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I’ve slowly been working on this piece the last few weeks and thought it would be nice to share progress pics of the painting.
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Finished colourway options for the parasaur mask. Help! I can’t decide which one to do now though! Poll is on my twitter, please consider jumping over to cast your vote ; https://twitter.com/ezekiellplays/status/1544534085993119745?s=21&t=SFRgwwYiMI0qs14nbE2zlA ALT View on Twitter
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Look at this cute little face! Gonna shade this once it’s attached to the rest of the bear.
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I bought some inktense blocks to try out for shading. They are great for under shading colours on fabric pads but I ended up using my intense pencils using the water dip method to get the fine edging details though.
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Spooky blackstitch completed! Only took a few evenings as it’s quite small. Done using white DMC on black 16ct aida in two thread thicknesses (single and double threads).
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Non-zero progress on Miwak’s skull hat! I reinforced all the joins with worbla strips, then sanded down with the dremel/by hand. The friction heat from sanding was an advantage for blending the seam lines together somewhat. I used the last of my foam clay to start sculpting out the details which will later be covered…
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I’ve now installed the pads and readied everything for final assembly. I’m now sewing in palm pads unstuffed then stuffing through a horizontal cut near the bottom seam; this gives all the benefits of an easy install & reduced annoying lump from the stuffing seam. The finger pads I will continue to sew in stuffed…
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Working on a new & spoopy blackwork pattern.
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Some more progress on the commission paws. All the fur pieces have been assembled and the pads/claws are now prepped for installation.
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A natural coloured bear in progress. Here’s a look at all 52 pieces, which took about 5 hours total to cut and prepare for sewing.