akril15

Lover of the obscure, casual artist, writer and animator, occasional game creator.

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After many attempts, I came to the realization that this was the best result I was going to get out of this slightly self-indulgent solo experiment with long exposure.

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Slowly getting back into #ProjectFeuillemorte.

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Over the decades, I've amassed a collection of tiny saber-tooth tiger figurines. Much more recently, I started collecting griffin (and griffin-ish) figurines. Despite the presence of that Power Rangers figurine, I didn't see the connection until very recently...

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(2/2). I realized too late that I glued the top of the sculpture so the anchor hangs lower than I would have liked. I could probably fix it, but I think I'll leave it be for now.

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The end result (1/2):

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The octopus and sea stars are made out of fabric paint and acrylic paint. The fish are made from paper, with Mod Podge's Dimensional Magic applied to their bodies to make them less flat, painted with acrylics and placed in the scene using pins stuck to them (plus glue).

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I had a large stash of rhinestones, but wasn't sure if I could fit them into the scene until I realized how similar to barnacles they looked. All I had to do was create a few "real" barnacles out of air-dry clay and add them to the scene as well.

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The dolphins are from an old, gel-filled "Wet Wiggler" toy that sprung a leak and dried out. I cut them out, but had no idea what to do with them until I started work on this project years later.

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The spectral clamshell was made with heated-up Fantasy Film, using a real shell as a mold. The pearl is a pearl-like bead (another found object).

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The gold coral "sprigs" are from a gold(ish) coral pendant (part of a bag of junk jewelry I got as a gift) which I split up, disguising the flat backs with fabric pint and gold leaf.

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Some of the corals were "grown" by putting dots of fabric paint on the underside of a surface (so they wouldn't flop over), waiting for them to dry, then adding more (think stalactites, but branchier). When I got some less runny paint, I started applying it directly to the rocks.

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The curved planks come from a circular cheese box, while the center piece started out as a slender oak branch, shortened and carved.

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The sand was made with a modified fake snow "recipe" (white glue, paint and baking soda), with a coat of Dragonfly Glaze, for a very subtle iridescent shimmer. The "centerpiece" is two earrings I got from a creative reuse store years ago.

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I covered the anchor with gold leaf and varnish, and hung it from a chain I found on the side of the road (which turned out to be a strap for a fancy vape).

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The rocks are mostly chunks of cement. The coral is made of a lot of things (wire, plastic, clay, gauze, thread), but the majority of it (fittingly enough) is made of tiny bits of painted sponge.

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This project started with this downright whimsical toy anchor I found at a creative refuse store. To this day, I haven't been able to locate exactly what playset it's from. #art

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I've finally uploaded the It Takes Two to Tangle soundtrack to a separate YouTube channel (and removed the original videos from my main channel): https://t.co/CmCaIvkbMD

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"Have at ye, thou vile wing'd abomination!"
*THWACK*
[pause, then a soft buzzing is heard]
"HOW DIDST THOU EVADE ME!?!?"

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I'm in the process of moving the It Takes Two to Tangle soundtrack from my main Youtube channel to a separate one, and I'm puzzled as to why this track has so many views compared to all the others. The second highest viewed track has only 86 views.

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I tried getting back to my digital art roots in 2023 by playing around in Fine Artist (a Windows 3.11 classic). I was planning to add more substantial stuff to this piece, but never did.