#calicos art stuff

[calico-lamb]

mobian anatomy practice + just a silly lil goober

[suffersinfandom]

They are a set, do not separate!

[chellychuu]

Calico cat girl OC ✨ She’s a slacker business woman by day, and magical idol by night!

[iluvfruit47]

scribble

[roetrolls]

CALICO!!!!!!!

This is Cali, Melmel's former teammate and an employee at Iquila's gym :] Original design by @bingerzone under cut!

[pyersiki]

more pics from last summer bc I am so greenpilled rn . I <3 green

[chocodile]

Found your work through desperate searches for sylvanian family customisation or recolour resources and WOW your art/characters/worldbuilding are also astoundingly good... gonna be scrolling here a while. Out of curiosity do you do custom/commissioned sylvanian figures or do you have a tutorial/materials list someplace? Thanks for reading!!

Aw gosh, thank you, Anon!

I did one custom commission as an experiment (which I'm sure you've seen if you looked through the tag) and it was pretty fun, but man are these things a time suck! I tried to do too many dolls in too short of a time, got kind of burned out on them, and haven't touched them in months... I'm currently trying to work up motivation to get back into it and finish the projects I have materials for. If I do, I'll take pictures this time and put together a proper tutorial.

Unfortunately I can't take any commissions right now, but I'd be happy to share a materials list! It's under the cut:

The paint used is basic acrylic paint, like the kind you can get from Walmart or craft stores for under two bucks. There's a bit of a trick to painting them without making the fur clumpy, I described the painting process here!

For the hair, you'll want doll hair ("My Little Pony" size is way more than sufficient), a hair rooting tool/kit, and either a heat gun or blow dryer. I wrote some notes on hair rooting Sylvanian Family dolls here.

For the clothes, you can use a number of different fabrics, but you want it to be very, very thin. That super cheap, thin cotton fabric you can find at Joann Fabrics is pretty perfect and comes in a wide variety of colors and patterns, though some stuff like doll-sized flannel you might have to look online for (or DIY--you can use acrylic paint on fabric, it just makes it stiffer). I use ribbon for trim. Other accessories like jewelry, buttons, chains, crystals, and belts can be sourced from craft stores, too... I usually just bring my WIP doll with me in my pocket and hold it up next to anything I'm interested in buying to check if the sizing is right (the lady at the fabric cutting station was incredibly charmed by them, hah). For more specialty items, like tiny hats and replica firearms, you will probably need to look online.

If you can't find a specific accessory, or need to sculpt something like armor, you can try making it out of epoxy clay and painting it with the same acrylic paint you used for the figure. Mod Podge will help seal it and give it a nice glossy finish. (Do not use Mod Podge on Sculpey--it makes it sticky!)

Tails are generally pipe cleaners or occasionally pom poms. Cut the original tail off with wire cutters, digging out as much of it as you can, and super glue the new tail in the hole.

Horns are done with epoxy clay. For big horns on the head, I use wire cutters to cut the pointy part off a pin, embed that in the clay horn, and then stick the end of the pin into the plastic head to more securely anchor it.

Bat and dragon wings are done with leather sheets you can buy from a craft store.

Other essentials: Super glue, sewing kit, Dritz fray check. Super glue is essential for both tails/horns/etc and clothing (it's often better for ultra-fine detail than sewing). Sewing kit is needed for clothing. You will not have much success with clothing without Dritz fray check. It keeps the edges of the fabric from disintegrating, which is a major concern when working on such a tiny scale.

Also this isn't a material so much as a tip: I often use the pointy end of a pin to do fine detail painting. It's also useful for sculpting miniatures.

Hope that helps! Good luck on your customization ventures, and feel free to ask if you have any more questions!

[devolympian]

All my concept art for Calico Jack

[wolfdamnit]

References:

Vs drawings:

Meet Cassisfire and her mother Leafblossom. Two beautiful calico maincoons who belong in Mountainclan (original clan)

Leafblossom is Cassisfire's proud mother, mated to former kittypet Batears, who I couldn't for the life of me draw. Leafblossom wears Batears's old ribbon (a part of his collar) around her tail.

In the drawing of them together, Cassispaw is a young apprentice walking with her mother. She looked a bit more like her father, who is an Oriental short hair, when she was younger, but she never did grow into her ears.

They and a few others that I haven't drawn are included in my partner's upcoming warrior cat DND campaign.

[meegan420]

🧚🏻‍♀️Fairy Tails🧚🏻‍♀️Twinkle Wings (redesign)

[mergatroidster]

princess is thrilled with the growing larp armoury!

Twig villagers are working late into the night helping to make gear. and whoa, a weapon rack made of bits and sticks?! princess is impressed…

[calico-lamb]

the book of bill was an.... experience

[suffersinfandom]

You wouldn't believe how long this tiny little guy took to make

[mainecoonkittensforrehoming]

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[calicotisane]

[pinkpawsdraws]

Baby Bell

Art I made for my friend of her cat :’(