What are you making? [Artsy farts and craftsy asses]

Peen

I would also buy a trucknutz cozie.

I will hang it off of my Crochetdermy deer head and be the classiest fella.

Druhim

mensch-o-matic wrote: »

i will crochet trucknutz cozies

oh god, Jess actually had a dude with trucknutz pull up next to her on the freeway and make eyes at her

Tef

hey darlin'

you think those nuts are impressive :winky:

Sheri

I just made this!

Janson

Aah, the stitching (?) in that is so beautiful!

(What is the correct term?)

Also, is that wool slightly pearlescent, or is that due to the camera?

skettios

I painted!



One mini for SDE down, bazillion more to go!

Sheri

Janson wrote:

Aah, the stitching (?) in that is so beautiful!

(What is the correct term?)

Also, is that wool slightly pearlescent, or is that due to the camera?

Yep, they're stitches, so you can say it that way, thanks!

It's actually not wool (I don't know if I've ever used wool, wool is really expensive), it's an acrylic, but yes! It's Caron Simply Soft, which is a super-soft yarn with a slight shininess to it. I like it a lot, but it doesn't work well in conjunction with other yarn brands. So if I do a piece with CSS, I need to do the entire piece with it. Not too much trouble, since I have a ton stockpiled away.

Vann Diras

hey guys i just got this book in the mail



i already adored scott c but holy shit guys this book is so so so so so good

gotta pick watercolors back up, mhmm

Aneurhythmia

Druhim wrote:

mensch-o-matic wrote: »

i will crochet trucknutz cozies

oh god, Jess actually had a dude with trucknutz pull up next to her on the freeway and make eyes at her

If I'm bored while driving, I'll make various expressions at people I pull up next to. Or attempt to initiate absurd conversations with pedestrians before the light changes.

Sometimes I just yell things.

I'm failing to convey the specificities that make this not a description of schizophrenia.

Aneurhythmia

Just now, I was walking home, and some girl was sitting in her car with the windows down, reading something, parked in the crosswalk. Probably a few inches into the intersection even.

I don't know why, but I just walked up to her window, all, "Hey, how're you?"

"Uh... hello."

"Whatcha readin'?"

"I'm sorry, can I help you?"

"You're parked in the crosswalk."

"Oh gosh, I'm sorry, I know, I'm just trying to-"

"It's okay, I don't really have time for this," and I walked out into the cross street to go around. She looked hella embarrassed.

skettios

Vann Diras wrote:

hey guys i just got this book in the mail



i already adored scott c but holy shit guys this book is so so so so so good

gotta pick watercolors back up, mhmm

that looks pretty spiffy!

mully

im going to be painting a thing for @squall since he got my acrylic paints
just gotta .. gotta figure out dat composition

Tonkka

skettios wrote:

I painted!



One mini for SDE down, bazillion more to go!

Welcome to the wonderful world of miniature painting!

You will never be finished!

Vann Diras

flipping through this scott c book made me go buy some new brushes and whip out the watercolors again

here i am blatantly ripping off his style.

ART

Quoth

I like that art

Vann Diras

it was fun to do for how doodle-y it was...

having a really small brush for line work finally is a dream. i always avoiding doing cartoon-y illustrative paintings because of my inability to really render lines how i wanted

now i can! and all it took was a $4 brush hurray

Sheri

So many squares

(redux)

Vann Diras

Sheri wrote:

So many squares

(redux)

yes

more

more

TOGSolid

Hey artsy people, I am a crafty person making a thingy for PAX. For designing a Megaman helmet, would craft foam work or maybe cardboard with a layer of loving bondo on it? I'm kinda wanting this thing to be at least a little durable. Not motorcycle helmet durable but like, PAX durable.

Blake T

So I made this, (well, added to it) to avoid tangles.

Of course I also bought a set of Bluetooth headphones like a week or two ago.

skettios

Tonkka wrote:

skettios wrote:

I painted!



One mini for SDE down, bazillion more to go!

Welcome to the wonderful world of miniature painting!

You will never be finished!

Uriel

That is way better than the first thing I ever "painted".

But then I have no background in arts.

Here is a horrible picture of my attempt at art

Uriel

I have since then only become marginally better.

Vann Diras

still playing with watercolors

Uriel

Reminds me of the shape shifting things from D&D.

skettios

Uriel wrote:

That is way better than the first thing I ever "painted".

But then I have no background in arts.

Here is a horrible picture of my attempt at art

That whelp is probably the 4th thing I've painted? Definitely not my first! I'm working my way up to the more detailed minis, as my last attempt at one of those was mediocre.

Uriel

skettios wrote:

Uriel wrote:

That is way better than the first thing I ever "painted".

But then I have no background in arts.

Here is a horrible picture of my attempt at art

That whelp is probably the 4th thing I've painted? Definitely not my first! I'm working my way up to the more detailed minis, as my last attempt at one of those was mediocre.

way better than my fourth even.

You got the gift.

Sheri

OMG guys I just bought so much yarn

I need someone to commission something to justify all this yarn

Aneurhythmia

A friend of mine has sheep on her farm and just started making her own yarn.

You should do that.

Vann Diras

a girl i used to work with at an art supply store made her own yarn and such

actually started a business selling her yarns and patterns she'd come up with

making yarn sounds pretty boss

Sheri

Sheep take work

I'll just buy her fancy yarns

Vann Diras

man you don't even need no sheep

girl lives in the middle of indianapolis, ain't no sheep here

Vann Diras

hell they teach a class on making yarn at my school, ain't no art kids gonna mess with sheep

MetroidZoid

I don't know if I still could, but 5 years ago when I was living with my folks we had fiber goats. And I don't care if it's totally unmanly; I could spin my own yarn. On a wheel, no less. Shit was cool and took timing and patience and was kind of therapeutic.

Donovan Puppyfucker

Operating a spinning wheel correctly is not easy to do.

Sheri

More squares oh god

Abracadaniel

@Vann Diras

that watercolor is awesome

do me next

I pay you cash monies

Vann Diras

Smart Hero wrote:

@Vann Diras

that watercolor is awesome

do me next

I pay you cash monies

@Smart Hero

I'd be more than happy to do such a thing. Send me a photo you'd like me to reference

Usagi

chrishallett83 wrote:

Operating a spinning wheel correctly is not easy to do.

It's high on my list of things to learn how to do! Spindles are cheap but tough to spin an even thickness, but dropping $500+ on a wheel that I may not use that often seems ridiculous.

I have the same internal debate about learning to weave, looms are $$ too

Chimera

Well I am pretty much artistically challenged outside of photography and videography. I did however make something over the hollidays for a cousin of mine that is about to be deployed again on the USS Iwo Jima. Behold my horrid baking skills!...



I made it entirely out of edible parts and got pretty bored and rushed once I got to the icing painting phase so I just rushed through it.
((Also I am kinda sorta back. My lappy died and I likely wont beable to replace it till after the 30th.))