Sup! (38/F/she,her) I'm not super active but stick around and sometimes I post stuff. You can lurk but you gotta let me know if you're a human. I will block accounts with nothing on them.
Idk if I’ll ever draw expressions this good again, that one angle on Kenobi was impossible. It’s still not perfect but this is one of those drawings that the more I work on it the more I mess it up :’)
Also what is the tumblr tag for Kenobi x Ventress? I can’t find it in the auto fill
There’s a scene in Bad Batch where Wrecker, who’d already eaten all his food, says he’s still hungry and Omega offers him hers and he would have taken it if Hunter hadn’t intervened. That scene made me laugh I love Wrecker.
My garage kit doll arrived yesterday after my last post, lol. I finally got my hands on a mini bucket from Oddnomalies. I was never lucky with the lottery system. When I saw there was going to be an actual shop drop, I jumped on it. I would have loved to get a fully painted and assembled one but I'm excited to customize my own. Seeing how I've been on a starwars kick I'm leanimg toward a clone trooper inspired color theme.
I've been out of the loop doll wise but damn I forgot how long it takes for dolls! I got two dolls I'm waiting on one of which I ordered back in July of 2023!! I'm constantly on Instagram checking and last update on the dolls supposedly being *almost* ready to ship was 8 weeks ago? I'm hella tempted to reach out to other doll people who I follow and know have a tumbler here to see if they heard anything that I haven't.
UPDATE: I ended up contacting the seller and more apologies/excuses later the doll was finally sent. It arrived June 12th. If you're wondering why I haven't posted photos it's honestly because the whole experience rubbed me the wrong way. I can't even look at the doll without feeling annoyed I waited two years and spent so much on it! It's still in its box. The excitement I had for the doll has fizzled and now I don't know what I want to do with it. I have a new doll coming in, another garage kit that I am excited for which I will be posting when it arrives.
Sticking it under a readmore but this is how i make my shirts etc for like a fiver's worth of materials. I am far from being an expert btw im just playing with chemicals. also probably do this in a ventilated area or something
You will need:
Bleach (I use thick toilet bleach it's like 80p)
The thing you want to bleach onto (In this case, a tote bag for a friend. usually i thrift old black shirts.) You should do a patch test before any real bleaching -- dab a tiny bit on the inside of a hem somewhere before you commit. I don't show that below because i forgot to do it but you should. You should ALSO iron the thing before you bleach it. So it's flat. Do as I say not as I do etc.
Something to put inside / between your garment and the table (Asda brand weetabix box babyyy)
Paintbrush (Mine is from a multipack from Poundland. I also accidentally left it in bleach last time and it kind of dissolved so I had to cut off the most egregious of the stray bristles.)
Chalk (For snacking) (I'm joking please don't eat the chalk) (I only have big pavement chalk, again, from Poundland, but you can get a good point with a craft knife)
Step one: move the cat
Step two: insert cereal box into / behind the thing you are bleaching.
Step three: chalk on your design. this is the logo of a wine brand i have never tried but i like the snail. It can be super rough or very precise, whichever helps you know where to put your lines.
As you can tell it's easy to move stuff and redo it by just smudging the chalk away, or, worst case scenario, giving it a wash. Though that sucks if you're impatient like me bc you do NOT want to bleach this while it's wet. Once you're happy with your design, smack it around a bunch to take off most of the chalk, so you wind up with a vague outline. I didn't get a pic of this stage but here's what the iasip one looked like:
Step four: Acquire your bleach and put it in the special bleach jar your hosuemates labelled so you would stop drinking normal water out of it. Accept that Nyx hates you for not letting her drink it.
Step five: Go for it man. The bleach is kinda goopy so don't expect it to come out like paint, but it does mean that you can control the line crispness and width quite easily depending on how hard you press the brush down. I find it really helps for stuff like serif fonts.
You can dilute your bleach with water, which can help it get into all the little crevices esp if your fabric is a little bumpy, but do another small patch test before committing to anything on the main piece, because some fabrics absolutely suck up water and your lovely crispy lines will blow out like an old tattoo. don't do it. Unless you want that look, in which case get silly with it
The other weird thing abt it is obviously that you can't see what you painted right away, it takes a couple seconds to show up, so it's a pretty slow process. The fabric will first go darker where you painted, then lighten from orange to a pale yellow over about 30 seconds. DON'T go "this bleach aint shit" and paint over it to make it lighten faster -- overbleaching it can weaken the fabric and make it tear.
Tragic.
Here are some progress shots of the snail! When you're finished, you should wait for it to develop properly, but it depends how light you want it to be. I let the lines sit for a while before doing the details, and then washed it a bit prematurely so they'll stay a little darker. For nice pale yellow you want to wait around an hour.
Step six: drown her
Nice cold water, wash out all the remaining bleach and chalk. I chucked it in the wash for ten minutes because it's a weird shape and size to wash in the sink and I'm a lazy bastard. but handwashing works just as well.
Step seven: revel in your new bootleg merch. You made that. You did that. thrive. go forth and make weird shit.
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