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Happy Birthday Wurr!
The first page of this wonderful comic was uploaded 10 years ago today, and I have been eagerly watching for more than half of it. Wow! Bringing one of these amazing characters to life is really the only way I can express just how much I love it. I’ve always wanted to tell @ Paperiapina how awesome I think it is and how inspiring her art and characters are (especially 7 years ago when I found Wurr and wanted to get better at drawing… unfortunately that got derailed a bit when I found sculpture). But being kind of shy and not really having much to contribute, I didn’t say much or comment at all or even really try reach out. However, now that I actually have a DeviantArt and can give back and do something that’s maybe just a tiny fraction of how awesome Wurr is, I thought I should give it try. And what better occasion than these guys turning 10 years old?
It’s such a wonderful story. With an intro like this how could you not want to read the rest? The narrative gives away just enough, but not too much, and I always want to learn more about Wurr’s unique characters and the world they live in. It’s so fascinating! Plus you can bet that nearly everyone pictured, even the teeniest of background characters, has a name and in most cases even a little bit of a backstory. I almost love that as much as the actual comic; the little tidbits you learn about the “wuurld” and the canines inhabiting it by reading the little extras in a side drawing somewhere.
Beyond the story, it’s needless to say that the art is gorgeous. Even though the hounds like Pyramos here are fantastical creatures, their weirdness is all based on real-life dogs and actual mutations, and they are just fascinating to look at. I absolutely love how @ Paperiapina takes biology and genetics into account in how she designs her characters and their families. Even before I knew anatomy I could tell that they looked real enough to step right out of the comic page. Now that I have studied it a bit I am even more impressed. I could be forever entertained with the character designs alone.
I couldn’t decide which of the main characters is my favorite (although I guess if I had to choose one it would be Niavel) so I picked the coolest looking one! He is quite important to the story, but since he’s not part of the main group I don’t feel guilty making him and no one else. As a bonus this character appeared in Paperiapina’s first comic project (from 2002 or 2003!) and his design was re-tooled for Wurr, so I hope that makes him extra special (yes... I've probably looked through Paperiapina's Wurr gallery three times over). Plus all his craziness allowed me to practice a few new sculpting techniques! This was the first realistic-looking sculpture I have tried making, and even though the fur was pretty tedious I learned a lot! I hope that the end result is close enough to realistic, even though I was very wary of making stray hairs stick up for fear of them breaking off. Additionally, his tail and arm are removable so it can be more easily sent in the mail without fear of breaking. It will be the first thing I ship (and overseas, too, yikes!) so I wanted to take all the precautions I could (you can see a tiny hairline crack in his pointing arm near the shoulder).
Fun fact: The light color along the bottom is actually the color I used for his eyes, and they are so small that I thought that color deserved to be used somewhere else, too.

Well, Paperiapina, I really hope you like it, and I can’t wait to see where the story goes!

Dimensions: 9 inches tall, 4.5 inches wide (7 including his arm!) and 6 inches long

Time taken: 50+ hours

Materials: 12 gauge Galvanized Steel wire, 16 gauge annealed steel wire, 24 gauge steel wire, K&S precision Metals square brass tubes 8151 and 8050, plumber's epoxy, apoxie sculpt, SuperSculpey Medium blend, wooden base, Krylon primer, acrylic paints, and polyurethane finish

Description

Happy Birthday Wurr!
The first page of this wonderful comic was uploaded 10 years ago today, and I have been eagerly watching for more than half of it. Wow! Bringing one of these amazing characters to life is really the only way I can express just how much I love it. I’ve always wanted to tell @ Paperiapina how awesome I think it is and how inspiring her art and characters are (especially 7 years ago when I found Wurr and wanted to get better at drawing… unfortunately that got derailed a bit when I found sculpture). But being kind of shy and not really having much to contribute, I didn’t say much or comment at all or even really try reach out. However, now that I actually have a DeviantArt and can give back and do something that’s maybe just a tiny fraction of how awesome Wurr is, I thought I should give it try. And what better occasion than these guys turning 10 years old?
It’s such a wonderful story. With an intro like this how could you not want to read the rest? The narrative gives away just enough, but not too much, and I always want to learn more about Wurr’s unique characters and the world they live in. It’s so fascinating! Plus you can bet that nearly everyone pictured, even the teeniest of background characters, has a name and in most cases even a little bit of a backstory. I almost love that as much as the actual comic; the little tidbits you learn about the “wuurld” and the canines inhabiting it by reading the little extras in a side drawing somewhere.
Beyond the story, it’s needless to say that the art is gorgeous. Even though the hounds like Pyramos here are fantastical creatures, their weirdness is all based on real-life dogs and actual mutations, and they are just fascinating to look at. I absolutely love how @ Paperiapina takes biology and genetics into account in how she designs her characters and their families. Even before I knew anatomy I could tell that they looked real enough to step right out of the comic page. Now that I have studied it a bit I am even more impressed. I could be forever entertained with the character designs alone.
I couldn’t decide which of the main characters is my favorite (although I guess if I had to choose one it would be Niavel) so I picked the coolest looking one! He is quite important to the story, but since he’s not part of the main group I don’t feel guilty making him and no one else. As a bonus this character appeared in Paperiapina’s first comic project (from 2002 or 2003!) and his design was re-tooled for Wurr, so I hope that makes him extra special (yes... I've probably looked through Paperiapina's Wurr gallery three times over). Plus all his craziness allowed me to practice a few new sculpting techniques! This was the first realistic-looking sculpture I have tried making, and even though the fur was pretty tedious I learned a lot! I hope that the end result is close enough to realistic, even though I was very wary of making stray hairs stick up for fear of them breaking off. Additionally, his tail and arm are removable so it can be more easily sent in the mail without fear of breaking. It will be the first thing I ship (and overseas, too, yikes!) so I wanted to take all the precautions I could (you can see a tiny hairline crack in his pointing arm near the shoulder).
Fun fact: The light color along the bottom is actually the color I used for his eyes, and they are so small that I thought that color deserved to be used somewhere else, too.

Well, Paperiapina, I really hope you like it, and I can’t wait to see where the story goes!

Dimensions: 9 inches tall, 4.5 inches wide (7 including his arm!) and 6 inches long

Time taken: 50+ hours

Materials: 12 gauge Galvanized Steel wire, 16 gauge annealed steel wire, 24 gauge steel wire, K&S precision Metals square brass tubes 8151 and 8050, plumber's epoxy, apoxie sculpt, SuperSculpey Medium blend, wooden base, Krylon primer, acrylic paints, and polyurethane finish