I was chatting tonight with Dezarii and pulled out pics of some of the heads I’ve started over the last few years.  I guess I’ve only been sculpting for about 4 years, and not too seriously.

I think they all look kind of the same, but they do improve as they go.  Only the first one was ever finished and cast, and even then I wasn’t happy with him…

Haven’t touched Inkling in a week!  I have some sort of mental block against working on that calf.

I had intended to get a ton of things done this weekend, but DoA and painting took up all my time.

Bedtime!

We saw Alice in Wonderland on Friday night… and I really did not like it.  It had some things I liked, but overall I was relieved when it was over.  No specific spoilers until the cut.

The only thing that wasn’t predictable about it was that it was so predictable.  I kept waiting for a plot twist that would make the story less predictable, but it didn’t happen.  I was waiting for Alice to take control of the situation at the end the way she did in Alice in Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass – by asserting her reality.  You’re just a pack of cards, this is ridiculous.

In general, I was waiting for illogical or fanciful things to happen… because that’s pretty much what Wonderland is.  There was really very little whimsy except in character design.

I also kept waiting for the characters to resemble who they were in the books.  I found Alice really annoying in general… and one of the hallmarks of Alice’s character is that she is very sensible but very curious.  Why was the doormouse a little spitfire?  In the book, all he did was fall asleep…?  Why was the Hatter a political revolutionary?  What the hell were they trying to even get across with the White Queen?  Where were the random characters?  Where were the characters in general?  The world felt very empty… but not in a culled-ravaged way, more like they just didn’t feel like rendering anything else.

I did very much enjoy the Queen of Hearts, though. :)  I also loved Alan Rickman as the caterpillar.  I will also admit that I laughed at some of the jokes…. and the character visuals were interesting enough.

The plot didn’t make sense, but not in an illogical Wonderland sort of way.  Just sort of a “Why is this the plot?”  When the Hatter quotes the jabberwocky poem with “beware the Jabberwocky, my son,” then immediately exclaims “That’s you!”  Why?  Is Alice a BOY?  How is this a prophecy for her?

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At the risk of TMI, I made this LOL.

When you open a box of Always Infinity, this is what the top looks like.  No joke, no alterations.

This is also from the “Have a Happy Period” guys.  Someone needs to fire their design department.

This weekend I mostly painted.  I got a lot of things half-done… I have four heads in progress, hope to go finish two of them tonight.  Wheeeeeeee.

Made little progress on Inkling.  Her hands need a lot of sanding yet.  I can’t order molding supplies until payday anyway as I am broke after booking a ticket for a wedding.

The house is really, really cold tonight.

I also scored a Glorydoll head from the Marketplace… but now that it has arrived, I don’t think it’ll work because it is a very diminutive head.  I’ll try it on the body later, but I think it may be returning to the Marketplace.  Sigh.

Inkling:

The feet are in Dollfie sized shoes, so Blythe-sized.  The one is a smidge too long, so I need to grind down the heel a bit…

The eyes she’s wearing are supposedly 4mm, but the other 4mm eyes I had fit much better.  I’m guessing that at that size, measurements become irregular.  -_-;  But shrinkage should make it so that 4mm is a perfect fit.

It’s weird that the only piece that is really not ready to junk mold is the right calf.

I got a little bummed the other night when I was looking at Inkling… I think the pieces themselves are fairly symmetrical from left to right, but the joints aren’t.  I need to rework her right knee joint before I go any further, I think…
I also realized that I didn’t like the hands or feet.  I haven’t taken any pics of the feet in awhile, but they hadn’t improved much since this.  I cropped off some of the toes and resculpted them and also fixed the fatness… They look much better now.  They need cleanup and a bit more fixing, but they look more like fully rendered feet now:

I also have started sculpting new hands because the original ones aren’t doing it for me.

I really like the new right hand… but think the fingers on the left may be too short.  I may keep the original left hand (fisty hand) but the pointer hand is pretty much out.

The right hand has had 2 days of work, where the left has only one day’s work.  (I can only do so much without waiting for the Apoxie to set up).

In good news, I got through painting 1 and a half heads tonight.  Hoolay.

I realized yesterday that I’d been feeling sick and fatigued for almost a month and a half…. so I went to the doctor.  The doctor said that I could have mono (I feel this is unlikely) or anemia, and ordered stabbity blood work.  They took 6 vials!  WTF!  I never understand that.  “We think you’re lacking red blood cells.  So we’re going to take a bunch of them.”

They’re waiting on some of the tests still, but they said my red blood cell count is normal (yay)… however, my white blood cell count is high so that means I may have some sort of infection.  I’m not in pain though… wouldn’t I…. notice it if I had an infection?  I’m just exceedingly fatigued and I have sore muscles.

I have to admit that I’m still not all too confident in modern medicine.  I wonder if the other tests will show anything… or if it’ll just be one of those “Come back in for an inconclusive second round of Mr. Needle in two weeks.” 9_9

I was looking at Inkling’s pieces last night and I think that I need to work on her knees a bit more before junk molding.  While I think all of her pieces are pretty symmetrical from left to right, I am less sold on some of the joint balls.  Like her left and right knee joint don’t look the same… and it really annoys me.  I also don’t care for her hands.  I think I’m going to redo the hands entirely.  They look very amateur.  I’m also reworking the feet… I chopped the toes off of one foot tonight and sculpted them back on.  They look much better.

Worked till 7 tonight.  I think I’m fried.

Here’s a pic from yesterday… you can see where I’m building up around the knee to make a tighter fit… and again, with a tiny for size reference. :)

I want to make a boy.

Also, pics of New!Shai.  Shai is now an Infinitidoll Chris.  I think it gets across the sexy professor a lot better.

I need to take clearer pics.  He has one eyebrow down a bit and the other quirked.  Hey baby.

We’ve had a guest all weekend.  It means that I can’t hie off to my desk for painting or making new things, but I can sit on the couch and sand pieces.

I think I’ll be able to order silicone for the junk molds this week… the bulk of the pieces are primed and finished to an acceptable extent for junk molding.  All that’s really left is the right leg.  (The right leg is still rather rough.)

(I feel the need to point out that she does not have a clitoris, I have no idea why the light is reflecting like that.)

I am thinking of avoiding The Joint until after I finish priming the Apoxie masters.  Seeing other people’s sculpts is making me a little restless!   While I am jealous of how talented and natural and fucking amazing some of the other artists are… I am actually more jealous at the moment because everyone else is on the FUN parts of sculpting… the parts where you can look at the pieces and see the development and growth picture to picture.  Seeing those make me want to give up on Inkling and start something new so that I can also be having fun!  The finishing and sanding and balancing is very decidedly NOT FUN. If we could just fast-forward from here to the finished cast, I’d be thrilled.

I have a bunch of PMs and emails to send; sorry to anyone who I’ve neglected to reply to recently, I am severely lacking concentration.  I’ll get that under control this week.

During my shower, I first applied my facial exfoliant to my hair.  Fortunately, I did not scrub.  I later tried to condition my face.

I think I am too dumb tonight to do anything other than sit on the couch.

I am just physically and mentally exhausted this week.  It seems like everyone else I know feels the same way… maybe there’s something in the ether.

Huge hugs to anyone who needs them.  If there’s anything I can do to make things better, please let me know. <3