Painting a pug - Bringing cardboard to life

I made this life sized pug pinata for Carl. He brought it to the office and everyone thought he brought a real dog to work. The filling hole is hidden under an ear flap. I use an Iwata eclipse SBS airbrush with acrylic paints. Future floor polish is a great cheap high gloss clear coat.

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• pinata
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• airbrush
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• ben
• lee
• cardboard
• dog
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• life
• realistic
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• texas

[CrazyPinatas]

Thank you. I just referenced pug photos for proportion. The pug was made with strips of cardboard glued together that you can see at 2:53. One strip of cardboard can become the spine, then I make rings (like ribs) to fill the body shape. I build the legs as if they were intersecting ellipsoids. As I built major body parts, I leave gluing major joints for last so that I can fine tune their positions.

[CrazyPinatas]

Thanks very much. You are quite an artist.

[artrock1970]

Ben that's awesome! How did you get the form of the pug mache? I love your art!!

artrock1970

[cburrezzy]

thats pretty cool !