honestly have been feeling really nervous for this exam since my classmates have either failed it or just barely passed. and i had less time to study this time around because i rushed to book the exam.
so i drew this little encouragement early cuz i need the reminder that no matter what happens tomorrow, i did what i could and i didn't compromise on my boundaries—and that is its own victory.
and i hope that you'll be reminded to celebrate your own big and small victories too!
"You are nervous and that's okay! You did your best! You set boundaries! You took breaks! We're so proud of you, Starlight! Whatever happens, we'll always be here, cheering you on!"
part 1 of just drawing the dca in outfits I'd like to yoink for my own wardrobe | part 2
my friend showed me the wonders of actually using a stylus on ibispaint instead of my fingers so I will be drawing moon too since I got the energy. in a skirt. because why not. we ball
They are inspired by those creepy porcelain face clown dolls with fabric bodies. Also partial inspo from @pixelchills doll drops and @maudiemoods mini moon for their designs.
Details and in progress pics below the cut.
The first thing I had to do was sketch out the plan I had for these guys. Tumblr has a limit on how many pictures you can attach for one post so I can only include one page of sketches. This was the main one I followed, using this as a general guide of how big I want each component to be.
You can also tell that I changed the face a bit from the final product.
The faces, hands and feet were made using apoxy sculpt. The hands and feet have wire embedded in them to provide structure and to attach bells onto.
You can’t really see in the picture but Sun has a deeper groove around the outer edge of the head piece to allow room for his rays. Moon also has a groove but it’s much smaller cause all it needs to hold is a little fabric and wire to attach it to the back of the head.
All these pieces were painted with acrylics. It was kinda difficult figuring out how I wanted to paint the eyes, but ended up with something kinda similar to cannon except no pupils for either of them (sorry moon).
Last but not least I cut out a few templates for the body and clothes. I made a few prototypes since I have very little sewing experience and was scared. This unfortunately didn’t stop me from messing up several times, like not having the right measurements for the waist size and ending up with too tiny pants 🙃, but I was able to fix it with some fenagling. If you look on the final Sun doll you might be able to see the extra fabric I added down the sides to fix this. I don’t have a sewing machine so everything was hand sewn and took forever 😭.
Anyway moral of the story don’t do this unless you are willing to sacrifice hundreds of hours to a couple of fictional jesters.
In all seriousness I’m super duper happy with how they turned out and would love for them to end up in some haunted thrift shop at some point. If anyone else wants to do something similar and needs help figuring out how to do it hmu I’d be glad to help.
Request for @geminiskylight (their sona is so cute)! Took way longer than it should have but it was really fun to do! Eclipse's room is probably so cosy.