Morpheus Chupacabra

I had a Sculpy day with my friend Audrey and we made chupacabras together.  It was great.  Also, I took pictures in a place that wasn't my back yard!

Recently I redesigned one of my characters—Morpheus—and since she was on my mind I decided to make her into a chupacabra.  Her main colors are purples and golds.  For her horns I gave her curly little swirls based off of the crown she wears.  Morpheus also has tiny little wings on her ankles, so of course her cabra gets those as well.  I almost forgot to add them.

Those bigger wings though...  Wings always give me trouble, no matter what media I work with... though in 3D media more-so than 2D.  Morpheus wears some kine of weird feathered cloak covered in stars.  I didn't get quite the effect I wanted with the blues, but it still looks nice.

This chupa is definitely an improvement on my last figurines as she can actually stand on two legs.  Though her tail does act as a third point of contact, it wasn't needed.  Another improvement is that she has fingers and toes.  Oh. And wings.  Also, she gets cute little paw pads—on her feet and hands.

Here's the full set, Audrey made the blue cabra (Razul-cabra) as well as the zebra striped cabra.

Data Dragon

I keep meaning to post some of my older projects, but until now I've been forgetful.  However, today I'm bringing back one of my favorites! Data dragon.

I made this two summers ago.  My class-load was really heavy and when I finally got a break I decided to do something epic.  One of my friends had suggested a flash drive dragon, and I fell in love with the idea.

Man, this was an enormous undertaking.  I built her piece by piece and baked her one part at a time.  My favorite part is the external rib cage.  Definitely.  She's a fully functioning flash drive as well!  Though I don't think she's the kind you'd carry around with you, she'd probably break.

The lambda symbols are because they kind of look like a V and her name is Viral.

Little Charms - Set 2

Here's another batch of charms I did for Fusion.  I hope they sell.  So I have an excuse to make more. For myself.

This time I fixed the problem with the cracking paint.  I used my regular varnish on the charms first and then I dipped them in the new glaze and the paint didn't crack.  Yay, problem solving!

I made a shark in honor of my shark pants.  And also, because sharks are pretty cool.

The raven was requested by one of my friends when I was going through the sculpting phase.

The dinosaur is because I like dinosaurs.  They are rad.

We were watching Lady and the Tramp and so I had to make a Siamese cat.

Little Charms - Set 1

Another thing I've made for Fusion is little charms.  They're. Cute. I want to keep them all.

I bought a new "glaze" for them, since I'm about to run out of my current type.  I also wanted to try dipping the charms in it so that they would get full coverage and not have brush strokes.

The pudgy dragon turned out really well and accepted the glaze without problems.  I think it had something to do with the metallic paint.

The cheetah griffin was glazed last because I couldn't dip it.  Luckily this meant that the griffin escaped the crackle effects of the new glaze.  I just painted the old varnish on for this guy.

Sadly the fox got the new glaze and it caused the paint to crack when it dried.  You can't see the effect very well in the pictures.  He's still cute though.

Hunger Games Pin

Man, so I've wanted a Mockingjay pin ever since I saw one in a store a while back.  But I really didn't feel like forking over the money to get one since they were kind of pricey and I didn't think I'd actually wear it.  The solution?  Make one.

 

Originally my pin didn't have the ring, since... I couldn't sculpt one.  Right before I took pictures I remembered all the gold key rings I had!  It fit perfectly.  I am now ready for the movie.

Happy Hunger Games!

Hooligan Sculpture

It's been a rough month full of studying and with very little arts & craftings.  I've still got a bunch of old projects that haven't been featured here, so if I remember I'll update every now and then.

This is Hooligan—or Hooli for short.  My friend Audrey made the design up and I kind of adopted her.  Apparently this translated into sculpting.  I love Audrey's designs because they're simple and complex at the same time.

Originally Hooli was sitting up, but when I was baking her in the oven she kind of leaned forward.  Luckily this didn't ruin her.  It ended up looking like she's trying to protect or hide something, so when she sits on my shelf I give her something to hold.

She's made from Sculpy and feathers, painted with acrylics and varnish.

Chupacabra Sculptures

HAPPY CHUPACABRA DAY.

This is not a holiday that is entirely fictional and made up by myself and a few friends, it is incredibly important and many people have knowledge of this holiday and celebrate it every year on the 22nd of September.  In case you are wondering how you celebrate Chupacabra Day it is by being crafty and making chupacabras!  This year I decided to go with sculptures!

I've always designed my chupacabgras so be some kind of mixture between a coyote and a kangaroo.  There are various reasons.  They can have a variety of horn shapes and fur colors/patterns, and sometimes I'll give them wings or spines.  It depends on how I'm feeling.

Normally, though, I don't give them such long tails.  It was a necessity in order to get these chupas to stand.  I couldn't manage to balance them on just two legs.  I guess these are just a long-tailed variety of the chupacabra.

This guy gave me more trouble than the spotted chupa.  He wouldn't balance with a pipe cleaner tail so I had to add on a clay tail and cook him in the oven again.  However he fell over, so I had to redo it again. This time the tail broke off... in the end I just glued it on and hope for the best.

These guys are made from Sculpy on a tin-foil-and-floral-wire base.  They're painted with acrylics, and then a layer of varnish to make them look glossy.