Superman, Unzipped

If you have seen some of my blog posts in the past, you will know my younger brother LOVES Superman.

His birthday was last weekend, so of course I made his something in Superman theme.

He had asked me about painting him a cup.

Originally, I wanted to make the Superman logo look like it was ripping out of skin,

but I didn't like the way my sketches were turning out.

I ended up decided to make the logo look like it was being unzipped.

He was really happy with it!

Thanks for looking!

Pirate Monkey

This past Thursday was my older brother's birthday.

I was in a dilemma of what to make for him.

I have had this little monkey figurine sitting on my shelf, waiting to be painted.

I didn't want to paint it like just a plain old, two tones of brown monkey though.. that would be boring!

I finally decided to paint it like a pirate! Michael loves pirates and monkeys!

Why not combine the two?!

This is what I ended up with:

I am really happy with how it turned out!

I just used acrylic paints to paint him and then sprayed him with glossy sealer to give him a shine.

Michael seemed to really like him!