Cosmic Knife

Since I defs didn’t want to carve a real pumpkin to put on my head and get nasts pumpkin insides all over my hair I decided to paper mache one. Unfortunately there was no good tutorials anywhere so I will share my trial and error knowledge.

First I got some supplies: 1 Punch balloon (they’re rounder and larger they regular balloons), some paper mache stuff in a bag, cardboard, a glue gun, paint, sculpey clay, tape, some news paper and some water and flour mixed together.

I then put at least three - five paper mache layers of newspaper with flour water on the balloon. I also measured my head and left an opening at the bottom. (NOTE: Don’t put tape on the balloon and try to peel it off after you’re done paper macheing, RIP)

After that’s all dry I put glue gunned some cardboard onto it to give it some pumpkin like ridges.

Then I filled the gaps between the cardboard and the newspaper with the paper mache in a bag stuff. Wait for it to dry. (Note: Don’t pop balloon until the paper mache in a bag stuff is dry cause it holds a LOT of water and your paper mache project will sink, RIP) After that I popped the balloon and lightly dampened the top with a sponge and water until it was wet enough to slowly press down into more of a pumpkin shape.

After it’s all dry I taped a stem I made out of card board on the top and put another layer or two of newspaper mache over top.

More drying wait time (you can use your oven on the lowest setting to make it dry faster) then I sanded it down and cut out a face with an exacto blade.

I added a little bit of backing behind the face on the inside with the paper mache in a bag to give it more of a 3D look which wasn’t that noticeable but oh well, it kidna worked… After all that stuffs done I painted it all white otherwise the newsprint would bleed through and make my colours not as bright, I also added some sculpey clay to the brow area to give it some more emotion in which I used an iron to dry it with cause it was too late to put it in the oven with paint all over it (Note: Put clay on before painting).

I sprayed it with a sealer before painting colours on it cause I find acrylics do weird things sometimes. After it was all dry I begin to paint.

I also painted the inside a red and added a kinda head rest thing on the inside since when I pushed the top down it made an uncomfortable point at the top when putting it on your head. Then once it was all dry I sprayed it with some more sealer, added some cool stuff like stitches with some ribbon and blood which I used nail polish for a shiny effect and put in some lights which weren’t very effective when my head was in the pumpkin but that’s okay, it still looked cool.

And that’s that!

My mum and step dad have just split up, leaving my family with little to no money. right now in our house there’s just my younger sister and mother, and our two dogs. My mum can’t work as her ehlers danlos regularly leaves her with joint pain and slipped discs

With little money coming in, I may not be able to afford much for college

per week at college it costs me £18 ($27) for transport and food, and I am at college/travelling to and from college between 8am and 6pm, meaning that i have little time to work outside of keeping up on my college work. My sister is at her work from 5 until 10 after school and almost every weekend to pay for her own things

I do however, do art commissions. I won’t ask for money in return for nothing

for something like this, I charge £10

I charge between £8-£12 for something like this

I can also draw furry art

for this i charge £7

Me: sign me the FUCK up 👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀 good shit go౦ԁ sHit👌 thats ✔ some good👌👌shit right👌👌th 👌 ere👌👌👌 right✔there ✔✔if i do ƽaү so my selｆ 💯 i say so 💯 thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ) mMMMMᎷМ💯 👌👌 👌НO0ОଠＯOOＯOОଠଠOoooᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒ👌 👌👌 👌 💯 👌 👀 👀 👀 👌👌Good shit

Hot girl: Except I would NEVER date a bisexual or pansexual girl! Gross!! She would obviously cheat on me with a dude! Besides, most bi and pan people are just going through a phase :)

This isn’t about robbing you of your “Freedom of expression”. Please understand that.  Honestly, if you tried to branch out a little you’d actually end up EXPANDING upon your creativity and artistic skill, instead of just limiting yourself to the same white, skinny headcanons you give to everything that breathes.

When you make characters that were blatantly representing black or other POC and whitewash them, you’re not ‘experimenting’. you’re not ‘just being creative’.

When you whitewash, it’s not only ignorant and selfish, its racist as hell.  and when someone tells you not to, they aren’t limiting you and your ability to express yourself.. you’re limiting yourself by not expanding upon what YOU draw.

You can’t use ‘she’s an alien, though!’ as an excuse, either. It doesn’t matter that garnet is an alien; this is a character who is quite clearly representative of a black character. You cannot look at her and try to tell anyone otherwise.

Before you read one line of this and get all salty and think “youre just oppressing MY art!!” Stop and think about who you’re actually oppressing when you take away what little representation people have just for the sake of your ‘””headcanons””’. 

You wanna be creative? you want realistic hair? you want to be able to draw garnet a lot of cool different ways? there’s tons of ways you can be creative with her design while still respecting what she represents. shocking, i know.

how about this??

When you have conflicting personas. WHO AM I????? Oh wait

Suddenly a woman appears!

But not just any woman….

A WONDER WOMAN