#sky talks

[mugiwarafan]

usopp calling the probably immortal, incredibly powerful and evil secret ruler of the entire world a spineless coward is genuinely cinema 10/10 no notes like thAT'S MY BRAVE WARRIOR OF THE SEA

[skyrider3217artz]

Work has been very slow lately at my new full-time job. As much as I want to bring my plush projects with me, I don't think lugging around 2 large embroidery machines every day to work isn't ideal.. so I took my tablet with me and sketched out potential projects for the future.

Getting ahead of the curve, I did the next two after Safijiiva (and Arkveld), that being Makili Pietru and Legiana, and two more I would like to try, Chameleos and Oltura.

Makili Pietru's design has SO MUCH COLORS, so I had to dumb it down considerably so as not to make this plush majority on print on fabric, cause my plan is here to work alot of embroidery to get some of these details down since the projected size of this plush will be about 11 in. tall (not from head to tail, per request).

Now, unlike Makili, this one I do plan to print on fabric (a.k.a. subblimation) for the whole top part of the wings to get that nice gradiant transition from sky blue to navy blue while embroidering the near black designs.

I am wondering if I can pattern it in a way that the wings extensions are more individual where it would layer on top of each other rather than a straight up flat shape for the wings, to 1) break down the pattern pieces to subblimate it easier and 2) make it more accurate ti the model. Whether or not I can achieve this will be something I will have to figure out.

A big thought surrounding this is the heavy use of gradiants, especially on the wings and spikes/horns.i tried to simplify the colors here but didn't work without some of the gradiants. I went for its more final, more powered up look with the detailed patterning on the bottom of the wings, with the main pair having this bright glowing eye.

It will be interesting to try and create the MASSIVE wings this creature has with all of its details.

Yes, I know Olutura has 3 sets of wings. Two of them are the same, so for simplicity, I draw them once.

Anyways, stay crafty, friends, and happy hunting!

Now Chameleos, being a silly thief, I want to try again at an open mouth plush with the toungue being able to be tucked back in the mouth and extended with a magnet on the end of it to "take" things, just a a funny little addition.

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Sorry if this post came out long, I am very detail oriented and will get into the nitty gritty stuff, as that is how my brain processes things.

I'm open to suggestions and will add them to a possible "To Do" list when projects have slowed down. I'm just taking this oputunity that I have downtime at my full-time job to sketch things out and make patterns.

[frank-castle-luvr]

it's been more than a year & it's always really freaking crazy to see just how many feelings a mere rewatch of dead boy detectives can elicit within me. :'D

[cosmic-cloudd9]

[morningsunandnightsky]

I'm feeling some heart-wrenching Jaehyun angst, but my brain is not braining rn

[skylardenae]

do you ever just scrap a whole 1.1k words worth of work cause you don't like the way it's going and you can't see how to edit it into something you like so you just start all over? no? just me? cool

[deceitfuldevil]

Rare Pictures of Charlie Cox*

*that you haven’t seen because I took them on Saturday (8/17/24) at Fan Expo Chicago

This man is so incredibly kind and thoughtful I’m so lucky I had the chance to meet him again, everyone please enjoy these beautiful pictures I snatched of him whilst getting his autograph and waiting in line.

Much Love,

—Skyler