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Fiber arts tumblr is the only place I can say "I'm not selling this for any less than $200" where people are more likely to go "oh. yeah 😔" than just straight up balk at the idea of spending hundreds of dollars on a tiny 5 inch plushie (that has 4 different colors) (handmade without a pattern and nothing else like it on the market) (atypical design) (took at least 6 hours)

#text #a very particular distaste for people who beg and beg for crochet art #and then tell me thats too much to pay for something so small #motherfucker go pick up a crochet hook and get a bunch of yarn and look at the picture and make it yourself then #guarantee it will take you longer than it took me #me who churns these out in hours with just a 3d model for reference #and then like. ive said this before. but my amigurumi are odd in that they are not just little chibi blob shapes #you can probably find ay least a handful of people willing to make ANY pokemon but it will NOT look exactly like that pokemon #itll be a cute simplified version #anyway i feel like this is probably one of those 'two experts in a field overestimate the average persons knowledge of their field' meme

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FOTH Varoom

Definitely a unique looking Pokemon

#pokemon #crochet #amigurumi #varoom #pokemon scarlet and violet #pkmnart #handmade #art #artists on tumblr #fiber art #foth #fresh off the hook

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One of my favorite pictures ever of my collection. Now we're up to 643/1025! I was going to do another massive photo like this at the halfway point but I do not have the space for it so they just keep getting added to my ceiling.

March 24, 2018 - 273/300 Pokemon crocheted

#dpc reblog #poqueuemon #at the time of the picture #i was still keeping the crochets in boxes #and i spent the whole day taking them out and arranging them on the floor for the picture

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everyone should attempt an artisan craft at some point in their life because it would cut down the number of comments questioning why handmade goods like ceramics or textile craft or woodworking are so expensive

and this is an unrealistic expectation, but I think the attempt should include seeing through to the end at least one "finished" item, no matter how clumsy or lumpy your first attempts might be. like to me, there's a huge difference in perspective between attempting to learn how to crochet or throw a pot for a few days, acknowledging that it's harder than it looks and giving up, versus committing to finishing that scarf or clay pot you started and working on it for weeks while you painstakingly learn from your mistakes and grow attached to your project while also simultaneously hating it.

once you finish the latter, your perspective changes from "why does this crocheted blanket cost $200" to "holy shit I can't believe they're charging $200 for this crocheted blanket instead of $2000" because you may have known crocheting is hard, you may have easily agreed with the idea that "handmade goods take time and effort" even before attempting a craft, but now you know firsthand the absolute time sink it takes to make things. like yeah dude, that one item took you 2 months to make and probably wasn't even an ultra complex item if it was the first thing you made, now imagine attaching an hourly wage to that time to calculate the cost (and this is ignoring every nuance of the artistic element and master crafters being able to work faster/charge higher because of their years and years of experience)

anyway this rant has been motivated by a comment I saw on someone else's ceramic post asking why a mug was $60 and they understand it's handmade but $60 just seems overpriced, and bro do you know how long ceramics take to make. that mug probably took at minimum 3 weeks between how long it takes to throw the mug, dry partially, trim the mug, dry fully, bisque fire, wait a day for the kiln to cool, sand and paint and glaze, glaze fire, wait a day for the kiln to cool, take product photography of the mug, write description and list the mug online for sale, im not even including the skill needed to complete all these steps without the mug literally exploding or collapsing while also making it an appealing piece of art, aaaaaaaaaaaaa

#dpc reblog #text #yall fr #especially when its a physically small thing #too many people are like the one rich old lady meme of like 'its just a 5inch plush. how much could it cost? $5?“ #even $50 is not enough imo #tbh i would not take less than $200 minimum for any of my amigurumi #and yeah no one is paying that lmao

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FOTH Palafin (Zero Form)

Almost the same dolphin!

But this one has a heart pattern

#pokemon #crochet #amigurumi #palafin #handmade #art #pokemon scarlet and violet #pkmnart #foth #fresh off the hook

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Look at this guy. Wouldn't your day be immensely improved if someone handed you such a happy Onix

Take a gander at the happiest Onix ever

Don't they just look SUPER psyched to have their photo taken? 😄

#dpc reblog #sometimes i think how much i hate remaking pokemon #but im still glad i gave this one away to a good person #no one at work knew the extent of this project or uh. anything too much about me honestly #but they made me feel happy like this onix #and so how could i not try to put some of that back out into the world

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I forgot I have to remake an Onix because I somewhat impulse gave it to someone at work

#text #i thought he was having a bad week/month #and i knew onix was his favorite #so before leaving for work one day i grabbed the onix from my ceiling #(felt like picking a fruit off a tree lol) #and then handed it to him when we passed in the hall #i ended up quitting like a few weeks after i think #but i heard he was walking around with it on his shoulder the other day so thats good #i got way too attached to people at work and i feel weird about having quit so suddenly for ostensibly a dumb reason #but uh im too autistic for whatever middle management shit they got going on. and possibly too autistic for any job 😔

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This reminds me of some little dolphin keychains I got from the bio park when I was a kid. Like this is just a little dolphin fr

FOTH Finizen

This.. is a dolphin lmao

#dpc reblog #poqueuemon #its the same size and almost the same color #wish i still had it #had it attached to my first phone

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FOTH Finizen

This.. is a dolphin lmao

#pokemon #crochet #amigurumi #finizen #pokemon scarlet and violet #handmade #art #artists on tumblr #pkmnart #pokemon art #dolphin #foth #fresh off the hook #seriously though lol look. a dolphin

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There's just something so ?¿? about how I'm only able to actively work on this project when I'm at objectively the lowest points of my life (deepest depression, lonely, unemployed, no income, lot of time) and only because I have family that I can be wholly financially dependent on. All of the work I've done is cool and an accomplishment but also nearly the entire time spent on it I've felt like a failure because I can't do anything else.

But when I'm working full time and even when I love my job and coworkers, I am so tired I can't do any art or anything after work, and then I seemingly out of nowhere have a meltdown and quit. Idk. Something here about needing art to live but not being able to live off making art and the disparate ways art is tied to survival

#text #depression has been here the whole time but making itself Known atm #im so tired and sad and wish i didnt have to be this way #i wish i could separate the guilt of everything else from making my crochets #but the circumstances that let me crochet to this extent. come with massive amounts of guilt. and its just all bad. #society wasnt made for people like me. and that sucks. #i quit my last job because they changed my seat. thats the stupidest fucking thing. but my brain could not get over it and #also i never wanted to work for [company] and management wouldnt accommodate me without medical documentation and so i just quit #and im back making my art. (positive) (negative) (?¿¿)

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Very telling that when my old coworkers ask me how am I/what's my new job/what is my plan, and I respond with "eh/nothing!/I'm going to be an artist" (essentially.. remain unemployed but do my art things (like this project, which they don't know about))– their response is always something like Oh, so you're going to donate/get into art galleries!

There's something there about how being an artist doesn't really.. fit into the societal structure we've got now. That the typical career progression for Artist somehow ends up being featured in art galleries or something. Which is a valid path, yeah, but it's not the point of being an artist imo. I'm doing this art for Me and for Fun and for Enjoyment, not as some kind of Job.

#text #i am feeling Bad about quitting my job and not being able to get a new one and my health is deteriorating #and this project both helps and doesnt and ive just got a lot of mixed feelings about my lot in life

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#At first I thought ''man this person has a lot of disposable income'' and then I saw that they were CROCHETED#CROCHETED????????#YOU CROCHETED 606 DISTINCT CREATURES FROM MAINLY 2D SPRITES#YOU HAVE AN HONORARY DEGREE IN TOPOLOGY WHAT IS THIS#CROCHETED??????#crocheted#Anyway#I'm in awe of you op I am a beginner crocheter and I can only aspire to one day be as good as you and make myself a ceiling full of Boys

lol I love this, this is such an interesting comment to me. I looked up what exactly topology was and do you think that if the whole pattern book series thing doesn't work out, I could make some kind of idk Thesis about crochet&topology and get a for real degree about it? That'd be neat

The two halves of my updated ceiling display, currently at 600/1010 Pokemon

The first half goes from #001 Bulbasaur to #505 Watchog

The second half goes from #506 Lillipup to #1010 Iron Leaves

Currently I have crocheted way more Pokemon in the first half, so that side looks much fuller. I'm not sure when I'll be up to crocheting anything more, probably not anytime soon, I'm still considering this on hiatus, but I thought it would be nice to share the updated display.

#dpc reblog #i am always thinking about the Math involved in this #and how i would love to go back to school if it didn't cost money #and i think there'd be interesting things to research about crocheting and math and topology i guess #also if i had the know-how for ?? computer. thing?? i just KNOW there could be a cool program to help map out patterns based on a 3D model #i still want to eventually make a custom keyboard so i can type out my patterns #custom keyboard as in.. like you know how the court stenographers have the specific keyboard for their shorthand? like that #it is early in the morning and i am thinking about all the different aspects of this project

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FOTH Bombirdier

Lot of thoughts about this

1) there are lots of standalone bird pokemon this gen huh

2) might use a sharpie on the underside of the tail and feathers because it's hard to do two-tone colors on flat crochet pieces and I know embroidering it is gonna be so Much to get to look right and for some reason it feels less like cheating to use a marker than felt lol

3) wingspans are so hard for me to gauge correctly. Can never tell if the wings are the right proportions or not

4) muttering to self that these are all prototypes they don't gotta be more exact just yet

#pokemon #crochet #amigurumi #bombirdier #pokemon scarlet and violet #nintendo #handmade #pokemon crochet #art #artists on tumblr #pkmnart #foth #fresh off the hook #that means i just made this one! #this is the third bird ive made from gen 9 #thats crazy #birds

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Without my glasses I thought that was Latios and I didn't know why I placed it with Johto

#pokemon #crochet #amigurumi #azumarill #its azumarill #thats why its in johto #also thats my ceiling #theyre mostly hanging from the ceiling #theres idk 30 more that are still in a box because i havent put them up yet #because i barely have energy for making let alone organizing them

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You know I didn't even realize that Purrloin was a good pick for my booping video because cat paws; it was just the next Pokemon I saw after I gave up trying to pose Reuniclus

#text #today is full of such nice coincidences i think #but yeah it was gonna be reuniclus with giant hand lmao #purrloin makes more sense

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Tumblr April Fool's Day 2024

Boop boopboopboopboop

#poqueuemon #boops you #boop

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Little tumblrina~ scrolling through the dashboard~

Reblogging all their mutuals~

And booping them in the face~!

#text #just scrolling through my dash #and booping everyone whos posting about the boops #while singing this to the tune of lil bunny foofoo #boop