You need a mold to replicate an object in another material. For example, you could replicate a small pumpkin in wax for a candle if you make a mold of the pumpkin. Once you have cast the mold, the number of replicas is unlimited if you keep the mold in good condition. Try a rubber compound pear mold

Certainly, a whiteboard animation comes in handy when you want to explain something to someone that you cannot illustrate using words. It can be a concept or idea, which might be hard to transfer by mere words. A whiteboard animation is an excellent tool of sharing knowledge and thoughts.

A review of the feature film anime, released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in English by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

ICP clown faces are emblems that represent the hip-hop group Insane Clown Posse. The songs of this multiplatinum group are laden with horror movie imagery, and the group's members adorn clown makeup for their live performances. Be aware that drawing the clown faces gracing some of ICP's album covers

Start by drawing a bird by making marks of the falcons proportions, the upper part and lower edges of the bird, as well as, the right and left edges. The falcon's body is pencilled as ...

Painting a car two colors is a job that requires some special skills and will give your car a fresh, new, multi-dimensional feel. It can really make a regular car look more complex and dynamic. By using two different colors that offset each other, you can also make your car look bigger and more int

Drawing a rocket launcher is simple. It consists of only a few shapes and lines. A rocket launcher can be a great addition to a war scene, a spy drawing or attached to the top of vehicles.

Sketching, drawing and outlining with a pencil is the traditional way of creating simple or elaborate sketches or pencil drawings. Whether you are a trained and practised sketch artist or a beginner, learning to outline with a pencil is a basic skill that can be developed and applied to make your ar

Angel wings stem from religion and have been illustrated in masterful paintings for hundreds of years. Other non-western cultures also used wings when drawing religiously significant figures. It is not unusual to find deities in religions that are part human and part animal in their appearance. Ange

Although the back of a shoe seems like a pretty simple thing to draw, the truth is that certain types of lines, shading, and other detail can make a marked difference by lending depth and perspective. No matter what type of shoe you are drawing, the method used to draw them from behind would be the

The concept of flying has fascinated humans for an uncountable amount of time. However, man has learned how to create machines that allow them to fly for varying distances of time for only the last two centuries. At the turn of the 20th century, the introduction of aircraft into military actions bec

Read a review of Dororo Volume 2, a shonen manga series by Osamu Tezuka from Vertical. A fantasy series originally published in 1967-1968, Dororo is the tale of Hyakkimaru, a wandering warrior who’s on a quest to retrieve his 48 body parts that his father, a feudal warlord sacrificed to demons

Underpainting is used as a preliminary stage to oil painting on a canvas. Artist Jess Bates explains that it can be used either as a rough guide that will eventually be covered or as a background to the finished painting. It can also be used to set up a dominant color key for the finished painting,

Over the years your music choices may have changed drastically, and you can tell by the huge stack of CDs collecting dust on your shelves. Even if all of your music is stored on your computer, it is hard to get rid of your old CDs because they still mean a lot to you. So why not display them in a fu

Complete episode guide for the fifth season of the popular anime series, Naruto.

Togainu no Chi Volume 1 by Suguro Chayamachi and Nitro+ CHiRAL, a science fiction graphic novel published by TokyoPop

Anime, or Japanese animation, cartoons have many interesting characteristics that separate them from cartoons common in the United States. One of the most noticeable traits is the hair on the women in the cartoons. Their hair generally has a wide range of shapes and colors. With a little practice, i

When oil paint comes out of the tube, it is thick and often difficult to spread. Sometimes this is useful for the texture you want to create; other times, you need a more spreadable product. While acrylics and watercolors can be mixed with water, oil paints are not water soluble. You can make oils p

Painted flames can add a distinctive look to any object or vehicle. Although natural flames of a fire feature blue, orange, red and yellow colors, there is no limit to the number of colors that can be used to create designer flames on a particular object. If you would like to make black flames on a

Old asbestos shingles on your house aren't dangerous unless you start breaking, scraping or otherwise disturbing them. This presents a problem when it's time to repaint the exterior of the house. Normally, you'd scrap down the old paint from your siding, but doing that with asbestos can release dang