Goth Moth

This is my art blog! I make all sorts of creatures that I post here. I mainly sculpt, but I might post a drawing occasionally.

I'm a college student, so I'm very busy and usually don't have much time to sculpt. I try to do so when I can, but I don't upload as much as I would like to,,, agh

Carrd:

Here's all of the links to my socials/other info! (I am most active on tumblr, but I'm trying to work on that ^^;;)

Etsy:

I sell most of the sculptures that I post here!

Commissions/Customs: My commissions are currently closed! Unfortunately I don't have time for online commissions during school, but hopefully I'll be able to open them back up during winter or summer break!

Commission Sheet

Terms of Service

- Blue and Gold Dragon -

- Another Pinecone Creature -

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This makes me so happy omg-

Its probably the most time consuming part of my sculptures, so it takes a while to do! I haven't timed my process before, but it typically takes one day's worth of work

aaa thank you so much! ;u;

For my sculptures, I use 20 gauge (.88 mm) galvanized steel wire, and I twist two pieces together to make a stronger base! I use an electric drill to twist them together, but twisting them by hand works just fine! I get this wire at any hardware store.

For my art dolls, I use 1mm aluminum wire, as it's way more easy to bend and can handle being bent multiple times, but I don't recommend it for sculpting as it's way too bendy to hold its shape.

- Forest -

I tried to make my first scene! This was made as a school project, and i ran out of time because I made too many figures, so they ended up unpainted in the final product lmao. I eventually painted most of these guys, and I'll post some of them soon!

While school has been going great, it's taken up pretty much all of my time. This semester has been the busiest I've ever been, and I've had virtually no free time! I've also been dealing with burnout because of it, which I'm finally starting to recover from during winter break.

I've been told this next semester will be lighter on the workload, and I won't have an extra studio class like last time, so hopefully I'll have time to keep up with posting!

With that being said, I have some new work that I'll be posting here soon. c:< Honestly, I'm not really proud of the majority of the art that I've made this semester, so I'm hoping the next one will be different. But I'll post the stuff that I ended up kind of enjoying, and I'll try not to be too picky with what I show.

I also want to start experimenting a lot more with my art- like branching out to make scenery, humans, and work with other media. So I hope y'all don't mind once I start to post different stuff!

Time for a sale! Everything in my shop is 20% off!

Once everything's settled, hopefully I'll be able to sculpt in between then and when school starts, but we'll see

AAa thank you!! And WOAH model painting is so cool :o

I use a dry brush technique! So basically, you load a dry brush with paint, and brush the excess onto scrap paper until it only leaves behind a small/faint amount. When you brush the figure with this, the paint will slowly build up and create a nice airbrush/gradient look. I use a rapid back-and-forth brushing motion while I do this!

I mix 2-3 or so colors in between the two colors I'm making a gradient of, which I build up with the dry brush for a smooth gradient. This can take a while, but I find it worth it in the end :]

Here's All of the creatures that I have up for sale right now!

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