Faceups and Foxes
uWOW it's been a while since I've actually managed to get a post together o__o Suffice to say that moving, getting home, and being home has been crazy. Also, job search. But I have been getting some doll things gone, even if I am leaving again on Saturday to go to Florida for a week.
First of all, I painted Kyu :D He was so much fun to work on. I never realized how nice whiteskin can be to a faceup! Originally I was just supposed to be re-doing his eyebrows, but when I wiped them off I discovered (much to my horror) a perfectly smooth layer of grime that made the resin look about 3 shades darker than it actually was where I wiped :/ I blame Kai, because this was all UNDER the coating, not a buildup after his original painting. So I took pictures of his old faceup to refer to, and cleaned the poor boy up. I also sanded the backs of his ears down smooth and painted those as well, all with acrylic drybrush technique--I'm very happy with the way everything came out. So, here he is!
Kyu of course is a frequent visitor here but actually belongs to bakubaku :3
And then, Kyu being all pretty again, I took him and his fellow urban fox Ruby out for some pictures together :D As you can see, Ruby has lost her pretty wig but gained some new ears--not permanent, of course, as she isn't staying for good this way, but I made them out of apoxie sculpt and painted them with acrylics--a test of the technique I used on Kyu's. They're held on by their shape (sculpted over saran wrap) and two little blobs of kneaded eraser XD
Even I'm not completely sure what their relationship is; foxes share an uneasy and distrusting kinship. Infer what you will from the pictures, I have no explanations for you.
Also, I am downloading and watching a new anime for the first time in years; it's called Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, and I'm really enjoying it and highly recommend the series. It's available with subtitles from Anime Eden. Designed by CLAMP, but handled by someone else to rid it of a lot of the weird melodrama that usually turns me off their stuff. It's interesting, and also being played on Adult Swim.
First of all, I painted Kyu :D He was so much fun to work on. I never realized how nice whiteskin can be to a faceup! Originally I was just supposed to be re-doing his eyebrows, but when I wiped them off I discovered (much to my horror) a perfectly smooth layer of grime that made the resin look about 3 shades darker than it actually was where I wiped :/ I blame Kai, because this was all UNDER the coating, not a buildup after his original painting. So I took pictures of his old faceup to refer to, and cleaned the poor boy up. I also sanded the backs of his ears down smooth and painted those as well, all with acrylic drybrush technique--I'm very happy with the way everything came out. So, here he is!
Kyu of course is a frequent visitor here but actually belongs to bakubaku :3
And then, Kyu being all pretty again, I took him and his fellow urban fox Ruby out for some pictures together :D As you can see, Ruby has lost her pretty wig but gained some new ears--not permanent, of course, as she isn't staying for good this way, but I made them out of apoxie sculpt and painted them with acrylics--a test of the technique I used on Kyu's. They're held on by their shape (sculpted over saran wrap) and two little blobs of kneaded eraser XD
Even I'm not completely sure what their relationship is; foxes share an uneasy and distrusting kinship. Infer what you will from the pictures, I have no explanations for you.
Also, I am downloading and watching a new anime for the first time in years; it's called Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, and I'm really enjoying it and highly recommend the series. It's available with subtitles from Anime Eden. Designed by CLAMP, but handled by someone else to rid it of a lot of the weird melodrama that usually turns me off their stuff. It's interesting, and also being played on Adult Swim.