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DarrenCarnall

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"Tell deviantART about yourself" it says. hmmm....

well I don't know really. I mean how much do you want to know? I had toast for breakfast this morning. peanut butter too. That kinda thing? no? pfft... there's no pleasing some people.

ok... so how about the story of how I got into painting and sculpting then. That a bit better? Good.

I used to be a financial advisor many years ago (I know, different huh!), until my childhood epilepsy started acting up again. Eventually it got so bad that I had to give up my driving license, and had to stop work. This lasted for around 15 years. During this time I'd become SO bored that I decided to give oil painting a go as a hobby. Something to do. I couldn't stand watching daytime television for a single minute more!

I'd always been quite good at drawing and stuff in school, so I thought it might be fun to see if I could still do it. It turns out I could! Better than I realised. I started to get a few commissions here and there but not too many. It was enough to let me know that this was a genuine talent I had... and I became aware that it didn't affect my epilepsy in anyway! I could *control* how much work I did, and give my brain rests when it needed it.

This led to me setting up a website for my work and selling a few paintings through there, but it never really took off. Shortly after this though I had become interested in 1/6 collectable figures, and had bought myself one or two. I was frustrated though that whilst the figures themselves were good.. more often than not the faces weren't quite right. Never *really* looked like the actors they were portraying.

I could always *see* what was wrong with them (chin too big, nose too thin etc) and so I decided to have a go at resculpting and repainting one of them. I'd never done this before and to be honest thought I'd kill the figure!! But hey, it was something to do! Turns out I was good at that too!!

I put a few photos online of what I'd done, and I started getting messages from people asking me if I could do the same for their figures too! I'd never even considered that this was something that people would pay for. Over a year or two the orders increased and became more varied until today where I'm actually turning down commission requests because I'm too busy working off a 19 page waiting list that I have!!

I am now happily self employed (and finally OFF the Disability Benefit I was getting due to my inability to work because of the epilepsy) and I couldn't be happier!

Hopefully I'll be happily doing this until I'm 80 years old. (as long as my eyes still work ....and my fingers ......and my brain, I guess!)

Current Residence: in a house
Favourite genre of music: electronic or classical.... maybe
MP3 player of choice: iPod... OLD iPod (need a new one)

Favourite Movies
too many to list (but right now? Super 8)
Favourite TV Shows
West Wing, Studio 60, Stargate Universe, Caprica, Daily Show...
Favourite Books
intelligent science fiction (Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke etc)
Favourite Gaming Platform
Nintendo Wii
Tools of the Trade
paint, wax, things...
Other Interests
ooh, lots of things!
'Ancient and Forever' is now available as a 10" x 8" fine art print for those who have been asking!! Also available as a framed version. (sorry, no larger versions are available with this first piece. I'll see to it that future releases are available at the full range of sizes, t shirts etc) It's based in the U.S. but they do ship to other countries. Buy here: http://society6.com/DarrenCarnall/Ancient-and-Forever-HPH_Print
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If so then you can help me out. (with just one click of your mouse) ..I'm looking into getting into making my own, but I'm unsure as to what sizes people buy. Do they go with set sizes... what fits premade frames, and so on... I've done a one question poll on my facebook page, could you just shoot over there for 5 seconds and click yer answer for me? You can come straight back then, I promise! ;) You'll really help me get into this 'cool n groovy' art thing once and for all!! https://www.facebook.com/DarrenCarnallDotCom Cheers folks!! (It's right at the top of my page) Darren
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Seeing as I've now got literally a BAZILLION new people watching my work on here since my recent Daily Deviation (hello!!!), I figured I'd give you my Facebook fan page too. I update that more frequently than I do here (I practically live on Facebook lol) so you'll get a mix of stuff I'm working on, stuff I've finished, unedited nonsense streamed directly from my brain, and other works of art from different artist that I've seen. www.faceboook.com/DarrenCarnallDotCom Also on my profile I have my web address (www.darrencarnall.com) but I'm in the middle of redesigning that site at the moment. (I lost all the images off my blog for some reaso
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How much do it cost in American dollars and cents to do a unpainted head of a 12 inches figure?.
Hi there James, do you mean for me to sculpt a head? Or for me to paint a blank one that you already own? 
For now I would like to know what it would cost for you to send a unpainted 1:6 head of a seamless body .in American dollars and cents information please.i really enjoy your artworks!!!!.and I am a big fan of you.
Hello again. Thanks for your kind words. I'm afraid I don't think I can help you. I don't do any sculpting work any more.. it's all painting now. People send me things to be brought to life and I paint them. I don't sculpt new heads to send to people. I'm sorry. I wish I could help! 
Happy birthday Darren. Airborne