I'm moving out in the summer, still paying off my wife's root canal, and I could use some money in my pocket sooner than later, so I'm finally relisting some of my old art dolls! (I imagine me originally only selling these through email/DM was a big hurdle.) I know this guy was a favorite so I made sure to put them up first.
Pralieon, the chocolate-type eeveelution I made up as a kid (definitely a bit Neopet inspired)! I found the clay figure I made back then, and was recently struck by the impulse to make a big plush. I upgraded its design with some more chocolatey details like the white dipped tail, chocolate button eyes and bead sprinkles!
CHO BUNBO! Fun fact, this guy was one of the first toys I ever made as a newly sprouted adult. I think the limitations of having to make a relatively 2D design that still had a unique identity were what codified my art style for my Shokal setting, so now all my characters like King St. Bee have a bit of that soft sculpture attitude to them.
Watch one of my plush grow from uncut fabric to final photos.
Video description: stop-motion animation of a fox plush being made. Faux fur pieces in black, silver and bright ginger orange get cut, move into a fox shape, attach bit by bit, get turned inside-out for final sewing, turn right-side out and get stuffed, eyes, shaved ears, painted, closed up, and then set up in front of a white board, finished. Music: Lifestream. Musician: Dream Machine. URL: https://icons8.com/music/
101 pieces from 19 different fabrics (17 faux furs and 2 vinyl) went until this fox. It took me twenty-some hours to complete over a month's time, possibly longer to account for all the camera angle fiddling.
This was my first stop-motion video so I definitely learned some things! This is my usual order of assembly for plush, though not every step was captured, in part because I wasn't sure how to do so or it would have been awkward. For example you can see I redid the neck, but didn't show the replacement of the piece between the shoulders. But I hope to try this again and get even more of the process!
Beans - he/they
Beans the colourful puppy by hannimations
bought online in 2022
Got this little guy after backing the original kickstarter and regretting not picking this one up as well as cookie, he is wearing Nebulas bandana, these plush are so sweet