Divine Folly

AAAA THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! ;u;

They're not purely clay! In order to get them to stand like that, I have to give them a structure underneath. Here's the armature of something I'm working on rn:

I use wire underneath and cover it with aluminum foil/masking tape, which gives the clay a surface to stick on and adds padding to make them lighter!

They do get put in the oven! They're made out of polymer clay (Fimo Professional) which is an oven bake clay and my favorite type to use. (It might be smarter to use air dry clay tho since it's very scary if they end up tipping over in the oven, buuut I'm impatient when it comes to drying times and such efjdch)

Depending on the size/detail, they usually take between 15-25 hours! The majority of that time is spent sculpting the fur and painting.

And ouughh my favorite,,, That's difficult ,,, I'd say this guy that I made a year ago

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Thank you so much to everyone who's reblogged and followed my account! I'm now very close to being verified! All I need is 1-2 more commissions, and I couldn't do it without you guys :D

Of course please only do what you are comfortable with!! Even just more shares still help out a ton in getting this noticed and getting me closer to being verified

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start now. now. now now now. or else you'll never draw this damn thing

it's fine if you don't have the entire story figured out yet, it'll happen naturally

draw what you want to draw!! webcomics often run for years, so you better work with something you like

don't overcomplicate things. a simple, efficient work flow is your top priority in order to stay consistent

bullshit some things. trace background refs. reuse poses. draw your character's face from different angles and just copy paste it in to save time. be smart about your work baby

take breaks if needed. webcomic burnout is real

sometimes, a panel or a page looks bad. shit happens. move on

lettering is actually really important and super hard to pull off

it's your comic. do what you want forever!!!

I'm begging you again to work smart, not hard. reuse backgrounds. use brush sets for webcomic artists. trace 3D objects. use 3D models to pose your characters

you may need hours or days to draw one panel, but people will look at it for 5-8 seconds. keep that in mind

a simple background is better than no background at all (avoiding the white void increases the quality of your work by a ton!)

sometimes the anatomy needs to be a little off to make an interesting shot/panel. that's fine, don't worry about it too much

at least 2000px canvas and 300 dpi for good quality results

"She is sworn to Lurue the unicorn deity of talking beasts."

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All links are going to be in my bio, but I'll writte them here in case is easier

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Kofi

marwari & butch [both she/her] for goat! lesbian horses forever amen...

Please reblog so this can reach more people! Auction ends Sunday the 15th

This auction is very short because I am trying to raise money to buy myself CSP 5.0 while it's still on sale!

SB: $50USD - Comes with a front and back view of your character as a clean sketch with colour palette $150USD+ - lined instead of clean sketched - your choice of a bust or NSFW bits ref $200+ - your choice of a bust or NSFW bits ref (stacks with previous) AB: $300USD - your choice of a bust or NSFW bits ref (stacks with previous) in this place you could also get more detail shots instead of maws, paws, tattoos, etc. - Discussions can be had to add or change different things to make it more customized to you and/or your character

More info under the cut!

in decent quality too!

first list, second list

aggregate letterboxd list, archive list of all the films

perfect blue (1997) dir. satoshi kon

carol (2015) dir. todd haynes

the elephant man (1980) dir. david lynch

a girl walks home alone at night (2014) dir. ana lily amirpour

d.e.b.s. (2004) dir. angela robinson

nausicaa of the valley of the wind (1984) dir. hayao miyazaki

killer klowns from outer space (1988) dir. stephen chiodo

mommy (2014) dir. xavier dolan

jennifer's body (2009) dir. karyn kusama

suspiria (1977) dir. dario argento

battleship potemkin (1925) dir. sergei eisenstein

his girl friday (1940) dir. howard hawks

cube (1997) dir. vincenzo natali

nightcrawler (2014) dir. dan gilroy

black orpheus (1959) dir. marcel camus

chunking express (1994) dir. wong kar wai

meeting people is easy: a film about radiohead (2001) dir. grant gee

the grapes of wrath (1940) dir. john ford

the black cat (1941) dir. albert s rogell