Lots of thoughts recently. Everything feels plastic.
I could go on and on about why all that AI "art" is bad. I could mention theft, lack of creativity, it's impact on the work field and environment, but countless people have already said all that. I wanted to touch on something that to me is the most utterly wrong about all of it.
Art is more than just something pretty to look at or listen to. It's therapeutic. It's a form of communication. A tool for human connection. It's a pure, human need.
Support real artists ☀️
While carving eyelids can really enhance a custom, there are cons the carving the kids being they won’t be able to fully close them after and there may be risk of a slip and cutting too deep into them, if you do don’t fear, I’ve seen lots of people fix slips with air dry clay and then paint over them to hide the clay!
But onto the tutorial!
So I start off by taking off the furbies shell and removing the eye pins and pulling out the eyelids. You can find how to get them out in a lot of tutorials on how to remove the faces for long furbies but Here you will be screwing it back together so be careful not to lose screws!
Once they’re out I draw out the guide lines, Be it angry or sad or whatever you wish!
These ones are Brie’s so they were angry!
Then using some nail cutters like these
I cut from the start of each edge, making sure to not cut off or through the holes on the side that thread the eyelids on the pin!
Then after the entry cuts are made I go through them following the guide line with a scalpel. a dremel tool is also very good and probably better but sadly I don’t own one so be careful it’s very tough and can be a little dangerous so make sure to cut away from you!
After you’ve cut them they should look something like this!
then it’s just a matter of smoothing them out with sandpaper or a nailfile, making sure they’re even and putting them back together!
This was the finished result of this baby!
Even more silly furby doodles
I love ThornBerry and her constantly tired look <3
Chuck eras in the order of how much I think they’d enjoy being call babygirl
Avenger (by a longshot) (like someone called him that as a joke and bro learned something that day)
Coach/Late Tux (i.e. early duncan brannan era. he just plays him so soft yknow?)
Big C/PTT (john widelock edition)(just ponder this long enough and it’ll make since i swear)
Tux (i know the only difference between this one and the next is the fit but like the new look changed him. trust me)
Big C/PTT (scott wilson edition)
Rockstar (i think he’s insecure about his twinkish looks) (also his jasper is sooo babygirl and his helen has a bella so idk who tf is babygirling his ass anyway)
Thank you for coming to my hot take Ted talk
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I'm back hello. Read my children to sleep tonight.
"my baby <3" I repeatedly say to a creature years older than me
Loud Lime tutorial
so everyone really likes Loud Lime, my Furby I made in response to the huge influx of people enjoying the Juicy Grape and Tart Tangerine models. Here is how I did it.
Need:
water
acrylic paint
a cup or something to put paint in
another cup for more paint
a clean toothbrush
lots of paper towels
a hair drier (this is recommended but not that important, it just dries the paint faster)
a clean, flat workstation like a table
most importantly, a Furby!
make a dime sized spot of paint in your paint cup
pour two tablespoons of water into the paint cup
stir it with something until it looks like you’ve got a whole cup of the color paint you poured in
after the scrubbing, review your work; is there….
spots that aren’t colored in?
globs of paint in one area of fur?
paint where where shouldn’t be?
hair drier it for 5 minutes while brushing it with a comb/cat brush/brush
OR: wait for like 10-15 minutes. occasionally check to see if the fur is still soft and the texture feels good. brush your furbs fur!
i used q-tips, those cotton swab on a stick things & dipped them in just regular paint to paint on the faceplate and eyelids. it wasn’t easy.
i hope this helped lol