Jindo's Workshop

I am pretty sure that everyone in the SKZ community has seen a version of SKZoo ice cream illustrations somewhere. These are my attempt. Not all are character Ice cream bars, some are macarons or just desert based.

I started with a Wolf Chan Ice cream bar. It has a message on the stick "Ask me about trains".

I did make a version with a bite out of it.

The red brains of Wolf Chan showing was too exciting for me and I had to paint back over it. It gave me too much of the bloody Jaws feeling.

Beyond just the ice cream bar I did a Macaron/layered Oreo style cookie for Wolf Chan. There is a children's wooden toy company called Tender Leaf, that gave me the idea for SKZoo macarons. Mine are not smooth as theirs, and differ a bit in style.

Leebit is another macaron, I should have just made the ears the same width on the cookie. Similar to how Wolf Chan's were made. I was unhappy with the lime green cream color.

FoxiNY was designed like a raspberry Jammie dodger. Or for this a JJammie Dodge. I've been told other folks call them thumbprint cookies. I eventually painted the top and bottom layers a light yellow, like a buttered cookie.

Dwaekki layered strawberry Chiffon cake.

There is a local bakery that makes mouthwatering cookies and pastries. I always see their decadent layered cake slices but never buy them. Had to make my Dwaekki version of one of their cakes. The ears are open to see the raspberry layer better and the back has a heart shape cut.

Bbokari Macaron. Apparently I didn't take a lot of individual pictures of it. Though I did make a lot of those Bbokari chicken/mochi skewers.

PuppyM chocolate sandwich cookies. Seungmin Snacks?!! Both sides have a PuppyM expression instead of a tail or paw prints.

Han Quokka Walnut (it is a piece of walnut wood) cookie and Cheesecake. I don't have a solitary shot of the cheese cake that I can find at the moment, but it can be seen in the larger group shots.

Every year I try to make a unique SKZoo related gift for my friend that is a HUGE SKZ fan. They and their spouse moved to become local neighbors and have now been here almost ten years. They go to concerts, have all the albums and will wax poetic about the individuals various posts.

The theme of their meetup was 'Magic'. So I tried to make magic specific SKZoo from various anime and K-drama as well as pulling from SKZ promotional events like their outfits from Soul Beam.

The SKZ Code Magic version of HP.

SKZ Magic School outfits.

Of course I had to include other tokens from across the spectrum just to have 'enough' to give out to other STAY as freebies.

For the SKZsoutheast Admins I tried to make tokens that were unique to each person.

Wolf Chan from Galaxy Express 999. I know that Galaxy Express is more sci-fi, but when I was a kid and saw it, it had that space mysticism feel to it.

Han Quokka and Bbokari are sporting Card Captor outfits and wands. Han and Felix wore them during a fan meet I believe.

Wolf Chan Yu-Gi-Oh! None of them wore it as far as I know, but there is a clip where 3 Racha refers to how the 'bi-bi-bi-bibi' in one of their songs matches the intro in Yu-Gi-Oh's, "it's time to Du-Du Du Duel" intro.

Jiniret as Howl from Howls moving Castle. Han is known to be a huge Ghibli fan.

Here is a bonus Leebit dressed as Kiki from Studio Ghibli's Kiki Delivery Service, and instead of Jiji in her bag, it is Soonie, Doongie, and Dori. Jiniret hugging his Bbokari 'Angel' is just an extra I like to send when I make large batches of freebies.

Lastly, Leebit dressed as the proprietor from Hotel Del Luna during one of their Halloween events in 2021.

The event also had a Tarot card reader and after a conversation with one of the Southeast Admins I had an idea on how to make them a SKZ token that related to her activity.

I chose to make a 3 of Cups Tarot Card focusing on Leebit (the Tarot Card readers favorite SKZoo) and his cats.

I burned and stained the card before painting and sealing it. I almost preferred to raw look without stain and paint, but wanted the cats to be more noticeable.

You can see I struggled a bit getting the proportions right.

I use the mirror when I make tokens have unique images on the reverse side and want to showcase them or for future reference.

See that stain and unstained?! The bowl, the ice cream cup and the glass vase were the '3 of Cups' for the card.

Bbokari wearing the outfit with wolf fang necklace from Inuyasha was a specific request from one of my Threads moots for one of her local friends going to the skz meetup.

Han Quokka trinket/pencil box. Stained with Red Sedona 222. Painted with acrylics.

Has some small references to 'Alien' and 'Volcano'.

The Arubesh (Star Wars Basic Alphabet) reads as 'Cheese Cake Express'.

I keep a sketchbook with all the 'detailed rules' on what the SKZoo are supposed to look like.

This is a walkthrough on how I make a token. I usually use a 1/4" by 2' by 4' lauan hardwood plywood panel to start. If the board doesn't have large knots or hollow gaps in the material; which does happen, I can get about 70 tokens from 1 panel.

After getting a panel and cutting it down into 5" tall strips that are 2' long, its time to decide the design. Is it a whole set? A theme? Or a unique request.

For this walkthrough it is for a Han Quokka token with guitar accessory from SKZ's. Using our basic SKZoo stencil, I favor 5B pencils, but pretty much any type work fine.

Pencil our planned version onto wood. Since I do all of my tokens with a hand held pyrography tool, I have to make small allowances when designing. Just because I can draw it, doesn't mean all the details will survive from sketch, to panel, the burn process, and painting. So often I'll simplify a shirt design, stripes, collars and other things.

Safety is VER IMPORTANT. I have gotten a large aluminum sliver in an eye before. ALWAYS WEAR EYE PROTECTION, and a dust mask if doing lots of sanding or working with wood that has silicates or unknown chemicals in them.

Now I use a bench pin clamped to my workbench. Quokka is in the clamp just so I can show a close up of the edge. I like to mark and burn the edges on the character tokens so the shirts and such line up on the backside. I know a laser can make them perfect but the edge usually suffers from a solid 'edge burn' effect.

I do file the edges and sand them lightly after cutting them on the bandsaw. You could use a scroll saw or coping saw as well.

Choosing a drill bit to use on the drill press to inset magnets on the token and guitar so they can 'clip together' for display.

I tend to use Titebond III wood glue. OF course clean up the drilled area before adding glue.

Paint with your acrylic paints of choice. Then seal with a polyurethane.

'Burning Tires' music video 'Worm'. It is also seen in a more cartoon style in the intro to SKZ Code episodes.

I saw someone on Threads asking if folks had made or would make the worm from the music video. I said I would take a stab at it but to keep expectations low.

For the most part I am happy with how it turned out. The text on the back I should have lined up better, but the recipient seemed pleased enough with this version.

As you can see the worm/caterpillars legs are more distinct before the token was painted.

Skzoo that I use as standardized stencils when making them over and over. No lasers or automation in my workshop, just 40 year old Craftsman machines and redrawing each and every token, keychain, magnet or box. They help me remember paw lines, who has what type of eyes, moles and tail types.

Had to use some of the BTS purple heartwood for a cute little PuppyM SKZoo box that has a magnetic clip.

I used the box to protect a small wire coin turtle when I shipped it off.

Coin turtle made from copper wire and a solid copper English half penny.

Stages of the PuppyM box.

SKZoo tokens. Wolf Chan with the jacket and logo sported by Kim Do-Gi from the k-drama 'Taxi Driver'. Jiniret is in a pink Jjam jumpsuit and shirt that is a simplified version of Palm Angels.

Lots of SKZoo tokens. The one that I really liked, but NO ONE GOT was the Wolf Chan with '4' on his front and '과학' on his back. It was the best way I could illustrate the meme of his 'For Science' in my style.

Lots of Ceremony Wolf Chan. Hold My Hand Han Quokka with his Guitar.

Also has a 'Youth' Leebit that has Han Quokka in a Youth uniform and Leebit ears.

PuppyM HP robes, PuppyM in princely attire since he sang the OST 'Phobia' for the manga "I'm the Queen in This Life", also have him in a Lupin III suit.

Dwaekki Fairy and ISAC Leebit.

Dwaekki and FoxiNY in their Burning Tires apparel.

JJam Dwaekki and vogue like princely raiment for Leebit.

So here are some Pokémon oriented SKZoo since one of the Racha logs had IN trying to catch a Magi Karp and him chanting about Gengar. I'm not great at sketching Pokémon, but they turned out alright as bags and a jacket emblem for Bbokari I think.

FoxiNY with a Magi Karp sling bag.

FoxiNY with a Gengar backpack.

Han Quokka with a NC Dinos baseball Jersey. I know baseball is Seungmins thing, but Han likes Dinosaurs and it was too good an opportunity to not try and make one, so this isn't a Pokemon.

Just back ground progress on SKZoo freebies for the SKZ Dominate Movie and for a local meetup run by SouthEastSKZ (on insta).