Originally published on Sunday, August 22, 2010
With the addition of the cigarette makins’ tag hanging from his waistcoat pocket, I finally finished this piece. In painting him I tried to keep the colors a little dark and brooding to carry the theme of a bloke who’s a little pissed at the world around him. I think I managed that.
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If you can remember back a while, I did his head in a WCI forum post about “How Long Did This Take” thread where someone carved the head of a devilish figure. To turn it into Crusty I just whittled off the points of the ears and there he was.
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I know a lot of you are waiting for the next Gabby video. It will be a while yet as the Grandkids will be here till the first week of September. Anyway, hope you like this krusty fella and your comments are welcome as always.
