Several months ago, I had a dream, and in that dream, I saw a character that I told myself upon waking that I would sculpt one day. Behold, that day is today.

This is actually my second attempt at this character. The first attempt ended up not working out, partly because the clay was dried up and re-moistening it didn't work. Partly because I didn't get the right shade of teal I wanted.

Despite the fact she doesn't have a face, attempt 2 looks way better, in my opinion.

On top of mixing together clay to make teal, I also had to mix together red and a smidge of black clay in order to make her hair a more subdued shade of red. The default red is pretty loud by comparison, and I felt like it clashed with the teal.

If I put a content warning up on this, it's because I got paranoid. I think the hair covers all the right places, but maybe I could have done better. The alternative idea was to give her up bra, but no matter what color or style I tried to applyy, it just didn't look right. So hopefully, her long hair covering things works. All the same, I'm probably putting a content warning on this just a cover my ass.

This is honestly one of my favorite sculptures so far. I really like how it turned out.

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Yuki for Mayu-san back in 2021. White fur is difficult, but it came out pretty cute. I still really like this one 😊 What do y'all think? 🐾

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Tweet tweet 🐦 Artwork from Jan 2021.

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1960s Silly Putty: Iconic Egg of Endless Fun Unveiled!

The ad's focus on the packaging highlights the product's unique presentation, making it a memorable symbol of childhood play and creativity.

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Happy Caturday. To celebrate the occasion, I made this cat.

I was a little worried it wouldn't turn out quite as I hoped. The ears, in particular, concerned me. I got the thinking maybe I could make them a little more triangular, so nobody mistakes it for a Chihuahua or something. I also thought about making it some eyes, but as I said last night, all the green clay dried up. Furthermore, all the black clay that would have used for a nose and pupils for the eyes mostly went towards another project entirely.

After showing it to my wife and my brother-in-law, though, they assure me that you can definitely tell it's supposed to be a cat.

Those initial concerns aside, I got to say, I'm actually quite proud of how this little kitty cat turned out. Probably one of my best works to date, if I do say so myself.

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My modeling clay gymnast is complete.

Adding the hair to the base figure ended up being a lot easier than I thought. Although I thought for sure at one point, the head was going to break off. Thankfully, that didn't happen.

By contrast, the leotard ended up being pretty challenging. Not impossible, or even difficult, necessarily, but I kept worrying about little details like one sleeve being thicker than the other, or that she might be showing too much hip on this side, etc.

All in all, I think it turned out okay. Again, I kind of wish I had more white clay to work with, if only to make more detailed hands and feet, and maybe attempt some approximation of a face. But all in all, I'm kind of proud of how this one turned out.

, this is also giving me the inspiration and motivation to possibly make other figurines.

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The beginning of my latest sculpting project. Made using Crayola mold magic.

So far, I have the main body. I'm hoping to add some hair, and a leotard in order to make it a proper gymnast sculpture.

Not going to lie, I feel kind of ripped off. The variety pack I bought the other day came with one really large glob of red, one large glob of blue, and four teeny tiny globs of yellow, green, black, and white.

I hope this figure turns out okay. I feel like I could have added more detail if I had more clay to work with. In particular, I could have given it a face, maybe some more detailed hands and feet, etc.

I'm also not thrilled with the fact that the abdomen is as long as it is, but it's too late to fix now.

I'll probably give my final verdict of mold magic when I finished everything, but for now, I'd say it's okay.

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