vexed kitten

She has clothes now!

It's always a delight to make these adorable t. rexes. I've done them in a variety of colors now, but this is my first with the classic green shades. This little dude is going to be a gift for one of my buddies.

The most complicated look I’ve made this year so far! So many little bits! This was made with a pattern from Dolly*Dolly Vol. 24, which I happened to find a used copy of on eBay. The main fabric for this was a gift from my mother, who found it at a fabric thrift store near us

Sir Ditto. Based on Tudor portraits.

Moodboard for a worm on a string character

Here is my custom doll of the Asset, from Guillermo Del Toro's The Shape of Water. I've literally been working on him for years since I would get short bursts of inspiration, only to hit a creative wall and put him away for months at a time.

While I approach most projects with a clear goal in mind, this really wore away at me since I wanted him to still look like a Monster High character, the Asset's design is incredibly complex and detailed. I would spent like 5 hours sculpting something, feel like it looks off and then get really dejected and put him away.

It eventually reached a point where I realised it had been a year and a bit of chipping away at his sculpt that I pushed ahead and primed him in black. Of course, that just made me aware of his flaws more, so I just put him away, then every few months or so I would block out his patterns and placements in pencil.

It wasn't until I saw Frankenstein in theaters that I finally felt brave enough to push on ahead with this custom, since it got me back in a GDT mood, and I rewatched The Shape of Water as well.

I realised that I was getting too caught up in the minutia of details and opted for the "vibe" of the look instead to finally get me over the line with finishing him.

I think you struck a good balance

That's a helluva lot of detail for a Monster High sized doll

As someone whose core memory of Barbie is the Happy Family line, I always have a big soft spot for Midge and Allan, especially since they remain the only friends Barbie ever keeps in rotation. Even with Christie and Teresa have fallen out of Barbie's orbit, it's nice to know every 5 or 10 years Midge will be there whenever Barbie drops the rest of her friends....