sehnsucht-makery-blog
I am an aspiring doll maker and seasoned crafter and artist. I plan to share all of my creations here.
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Fall is watching us play Minecraft today :)
This was my original sketch and kind of has some hints as to my thought process and some details I forgot to mention, like I wanted the hand and feet pads to be heart shaped lol. And I intended for the markings to remind one of moss, the way moss grows on sloths :)
Now that I know @lukemonsternoises received their familiar I can finally share them here :) I called this species a Gemmy Sloth! I really enjoyed my time crafting this friend for them. Picture with me for size reference! I loved holding them and dancing with them, haha. Such a comforting weight to their body. Made for @offalteeth 's Summer 2017 Familiar Exchange :)
Don’t mind my sweaty face it is melting here in Oregon…but my Familiar from @offalteeth’s Summer 2017 Familiar Exchange arrived!
This adorable little friend is a wind serpent and they even brought me a gift 😍 they were made by @thejoancode and I am so in love already. My son is also and has taken to calling them “Fall” which I think is cute and silly since it is a flying serpent 😄 They spent all last night curled up on a blanket next to my bed, resting from their long journey.
Thank you so much for my new friend :)
Sculpting for hours on end is killing my back but my soul is thriving!
This is the drawer she hides in with her body and a pendant I was working on.
This is a doll head that I started and was very passionate about but this year was a lot busier than I had anticipated. I hope to finish her someday but she has a long way to go!
This is a little dragon I'm making for my sister. It's far from finished and I plan to smooth out the clay. Hope to finish it by her birthday if not sooner.
I'm so excited for @offalteeth 's Familiar Exchange, I figured it would be nice to upload some of my work so people have an idea of what I do :) I know my Tumblr has been dead for a while :/ but I have been crafting despite that! This was my first serious attempt at a plush. I wasn't able to do all that I wanted to within the timeframe I gave myself. It's a Sandshrew!
The Familiar Exchange Questionnaire is up! Full rules and an example (my questionnaire) are located under the cut.
Keep reading
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUcg4MWDjhp/
My Instagram :) I am working on this little dragon for my sister!
My favorite thing to draw, the Creepy Moon. Woodburnt clay painted with glow in the dark polish, and polymer clay (the light parts also glow.)
Myths, Creatures, and Folklore
Want to create a religion for your fictional world? Here are some references and resources!
General:
General Folklore
Various Folktales
Heroes
Weather Folklore
Trees in Mythology
Animals in Mythology
Birds in Mythology
Flowers in Mythology
Fruit in Mythology
Plants in Mythology
Folktales from Around the World
Africa:
Egyptian Mythology
African Mythology
More African Mythology
Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
The Gods of Africa
Even More African Mythology
West African Mythology
All About African Mythology
African Mythical Creatures
Gods and Goddesses
The Americas:
Aztec Mythology
Haitian Mythology
Inca Mythology
Maya Mythology
Native American Mythology
More Inca Mythology
More Native American Mythology
South American Mythical Creatures
North American Mythical Creatures
Aztec Gods and Goddesses
Asia:
Chinese Mythology
Hindu Mythology
Japanese Mythology
Korean Mythology
More Japanese Mythology
Chinese and Japanese Mythical Creatures
Indian Mythical Creatures
Chinese Gods and Goddesses
Hindu Gods and Goddesses
Korean Gods and Goddesses
Europe:
Basque Mythology
Celtic Mythology
Etruscan Mythology
Greek Mythology
Latvian Mythology
Norse Mythology
Roman Mythology
Arthurian Legends
Bestiary
Celtic Gods and Goddesses
Gods and Goddesses of the Celtic Lands
Finnish Mythology
Celtic Mythical Creatures
Gods and Goddesses
Middle East:
Islamic Mythology
Judaic Mythology
Mesopotamian Mythology
Persian Mythology
Middle Eastern Mythical Creatures
Oceania:
Aboriginal Mythology
Polynesian Mythology
More Polynesian Mythology
Mythology of the Polynesian Islands
Melanesian Mythology
Massive Polynesian Mythology Post
Maori Mythical Creatures
Hawaiian Gods and Goddesses
Hawaiian Goddesses
Gods and Goddesses
Creating a Fantasy Religion:
Creating Part 1
Creating Part 2
Creating Part 3
Creating Part 4
Fantasy Religion Design Guide
Using Religion in Fantasy
Religion in Fantasy
Creating Fantasy Worlds
Beliefs in Fantasy
Some superstitions:
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Want to use a fancy custom language for something, but don’t know how to make one?Use Vulgar!
Vulgar is a conlang (constructed/fictional language) generator created to help literally generate a language for you. No, really. No tricks, and it’s super simple to use. It’s my favourite tool right now for writing fantasy, even as someone who loves creating his own languages, it’s an amazing starting point.
Want a random conlang, straight away, with no prep or fuss? Just visit http://vulgarlang.com/index.html and click “Generate New Conlang”… and that’s it. Scroll down and through your brand new, generated, completely original conlang.
If you’re a little more advanced in terms of conlanging and want to specify IP phonemes to be used, you can add them too, but even with no knowledge of linguistics you can create a language at the click of your fingers.
This version of Vulgar is completely free, sure…. but! the guy who created it has not only made an amazing thing (which I repeat, is absolutely free at it’s most basic point), but is also planning on updating it more and more!
Under the “Buy” tab on the Vulgar website, he links to his email, where you can offer to pay for the full version of Vulgar, which is a total steal right now at a sale price of only nineteen dollars. Considering professional conlangers and linguists could charge you, like, a metric fuck ton of money for the same data you’re getting here for just nineteen, that’s a major steal.
Not to mention, buying the alpha build now gives you free access to all of it’s updated versions, which I can guarantee are just going to get better and better! I’ve already bought it and I adore it, and this is a tool the likes of which we in the conlang community have never seen in such an awesome way.
Please consider helping Vulgar out, because the creator is a damn genius
WARNING ABOUT A REALLY NASTY NEW VIRUS.
Meet CryptoLocker. It’s your worst nightmare. A lot of antivirus software, including the big names, cannot yet detect or stop it. If your computer gets it, CryptoLocker takes all your files hostage by encrypting them and giving you a certain amount of time to send a certain amount of money to the man behind the virus.
The encryption is very tidy, and so far seems uncrackable (well, crackable, but it might take a couple centuries). If you tamper with the virus itself, it will pretty much self-destruct and take everything with it. And the way the money is transferred, the dick programmer behind it all for the moment is pretty much uncatchable.
YOU CANNOT GET RID OF THIS VIRUS WITHOUT COMPLETELY WIPING YOUR COMPUTER. YOUR ONLY CHANCE IS PREVENTION AND PREPARATION.
Back up your computer to something like an external hard-drive, or even an internal hard-drive that you just take out and stuff away somewhere for safe keeping. Make sure your antivirus is up to date, avoid skeevy sites, and don’t open random emails. DO NOT download email attachments unless you know exactly what it is, because that seems to be how this is primarily being transmitted.
You can learn more about it here.
Luna’s preorder is live! The preorder will run from October 1st to the 31st, 2016. Luna is my first sculpt and will be cast by Harucasting. They will be available in 5 skin tones; Black, Dark Tan, Pastel Pink, Pearl Dark Grey, and Pearl Violet. They are $180 USD each for the dark and pearl colours, and $165 for pastel pink, plus express shipping to your location from Canada. You can pay in one instalment, or pay $100 at the time of ordering, then the rest plus shipping when the dolls arrive to me from the casting studio. Each doll will come blank with a padded box, COA and a pair of 10mm randomly coloured acrylic glitter eyes from Chocolate Tsang. I will also be donating $10 USD to Bat Conservation International for each Luna sold! Luna is 13cm tall and single jointed with 12 points of articulation. They can sit, stand, and hang upside down by their curved feet. Luna can wear 10 or 12mm eyes depending on taste and brand. Please bear in mind that the doll shown is my master sculpt and the finished dolls may look slightly different. Please contact me at nyxyscreations@gmail.com if you would like to order or have any questions! At this point in time, I only accept PayPal. Thank you for looking! 💖Nyxy
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A Miniature T-Shirt Screen Printing Rig Designed by Devin Smith
Oh my gosshhhh
Altri pokemon per voi 💖 Disponibili alla Milano anime expo il 10 e 11 settembre :) spero vi piacciano !
#pokemon #evee #eveelution #vaporeon #pikachu #dragonite #goldeen #handmade #fimo #polymerclay #miniature #angeniacreations #kawaii
I’m giving away the prototype for my lifesize Alolan Meowth!
The newest Gen has me back at making pokemon dolls, and I wanted to share the love! This Meowth stands at 1′04″, and is made from faux suede, metallic lame, and gray minky.
Rules to Enter:
-Must be following me! My followers have been a constant inspiration and source of support for me, so why not join in on the fun? No giveaway blogs.
-Don’t spam reblogs! Once a day, please. Multiple times in one day doesn’t work anyways.
-Reblogs will count, but likes won’t!
-Must be 18+ and willing to give me your address. Shipping will be free worldwide!
Deets:
This giveaway is affiliated in no way with Tumblr! Please do not tag this as giveaway!
The giveaway will run until September 16th at 8 pm EST! Winner will have 24 hours to respond to me, and I will be selecting using an RNG.
Like my stuff? Check out my Etsy! I make all manner of things, from my plush Herbabies, to ceramics, to jewelry! I’m also taking commissions, so you can contact me any time.
These made Rowan especially happy. I love them, too.
The scarecrow roots are out in full force this season! Some of you expressed an interest in Made To Order scarecrow roots, so there are a handful of slots available in the shop now! Full details in the shop listing. Thank you so much to everyone who pokes their head into the shop!
thebeastpeddler.etsy.com
So many things I want right now 😫
Abdab Season 2016… it’s coming!
I’ve been getting questions coming through about what Abdabs are and where to get them, whether they can be preordered and so on, so I put together this info sheet to help clear things up.
It’s light on the lore, if you’re interested in a fun story and the character of each abdab then head over to the Abdabs section of my website for more info!
It starts on the 1st September but Abdabs will be available in unlimited quanities until the 30th November so there’s no panic to get your order in on the first. However, if you wanted to give an abdab as a Christmas gift I would recommend getting your order in as soon as possible, as shipping around the festive season gets weird and irritating!
Some things I haven’t mentioned on the info:
There will be a special “grab bag” style blind box release of CRYSTAL caberfeidh – they are caberfeidh with transparent heads! I have cast 35 in loads of different colours with glitters, iridescence and some glow in the dark. They will be packaged in an opaque box so I don’t know which you will get, it’s a surprise! They will be £35 each.
There will also be a grab bag blind box release for crystal corvies too, I’m still casting them. I have over 50 and they will be £20 each!
I will be releasing 100 enamel abdab pins this year! Yup, jumping on the pin game. But I love them and they’re little affordable fun things. They will be £7 each - $9
Just 16 days to go!!
doll painting design/idea I made for @mismantisbjd! Lineart by Mis, the rest by me.
I’m giving away the prototype for my lifesize Alolan Meowth!
The newest Gen has me back at making pokemon dolls, and I wanted to share the love! This Meowth stands at 1′04″, and is made from faux suede, metallic lame, and gray minky.
Rules to Enter:
-Must be following me! My followers have been a constant inspiration and source of support for me, so why not join in on the fun? No giveaway blogs.
-Don’t spam reblogs! Once a day, please. Multiple times in one day doesn’t work anyways.
-Reblogs will count, but likes won’t!
-Must be 18+ and willing to give me your address. Shipping will be free worldwide!
Deets:
This giveaway is affiliated in no way with Tumblr! Please do not tag this as giveaway!
The giveaway will run until September 16th at 8 pm EST! Winner will have 24 hours to respond to me, and I will be selecting using an RNG.
Like my stuff? Check out my Etsy! I make all manner of things, from my plush Herbabies, to ceramics, to jewelry! I’m also taking commissions, so you can contact me any time.
I really do feel awful about the lack of updates. I am still working on the commission and so I am not left with any time for personal work, really. I did pick up a dremel, though! So, that's exciting :)
I’m so sorry for the lack of updates 😣 my son recently gave up nap time and then he came down with a cold so he hasn’t been sleeping well at night either. Progress is going at a crawling pace but slow and steady wins the race 😊
I've just been covering the armature slowly while working on her head, when time allows.
Enitan in fantasy dress. She is wearing a dress draped and sewn by me on her body. 14 mm Enchanted doll eyes and a 7/8″ mohair wig by me. With flat heel feet on she is 53,5 centimeters tall. She will be cast by Harucasting in the colors Black Pearl and Moist Brown. Will come with 4 hands, flat and heel feet in a carry bag. Price 650 Euro. Pre-order is open till 25 may (might close early when all 16 are spoken for) Email me for details if you’re interested at contact @ annevanstormbroek . nl (minus the spaces)
I can see why this attitude is really frustrating. I’ve been drawing and crafting seriously since I was about 7 years old, I just dedicated a lot of my free time to learning and researching things online or in books. No one else in my family is a crafter or an artist and we could not afford camps or anything of that sort, so I really did have to teach myself everything.
I have never been to an art school but I’d love to have that chance someday! When I decided to start my own attempt at making a bjd, I spent weeks just scouring Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, YouTube, Google, Facebook any resource, to collect tutorials, tips and tricks. I haven’t asked a single sculptor for help directly because most of them seem busy and I’d want to at least be friendly before asking for such help, but that’s just me. I also think it’s so important to do your own research and to use multiple sources because one person’s way may appeal to you or suit your needs better than another.
I am open to advice from anyone who offers it, though! And people have given me advice and it is greatly appreciated.
I know my first doll could very well be a failure, but I am just happy to learn, happy to try new things. I wish more people were willing to risk failure, willing to make a thousand “ugly” things in the hopes of growing and learning as an artist and an individual. It is the process that is beautiful! I love that people want to learn, but please remember it is YOUR journey to take. Asking someone for help or tips is not wrong, at least I don’t think it is (unless the artist has explicitly said they have a tutorial posted somewhere and to read that instead) but to expect someone to spell it all out, to tell you exactly how to do it…it’s just not that simple and one should not expect it to be, because they will surely end up disappointed.
I’ve never sculpted since kindergarten but I can’t afford a bad so imma gonna sculpt me one. It’s easy ‘cause everybody is doing it. Now, dear miss sculptor with ten years of art school and five more of resin casting, drop everything and tell me how to do this! And no, don’t point me to the manual you’ve published online, it’s tl;tr.
~Anonymous