Sunday, December 25, 2016

December 25 - Nightmare Christmas


But who here would ever understand
That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin
Would tire of his crown, if they only understood
He'd give it all up if he only could

Oh, there's an empty place in my bones
That calls out for something unknown
The fame and praise come year after year
Does nothing for these empty tears

~ Danny Elfman Jack's Lament

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone!

The Nightmare Before Christmas straddles both one of my all time Christmas and Halloween movies.  A simply brilliant story from the twisted mind of Tim Burton -- The Pumpkin King has grown tired of the unending Halloween in his realm.  When he stumbles across and becomes infatuated with Christmastown, his attempts to bring this kind of change to his own land ends up creating a Halloween/Christmas hybrid  

This post is a bit of a jumble as I was distracted by preparing for the festivities today.  I struggled to make a full bodied Santa Jack, and decided to make one using Scott Tripp's Smoosh technique (link).  That is one of the beautiful things about making things using a balloon style or concept - you can cut some corners, and things don't have to be perfect.

Once I did that, I tried making a Patchwork Sally to match - and struggled getting a Smoosh version of her!  (her dress mainly...)  I also wanted to play with a head style that John Justice suggested when giving some hints on his Cindy Lou Who.  Ah well, they are a mismatched couple - a twisted hybrid, and I guess in that way completely appropriate.




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1 comment:

  1. HelenDecember 25, 2016 at 5:07 AM

    Happy Holidays to you and yours!!!! Thanks for the smiles!

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