The Creative Process

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Film Flies communicates with clients throughout the creative process, from inception to completion.  Photographs sent as e-mail attachments, and private web pages, allows clients to closely monitor projects.

The creative step-by-step process demonstrated below illustrates a small sample of various specialized techniques used to create realism.

Creating a Baby Red Eared Turtle, by Graham Owen

10xl Partridge Carrie Stevens hook and two pieces of tapered Orvis foam strips

Created on a fishing hook, two strips of foam secured with thread

Foam colored with markers and coated with tinted flexible varnish

 

foam segmented up the hook to create the turtles tail

Foam segmented up the hook to create the turtles tail

 


five pieces of fine brass wire secured to the hook to create the legs

Five pieces of fine brass wire secured to the hook to create the legs

 


wires bound together with thread

Wires bound together with thread

 

Toes are separated and detailed

Toes are separated and detailed

 

Thin foam strips are tied on top as well as underneath to shape the legs

Thin foam strips are tied on top as well as underneath to shape the legs
The fun begins, detail coloring, using micron markers

 

 

The head is shaped with a long strip of chenille. A plastic strip was pulled through the head with a needle, glass beads slid down, plastic melted until it was flush with the beads.

The head is shaped with a long strip of chenille. A plastic strip was pulled through the head with a needle, glass beads slid down, plastic melted until it was flush with the beads, to create eyes.



Two strips of colored natural raffia are tied on behind the hook eye

Two strips of colored natural raffia are tied on behind the hook eye

 

Raffia is pulled back and secured with thread

Raffia is pulled back and secured with thread

 

The red ears are colored

The red ears are colored

 

Raffia is colored with micron markers, pulled forward, and secured

Additional fine coloring is applied

 

Raffia is pulled back to shape the turtles retractable neck

Raffia is pulled back to shape the turtles retractable neck

 

shell is made with a thin piece of flat foam

The shell is made with a thin piece of flat foam

 

Pattern was cut into the foam with a razor, and flame used to heat and shape the foam

Pattern was cut into the foam with a razor, and flame used to heat and shape the foam

 

Thread is tied between the legs to begin forming the body

Thread is tied between the legs to begin forming the body

 

Raffia is wrapped around the thread base

Raffia is wrapped around the thread base

 

Legs and toes are durable, bendable, and repositionable

Body parts are durable, bendable, and re-positionable

Fish hooks can be cut and removed from both ends

Film Flies props are typically made on flexible wire, instead of fish hooks

 

I have a lot of fun with my artistic creations

I have a lot of fun with my artistic creations, and look forward to working with you

 

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