Thread: Moving Eyes Painting

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Top notch prop, the kiddies are gonna love this!

That turned out great! Really creepy with the pause in the eye movement. Makes it look more realistic!

Frankies girl , your portrait is amazing wow you did a wonderfull painting , that prop is gonna be a big hit for sure , love the eye mechanism great job !

WOW! That is truly FABULOUS!

MsM
*wondering if FG has been taking video lessons from scarisburg*

I don't know if the background music was on purpose, but it made me giggle. Do you have horror movies on in your house at all times too?

Originally Posted by HappyScientist

I don't know if the background music was on purpose, but it made me giggle. Do you have horror movies on in your house at all times too?

I was wondering if anyone noticed that... my hubband was playing Evil Dead Regeneration while I was recording.

You did an amazing job with that. Dave's mechanism combined with your artistic talents are superb. Get a patent on this process and get these produced! Seriously! You and Dave should get the credit and $$$ from this project. There is nothing like it on the market. You could make a fortune!

Eric

Wow, FG!! That turned out even better than I expected. The whole thing is really creepy to watch.
That looks JUST like the paintings you see in the old movies with someone peeking from behind. The detailed portrait is what makes it all come together.
Like I said--I did the easy part, you did the hard part. Bravo!!

Originally Posted by Wolfbeard

You did an amazing job with that. Dave's mechanism combined with your artistic talents are superb. Get a patent on this process and get these produced! Seriously! You and Dave should get the credit and $$$ from this project. There is nothing like it on the market. You could make a fortune!

Eric

Why does everything have to be about making money?
Once you make 'work' out of you hobby or passion, it changes everything.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying its not good enough to be on the market cause it definitely is. It just seems that everytime someone posts a cool prop they made that there always seems to be someone encouraging them to go commercial with it.
Sometimes its not about the money but about the artistry and passion

MsM

Originally Posted by MsMeeple

Why does everything have to be about making money?
Once you make 'work' out of you hobby or passion, it changes everything.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying its not good enough to be on the market cause it definitely is. It just seems that everytime someone posts a cool prop they made that there always seems to be someone encouraging them to go commercial with it.
Sometimes its not about the money but about the artistry and passion

MsM

It took me about 15 hours (off and on for over 2 weeks) to paint "Mortimer," so there is no way I'd do this with any mind to mass produce. But it's kind of anyone to think it looks good enough to do so.

BUT anyone that wanted to attempt this project, DaveintheGrave's excellent tutorial on the moving eyes and locating a suitable creepy old portrait image that could be printed out (size it up for your found frame, tile it) and then put it together, cut out the eye holes and then coat it with a varnish/topcoat, and you'll have a darn good prop!

For me, it was trying something a bit outside my comfort zone (a prop that actually MOVES ) while trying for something I hadn't seen before... as many old movies as we've all seen with the eyes peering out of a painting, you'd think it would be a commonly produced prop.

I really hope more of you attempt something like this, as I'm sure there are refinements and variations that would just be amazing with all the talent and imagination on this board!