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Shores Made for Lovers [Excerpt]
song I started tonight messing around with the uke! v exciting it turns out that when u can finally accompany yourself after singing a capella for 10 years that some kinda smooth sounds can slide out
#mypost#i like it!!#pls take a listen i think it's p cool#and maybe... a reblog? ;0#myart#I re-did it but on YT and with CC#Youtube
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so a couple months ago now i think? i decided on a whim to make a puppet since i figured i had enough supplies lying around to do it, which resulted in me being struck to make arguably one of the best members* of the rock-afire explosion into a marionette: looney bird!
(excuse the goofy looking puppetry, i don’t actually have any experience w/ marionettes. whoops!)
anyhow i know a couple people that have seen puppet looney were curious how i made him, so under the cut i’ll have my rambles about that!
making looney bird was super fun! so expect this section to be long because i do wanna explain everything as much as i can. i will divid this up into sections, which shall be:
body, head, & neck
face & plant/leaves
tail & wings
legs & feet
strings & control
anyhow! let me get to explaining lol
Section 1: body, head, & neck
this is where i began! i made a base for the head & body out of crayola air dry clay so i had base shapes to put the fur on top & so the puppet would have a decent little bit of weight to it. the head was just a small ball, while the body was larger & slightly more oblong. while the base & the other sculpted parts were drying, i had to color the fur i was going to use.
i only had white faux fur (2 different kinds, a soft, sort pile, & a less soft, longer pile; what i use for most of looney is the short pile) going into this project, & since this fella was made exclusively from craft materials i had lying around, i needed to find a way to color it. I attempted dying some of the fur w/ some old t-shirt dyes i had lying around, but when that didn't work i turned to my old alcohol markers to see if they worked, & they surprisingly did! really well too! (altho there are some areas that i struggled to get ink into, but overall the color isn't too too patchy)
once i had the dry clay & fur, i got to covering the bases w/ the fur! which. i did primarily by super glueing small sections of each piece of fur down, maneuvering the fabric to lay flush w/ the base & making sure to maintain the same direction of the fur, & repeating until the fur was completely attached.
the neck was simpler, i took some more of the red colored fur, folded it over into a flat tube shape, & glued either end to the head & body (still paying attention to the fur direction!) then i took some of the remaining uncolored (white) fur & made the ring of white around the base of looney's neck!
Section 2: face & plant/leaves
imo, this was the section i had the most fun w/ lol! i actually sculpted the face after making the head & body's clay bases so that they had extra time to dry. i made the entire face as a "faceplate" for easy attachment at the size i needed, plus sculpting the face as one thing allowed me to have the 3 extra bits i needed to attach looney's face feathers the best later on in the process. the face is also made of crayola air dry clay btw.
after the face was dry it was painting time! i just used some old art kit acrylic paints for all the base colors, & the eyes were possible using a nail art dotting tool. i went over looney's cheeks w/ chalk pastel dust to get the blush effect, then sealed everything in using mod podge.
now he needed his face feathers! remember how i had 2 different faux furs? well here's where the longer pile one gets used! i cut really small sections of the longer fur & trimmed them down to be just 3 little fuzzy bits essentially, then using another alcohol marker, i colored them green & glued them to the green side sections on looney's faceplate. from here, i attached looney's face to his head, then cut & pasted the surrounding small white feather sections on either side of his face & below his beak. it was after that i made the purple feathers, as those are just colored paper clippings that i glued to the back of looney's faceplate that didn't attach to his head. (picture of what i mean below)
anyhow! onto the plant on looney's head! the stem of the plant was just a jewelry wire that i twisted to make a bit thicker, then dipped in green paint to color it & smooth the twist out, then sealed w/ mod podge, & finally glues to the top of looney's head. the leaves, much like the purple feathers, are paper, but cut into leaf shapes & colored to roughly mimic looney's leaves, then they were very carefully super glued to the stem
Section 3: tail & wings
these bits were pretty simple imo, the tail is made of embroidery floss i cut & sectioned to create looney’s tail pattern, then i tied it together to create a base i could easily attach to his body. i also tried brushing it to make the individual threads smaller since i preferred the look & thought it made it look more like feathers? but either way, from there it got glued on & i moved on to the wings.
the wings are again the short pile fur i used on the body, but they were left white when i cut them, so once i got the wing shape formed i could color the sections that needed to be red & just leave the wingtips white how i wanted. the wings were 4 panels cut into a roughly triangular shape & glued together to create 2 wings
Section 4: legs & feet
the legs & feet were also relatively simple but i have never been the best at sculpting feet so i suffered just a tad. anyhow the feet are also sculpted from crayola air dry clay like other pieces, then painted & sealed the same as the faceplate.
the legs are pony beads & more embroidery floss. i used the beads to make the legs as full & patterned as i wanted & the string to make sure the legs are loose & easy to maneuver. 2 beads were glued to looney’s body & 2 to his feet, & the string was looped thru the body beads, down through the leg beads, & tied & secured to the feet beads
Section 5: strings & controls
finally! the last section!
the string is just some clear beading string. there are 4 strings, which were tied & glued to both foot beads, the base of the tail, & the base of the plant. i eyeballed the needed length for each string to keep the puppet at an upright position when held up regularly & cut them to size.
the control is just a pair of chopsticks i cut to the rough size of the puppet & glued the ends of the strings to: the head & back end strings to either side of one stick, & both feet strings to either end of the other stick.
& that was pretty much everything i had to do to make looney!! it took like. 2 days? i was very dedicated to finishing him in just a weekend. thank you to anyone who read all my extended rambles about how i made this guy!!! i appreciate it!! also please excuse any typos, i never make typos ever idk what y’all are talking about
#i love looney bird!!!#can yall tell? idk if you can#anyhow i did also make a barrel for him but uh. 10 image limit#ill put it in the reblogs as a treat#thank you to everyone who hyped this fella up i am really proud of him ngl#now to just see if i can ever make other band members. maybe#or at least make a billy bob cosplay bc i wanna do that too#also if anyone has any ideas of what i could do w looney going forward? id like to puppet him to songs or something but idk what#or if anyone would wanna see that#ok ill shut up for now!#the rock afire explosion#rock afire explosion#rockafire explosion#rockafire#showbiz pizza#looney bird#marionette puppet#puppetry#:0 my art
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mildly frustrated at how many 'we need to talk about lizzie more' posts ive seen and the distinct lack of actual posts of art or writing about lizzie that ive seen cross my dash
like guys i thought we wanted to talk about lizzie and not the fandom's problems when is that happening
#not to be bitter but i got 3 likes and 0 reblogs on my lizzie fic that i posted last night#whereas i usually get like 26 ish notes for my other stuff in the same amount of time#and like. ive seen SO many posts of 'dont forget lizzies story'#i definitely havent!! i am definitely writing lizzie-centric things!!!#its just that no one cares to actually /read/ it#it does feel a little less like caring about lizzie's story and more about protesting against the misandry by using lizzie's story#as an example#idk maybe im thinking too much about this but yk. support artists and writers pls#dont just compain about how no one is writing when i am!!! we are writing!!! we are drawing!!!#are you reading? are you reblogging?#wren wrambles#im not gonna maintag this cause its more of a rant than anything but#yeah
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hi people can see your tags!! i know we like to talk about how 'safe' screaming in the tags feels and to an extent it is safe, indirect communication. but it is communication and the OP is very likely to see them. if its not something you'd say to them don't put it in the tags, maybe. (:
#OOC#I do not understand some of you#if you don't like something why reblog it just to say how much you don't like it?????#Do you need attention that badly that you're gonna tear someone's hard work down??????????????????????#Don't answer that I don't care#It costs 0 dollars to not be an asshole and some of you are in asshole debt so bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#a real live person worked on that art/gpose/writing#and you reblogged it SOLEY to say how much you didn't like it???? that's!!! wild!!!!!!!!!!!#I still remember every weird or mean tag I've ever gotten so maybe just don't#why spend any energy on engaging with something you don't like i cannot fathom that!!!!!!!#pathetic behavior.#no one has done this to me recently and much like any weird anons I get i just#block them and move on#but I've been seeing some MEAN tags lately in reblogs and like#what the FUCK#here i go again asking people to have some self reflection (':
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brad headcanoning
Brad's no liberal arts major, he will make that very clear. Paying money to read a novel and then getting drunk instead and showing up to class hungover and bullshitting your way through socratic discussion? No thank you, he'll pass.
But. Brad loves the Hero's Journey. He loves King Arthur (he avoids Shakespeare on principle for a reason he will not disclose).
He loves the idea of Fate. It falls so perfectly into his ideas about honor and duty and ~warrior's spirit~ AND it means he gets to do exactly as he's told. There is a script. He follows the script. His abilities and instinct are perfectly suited to the tasks at hand. It all slides into place so neatly and there's nothing messy like feelings or pain or heartache--
He's a knight on a quest with a code of chivalry. He is chaste. He is honorable. He is protected.
#brad#generation kill#not me frantically figuring out how to write brad with 0 knowledge of bikes or computers or science fiction#i'm the liberal arts major that lives in his closet#zoe speaks#headcanons#maybe this is the time to get into star trek#Brad Colbert#hbo war#reblogging myself bc I feel like this is important
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links meet but it's just my 600 AUs of skyward sword
#top right looks like a joke. I promise he didn't look so much like an anime boy in the initial sketch#I did him last and am getting very tired lol#sword spirit (human form) was the first I did I should have stopped while I was ahead lmao#going to reblog this with links (ha) to the fics they show up in. maybe#that would be a lot of work#cherryart#skyward sword#'wow cherry these are all soooo cool have you actually written them where can I read them'#well. for once. they DO all have writing to go with them :0#however. it's all fucking ghiralink
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people wonder why artists are leaving the site in droves and abandoning their accounts meanwhile most FANDOM art barely gets 5 likes in two days. barely gets 2 reblogs in the span of half a year.
and im not even gonna TOUCH on what it's like for oc art (which gets no interaction. at all. ever. oops I just touched on it.)
why the fuck would people keep feeding ai companies when absolutely no one is supporting them? when absolutely no one cares about their art? when no one even spares it a second glance? why would tey go through the trouble of glazing and nightshading everything when it gets NO INTERACTION AT ALL. When it's going to rot in the tags buried under hundreds of other ignored pieces of art. when ai generated photos get dozens of reblogs and likes in the first hour.
you people wonder why artists are leaving? You. you are the reason.
#bc if people had actual interaction they would choose to stay DESPITE the ai.#they would have a reason to stay#notice how the only ones staying are super huge artists with thousands of followers and who get hundreds of reblogs every day#every small artist is leaving because you people NEVER SUPPORT THEM#anti ai#fuck ai#artists against ai#ai art is not art#support artists#likes are useless#if you want artists to stay actually reblog their art#maybe leave a comment on it.#same with fanfics.#because otherwise whats actually the point?#im not even the type of person who cares about internet validation#look at most of my posts. most of them have 0 notes at all.#but what the hell is the point of posting your art to a place that steals it if literally no one is going to look at it?#i could leave it in my phones gallery; not have it be stolen; AND get the SAME AMOUNT OF INTERACTION as i would if i posted it#make art for yourself and only for yourself bestie
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#im not putting 0 as an option cuz if thats true why are you following me asnjkfdnkfd#dont care abt reblogs on this just wanna see what my followers generally think#cuz im preparing up for going on another reblog spree and maybe i will not drown yall with it like always#know my kindness#dfnfkdjfd#halfpost#halfpoll#but also im genuinely curious
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*manages to pirate one game* i am. A computer genius<3
#i downloaded mouthwashing!! and got 0 malware everyone clap#I'm not a gamer by any means bc i never learned anything about computers <3 i own an old laptop i use#for college stuff. like studying and doing assignments.#but i wanted to try and download the game it seemed v interesting. i ended up staying all night up playing it lmao it was amazing#maybe I'll try my hand at pirating more games I've always wanted to play silent hill i love the 2006 movie!!#anyways. I'm about to get very annoying with mouthwashing reblogs probably#mouthwashing#horror#z#lpm van a ser las 6am. hace banda que no me quedaba despierta hasta esta hora
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Btw its late af but tomorrow is gonna be exclusively fundraisers reblogged here
#ill donate as many as i can i fell behind a lil cause gofundme is annoying to navigate and my bank hates me doing multiple transactions#also just#no one reblogs fundraisers from me other than maybe my bf#and thats fine i have like 0 followers lol#but still pass around what you see#get it to someone who can donate#idk im talking into the void but still#we take action regardless
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8 and 10 for distracting asks (*・ω・)ノ
okay!
8 (something you look forward to)... i dunno, life can be. uh. a bit turbulent sometimes and i dont wanna jinx anything, but... moving away from my parents, probably? that and graduating from college
10 (favorite animal) - cats. and sea slugs
#i have 0 plans for life its just. graduate + dont die + maybe get a job or higher education#thanks for the ask!#not a reblog
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i feel like half of my posts are just hidden from other people's dashes bc like 80% of what i post is just not seen by anyone
#and i hate feeling like im begging for attention#i hate making posts like this#its just i get. really scared. like im either doing something wrong or i just suck or im not fun#i hate feeling alone and isolated it's. one of my worst fears#and i don't know what to do in these situations#i hate feeling like i have to constantly remind people i exist at all it scares the hell out of me#but also i feel horrible and stupid for just crying about nobody liking my stupid fucking posts#i don't use any other social media this is the only place i interact with people so this is kind of all i get#and i started posting more bc i thought maybe if i just do that I'll get something#but it feels like every note i get is solely for that one popular post i have and nothing else#i dont like. need comments or reblogs just like. idk. seeing the 0 notes makes me feel invisible like i never posted#i feel like exactly 5 people ever interact with me and even then it's only on a few posts#am i doing something wrong? did i break some unspoken rule i didn't know about again? i don't know#am i just annoying#i#i just#we've been so so blurry lately and we keep begging for people to talk to us so we don't forget our system completely#because we don't keep track of this stuff without external motivation so we need to talk about ourselves to someone#we lost our only system irl bc they turned out to be a predator and now we have nobody to talk about system stuff to#i just . want a friend to talk to#i just want to talk to anyone
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#Ohhh I feel bad for all those who followed me for birdy coontent [all like. two of you]#I don't post many birdies. they usually stick to my sketchbook and between freinds ahaa#I feel emberrassed. this is my first post that breached containment. I thought it was going to be. follow the trend of like#I unno 30 notes? some followers giving me a like and like. 0 reblogs bahaha#thanks though. maybe I'll be posting a lot more birdy stuff from now on. if people actually like it#have some duke though! he is. birdy thing yes? monster?#[guhh.. big monster inspo reblogged the birdy post. it was verry nice. I was super flustered.]#[he reblogs a lotta artists though. so I'm real not that special but. still! it was cool. apperently we're mutuals?? I did not notice.]#wow sorry really put. all this into the tags bahaha#the duke [oc]#<- birdy thing#jbird's art
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#I love when I get reminded that life will in fact never get better#dnr#do not reblog#personal#what if I just drove off a fucking cliff I don’t know what to do anymore#nothing is worth it anymore#all I need is medical documents to take time off work because I’m in so much pain that I can’t breathe most of the time and there’s like#three million fucking road blocks I can’t fucking wait 4-6 weeks I can’t do it I’d rather be dead#and I can’t get another job I keep trying I’m trying so hard but I can’t#and I won’t ever finish school because I can’t focus because I’m in too much fucking pain#0 words for how much I hate my parents for having me and how much I hate every doctor I’ve ever seen#maybe if someone had taken me seriously 16 fucking years ago when this all started things wouldn’t be so awful now#delete later
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last final tomorrow, wish me luck o7
#got my financial aid sorted out and i'm ready to party#it's technically not my last final hut i'm opting to not do one of them lmao#i'll leave with a 72% C... it's fine#THIS CLASS IS BS MAN THE BOOK DOESNT EXPLAIN ANYTHING AND SOMETIMES STRAIGHT UP HAS NO INFO#LIKE THE QUIZ WILL ASK ABOUT A SPECIFIC TERM. I KEYWORD SEARCH THE TERM. NO RESULTS#i hate it i'm not taking ur stupid final 0/10 class i only took it for extra hours anyways#ANYWAYS my final tomorrow is scary and i'm not expecting much. i just wanna pass the class#it's the only class i'm at risk of failing ;-; i'm just struggling to do work *fast enough*#my homework is fantastic and i think my project went well. but i keep doing terrible on tests bc i cant work that fast#we're given an hour to do three problems (same length as homework) and im gonna be honest that would take me closer to 3-5 hours...#but the final is two hours so maybe there's some hope for me#chat#gn btw o/ havent been reblogging the goodnight post but whatever i'll get back to that one day#maybe
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like hearing abt the monster design absolutely being the best in volfoss i was expecting rly bad gameplay and story. bc why else had it been lost to the sands of time if it wasnt good. and then i started playing it and now im hooked to trpgs and spend every minute of every day thinking about it
#twist rambles#like. u can tell im dedicated due to the fact i DID snag the url on tumblr and also havent rly played any other games for it. and also spen#40 bucks on a copy from japan solely so the guide can be accurate 2 the official eng names location wise + actually explain certain mechani#bc the manual OR map isnt online. its doing evil shit to my brain and there is like 0 fan content of it. so i cant even reblog silly stuff#just have to get like. mega annoying abt posting abt it constantly ok. maybe tomorrow i will make a silly ask game to assign people monster#or characters from it :3 idk i just really want to drum up interest bc it is genuinely one of the best games ive ever played.#♟
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