The first comic I made for Polymito, back in 2025 when Riquiña and Almé were Scorpia-pilled and didn't have ears
(narrative alt under the cut)
A six-panelled strip comic featuring two girls. In the first panel, arrows pointing to either girl indicates their ages: the one standing on the left is 12, and the one sitting at the desk is 16.
The twelve-year-old, Riquiña, has two small horns visible from her short twists. The plates of scales on the sides of her head prevent hair growth, giving her the appearance of having an undercut. She wears a baggy hoodie.
The sixteen-year-old, Almé, has two large horns protruding from her forehead. They curve backwards, following the flow of her long, straight hair. A plate of scales shapes her cheekbones, and she wears a loose, long-sleeved shirt. She's turned away from the twelve-year-old, reading a piece of paper in one hand while her other hand fiddles with a pen on a notebook. Her desk is strewn with paper.
Riquiña comes up from behind her sister, lightly dragging her fingers on her sister’s desk. “Almé?”
Without turning around, Almé replies, “Yes, Riquiña.”
Here goes nothing: “What animal-”
“You’re not getting a pet, little girl.”
W-wait—Riquiña could keep her cool. “I wasn’t going to ask that.”
“Oh, sorry.” Almé continues scrawling in her notebook. “Go on.”
Riquiña raises a tendril to her mouth. Her fingers toy with the fabric of her sleeve. Sweat drips down her temple.
Almé smirks, looking up from her reading. She doesn’t move, though—she knows exactly the face her sister’s making, trying to reroute the conversation.
Finally, Riquiña drops her tendril. What she came up with is, “What animal can you fight with your bare hands.”
Almé grins and returns to her reading. Waving with a tail, she says, “Go to bed, Ki. I’ll be up soon.”
“Okay,” she mumbles.
But she doesn’t move.
Almé picks up her notebook, comparing it with her reading.
Riquiña shoves her hands into her pocket. She prods Almé’s desk with a tendril.
Almé sneaks a glance. Then, she extends her notes to Riquiña. “Before you go, could you check my notes?”
Riquiña perks up.
Almé chucks her tail under Riquiña’s little chin. “I’ve been working all day—I might’ve written something that makes no sense.”
In an instant, Riquiña has sidled up to Almé, a hand already around her notebook. “I can help you!”
The first comic I made for Polymito, back in 2025 when Riquiña and Almé were Scorpia-pilled and didn't have ears
(narrative alt under the cut)
A six-panelled strip comic featuring two girls. In the first panel, arrows pointing to either girl indicates their ages: the one standing on the left is 12, and the one sitting at the desk is 16.
The twelve-year-old, Riquiña, has two small horns visible from her short twists. The plates of scales on the sides of her head prevent hair growth, giving her the appearance of having an undercut. She wears a baggy hoodie.
The sixteen-year-old, Almé, has two large horns protruding from her forehead. They curve backwards, following the flow of her long, straight hair. A plate of scales shapes her cheekbones, and she wears a loose, long-sleeved shirt. She's turned away from the twelve-year-old, reading a piece of paper in one hand while her other hand fiddles with a pen on a notebook. Her desk is strewn with paper.
Riquiña comes up from behind her sister, lightly dragging her fingers on her sister’s desk. “Almé?”
Without turning around, Almé replies, “Yes, Riquiña.”
Here goes nothing: “What animal-”
“You’re not getting a pet, little girl.”
W-wait—Riquiña could keep her cool. “I wasn’t going to ask that.”
“Oh, sorry.” Almé continues scrawling in her notebook. “Go on.”
Riquiña raises a tendril to her mouth. Her fingers toy with the fabric of her sleeve. Sweat drips down her temple.
Almé smirks, looking up from her reading. She doesn’t move, though—she knows exactly the face her sister’s making, trying to reroute the conversation.
Finally, Riquiña drops her tendril. What she came up with is, “What animal can you fight with your bare hands.”
Almé grins and returns to her reading. Waving with a tail, she says, “Go to bed, Ki. I’ll be up soon.”
“Okay,” she mumbles.
But she doesn’t move.
Almé picks up her notebook, comparing it with her reading.
Riquiña shoves her hands into her pocket. She prods Almé’s desk with a tendril.
Almé sneaks a glance. Then, she extends her notes to Riquiña. “Before you go, could you check my notes?”
Riquiña perks up.
Almé chucks her tail under Riquiña’s little chin. “I’ve been working all day—I might’ve written something that makes no sense.”
In an instant, Riquiña has sidled up to Almé, a hand already around her notebook. “I can help you!”
I made Riquiña (curlie) and Noemi (blondie)!! Links to their patterns and other references that I used are under the cut (￣y▽￣)╭
The tutorials I've linked use a heat-erasable pen to draw guidelines. I use fireside as the fabric for the base (linked in the next section), and I found that a random highlighter I have at home rubs off over time without me even intending for it to. Probably a pretty cursed way to draw guidelines, but it was cheap and convenient. Use at your own discretion!
Plushie pattern
The plushie itself is by Tomoneko on Note (pattern + tutorial):
Tomoneko also has additional My Favourite Plushie patterns for hair + clothes on their blog. The original size is 10cm, but I bumped it to 24cm and cut them out with a Cricut (you can do the same by resizing, then printing on more than one sheet).
I used fireside fabric. Dollmakers sometimes recommend using a like-coloured fabric for the back of their head (to match the hair + hide bald spots), but it's not super consequential.
Hair
For Noemi's hair, I learned from Voicemail (YouTube) and XiXi Doll (Pinterest):
I used Demi Purl for her yarn. I obviously didn't follow the tutorials to the T - I wanted to be able to put her half-pony (not shown) up and down.
For Riquiña's hair, I learned from Flor de linha (who is also on Instagram):
Oct 5, 2025 — 44 likes, 8 comments - flordelinhaarte on October 4, 2025: "Cachos perfeitos! Feitos um a um com toque de amor amor e carinho
You can research how Black women curl their extensions for more details on how to get full, round curls and coils - but doll hair only needs to be boiled/steamed for 5ish minutes, not >2hrs! Make sure its fully air dried before using. If your hands start needing TLC, you're doing it right.
The stitching method started out similar to Noemi's, but I improvised after sewing Riquiña's hairline because sculpting coiled yarn is much different to sculpting thick yarn. The goal was to let her hairstyle be versatile, too (to show off her undercut), but I fixed too many strands in place too early on. I could probably tie two low puffs, but there's no prettily tying her hair up, sadly.
De linha used acrylic yarn, but I used whatever black yarn I had leftover from crocheting. The curls loosened and became fuller a day after I stitched them onto her head; I like the effect this gave, since she's only ~3B, but it might not be what someone wants for a doll with kinkier hair.
Faces
I embroidered their faces with standard embroidery floss. I found that three strands, not two, is a good amount for embroidering pretty much everything on fireside fabric. I embroidered after stuffing the whole doll but before putting on their hair - no hoop needed, but a long needle is extremely useful.
Misc.
Noemi's ears are a custom pattern. I'll talk more about it if people are interested, but I don't think this post is reaching that far LOL. Soft, quality felt on the inside (worth the 70 cents it costed), and faux fur from the $ store that I shaved down on the outside.
Riquiña's horns are edited, much squatter forms of Rustic Horseshoe's pattern. My seams weren't even, so I had to ignore them while attaching her horns.
Noemi's tattoo is a mix of cheap acrylic paint and fabric softener. I talk more about it at the bottom of this post. Riquiña's undercut (to be added) will be painted the same way - I should've done this before putting all that hair on...
The next thing I plan to do, if I make more of these, is to give the little guy a piercing. I forgot to do that with Noemi, and now I'm too lazy to make changes to her <( _ _ )>
(three-ish coats of ~1:2 fabric softener + acrylic paint. dried, then applied gentle heat with a small hair iron. I used parchment to begin with, then removed the parchment and used the back of the hair iron. this didn't damage the fabric (fireside), though the arm is negligibly smoother.)
(three-ish coats of ~1:2 fabric softener + acrylic paint. dried, then applied gentle heat with a small hair iron. I used parchment to begin with, then removed the parchment and used the back of the hair iron. this didn't damage the fabric (fireside), though the arm is negligibly smoother.)
(three-ish coats of ~1:2 fabric softener + acrylic paint. dried, then applied gentle heat with a small hair iron. I used parchment to begin with, then removed the parchment and used the back of the hair iron. this didn't damage the fabric (fireside), though the arm is negligibly smoother.)
(three-ish coats of ~1:2 fabric softener + acrylic paint. dried, then applied gentle heat with a small hair iron. I used parchment to begin with, then removed the parchment and used the back of the hair iron. this didn't damage the fabric (fireside), though the arm is negligibly smoother.)
noemi watching a 9yo goddess take the fattest hit shes ever seen
noemi wondering if she already took a hit bc theres no way she jsut saw that
reyna quietly listening w her hands in her lap bc she doesnt know how to respond to noemi explaining that she didnt take a single drag bc hestia smoked enough for the two of them for the next ten years
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