thank you for letting me know you have a new piece up! Your art is the real deal." | |
| 2 Sep 2009 | Yoni Danziger | Loading... So let me get this straight. You’re saying that your gallery here isn’t art at all, but there are more works at your home that you do count as art. Mmm… I’ll have to say that it pains me to hear such a thing, for your art is amazing, both your sculptures and your sketches, you are a true artist and that’s a FACT! Though I have to admit that now you’ve opened up my appetite for those other pieces you were talking about  Is there any way I can see them? Thank you very very much Melody, both for the Fav’ and for what you wrote there, it was very touching  Melody Pena replies: "My images on here are mostly pictures of commercial sculptures I have done, with the exception of "Love griffin" and "attack of the clutter weasels" they aren’t really trying to get a specific story or message across.
I don’t know if this link will work, but here is a blog I wrote a while ago about what I crave to find in art. This is why your stuff impresses me so much!
If you would like to read that blog entry, copy and paste this link into your browser:
http://www.windstoneeditions.com/drupal/blog/3?page=2
To read the whole entry you need to click on the title "The meaning of art" next to the pink spiral.
I have another online gallery but it is full of more of the same... I don’t have any truly emotional stuff posted anywhere! " | |
| 4 Sep 2009 | Yoni Danziger | Loading... Hey Melody! I’ve read what you’ve wrote in the blog, and that’s indeed an interesting question! (Now I understand what you’ve meant *and feel even more proud *) Btw, the Bengal Poads piece is dazzling!! Your eye for details amazes me every single time wow! Have a lovely and joyful weekend Melody! | |
| 7 Oct 2009 |  Chelsea L Pennelly | Loading... howdy  | |
| 10 Oct 2009 |  Anon. | Loading... i git gimp. i have got to post something on here! im good at it! haha | |
| 10 Oct 2009 | Lexi | Loading... oops its me lexi i mean i got gimp lol | |
| 31 Oct 2009 |  Andres Charles Moorman | Loading... I happened on this site, looking for anything on your dragon sculptures. But, never in my life did I think I would actually find YOU! Your talent is unmatched, and your pieces, superb! I remember the first time I saw them in a store window. I was absoulutely captivaed! As soon as I got my first job, I saved up, anxiously watching to make sure the pieces never left the store. The pieces are the male and female emerald dragons. I absolutely love them! They are my prized possessions! I search every fantasy store I enter for your work. And now, here you are in Elfwood! I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am!! Melody Pena replies: "What a wonderful comment! Yes, I’ve had a gallery here on Elfwood for a looong time. It is actually the first place I ever put my art online!
( I hope you can see this reply,
I notice that most of my recent replies to other comments have disappeared!)
You might like to join the Windstone forum: http://www.windstoneeditions.com/forums/
Its a great bunch of friendly people, and I have a monthly raffle for forum members.
Thank you so much for making my day with your lovely comment!" | |
| 2 Nov 2009 | Andres Charles Moorman | Loading... I was glad I could make your day!  and absolutely I will have to check out the Windstone forum. And thank you for accepting my friend invitation. I am ecstatic. This has even inspired me to begin writing stories and poetry again. | |
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