Sorry things have been moving very slowly here.
For now I am just going to be selling this one set of stompy latex dragon paws.
See images for size.
These were not a perfect cast, somewhat lumpy in places and has some darker black discoloration spots under one of the feet (also see images)
These are hollow latex,...
I'm keeping billing paused since I don't actually have new stuff to share. But going through a box recently I found a lot of finished latex pieces. Somehow I'd forgotten that I finished this many, I was thinking most of it was still unfinished.
And I think it's about time to start selling some of this since it's been sitti...
realised I haven't posted anything I've drawn here for a while. I think this is most of it from the past few months.
2023-09-01 00:22:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I've still been slowly going through my bunches of unfinished latex stuff, and trying to get it all finished up. Here's the latest pieces I've finished, both of them are the 2nd casts from these particular molds! I think both molds were from 2021 some time?
I'm still unsure when actually I'll do a sale of this stuff, proba...
Been working on this for a really long time. I finally got it set up fully and up for sale here - https://creaturebits.gumroad.com/l/dragoneel
I've only made one avatar before, for personal use, so I'm nervous about releasing this but ...
calling this done for now. There's more that I could do with it, and a bunch of things (like the face being slightly lopsided) that are nagging at me but I can't really justify putting more time into now, knowing I'll just be redoing this at some point. So I will be selling this one, but going to hold on to it until I've got ...
2023-05-06 02:09:39 +0000 UTC View Post
things I've been working on this month. I finished the latex paws. I probably will sell these eventually since they're a bit too big for me.
And got the creature mask cast. As with the feet this turned out too big for me so I'll sell it too and make a smaller one later on. So far it's just cast, head straps added, mane add...
Mostly just really rough sketches and this one painted pic.
2023-03-31 08:41:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Cast the latex feet! I just pulled them out of the mold today, so they haven't been cleaned up or anything yet. Somehow the molds seemed to have got a little warped so they didn't fit together perfectly, so the seamline on these looks a bit nasty and pulled apart in some places. I also think the latex was cast a bit thin for ...
2023-03-31 08:09:21 +0000 UTC View Post
mostly just some quick sketches, and finished that one colored pic!
2023-02-28 08:26:30 +0000 UTC View Post
been making some more progress on craft projects again. I cast the 2nd pair of hands, this time in thinner latex. And also cast the arm pieces in latex. So now I'll have to start making the molds for the rest of the body.
Sculpted some new feet and began printing the molds. So far one foot mold printed. I'll get more pics ...
billing paused again. The vrchat avatar is getting closer to being finished (hopefully), I just keep running into more issues that need fixing with it.
First set of latex gloves from the new mold. I decided I'll recast these in thinner latex to be part of the full body project, these turned out a bit thicker than ideal. I...
billing is paused still! But I think I'll restart it again from next month as I'm getting back into crafting work more now.
Also looking at this page, I think I need to give this patreon and the tiers an overhaul since I'm not really doing the same stuff as I was when I started it. I don't see myself doing the range of cr...
billing is still paused, I might start it again next year when I start probably having a bit more going on.
Here's the progress I've been making on this avatar throughout the past month. I've got it basically working, but there's still a lot left to do on it. I'm going to make a lot of changes to the materials and textures...
billing still paused!
Making more progress on my avatar and the dragon head sculpt. Main update here is that after being stalled a lot with running into so many roadblocks with the silicone casting, have decided to switch over to making this silicone dragon suit a latex dragon suit instead. This means I can finally get pr...
billing is still paused. Here's some of the stuff I've been doing lately.
I haven't gotten on to doing any more physical crafting stuff. I've resumed work on the model for the revised silicone dragon mask, got to get this sculpt finished and then the molds for that will be my next big 3d printing job.
Also started aga...
kinda the same deal as last month, just been doing lots of sketching, and I've paused billing on here again. My new workshop still isn't properly set up. The house I've moved into has needed a lot of work so a big chunk of my time has been taken up by renovating and cleaning. I'm on track to getting the workshop space functio...
2022-08-20 06:12:57 +0000 UTC View Post
first of all - billing is paused again for this month.
I'm in the middle of moving, all my workshop stuff is packed up so I can't do any physical craft stuff for a bit until I've set up at the new place. Good news is I'll have a bigger and better space, and it'll be easier for me to work in a more streamlined way.
Asid...
not a whole lot, but here's some bits.
very rough sketches, some melty/dissolution ideas that started looking more distressing than I imagined them.
Grey creature pic is me still trying to figure out a design I'm happy with for my newer OC.
mostly doing digital stuff this month.
I went to a fur con in the US recently and brought some of my latex stuff over with me, and got some really good feedback, as well as getting to check out latex work from other makers. It was very informative and I've had bunches of ideas since getting back.
First one here is an id...
just a bunch of sketches. Most of these were done in drawpile, the doodles around them are done by other artists. Decided to finish up a part 2 to the coloured one, I'll post that too when it's done.
2022-05-20 11:16:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Been working a lot on the creature model with transparent bits. Trying to get it ready to make into a vrchat avatar asap! Got it all sculpted now, and I gave it a quick skeleton in blender to play around with it. But the skeleton will be redone , and the tr
anslucent shader will probably turn out looking quite different. <...
Getting more silicone pieces cast. Spent a lot of time UV curing and alcohol washing the 3d printed molds for these, and the silicone had a bit of a better time curing in them than the hand molds. But still not ideal, you can see the shiny bits on the casts are where the silicone still came out sticky. So I'm going to do more...
2022-04-30 02:06:16 +0000 UTC View Post
bits and pieces I've been doing. Some concept sketches for bigger pieces. I've been trying out using 3d scenes as bases for painting over a bit.
2022-04-30 01:31:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Some bits and pieces from over the past month. I tried setting up a scene in blender as a base for painting over for the black hydra pic. Was a fun little experiment.
2022-03-31 07:51:50 +0000 UTC View Post
So I finally got some successful casts for the silicone dragon hands.
Learning a lot as I go with these. Like that having an internal core for a silicone mold is really the best way to go, by far. I cast the two halves of these separately and joined them together after and it was... not easy. The seamlines are also v...
just a small update on this. I started casting the silicone for the hands as a test. I immediately ran into a problem - the silicone wasn't curing in big patches across the surface. I tried a second time to test it and had the same result. Doing some research, I found that the resin the molds are made from contains sulfur, wh...
2022-02-28 09:18:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Some sketches from this month. Finally finished that red dragon pic, done for Khyaber. And I've been doing a bunch of collaborative sketchy stuff in drawpile and vrchat lately.
Again, I'm going to pause billing for this month so you will not be charged. I'll post the crafting updates shortly on the higher tiers, but I'm a...
Got the outer molds printed for the arms now, using the resin printer. Doing the inner mold and then I'm on to actually starting some silicone casting.
Since I still haven't gotten to doing that, I'm pausing billing again this month. Sorry it's been a slow few months on productivity here.
A few sketches and things I've been working on this month. A couple are still in progress.
And also some shots of progress on the creature model I was working on. I'll probably go and re-do a lot of the details again, since I'm still not really happy with how it's looking.
I've paused payments again this month so patron...
