Rudimentary Skull cutouts 2

I worked at a Plastic ThermoForming  company on and off in upstate NY for a few years and the second best take-away from there was a bunch of these 1/4" high plates, 1/8th" thick black cut-outs, in the basic shape of a skull.

I scarfed up a very small load of them then.

I painted white acrylic on them back in 2005 or 2006.
I still have them and here is the 2nd of them.  This the "outside of the plate painting"
Not showing the "haircell" texture.  and more prone to scratches through the years.

Rudimentary Plastic Skull Cutouts

I worked at a Plastic ThermoForming  company on and off in upstate NY for a few years and the second best take-away from there was a bunch of these 1/4" high plates, 1/8th" thick black cut-outs, in the basic shape of a skull.

I scarfed up a very small load of them then.

I painted white acrylic on them back in 2005 or 2006.
I still have them and here is the 1st of them.  This the "inside of the plate painting"
showing the "haircell" texture.

3D Flamin' Continuous Gorilla Sketch

(c) 2006 Ralf Schulze

Just found the sketch  and scanned it of the 3D Flaming continuous Gorilla piece back from a February posting (shown again below)

The Sketch is pencil on 9" x 9" paper!

2006 Studio

 Some pics of my Studio in Bainbridge NY in 2nd Floor of a barn. Still have some remnant artwork there. (Been trying to sell the property for $70,000 for the past 3+ years)

Feel free to ask questions... Not all the art is mine (most is) the upper center in bottom pic is by William Randazzo, That painting is here in Richmond now.

The 3D Flaming Continuous Gorilla painting

I  painted this acrylic on formed black plastic sheet (I took it from the old plastic company I worked for in 2006-2007)

The eyes and teeth parts come forward approx 5 inches.  The dimensions are 20" x 20" approx.

So it was fun and it is still in Bainbridge NY

Photo vs Scanner vs Real Life

Okay, so I thought I'd get into how I turn my Actual Painted objects into a digital entity. A very contentious topic, but I'm going to be flippant, obvious and selfish.  I took various pictures of this painting "Poppies" that is actually 9" x 10.75" (my scanner bed is 8.5" x 11.75" and I don't think it can actually scan the full 11.75").
So the scanner cuts off 1/2"  I also have a HP Photsmart E427 that cost me $70 about 4 years ago. (It does max 6megapixels).  I tried it in various lighting and camera settings but mostly the lighting was flourescent and dim and I used flash and One even has the camera flash covered with a paper card.
First is the scanner. and the rest are what they are! I find it funny How different thesame picture can look!

By the way, the painting is Collage and Acylic on wood that I created in 2006.

"Poppies" (c)2006 Ralf Schulze