tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46774969421356436292012-02-16T10:05:29.815-08:00Nathan Walker Illustration, etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16549557740244028388noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677496942135643629.post-72408678281128281312009-10-25T18:00:00.000-07:002009-10-25T18:27:25.743-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3xjsk-XI/AAAAAAAAAzI/0_Sq4k2eFZc/s1600-h/j01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3xjsk-XI/AAAAAAAAAzI/0_Sq4k2eFZc/s320/j01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710684264561010" border="0" /></a>So I found some great little pieces of junk metal down at the scrap yard the other day...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3xqJIAOI/AAAAAAAAAzA/GnTcHp2uCCM/s1600-h/j02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3xqJIAOI/AAAAAAAAAzA/GnTcHp2uCCM/s320/j02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710685994909922" border="0" /></a>I found some gears, some cogs, and a great old scuba tank!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3xauPxRI/AAAAAAAAAy4/gsa_3dg9eSU/s1600-h/j03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3xauPxRI/AAAAAAAAAy4/gsa_3dg9eSU/s320/j03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710681855640850" border="0" /></a> I cut them all up and put them back together in the right order to make a couple of jelly fish heads.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3w_VwxSI/AAAAAAAAAyw/Qhh6H8NC2dg/s1600-h/j04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3w_VwxSI/AAAAAAAAAyw/Qhh6H8NC2dg/s320/j04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710674505188642" border="0" /></a>The tails, however, were the most fun because I got to play around with the re-bar and bend it in all sorts of great shapes.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3icw9S4I/AAAAAAAAAyo/mPkGg8n6Q1A/s1600-h/j05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3icw9S4I/AAAAAAAAAyo/mPkGg8n6Q1A/s320/j05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710424705846146" border="0" /></a>After a whole lot of bending and turning I finally got them in just the right shape.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3iV2OnxI/AAAAAAAAAyg/UQbYfpXdJEU/s1600-h/j06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3iV2OnxI/AAAAAAAAAyg/UQbYfpXdJEU/s320/j06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710422848904978" border="0" /></a>I used a disk break from some old truck to make my base. And once the jelly fish was totally finished I had to decide on the right colors.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3iMLUeDI/AAAAAAAAAyY/7JmvbFur5ig/s1600-h/j07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3iMLUeDI/AAAAAAAAAyY/7JmvbFur5ig/s320/j07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710420253014066" border="0" /></a>Using photoshop I cut out a picture of the sculpture and tried some color variations.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3h3h_YYI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/uNU3cdt06a8/s1600-h/j07a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3h3h_YYI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/uNU3cdt06a8/s320/j07a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710414710956418" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3hk1HiiI/AAAAAAAAAyI/rvHNLM_RQ9Y/s1600-h/j08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3hk1HiiI/AAAAAAAAAyI/rvHNLM_RQ9Y/s320/j08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710409690909218" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I ended up going with the orange and blue combo for the first jellyfish.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3SGls8SI/AAAAAAAAAyA/v8DJJeqDIug/s1600-h/j09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3SGls8SI/AAAAAAAAAyA/v8DJJeqDIug/s320/j09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710143875150114" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3R_t6pmI/AAAAAAAAAx4/Hs3cw40tn6M/s1600-h/j10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3R_t6pmI/AAAAAAAAAx4/Hs3cw40tn6M/s320/j10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710142030554722" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3Rj7dcWI/AAAAAAAAAxw/0B9wxZg5Afk/s1600-h/j11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3Rj7dcWI/AAAAAAAAAxw/0B9wxZg5Afk/s320/j11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710134571168098" border="0" /></a>And for my second one, I thought it would be fun to go a bit brighter - so this one was originally hot pink and purple, but it was a little too vibrant, so it ended up going red.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3RjLsnxI/AAAAAAAAAxo/TfyxptacOmo/s1600-h/j12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3RjLsnxI/AAAAAAAAAxo/TfyxptacOmo/s320/j12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710134370836242" border="0" /></a>The first jellyfish was only about three feet tall, so I decided number two would be much taller - it measures in at 7 1/2 feet tall!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3RQtBHFI/AAAAAAAAAxg/UyVyCLQfkoA/s1600-h/j13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dg0TZaO1p_E/SuT3RQtBHFI/AAAAAAAAAxg/UyVyCLQfkoA/s320/j13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396710129410317394" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4677496942135643629-7240867828112828131?l=metaljellyfish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nathan Walker Illustration, etc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16549557740244028388noreply@blogger.com0