Inspired by mobbo posting this video...
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~Baby monkey, baby monkey, riding on a pig, baby monkey~
I'll admit this chinchilla looks more like a rat than it does a chinchilla... Something about the head/nose shape wasn't quite there... But didn't want to spend too much time (this was already split into 2 days) as I'm trying to move fast and iterate! With that being said, meet Killa the Chinchilla (idk, was the first name that popped in my head)!
Lol so I tried to make Pascal from Tangled:
but I didn't try making the color accurate and the detail of his face were hard to implement...
The result is that he kinda looks like an angry .. turtle or something instead
Getting the AT gang together:
And bonus pic of the AT crew together:
Eager Beaver with some 'how
you doing' eyebrows:
Really fast (thus, messy) panda, may return to do a cleaner/fixed version:
Home is where the heart is <3
He's a little bit chubbs, might have to remake a skinnier version so he doesn't bump elbows with his neighbors.
I branched out a bit to make something a bit less cute.
Inspired by/made after the creature from the popular children's book (and now movie?) Where the Wild Things are
Most people make faces (understandably so), but where's the love for butts??
It's kinda hard to keep the dust out of the light clay so.. kinda looks like he's got some pubes between his eyes
Tree Trunks
Lookit that widdle bow tie on her tail OuO
Lumpy Space Princess
Oh my glob. What the stuff are you doing?
Monkey eating popcorn while watching a 3D movie (Idk, it was a request lol!)
This is my only Topre sculpt!
Hello!
I've been meaning to get around to posting for awhile now and never found the courage to do so. But I figured if I never posted them, I would never get feedback/advice on how to improve.
I really like the concept of creating your own designs for keycaps and am inspired by all the artisan keycap makers around here! I still have a lot to do, but I think it will do me (and perhaps others) good to start keeping a log of what I've done.
As a disclaimer, I have no artistic ability (at least not naturally) so my designs are definitely sub par. I don't draw, paint, or anything like that. I'm wondering what I can do to improve sculpting capabilities but maybe just practice would be good to begin with!
I haven't had the time or resources to try resin casting (I have a lot to read up on for that to happen), but I have make a few prototypes of keycaps. I used Sculpey polymer clay on top of some lightly dyed PBT keycaps (light blue) that I bought secondhand from someone. They had to be PBT because I baked the caps in the oven and I think ABS might have melted.
So I know that there's like a whole category of polymer clay jewelry/keychains/etc. that people make really cute stuff for (you can search it on Etsy), but I was actually wondering how come no one does that for keycaps? I'd imagine the time might take a bit longer than using moulds but you can achieve some pretty nice details, and a lot more colors? Maybe someone experienced in this would know the answer. I think maybe if casting doesn't work out for me, maybe I'd just make personalized clay keycaps instead...
TL;DR - I'm a noob and here are some keycaps made with bake-able polymer clay.
With all that said, here are 3 of my "designs" so far (picture quality is using my phone, sorry):
SnowcapI actually feel like I could make these by hand probably better than casting? The snow cap effect is easily done with the clay and I'm not sure it's even clearly defined enough to make a mold. However, that means the height of it is probably is not as accurate if done by hand every time. Also, since it's white clay, it catches dust and other particles really easily. I was going to try and sand off a thin layer to see if that would make it better.
Keyster Island CapThe name is still.. pending lol. I know I don't have to make a pun in every name, but it's fun! We'll see if I keep this name. As you can see, I tried to do an Easter Island Maoi cap but it didn't turn out.. as good as I wanted it to? The statues have a much longer face length so I think squashing it into a square size sort of makes it not so great. I also had a lot of trouble with his lips.
TikeyYeah, yeah, I know. There's a lot of something-key's (snackeys, cherokeys, chickeys?) around but I honestly thought of this on my own! I had made this cap for a few months, but never got around to posting it. I'm actually super proud of this one, as it came out to be pretty nice! I don't know if I can make this into a mold or not. And even so, the colors will be limited with casting I think.
Okay, that's it for now! Love to hear your thoughts, suggestions, critiques, anything!
P.S. I don't know if it's needed, but I'm going to reserve a few posts so I can try and keep this log updated at least on the first page so people don't have to go all the way through if they don't want to.