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Dioramas

My October Pals

An Altoids Smalls tin, with my fingers for scale.

A doctor, a devil, a pumpkin head, a skeleton, and a witch walk into a scene during the month of October. The skeleton asks for a glass of almond milk, and the witch passes him a glass and a mop.

Altoids smalls with a doctor, a devil, a pumpkin head, a skeleton, and a witch.
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Dioramas

Interior Motives

For the 21214 ArtScape Gallery Network show at the Hamilton Gallery.

These use the same approach as that of the The Death Watch Beetle diorama, where there is a paper door attached to the Altoids tin that opens to an inner world.

I. FLIM FLAM

I. Flim Flam

II. VIP VOP

II. Vip Vop

III. SLIP SLOP

III. Slip Slop

IV. HOT & TOT

IV. Hot & Tot

V. NOIR

V. NOIR

Work in progress, a view inside altoid tins

The above photo shows the interiors of the tins, minus the faces/doors. Below are photos from the opening night…

All 5 tins on display
Me, standing next to the work which is hanging on the gallery wall
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Dioramas

Tarot Tins

I’ve always loved the imagery on Tarot cards, and the endless possibilities for representing them. I thought I’d start with some traditional cards…
Closed tin box

Death Tarot Diorama

tarot 3 of swords diorama

The Magician 3D tarot card diorama

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ART

OF TWO MINDS

two-minds

FOR SALE

Are you of two minds? Your new friend here will help sort you out.
Spoon, acrylic paint on paper cut-out, resin.
October 2013
6″

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ART

The Devil, You Know

the-devil-you-know

the-devil-is-in-the-details

For Sale

Spoon, paper cut-outs, resin.
6.75″
August, 2013
$50 + flat rate shipping USA (please write me if outside USA jim.doran@gmail.com)




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Dioramas

AS ABOVE, SO BELOW

René Treviño kindly gave me this G-Shock tin. The shape lends itself to showing identical, parallel realities between our world and The Land of the Dead.

 

As Above, So Below

From Wikipedia:

These words circulate throughout occult and magical circles, and they come from Hermetic texts. The concept was first laid out in The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, in the words “That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above, corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracles of the One Thing.”

In accordance with the various levels of reality: physical, emotional, and mental, this relates that what happens on any level happens on every other. This is however more often used in the sense of the microcosm and the macrocosm. The microcosm is oneself, and the macrocosm is the universe. The macrocosm is as the microcosm, and vice versa; within each lies the other, and through understanding one (usually the microcosm) you can understand the other.

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Dioramas

KEEPSAKE

The Saint and the Sinner, in Love.

Perfect, if you ask me.

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ART

afterwards

For Illustration Friday.

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ART

9s

More paper cuts. I haven’t finished assembling this – it’s turned in to several different stories. Yes, the undead monkey has a banana.

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ART

Hossenfeffer & The Curry Goat Fight Back

More paper cut-out experimentation. I couldn’t wait until tomorrow to photograph this, so I did the best I could with the dim light in the kitchen.

I drew the scene with India ink and cut it out.

Here’s a scan of the main layer.

It still needs some work – this was a test. I am encouraged. It’ll make a great pop-up book for the holidays.

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Comics

The Hotdog Man

I had a dream this morning and scribbled it into my sketchbook when I woke. This is it.

And they went.

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ART

Subterranean

For this week’s Illustration Friday prompt, subterranean. Acrylic on illustration board, hastily made.

Or, depending on your point of view: