How to be super creepy...

**JeffX99** · June 2nd, 2012, 09:06 PM

What's lame as an artist, is when you're chatting up some very attractive individual and you're thinking about bone structure, proportions, curves, etc. INSTEAD of what you're supposed to be thinking about. Which is how smart she is.

On the whole roadkill thing...I'm surprised people think that's a big deal? I've picked up and "processed" a bunch of them... when I was young it was for fly tying materials...now it's just for fun. And I've only eaten roadkill twice.

**sanya** · June 3rd, 2012, 12:18 AM

Fly tying..?

**JeffX99** · June 3rd, 2012, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by sanya

Fly tying..?

Yeah...for tying flies for fishing? You mainly use materials from animals and birds...with a few synthetics here and there depending on the pattern.

**sanya** · June 3rd, 2012, 01:53 AM

Ohh-- I've never been fishing, so I wasn't familiar with the term. So, using elements from the creatures to create, like, lures? (please excuse my ignorance)

**JeffX99** · June 3rd, 2012, 02:41 AM

Originally Posted by sanya

Ohh-- I've never been fishing, so I wasn't familiar with the term. So, using elements from the creatures to create, like, lures? (please excuse my ignorance)

Yes exactly....Here ya go...

**Venger** · June 3rd, 2012, 02:47 AM

@TinyBird - if you have a reasonably secure place, away from other people, then a pet hamster cage is a good way for dealing with roadkill.
Put the roadkill in the cage so other animals can't get to it and leave it out in the open for nature to do its work.
It depends on how quickly you want it.
Once it's stripped boil it in a weak bleach solution.

**blogmatix** · June 3rd, 2012, 04:03 AM

Originally Posted by Venger

@TinyBird - if you have a reasonably secure place, away from other people, then a pet hamster cage is a good way for dealing with roadkill.
Put the roadkill in the cage so other animals can't get to it and leave it out in the open for nature to do its work.
It depends on how quickly you want it.
Once it's stripped boil it in a weak bleach solution.

When I studied biology, the one professor of zoology had a nice solution, apparently quite commonly used: he had a fish tank half filled with wood shavings, in which he kept a population of flesh-eating beetles. Pop a dead rat in there, and three days later it would be a white, clean skeleton. If you regularly need to turn road kill into skeletons, it might be worthwhile to go ask at the local university's zoology department whether they have such beetles for you.

**Reutte** · June 3rd, 2012, 10:35 AM

Eh, the other ladies tease me at work because I want an arm. Or a leg. We've got a freezer full though mostly legs but I suspect that it's against a law or some rule for me to dissect them after the doctors are done with them so I haven't asked. But I would still love an arm to cut up and see how it works and do some awesome anatomy studies. They get dumped in an incinerator after all.

**Turpentine** · June 13th, 2012, 05:09 AM

For preparing a painting I was doing at the beginning of my painting class I acquired a large collection of really fucked up bondage photos using dental gags, I wanted to look at the face contorted and grotesque whilst being forced open. The painting was to be just revolting looking. Unfortunately it was the first thing I left open when giving my presentation. Of course I plugged the projector in before opening it.

Hahaha!

**Steamhat** · June 13th, 2012, 07:44 AM

getting a great laugh from these posts, certain me ghusta moments for the personal mind of an artist.

my personal guilts are the completely nonchalant mentioning that i know what people look like naked. knowing anatomy prettimuch guarantees you can derive anyone's proportions.

but my personal favourite is acting out overly expressive poses and expressions with my hands or face whilst drawing at a mall whilst having lunch or something. results in many concerning looks.

**Musical-Asylum** · June 17th, 2012, 02:35 AM

I have a story regarding creepy-esque things. I was drawing a face from skeleton to muscle to skin, working in layers so I can maintain proportion and basic foundation when some girls in my class noticed it halfway into the muscle stage, thought I was drawing zombies and got creeped out. I tried explaining but they were revolted at the thought of "decaying flesh" and stayed on the opposite side of the room for the entire period.

More to the point of the thread, I've never done anything that can be described as creepy as I'm a more of an indoor artist and sketch outdoors rarely. Even when I do, I set up for quick environment sketches and get out in fear of being noticed. I just can't stand people just walking up and staring at me while I draw.

**mazouko** · June 17th, 2012, 11:32 PM

I found a deer skull out in the woods not too long ago that I thought about taking home to draw. Along with being afraid of germs, I also left it because a little before that I had had a dream about deer skulls and heard someone in the dream say something about "bad medicine". Don't know whats up with that.

**OldJake666** · June 18th, 2012, 02:40 AM

For the record, when you think you're being creepy, you're probably not or at least don't need to be. If somebody looks at you drawing them, maybe smile warmly rather than keep staring blankly or freaking out or something?

**Lady Medusa** · June 18th, 2012, 03:49 AM

And that works?
Over here people get creeped out by other peoples smiles so, yeah, I don't think it would work here.

People used to find it creepy that I watched dissection videos whilst eating breakfast.

**[email protected]** · June 18th, 2012, 10:24 AM

A teacher here got animal heads from the zoo, but had no clue about how to get clean skulls. Somebody told her to bury them, somebody else told her to put them on a roof top, and insects, birds and sun would do the job. Neither worked...

**AnnaGiladi** · June 18th, 2012, 12:02 PM

Having taken nude classes in high school, I've quickly learned to develop a non-creepy, detached way of looking at everything that might be "inappropriate" to look at. Genitalia, corpses, EMT procedures...
I've also done a nude and erotic photoshoot being totally un-creepy while doing a decent directing job. Same for taking hot topless shots of a hot guy I had the hots for.

I think it's all about what face you're making while looking at your subject. I found that a subtle smile with "interested/appreciatively" raised eyebrows works best. It says "I find this technically interesting, but personally I don't give a damn".

**manlybrian** · June 20th, 2012, 08:08 AM

This isn't creepy necessarily but Gurney just made this post. I think it's awesome that he went to some factory and talked the manager into letting him draw stuff. I would have to work up a lot of nerve to do that.

http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/20...h-factory.html