Thought I’d take a stab at the Defcon art contest this year.

The first design is a Watchmen parody, and the second is an homage to a long running gag.

Here’s a few pictures of the cake I put together for a friend’s engagement party.
It’s a Dungeons and Dragons grid map.

The 2 characters are made out of marzipan and gum paste

Top view.

The rest is fondant, white chocolate for the door, and some caramel for things like the treasure chest and staff. I painted it watercolor style with diluted food coloring.

I think next time I’m going to buy some pre-made sheet cakes.
Seems like all you can get at the store for cake mix is “super-moist” which is too soft for the weight of the fondant. That’s why it’s a bit wobbly lookin’.

I’m struggling to post to two separate blogs. I’m considering merging my livejournal with this one.

In the meantime, here’s some macro photography I came across. Pretty inspiring.

I love jumping spiders. They’re like fuzzy little tanks. <3

More here:
http://villageofjoy.com/amazing-eye-macros-23-pictures/

I was attempting to make pulled sugar. I didn’t quite get there, but I have to admit the drizzle effect turned out pretty cool.

This is just from boiling sugar, water, a little vinegar and food coloring.

The past few days I’ve been cranking out a new look for sudux.com.

Enjoy!