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long! bug!

i was arranging our gardening supplies when i came across some flower supports made of bamboo, and of course found the texture of the bamboo sticks super interesting. they're wood, but also remind me of bug legs, and could be connected with robotic-looking joints, and that's just about all of my favorite things in one package. so i made this spindly stranger. used a limited color palette but all the textures, because that's also one of my favorite things to do.

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i'm still deeply into making fake porcelain things -> here's a little fox. also featuring hollow filigree joints which i have wanted to make for a long time but haven't had the right project or motivation for.

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i got swept away by the mightiest need to make a layered robot head that can be taken apart completely -> spent the last couple of days doing very little else than working on these two. they're mostly the same sculpt, but the pink one has some functional improvements compared to the black. all parts attach by magnets. the upper half of the mask can slide up and down, and the ears can rotate.

i have a matching body in progress, but these heads are enormous, so i'm not 100% sure if i will be printing it in this size. regardless, full modular robobuny coming up eventually.

[here is a lil video of me taking one of the heads into pieces.]

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found this head & a pair of wings in my box of misprints & unused doll parts -> put them together and gave her a faceup as a chill little project.

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i wanted to make an adult version of my frog kid sculpt and ended up with this leafy samurai.

the body is inspired by glass frogs, who have transparent bellies that allow you to see their veins & organs. i printed the fronts of the chest & waist as separate very thin pieces using translucent filament, and painted the blood vessels & heart on the inside before assembling.

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wake up babe, new teapot animal variant just dropped!

this little unicorn's patterns are paper napkin decoupage + supplemental handpainting, and she's been gloss varnished to look more like porcelain. she may also finally be the perfect size; still smaller than a real teapot, but a little more substantial and also much less maddening to string than the previous variants. available on my store now.

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this is kava. he may be a little undead, but no worries, he's getting better every day!

i'm going to make dolls of a couple of my gw2 characters, and because kava is my main, as far as i even have a main, i started with him. i thought of making him more clothes/accessories, but i prefer him this way.

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chocodile

Xmas gift to @broncoburro and @lsdoiphin of "snout mode" Oscar and Kaitos from their WIP indie game @forevergoldgame! Had to rush to get these guys done when one of the blank collie figures got lost in the mail but somehow I managed to get 'em done anyway. :)

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bug-memory

Happy Halloween yall! I'm very excited to announce that my (very small) Werewolf Violet preorder is open! I have worked over a year on engineering this project and bringing her to life.

Here is the order page with more info, color options, etc! Please spread the word if you can 🧡

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picnic 🍁

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i've found an easy way to trick myself into making clothes: simply have the clothes be the body of the doll. so, another soft-bodied wire-skeleton jester.

this starlequin was mostly inspired by the constellation fabric. it is from my old pillowcase that was starting to fray -> i decided to repurpose it & add some embroidery and beading.

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