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The Oink sisters! I started this project months ago, so I am happy to have finally completed it.

#art dolls #pigs #oink sisters #pig art #art doll

Seal and Beluga vibin underwater. From my sketchbook, digitally colored.

#artic animals #seal #beluga #anthro art #furry

Navigating the apocalypse, together.

Painting of Ravioli in what I like to call her July Dress. It’s meant for human babies so it doesn’t fit quite right. But she feels pretty in it.

#cat art #digital painting

Pages 5 & 6.

#pixel art #web comic #comic

Painting with pixels

#pixel art #wip #cat art

Some Shinx stuff I made for my little sister last Christmas. I was making her something else, and it didn’t turn out. So on a tight deadline I modeled & painted the ornament on the left. I still wasn’t super happy with how it turned out 😂 but now that time has passed I think it’s alright.

#pokemon shinx #shinx #pokemon art

Scribbles over lunch & work meetings

#scribbles

Posy the Honduran White Bat child. With enough determination, her arms magically pop into wings.

#bats #bat art #antho art #art doll

Pages 3-4 of the chapter, "Special Delivery".

Eventually- if I keep going with this- I'll make some sort of separate, organized place to read this.

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#web comic #pixel art #pixel comic #comic #special delivery #cat art #tw blood

First two pages for an ongoing pixel art comic about a cat and a man living on an island. I’m not sure what to call it yet, but this chapter is “Special Delivery”.

A mock video game screenshot. Was in the mood to make pixel art again. Now I have a lot of ideas…

#pixel art #fake video game #pixel artist

🍎 About the making of Clara 🍏

There are some imperfections & design oversights- but ultimately I’m very happy with how she turned out.

Learnings...

With the model- I wish I had extended the neck a bit deeper into the head so that she could looks further up/down without gapping showing. And I accidentally totally hollowed out the limbs instead of creating a spherical cavity- so that made stringing this together a nightmare.

I learned that inserted pieces (the tusks) should not be an EXACT fit. There's probably some micro warping in the physical print, and resin is rigid/inflexible. So the insert pieces didn't fit! Luckily that was easy to fix- I just filed the holes to be a little bigger.

The next biggest issue was cracking in the clear coat. I had to redo all of the limbs because of this. We found that simply doing several very light layers (over the course of 48 hours) prevented cracking.

I’m also having paint chipping at the joints. This is the only doll where I’ve had this issue. The only different factors in this project were the type of spray paint, & that I didn’t do much hand painting. Parts getting a bit beat up at joints is common in BJDs so it is what it is IMO.

The last challenge of note was designing the clothing. I originally wanted a very ruffled dress. But at this scale, and with the fabric I was using, it created so much bulk that looked odd. So I settled for a simple dress with a few darts to add some movement. To add some more interest back into the outfit, I ended up creating her that apple bag and sketchbook!

#process #art doll