#ShadowBox

[the-gabardine-fox]

New set of completed papercrafts I’m making to sell at LA Comic Con this fall! :)

[riya-artwork]

BUBBLE NET FEEDING / 2024

[bfleuter]

New trash-bash sculpture!

[katarinanavane]

Two mini rainbow curio collection shadowboxes.

[zoestanleyarts]

My Gullible Gulls character, Squeenie the Squid Queen posed in a homage to the Catherine video game cover art. I wanted to try something experimental and more hands on with this illustration. I purchased a shadowbox frame and various craft paper to cut out and assemble this into a shadowbox paper craft.

This project was started back in March 2021. It was an ambitious project to begin with. I hadn’t made the proper time or had the space to work on it. With that, I had put it on the backburner. 3 years later, I’ve managed to finally chip away at it. This has to be my new favorite artwork yet! It's really nice to hang a physical piece of artwork in my home.

[atariforce]

Atari 2600 E.T. by Jules Sorin

[violetmagician]

Got some shadowboxes without the glass to try some different stuff

[angelbunnydoeeyeddolly]

Once my lover, now my friend

[otherside-wanderer]

Sneak peek at my plans for Buildtober!

[gabbieranting]

[rustbeltjessie]

We Have Always Lived in the Castle // Jessie Lynn McMains, September 2024

Just a little tribute to one of the finest opening paragraphs in literary history, and to my favorite unlikable protagonist, Merricat Blackwood.

[the-gabardine-fox]

Newly completed shadowbox commission of Stolas! :)

[riya-artwork]

WHITE HORSES / 2023

[ichigoli]

Mistborn Shadow Box Master Post

Recently, I began working on a Shadow Box concept using paper, resin, and various mix-ins in a 4" square coaster mold.

Mistborn has such a dynamic and bold aesthetic that it felt like a wonderful place to start. It was also my first Cosmere book.

At least if it's Ruined, it's still perfectly in setting.

I started by drawing out a high-contrast, dynamic silhouette of Best Girl Vin above Luthadel.

Each layer was cut out of card stock. I picked a shimmery metallic for the skyline but it doesn't read through the resin so I'll skip next time.

I poured a layer of resin mixed with gray and black mica powder for ash into the channels around the rim of the coaster.

I alternated resin and paper to space the pieces out, swirling white ink between the rooftops for Mist.

A quick peek through the bottom of the mold shows nothing shifted out of position...

The last layer has a lot of red and Garnet ink swirled in. I deliberately under-blended it to get some variety in the pockets of color.

Something I didn't anticipate is the difference in density between the paper and resin. Thin spots tried really hard to float leading to some odd curling in the corners, but nothing deal-breaking.

And the big reveal!

... kinda underwhelming. I went too hard on the mists, and a lot of that ash escaped containment making the whole effect muddied and hard to see ...

BUT WHAT IF WE BURN TIN!?

Awww yeeeah, there's our girl. The red background being transparent and irregular really let's that fiery red sun POP.

A softer background mutes those lovely Allomancy lines but the effect is just too pretty to fault it.

I learned a lot from this project and already have some exciting ideas for more!

Stay tuned for the next one in progress right now

Sneak Peek:

[katarinanavane]

A curio collection shadowbox with frames and bottles specimens plus a winged eye.

[thegothicalice]

Just a little shadowbox featuring ridiculously tiny figures and an over detailed bridge because I really love “The Lost Boys” 🦇 🌉 Wood, paint, cotton stuffing and a tiny bit of clay, 5”x7”