crysthemist
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I am home from school now. I really wanna sculpt another Toothless, but my room is also a mess so that can’t be done until everything is put away 😔
wikipedia no longer being anywhere near the top of search results when looking up anything feels eviscerating
This is so lovely
One of my favourite dogs :)
Drew a Legiana on the dorm whiteboard today!
Reference under the break!
Not to sound like a fuckin hippie but please for the love of god start noticing and appreciating the natural world around you. You don’t have to go hike the entire Appalachian trail or anything and I get that not everyone has access to the outdoors for various reasons, but just fucking … look around you when you’re outside. Notice the sky and the sun and the birds and creatures. Start caring about them. I’m begging you.
Deadly nadder
Ah beans
☀️🌸 Okami Amaterasu 🌸☀️
Sculpting process is under the break!
I made this during winter break using what I learned from making the Toothless sculpture. I used polymer clay this time and didn’t make it solid clay, which really helps the clay not crack.
I did not end up using the armature pictured above because the proportions were off and it was unbalanced.
I finished the details and put it in the oven along with her shield and rosary beads. In hindsight, I should have baked the base clay on and then added the details to that to bake again so I didn’t have to worry about ruining my work. Next time!
I made the beads hoping I could make the rosary work, but I didn’t have the right tools. Sent the beads to my friend to put holes in. I hope to finish that after the semester is over.
Once baked, I started painting. I got a new, thin brush just for this lol. I’m super happy with how I painted this whole thing, but oh my goodness I am so proud of that shield!
I also intended on the fire being translucent as I got translucent polymer clay for it, but not only was it crumbly and very hard to work with, it’s not even translucent!! At least not noticeably. Alas 😔
The shield is fully removable so I can swap out Okami’s weapons. Again, hoping to get the rosary to work, but I would also love to make one of the swords!
And that’s how I made an Okami sculpture! I wanna do a photo shoot with her now that it’s spring and there are flowers growing outside
Edit: I forgot to mention that I actually got sculpting tools for this too (great time for my combination Christmas and birthday gifts) so the details were much easier to make.
For Toothless, I used my tiny screwdriver I use for my clarinet screws and a mechanical pencil to get the details. It… worked I guess? Still not great lmao
My friends keep calling it the Mr. Beast dragon 😔
A Nargacuga I drew on the whiteboard in my dorm’s den tonight!
I may have severely shortened the lifespan of the blue marker,,
☀️🌸 Okami Amaterasu 🌸☀️
Sculpting process is under the break!
I made this during winter break using what I learned from making the Toothless sculpture. I used polymer clay this time and didn’t make it solid clay, which really helps the clay not crack.
I did not end up using the armature pictured above because the proportions were off and it was unbalanced.
I finished the details and put it in the oven along with her shield and rosary beads. In hindsight, I should have baked the base clay on and then added the details to that to bake again so I didn’t have to worry about ruining my work. Next time!
I made the beads hoping I could make the rosary work, but I didn’t have the right tools. Sent the beads to my friend to put holes in. I hope to finish that after the semester is over.
Once baked, I started painting. I got a new, thin brush just for this lol. I’m super happy with how I painted this whole thing, but oh my goodness I am so proud of that shield!
I also intended on the fire being translucent as I got translucent polymer clay for it, but not only was it crumbly and very hard to work with, it’s not even translucent!! At least not noticeably. Alas 😔
The shield is fully removable so I can swap out Okami’s weapons. Again, hoping to get the rosary to work, but I would also love to make one of the swords!
And that’s how I made an Okami sculpture! I wanna do a photo shoot with her now that it’s spring and there are flowers growing outside
Edit: I forgot to mention that I actually got sculpting tools for this too (great time for my combination Christmas and birthday gifts) so the details were much easier to make.
For Toothless, I used my tiny screwdriver I use for my clarinet screws and a mechanical pencil to get the details. It… worked I guess? Still not great lmao
"cozy game" maybe for YOU. I have spreadsheets
Behold the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself…
Toothless!
The process is under the break!
Made this in my dorm room last November with crayola air dry clay and an attitude of, “I’ve never done this before, but how hard could it be?”
I wouldn’t say it was difficult, but it was definitely a learning experience! I learned that crayola air dry clay is really brittle and also, the sculpture shouldn’t be solidly made of clay.
The body and legs kept cracking, and I ended up patching them with acrylic paint that halfway worked lol
And I didn’t know another way I could make the wings, so what I did was hot glue fabric to the wing fingers, soak the fabric with water, and then apply the clay on top so the texture was more uniform.
Then I did the details and the paint.
I want to make another Toothless once school is over. Had to give this one away pretty much as soon as I finished for a Secret Santa.
But yeah! That’s how I made my first sculpture!
A Nargacuga I drew on the whiteboard in my dorm’s den tonight!
I may have severely shortened the lifespan of the blue marker,,
i made a character sheet. free to use as you wish, feel free to change whatever you want XD open source ass thing. spent all of ~maybe an hour on it.
Credit: the text in the insert-image box comes from this video, and the text for the top three lines (intense, complex, fruity) comes from this post. The actual image was made with the free NBOS character sheet creator, which is a sort of dated but free and solid text-layout sheet maker intended for ttrpg style character sheet creation.
REALLY??? CRAZY LMAO
this feels a little TOO accurate
Because why not, here’s my Pinterest board full of art references and techniques.
It has over 3.5k pins that are all meticulously organized into 25 categories. I make an effort to include a multitude of different styles, reference types, and rendering techniques.
Feel free to browse it for inspiration or for any reference needs. If you need something, it probably has at least one pin that can help.
Hey i’m a fashion design student so i have tons and tons of pdfs and docs with basic sewing techniques, pattern how-tos, and resources for fabric and trims. I’ve compiled it all into a shareable folder for anyone who wants to look into sewing and making their own clothing. I’ll be adding to this folder whenever i come across new resources
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16uhmMb8kE4P_vOSycr6XSa9zpmDijZSd?usp=sharing
In my early teens, I thought myself completely average. I was acing my classes, advanced in three subjects, in band, jazz band, and archery. I qualified for the archery state tournament and I got the highest mark at contest with my clarinet ensemble. And I thought all of it average. I felt good about those accomplishments, but I didn’t let myself feel special for having done them.
There’s nothing wrong with being humble, but I wasn’t letting myself be proud of my accomplishments. I started to think differently when my art teacher in my senior year of high school commended me for my knowledge in both the arts and in academics. What she told me was the most influential thing an educator has ever told me. She admired my willingness to learn about a subject I already had great experience in and my ability to critique and take criticism. She said that I had great potential and that I had the mind to be like Leonardo da Vinci.
Just,,
I had never been told something like that before. Whenever I think college is too difficult, I think back to her.
I try to give people compliments like that now. Knowing how well it resonated with me and inspired me, just think of what others could do with such a push.
consider: teenagers aren’t apathetic about everything they’re just used to you shitting all over whatever they show excitement about
This is why I study biology
“I learned that just beneath the surface there’s another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as a kid, but I couldn’t find the proof. It was just a kind of feeling. There is goodness in blue skies and flowers, but another force—a wild pain and decay—also accompanies everything.”
— David Lynch (via human-voices)
"Do you ever dream of land?" The whale asks the tuna.
"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"
"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."
"Why do you care," says the tuna, "if you will never see it."
"There are bones in my body built to walk through the forests and the mountains." Says the whale.
"They will disappear." Says the tuna, "one day, your body will forget the forests and the mountains."
"Maybe I don't want to forget," Says the whale, "The forests were once my home."
"I have seen the forests." Whispers the salmon, almost to itself.
"Tell me what you have seen," says the whale.
"The forests spawned me." Says the salmon. "They sent me to the ocean to grow. When I am fat with the bounty of the ocean, I will bring it home."
"Why would the forests seek the bounty of the oceans?" Asks the whale. "They have bounty of their own."
"You forget," says the salmon, "That the oceans were once their home."
So I’m working on something that might get finished, might not, but I’m super excited about it.
So session 7 of secret life was a zombie apocalypse of boogeymen right? Imagine that but an animatic to the song Hollow Moon by The Crane Wives.
Anyways, I’m halfway through the storyboards! (Don’t judge them harshly this is my first time storyboarding an animatic ;-;)
I think it’s looking really cool so far lol. So excited to start animating (I have next to no animating experience. Most of my knowledge is theoretical so this can only go amazingly lmao)
Made this for an event I’m planning on my Minecraft server! The idea is that every participant builds an arena in their base so every fight happens in a different part of the server. The arenas are going to be unique as people are encouraged to go wild with them. I know one participant is planning to build a maze arena! I’m excited for that one lol
This piece was a lot of fun because it was the first time I enjoyed making something in a while! Kinda went with a comic book look for it and I’m happy with it
Princess of Dawn ☀️
In total this took an embarrassing amount of time I will not disclose, but I am proud of this! The clothing folds and the shading were separate nightmares that I had to conquer, but I think it turned out nicely!