#oppossum art

[blogofpointydog]

The Evolution of the Possum Wares

It started in November of 2022; the first possum mug was born.

Behold.

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Cute, fuzzy little guy. It said "let's eat trash" on the back. i wasn't the biggest fan of how it turned out. For this one, I hand-drew the lines on the mug. it turns out it's really fucking difficult to draw on a curved surface. AND - painting detail is hard if you don't have good brushes.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------Then nothing, until June of 2023. But when I started making them, I really started making them.

June 2023

Here, we entered the floral/leaf half frame design phase. You'll notice that the possum faces became more defined! I started experimenting with sgrafitto on the body of the possum, began learning about color theory a bit. I also began experimenting with stencil use.

The dark blue mug with the red flower is still one of my favorite pieces ever.

This planter with speckled clay still gives me nightmares. The soul-less eyes get me for some reason.

September 2023

I backed off of making possums for awhile. I decided I wanted to work on trying to get whole ass possum to pop out more than the darker colors on the last batch.

I think technically I succeeded, but I much, much preferred the previous versions, they had far more depth.

December 2023

I made a ton of possums on small, round ornaments. Went possum-wild and made around 15 of them. Here, I started learning how to better apply light and dark underglazes, without values being way too dark or way to light. If you aren't familiar with underglazes, they are more predictable with what colors you will get in the end, but at certain temperatures they can burn out, some will dominate others when layered. It's incredibly tricky. This batch was when I started feeling "good" at making them.

So, I promptly stopped making them until June 2024.

June 2024 - Possum Chaos Bee Tumbler

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This piece was the WOW moment for me when it was finished. the WOW LET'S MAKE POSSUMS A LOT moment

I was in an absolute "blah" mood with decorating anything at this point. I didn't want to spend hours carefully blending colors and glazing around meticulous lines. So I just said fuck it let's do it the way that sounds easier.

I digitally drew the possum, cut it into a stencll, and used it to apply the outline of the possum (body, eyes, mouth). The actual paint job was achieved using watercolor techniques with just black underglaze. I learned on this piece that painting small is REALLY hard, and going bigger was incredibly helpful with getting the clarity I wanted on the illustration.

The bees were just some transfers I'd had sitting around forever and added. I accidentally smudged one, which I didn't mean to do. I tried to fix it and I couldn't.... I was SO mad, but then I was like FUCK IT SMEAR ALL THE BEES. And you know what? I ended up loving it.

Embrace the rage.

NOVEMBER 2024

Here, we have arrived at my current design. You'll see it's pretty similar to the Chaos Rage Bees in the layout, but I decided I wanted to try out a floral carving for the background pattern. I wanted it to POP. I think I succeeded. Not only do I love the design, but it has sold out nearly immediately each batch!

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I did give the leaf-flower-frame applique technique another shot. I hated applying it and painting the whole time, so I am done with it.

I think the mug sensed my negative feelings towards it as I was painting. The glaze melted down onto the possum, but I can't say I hate the results. It's straight up demonic.

[lovertm]

pride opossums & frogs by doodletavern

[starlightpngs]

Sorry for the bad cam quality!

Doing random traditional art is where im the most confortable. They arent the cutest art but i had fun testing some pen while just having fun.

Back in the days, i had a phase where i obsessed with candygore. But i wasnt realy good at colors so i never realy tryed. But now i wanted to test out sketching with pink and blue. Idk if ill do it often, since the pink stain so bad! Maybe with sketch, but not if i plan to color em over the sketch.

[elisartdotpng]

I wanted another form of possum reaction gif so I tried to make one. Enjoy

[acousticdoodles]

Yippee!!!!!

(Based on the possum plushie crochet pattern by NichetCrochet on Etsy!!)

[lost-sunset-canine]

Angeltober 2023 Day 8 - Mother

what better animal to choose than a oppossum mother with her babies on her back? /rq . It was extremly fun shading all the little babies and doing tiny wings all over the place. just a nature setting felt the ost opproriate here instead of something more crazy. The stained glass window design this time around is very detaile, and while it might feel a little crowded , i wanted to keep it since it fits with the crowded back of the mother and wings and everything :3 -dairiem

prompt by @ultrainfinitepit

[wirelessshiba]

Possum park ranger! 🌲✨

[aneacc]

It's nothing personal August, I just I'm so tired of the heat 😓

[strayanimal97]

Pixel commission for a friend 💕✨

[babbledabble]

Why is he so round😭

I just wanted to make another cute little guy, but he wasn’t this round in the pattern picture…

I think maybe I stuffed him wrong?

(Pattern by @AlisonCrochetsThings on Ribblr)

[pizzpizzapizzo]

second round of zoo AU

Vigilante, Pepperman, Fake Peppino and Snick concepts suggested by @idkhamburger19283, Noisette and Mr Stick suggested by @zedortoo! Huge thanks for the help!! and sorry if i misinterpreted anything

[maddy-k-reads-all-day]

Amanda and Wooly's summer outfits for my Amanda fantape series! This is for a fantape I'm working on in Part 4 called Appearances! Amanda and Wooly change things up for the summer. (Wooly gets sheared lmao) I just needed to draw them so I could visualize and stuff

Also been seeing lots of opossum fanart and stuff decided to take a stab at him. Um... rest assured I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRAW HIM.

[bargainbinbobbin]

Winner for November's Birthday Special Vote! Sorry it took so long, big pattern+holidays=lateness and guilt lol 😅

Galaxy Laser Possums

[valdynn]

🍁🐾Moth Whisperer🌾🍄‍🟫 - sold!

[gorepup]

8 of cups

commission for @nellcifur

[svulkcreature]

sum arts I made over the past few months

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