Monday, October 24, 2016

Smoking Stormtrooper

Asked for a subject to draw. Star Wars is what I got. Stormtrooper it is.

Tried sketching him with a gun, it just wasn't looking right. 
My solution? Give him a cigarette. Easier to draw and just as deadly. Maybe he's on break, or something.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Nys Doodle

A random drawing I did over the weekend.
18x12" paper and Sharpies were used.








Sans Mask

Last year, my twin boys dressed up as Fry and Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama. Zoidberg is a couple posts before this one. Wow, how active I've been on here,.... 

This year, for Halloween 2016, both boys want to dress up as Sans.
I'm not very familiar with this one. All I know is he's from a game called Undertale and my kids are fans. No problem though, that's what the internet's for.
 It was brought up if I could possibly make a mask of San's brother, Papyrus, but he seems to be a little more work. They decided on normal and hard mode Sans, instead.
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Did some research and found this really cool and simple tutorial on making the mask. 
Since it's the one I used, credit and thanks goes to DeluCat!
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Following the video, the first thing was to make 2 (4, in my case) paper mache spheres with balloons, newspaper and glue made of flour and water. 
 Last time I did something like this was when I made a pinata in 7th grade Spanish. 


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 After letting it dry for 24 hours, we (my husband helped) cut to proper size, hot glued them together, then I proceeded to work on the face design and more cutting.


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The next step was to add an air dry type of clay to form the mouth. Was delayed a few days, but back on track. Make sure the nose is cut prior to this. I almost forgot. Will take care of that before the casting.

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The first coast ended up cracking a bit around the bottom and eyes. It took about three coats to get it to my liking then, we sanded them.


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After the spray painting part was done, now time for adding the eyes and painting the details.


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The boys specifically asked me to only color his left eye. The red one had cracks and unfortunately warped a bit when adding the plaster. Due to that, I was delayed with having to add extra coats and forming it back as best as possible.



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In the end, it still fits and looks good. I'm proud.






Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Sanrio Crocheting

              Got a book called Hello Kitty Crochet by Mei Mi Lee and I've made some cute stuff.

Pompompurin and pudding


 Tuxedo Sam and doppelgänger


Update 9/22/2017
Took me a few years, but finally got around to doing some more!!
Kuromi's skull button was made out of polymer clay.

My Melody and Kuromi






Thursday, October 6, 2016

Candy Corn Cat Toy Pattern

A quick, easy pattern I threw together so I could make a new toy for the cats and wanted to share with anyone else who's interested in making their own.
It's about 3" tall, which makes them a nice size for anyone interested in it being a decorative ornament, too!

 

*Pattern is for in the round with circular needles


Needle: US 5 (3.75 mm) circular needles
Yarn: Red Heart (4 medium) bright yellow, pumpkin, and white
Supplies: tapestry needle, scissors, stuffing, catnip (optional)

ABBREVIATIONS 
CO = cast on 
= knit
k2tog= knit 2 stitches together (decrease)
CC = color change

CO 24 (12 stitches on each needle) with yellow yarn. *Make tail long enough for sewing up, later.
Row 1-5: k-
6: k1, k2tog, k6, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k6, k2tog, k1, CC (pumpkin)
7-8: k-
9: k1, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k1
10-11: k-
12: k1, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k1
13: k-
14: CC (white), k-
15: k1, k2tog, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k2tog, k1
16-17: k- 
18: k1, k2tog, k2, k2tog, k1

Cut yarn and pick up remaining stitches with tapestry needle. Pull tightly, knot and weave in white tail. 
Pull candy corn shell inside out
stuff, sew and weave in bottom opening with yellow tail.
Enjoy!