#i'm planning on doing a clay face mod for this one too

[gamebunny-advance]

I Just Don’t Understand...

Why it’s so hard for people to design a cute cow plush.

It’s got the eyes of a predator animal (close together, forward facing), and the muzzle is so small and un-cowlike.

I know it’s pretty obvious that this is just a bear base that they’ve added cow features to, but if you’re gonna make a cow, then make a cow. I feel so threatened by this thing.

#build a bear #strawberry cow #i feel like a lot of the new BABs have been made specifically to cater to internet culture #we've had frogs. axolotls. an opossum. an alien. and now a strawberry cow. #i appreciate most of the other ones because they actually changed things to make them look like the animals (for the most part) #but the cow is based on their current cuddly cow which is a part of the main line-up #and thus reuses the original bear base to stay economical #anyways~ #admittedly i still got it because it's really close to my birthday (which makes me spend-happy) #since the confetti GAB project went fairly well #i'm planning on doing a clay face mod for this one too #because the rest of this is totally my aesthetic #the face just ruins it #but since i have the ability to change the face i might as well #this is my personal gift for the year #i'd actually been playing around with the idea of a strawberry milk!White design in my head #something in the same vein as sakura!miku ya know #because almost all of my favorite characters just do not actually fit with my aesthetic #and 1010s all black uniform just does not go with any of my other things

[cripplecharacters]

Hello! I'm planning to draw/write a character who, due to an accident, got quite a bit of scarring on her face and lost an eye. Would they need a prosthetic eye? While searching, everything I found included a step of "And then you'll get fitted for your prosthetic eye", making it sound as if everyone who loses an eye needs to have one, but what would happen if someone didn't? Additionally, would there be a difference between never wearing one and wearing one at first, then stopping?

Hi, thank you for your ask!

Generally it's considered beneficial to have something replace the eye because without it the eyelids will droop and the socket will shrink. It also (more importantly) protects the tissue that's left from things that could potentially get inside, which could cause infection. As far as I was able to research, the former is mostly aesthetic (in adults/people who finished growing, which I'm assuming your character is) but the latter is very important.

However; it doesn't necessarily need to be a prosthetic ("glass") eye - they're the most common option, but eye patches and conformers all protect the socket from debris and stuff just fine (in fact any kind of sealed eyewear probably would). Prosthetics and conformers are medically roughly the same while eye patches do nothing to help the socket or eyelids keep their original shape. (I made a very long post about eye patches but TLDR, I think they're too often associated with frustrating stereotypes and tropes.)

Prosthetic eyes are unfortunately extremely expensive and need professional regular care that a lot of people can't afford, so not everyone can use them. Conformers (basically big, transparent contacts) are an alternative that some people might choose. You can't really see them when they're inside the socket. Here is a very interesting video about conformers and prosthetics by Clay Butler. I wrote a video description and transcript here because the original doesn't have them. It explains a lot of things in a very comprehensible way from a first-person perspective. If you want something that makes sense other than a prosthetic this could be a great thing to consider :) (smile)

If someone doesn't have anything to protect their socket, they risk infection and all the problems associated with it. So you technically could go fully bare, but it's less than ideal. I've also heard that the sensation of eyelid going over the eye socket is uncomfortable (because it's so bumpy) but I assume it depends on the person.

I believe that the difference between never wearing any protection and wearing-then-stopping would just be how fast the things I mentioned in the second paragraph would set in. So if your character recently stopped wearing a prosthetic or conformer, their general eye area would probably look more "normal" than if they never wore it at all.

Here's also the facial difference post that I always link for people making characters with facial scars, which might be helpful to you.

I hope this helps 🙂 (smile emoji)

mod Sasza

#anonymous #mod Sasza #face difference #eye prosthetics #writing disabled characters #writing advice