The other day I was surfing the internet and I found this specialized painting colour wheel, it shows how real paint colours relate to each other.
Outside: the purest/brightest colours.
Inside: naturally muted or earthy colors, like browns and ochres.
The Center: dark neutral tones used for mixing shadows.
The Lines: the lines connect colors that are opposites, if you mix them you neutralize the tone creating clean grays or browns instead of muddy puddles.
I want to share this with you because I think it is really illustrative!
Start with a large sheet of cardboard. Stores like home depot have large moving boxes that come flat like this, perfect for this project.
I use a projector to trace my butterfly, but you can also put tracing paper up to a screen and glue it to your cardboard, or ask your library to let you use their projector.
Make sure to trace not just the outside, but also all of the markings and patterns. Doing the antennae as well and keeping the scrap cardboard will allow you to measure out the right length.
2.
Cut around the outside of your lepidopteran and crease where the wings meet each other and the body. I use my hands, but a ruler can help. After bending your wings into a natural position, make the body and head with your clay of choice, mine is foam clay which is cheap and easy to use.
Blend the sides of the body into the wings just enough to stick, this will hold the pose you've chosen.
Prop up the wings with whatever is around and keep in a safe spot to dry. Mine dries overnight at this size. You can see I've used bottles for mine
3.
Once dry and solidified, the clay holds the wings in place in the way you left them.
Measure your antennae wire a little longer than needed and poke it into the clay. If it doesn't stay, add a little dot of super or hot glue at the base.
Glue a mounting bracket on the back. You can angle this however you like to have your lepidopteran upright, sideways, or even upside down
4.
Paint your sections individually so you don't lose your trace lines. I go in with white first to cover up the print on the cardboard, then put the correct colors over that.
If making a high contrast lep like this, go in with black at the end to clean up your edges.
If adding any fur to the body, get a piece larger than you need and hot glue it on, then trim the backing underneath the fibers with tiny snips, as not to cut the fur itself, and carefully glue the edges of the backing to the body as well
5.
Brush a matte finish like mod podge over your final product. Hold your lep up to where you want it to hang, then mount with a nail
Ultimate Shadow Milk seems to have lost his way in the time space continuum..! And he’s all alone… poor thing. Won’t someone help him find his way?
ShadowVanilla like meter!!! Who cheered! Can you tell who all the pairings are? No one’s ever going to guess the mystery one… :)
I already have the first 2 tiers sketched out, but yall gotta lock in if you want to see them-! I really really cooked with this one guys :}
ALSO! Applications to Tales From the Spire are closing a week from today! Please be sure to apply before the deadline if you want to be considered for the project! Thank you to everyone who’s applied thus far! Your support means the world to me! Check it out over at @shamifountzine !
Feral shrimp aside, here's a bunch of photos of some of the natives I collected in Marine, brackish, and fresh conditions. I'll try to list all of them.
Sailfin molly,Naked goby, Marsh killifish (confluentus), southern puffer, frillfin goby's, Florida blenny, dwarf seahorse, gulf pipefish, southern hake, and a pair of plane head filefish.
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