Gremlin In Chief

After some restlessness these past few days I have summoned enough brain cells to get a nice even paint job on Stephen and the skeleton to work in its current condition. I have figured out the tension so at least the doll can sit on its own.

I finished a painting yesterday and I love it so much! I call it Ultraviolet. I wanted to capture the essence of how I felt after a recent sickness. I had time to reflect and process my emotions and the feeling of shedding some mental baggage was exhilarating!

I started this print thanks to my sister's idea. This is not the final look, there will be color! But the energy this print has now is how I feel about nature and how it helps me heal. Being less afraid of insects and arachnids alike is freeing when you have anxiety like mine. A mosquito could give me a panic attack not long ago. Now I'm finding that kid who LOVED being outside so much they adopted a toad, a moth, a cardinal (they lived on my porch and near it.) and that is priceless.

Mindfulness can allow me to appreciate nature, even if it's just a pasture. It's breathtaking when you've lived in fear for so long. I wish more could appreciate it 😌

We are finally at the end of a journey! The skeleton is almost complete and can sit up with a nice prop!

This has been months in the making and I finally got into the iteration where all of the little pieces I've been torturing myself to make come together. JK but the work is grueling at times.

And now I can finally say all that hard work literal blood in tears are not in vain I finally have something to show for it. I can't believe I actually followed this to completion. I usually give up on stuff by now so, I'm so proud of me.

There is a method to the madness I swear! Long live the blessed dopamine! 🙌

I'm inspired to take my ideas a bit more to the extreme but I am all or nothing, hence the many layers of anatomy 😉.

I am even sewing organs and making a removable muscle and skin suit.

I might be crazy after all 🤣

I drew on my sketchbook and this is the varnished final version. Two hours and I can touch it. Lol its excruciating.

I love detail work. It’s my specialty. The way it brings pieces to life before paint is exhilarating. I have huge plans for this project.

Sewing my plant businessman so he doesn't unravel. I might sculpt him some hands and make shoes too.

Taught myself to crochet 🧶 today! I have big ideas in store but no energy lately. This chain and a magic circle are my takeaways. Expanding my toolbox 🧰 this week.

This guy is my favorite doll WIP yet. Making monster dolls is a new highlight of my hand sewing journey! He needs a lot of final stitches but he’s a fun challenge!!
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This is a good day! I finished my Hair Goddess painting and it's better than the vision in my head. I'm so proud 👏 🥲

I found some mental marbles to gamble on and they helped me produce this yard decoration for my lovely grandma! She's a peach and I love making things for her!

Tiny haul and pen doodles. I couldn’t ask for a better day. Lol I just wish clearance had more colors. The ink was from a niche brush I got on a whim. I forgot it was a splatter brush and got got.

I am planning big things for my art going forward. Made some notes for later. I hope the experiment is pleasing to look at. I was testing a variety of ideas from using two hands to draw, lighting and mixed media layering. This was cool.

I repainted my blender. I forgot to seal the paint last time… and it started melting off. So I went all out and added a glitter topcoat.

I think way too much about the things that don't fill my cup. I think I'm finally getting some sunlight through these clouds.

I've impulsively amped up the difficulty of this project, and I love her so much more for it. I've hated sculpting for years, and this project has changed my mind mostly. Chiseling the holes to get the elastic through was torture. I need a Dremmel, lmao.
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It’s been a long time since I’ve focused enough to actually complete it, let alone finish nearly the entire project in two days when it took months to get this first head started. I am so proud 🥹.

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I outdid myself! I got my grandma to stop hating my orthopedic shoes! treat my feet right but were solid black, and being a good artist requires taking constructive criticism. So I pimped my shoes!

Meet my gross gumballs! I adore how this piece came out!

Did some digging and found my OC designs and want to finish my sketches! These are the Witherspoons. Dina (big hat lady) is the matriarch and the family tree is full of criminals. ReBekkah (blunt bob) isn't a criminal so she is the odd man out, she’s more interested in agriculture and living simply. I like ReBekkah’s energy.

This looks a bit chaotic but it took all day to get this messy. Lol I envy clean artists 👩‍🎨 if they exist. I’m skeptical now.

I broke a fake plant cuz I’m a sucker for porcelain plant pots. And I’m a HUGE Klutz. But I glued a pony and made a diorama. To nod an old friend. Concepcion was her name and she was an Angel on earth. I lost touch with her so I hope she is well. Thinking of you. 🙂