The Creative Process
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
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
Five pieces of fine brass wire secured to the hook to create the legs
Wires bound together with thread
Toes are separated and detailed
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, to create eyes.
Two strips of colored natural raffia are tied on behind the hook eye
Raffia is pulled back and secured with thread
The red ears are colored
Additional fine coloring is applied
Raffia is pulled back to shape the turtles retractable neck
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
Thread is tied between the legs to begin forming the body
Raffia is wrapped around the thread base
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, and look forward to working with you
