You mentioned you had an Etsy? What's your name on there?
Also have you ever done a primate before? Since getting my tail I've been thinking about a golden lion tamarin mask and you do such excellent work... - mechanical-sunchild
@mechanical-sunchild
Hello!
My Etsy is FacesfromtheFen but I usually keep my comm listing closed until I have an order fully lined up so I can enter the custom pricing and everything
I have not, but I’d certainly be happy to try my hand at one! For the golden lion tamarin, there probably wouldn’t even be any felt involved, just foam clay and fur. Whereas something like a squirrel monkey or a macaque would be felted the same way as most my masks. The gorilla would probably be the same as the tamarin, but I might try and make its ears out of EVA foam instead of felt so that they wouldn’t be fuzzy but would still be flexible and durable.
Getting your tail is so freaking exciting thooo- Also thank you so much ;-;
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They’re actually open right now!
@shining-knockouts
Ah gotcha that makes sense! Yeah, who knows, could have a breed, could be mixed beyond knowing, cats are honestly so hard to figure out though. No that’s so fair- gear is so freaking cool. I still have not gotten to make a raccoon and I really really want to one of these days, they are very silly. I’d love to make another deer mask though, it’s been a minute since I have, and I adore making birds in general!
You are totally fine- as a professional rambler myself I do not mind in the slightest xD
*goes and finds a corner to cry in* I don’t even know how to respond to this just jdnfhbztj thank you ;-;
@squeakytoyyy
I do indeed, and if anyone else would like to be added to the list, feel free to DM me! They do actually happen to be open now though!
@moss-thegreenplant
Those are two peak creatures right there who and I would absolutely love to do either! I actually just finished my first feline mask (an eurasian lynx who I will hopefully get around to posting soon-) and painting all the intricate markings was extremely fun. And snow leopards are one of the prettiest big cats in my opinion, I love them very much. Maned wolves have been one of my favorite overall animals for years- they are such gorgeous, spindly little guys and I love their thin little faces-
@the-snake-collective
Thank youuu- idk why this isn’t letting me @ you properly, but I appreciate it very much if you do happen to see this!!
@starsundermyflesh
I will and I am right now! Is there a specific species you had in mind? Djhsrdmjf tysmmm x3
These are mask comms that I finished in February and never posted cuz I was still recovering from top surgery- super freaking happy with this mourning dove and how sweet looking their face came out-
I’ve been very very intensely bird shifty recently and I honestly kinda want to remake my crow mask. We’re in the midst of moving at the moment, but once we’re at the new place, I’m gonna start on some prototype wings, because the mask really doesn’t cut it with wing shifts. I miss having wing prosthetics that fit, but I’ve grown out of all mine and I NEED new ones.
FIRST CETACEAN!!! Figuring out how to make mask that maintains visibility while simultaneously still looking like a dolphin was complicated oh my gods- I am quite pleased with how it did turn out tho. If I do make others in the future, I think I am gonna try and find a different method of making the surface beyond using slightly smother fabric to cover it and putting five hundred layers of primer on it ;-;
I love this rat. So much. And this is the very first time I’d done whiskers; I just used fishing line, but I think they look pretty good and seemed to hold up alright!
AHHHH OH MY GODS GUYS- I just found such a simple way to get species euphoria for both my kintypes it feels fucking illegal- I was doing this eyeliner with opossum’s eye markings in mind, but then it turned out also reminding me a lot of jackdaws’ eye markings as well and- ahhhh- it’s so subtle too. I look and the mirror and I’m immediately just like BIRD, it’s lovely. Anyway. If any of your species have eye markings, this’s your sign to try doing makeup inspired by it I guess
Heyo!! Just a little critter who’d be interesting in commissioning in the future, but do you make masks for reptiles? Or fish?
-a curious crocodile
Hello! This actually made me finally sit down and mess around with some concepts, I’ve been meaning to for a while. But yeah, I actually think a crocodile would work pretty good cuz their eyes aren’t even that far apart. Also have a complimentary frog and gecko lol I’m not so sure about the fish though? I tried? I think there are probably some species that would be easier than others, idk honestly.
But yes, I would absolutely love to try my hand at reptiles one of these days!
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You mean to notify somebody when slots are open? I do indeed! I just need a username to ping you by, and I can certainly let you know! Rn there are a couple slots open if you’re interested tho
I don’t actually, the base is made completely from scratch with foam core!
You can see some progress photos of my opie mask here
I have some open right now actually!
@qupy
I sure do! Feel free to message me here or on Etsy if you’re still interested- what species would you be looking for?
@collared-crescent
No you’re completely fine, do not even fret :3
I do have some comm slots open at the moment if you are interested!
Thank youuu- I’m healing really well so far! And I’m finally allowed to exercise again which is absolutely lovely- can’t wait for the ground to thaw so I can see what quads feel like sans-boob lol
@harehund
I really probably should make a portfolio, shouldn’t i T^T I do post the masks I’ve made here, under the tag “fen faces” but it would probably be good for me to actually make a folder or something with everything in it for easier access. Djndfj thank you thoooo
(i have not, but I’ve had enough people ask that i should probably also do that at some point too)
@five-red-feathers
Awww thank you ;-; I do love my deer, I skulls really be a smart human and make a deer pattern for myself- What is your theriotype?
Nah your good, I need to make a pinned post where there’s easy access to everything including a shop link T^T
@shining-knockouts
AAAAHHHH THANK YOU- I’m surviving, waiting for spring so I have more to give my brain to focus on that isn’t the news and I can go sit in the woods without freezing my face off again
@mutty-pup
*gasps* hi! Tysm for this- I did know, but I actually forgot to do it when I made this blog- shall go fix! <3
THANK YOU SO MUCH- I’m so glad people outside our little bubble can appreciate my little guys as well x3
ferret fren brings eggs and bones and food. Frendship?
🦴🦴🥚🍎🧀🧀🍗🦴
You sent me a gif of a little pallas cat peering out from behind a wall in a different ask which I tried to save as a draft and tumblr zapped it into the void T^T
Will very happily accept bones and eggs and friendship *nodnodnod* you have some too tho
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this is my vaguely organized pricing infographic :D Tysmmm
@agerepuppyy @st4rstuff7
Hiii
Thank youuuu x3
As of right now I do not- Mostly because, while there is a method to my madness, it’s not a very cut and clean one and it’s sort of hard to explain without being hands on with someone. There’s a lot of weird squinching of foam core until it does what I say and gets rounded. I do have a vague mental pattern for the muzzles though, that varies in proportion depending on the look I’m going for. Idk how it would look without squinching it, but. I could try and make a pattern and put it on etsy, ye *nodnod* might take a minute though cuz life is a little crazy rn ;-;
(oh my gods thank youuuu)
*peers in the tin, reaches in with my little opossum hands to grab the paper scrap, unfolds it, squints at the message*
(my brain automatically read that in a goose voice, just so you know xD)
Eeeeee thank you o̴̶̷᷄⩊o̴̶̷̥᷅
Happy to exist as another opie kin in the wild! Seriously tho, it’s so cool when i see others because there really aren’t that many. To the point that i get excited to see fellow marsupial kin in general. Ehehehe im glad >:3
Awww that’s marvelous x3 I’d love to see if you ever do get photos of them!
*sits in the leaves and watches you go*
@argothegreat
Sajdubsfikh thank you so so much, you have no idea how happy that makes me x3
There shall be perpetually rotating slots open, so it is very likely you’d be able to get one eventually!
Thank youuuu
EEEE ANOTHER OPIE- HI HELLO HIIII *waves my little opossum hands back*
i am not the right person to ask that question, i have no idea either, so i say we just don’t worry about it, seems unimportant anyway
@star-critter
AHHHHHH THANK YOUUUUU- also i still need to finish my sketch for our art trade, i am sorry ;-;
mask dump two of three! Got to make my first mouth with teeth, which was super fun and I’m very happy with it >:3
and also super gorgeous deer design I had the absolute pleasure of getting to make below cut! [still trying to not clutter my blog with tons of long posts T^T]
Mask dump one of three lol Have a bunch of unguligrades from almost a month ago ’:D Painting the unicorn’s horn was definitely my favorite part of all of this, I’m soooo freaking happy with it-
[I’m trying to make less long posts cuz I don’t like how they look scrolling through my blog, so the rest are below cut :3]
I love the gazelle’s nose so much tho oh my gosh x3
And getting to make antlers for the first time was very fun
Didn’t manage to fully finish it before my surgery- still hoping to do so, but I still wanted to share what I have of it now. I’m actually feeling pretty okay at the moment overall, the main discomfort is just bloat right now, which is common, but ;-;
Hey little beings in my phone, I’m opening 4 slots for mask comms today!
This’s probably like. Weird to ask, but I’m gonna do it anyway. If any obscure little critters are looking for masks I’d lovvve to do them so much! Especially seals (their markings are all super cool and I think they’d be fun to paint), or literally any type of bird (beaksss), or some type of fantasy creature (need I say more?)
I adore making canines and ungulates, and I love my canine and ungulate friends dearly, but I’m also really in the mood to experiment with species I haven’t done yet- I actually also haven’t done any cats yet.
They’re currently $89 flat, and the rest of my comm info is below the cut.
You can message me here, or on Etsy, and I’ll activate the listing so you can grab a slot.
[I’m also only shipping within the US rn because customs are a disaster at the moment and I don’t want to risk it]
Comms I finished last week >:D Also my first canines! I had so so much fun making them, thank you both for entrusting me to do so, it means a lot x3
I’m currently working four different ungulates and just got another deer and another puppy- I expected the dogs, but I was taken off guard by all the hoofed little guys.
They are, but there will be new slots opening up around the beginning of next week, if you dm me here or on Etsy, I can 100% let you know before the listing goes live :3
*buries the eepy little guy in pillows and blankets and makes him tea because he deserves it* He’s adorable, I love him so much ;-;
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@wolfalder
Hi!! As a matter of fact, I just opened two comm slots up! Also tysm ;-; also I love your avocado pit carvings so much, they are gorgeous- I’ve been meaning to try and carve one for a while but haven’t gotten around to it
Hiii! Thank youuuu- I can’t wait to work on it! A mouse will be super fun >:3
Oh- hello hello then x3 I love your fawn mask so much tho, it is adorable- Also, your Falkor is like the very best thing ever. I love your work!
@flinsgrave
Ehehe- that’s kinda amusing xD It always like- jumpscares me when I stumble across my art on Pinterest. And then I wonder who originally pinned it-
@cascadinglioness
*gasp* snack!!! thank you new friend- >:3 You also have a snack 🫐
@kitty-canine
Ummm potentially?? I’ve kind of taken a break from filming art things at the moment cuz it makes the process take a lot longer, but I think I’m gonna redo my opossum mask at some point, so wherever that happens, I might film that! It’s like. . . I think it’s eleven pieces of core board altogether? I think-
@bumbl3mind
Hi! I’ve actually been considering making a backstory post at some point, mostly cuz I wanna know if other people have similar experiences, but. Initially, I wasn’t even looking for a theriotype, I just have always assigned animals to people around me as well as my characters to understand them better- like what animal they are most similar to in personality when behavior- and when I was around fourteen/fifteen, I started trying to figure out what I would be, honestly, not what I wished I was, but what I actually would be. And so it just started with a list of characteristics, behaviors, instincts, and habitat preferences I had in common with them. (quiet, reclusive, usually solitary, but with exceptions for family, will make a show of being big and scary when threatened, but will hold off biting as long as possible, relies mostly on hearing and sense of smell, often found in trees, very high pain tolerance and usually non confrontational even when hurt, at the time, my safe foods were yogurt and eggs, becomes a mindless wandering beast in winter, yearning only for spring, etc. I also have a neurological condition that, among other things, can render me temporarily paralyzed if you startle me really bad or throw something at me, which was a large reason why I even looked into them to begin with) I’ve always had ear and pouch phantom shifts, I don’t ever remember not having them, but I didn’t really learn that therianthropy was a thing until I was seventeen, and it was from somebody spouting the typical “kids forcing their school to let them piss in a litter box in the corner of the classroom” type shit, and only actually looked into what it really was over the summer. I don’t necessarily have as many proper prehensile tail shifts where I can actually feel it, more just instances where I trip or lose my balance and expect it to be there to catch me but it’s not. Idk if that makes sense. My mom and I got licensed for wildlife rehab shortly after I turned eighteen, and we now specialize in opossums- and getting to interact with them face to face and and learn all their little habits and eccentricities has very much solidified that I am, in fact, one of them. Sorry if that’s kinda chaotic, idk if it actually helps at all T-T
@rainclouds-and-dewdrops
It’s a bunch of strips of core board that I taped together at the ends so they were little tubes, and then cut indents into them so they would hinge. Then I tied together the sides of them that didn’t have the dent, hot glued another piece of string to the very last “vertebrae” and ran the rest of that string all the way through to the other end of the tail. When you pull it, it curls :D
WE’RE BACK, BITCHES- (yes i know it’s wednesday not tuesday, shuddup-)
I now hast an Etsy SHOP! >:3 The mask commission listing is still under construction, but it exists and can be used! I may raise my rates in future, we’ll see, idk- Turnaround time will probably be around two weeks, but I put 3-6 in case comms stack up.
@skyhounds
Thank you- ;-; I do now! It’s kinda chaotic in there, but. The comm listing is operational. I may add options for like- accessories and things later, but for now, I have to finish editing the stuff for plain masks-
@wi1d-c0y0tee
I do!!! Not for art at the moment, but I am for masks!
