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I found an ad for a restaurant that wants to display art work from local artists, so I really want to bust my rear to make some work that might be suitable for their decor. I think I'm going to make a couple of pieces in the next few weeks, between work and sleep, but I'm really going to have to buckle down. I don't know if they want sculptures, but it's worth a shot and it would be fun to paint the shizz out of something for a change. I like painting once in a while, and now that I'm making money, after I pay rent, buy food, and buy a phone for work, I'll have money (eventually) to buy things like starch and glue and even more paint, and blending agent and retarder, and elastic and I could even commission eyes from one of my fave artists and role model. She makes some pretty awesome permanent eyes for BJDs and sculptures.

Anyway, that's where this is going. As soon as the dolls are jointed, they're getting painted and I may even buy some permanent varnish....somehow....from someone...y'know. I'll figure it out; that way the paint will take some major damage to make it come off. I'm wondering though if it's possible/practical to buy some big bottles of enamel, like the kind they use on models. I'm curious if adding enamel instead of acrylic to the cold porcelain would result in a more stable cold porcelain. If not, I know that using enamels on the surface will make the paint more stable than acrylics.

Lately I've had a ton of ideas rushing through my head and each idea that I pick to focus on only begets more ideas. First, I wanted to make micro BJDs, but I found that I'm not familiar enough yet with the material to work that small, so I decided to go big and ramp all my characters up to fifteen centimeters. Then I decided that it would be fun/ny, cute and interesting to zoomorphise each of my anthro characters. Then I decided that I need to experiment more with colored clay. And if that wasn't enough, I also then decided that I wanted to then learn how to texturize cold porcelain BJDs. Of course, the ideas didn't stop there. I also decided that with the first set, all done in a flat color, just to learn how to use the CP in the first place, I would paint them.

Let's not forget that I still want to make micro BJDs, and my fan art series is still happening, as well as my own personal novel series.

If I work hard, do you guys think I'll have enough BJDs for stop motion next semester?

Hah hah......

So in the end, I should have three or four of each anthro character.

If I make more than one of each Adventure Time character, ummmm, well, okay, I don't think that's going to happen. So there's one worry eliminated. Well, okay, I might decided to infantilize/chibiize them. That would really be the only worry. I want them to be teenaged, like they are on the show. Except Ice King and Tree Trunks (if I adapt her, I don't really like her) and I'm sure there are other characters that I do like and are not teen. Oh, Jake. Jake is supposed to be in his late twenties. I would have to go into my journal to find the other characters that I want to make, but I'm too lazy and I just want to take a nap. I don't have the least idea why in the world I started this blog when all I wanted to do was take a nap, but I've been thinking about these designs all week while I've been busy working and it's just driving me nuts that I feel like I don't have freaking any time to make any of these bloody flipping figures and that's all I want to do but I need the money!!!!! I hate money. Urrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I paint the figures and varnish them somehow, I want to sell them, because really, what in the world am I going to do with a 3D painting? What would I paint on them anyway? I know I'm rubbish at painting. I'm far too impatient. Would I just glob some paint on it? I'm going to have to think of stories that I can paint, or maybe I can come up with some textural designs. I have more thinking to do. If I could sell these figures, omg. That would be the greatest thing. It would get my name out there and my art work out of my room and make more space for more things. Okay, so I think what I want to do is make a couple zomos, a couple painted anthros, and a couple of texturized anthros and zomos, before I email the restaurant or go visit them to see if my work is even appropriate.

Nap time. Finally. Two hours later after I first said nap time.

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Maggie Patnou
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Hi I'm Stosphia. I graduated in spring of 2011. I only recently became an artist--I'm sad to admit that it took me until almost the end of my high school career to realize the freedom of expression and the release that sculpting provides. I created countless pieces throughout high school, my two favorite being my white charcoal of a tutu and toe shoes hung on a wall, and a three foot plaster Gir sculpture.

I have an Etsy account and I'm hoping to open a shop in the near future, where I will sell my art to make money for college. I'm hoping to attend Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design to hopefully find my place in the world of art and discover my next step.

I'm also a writer--I'm not really that good, which is why I had to become an artist =P My penname on textnovel is dominoJ7.

Sorry this is so disjointed, I'm not very good at bio-writing =S

Maggie Patnou

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:iconanimefeiry2:
~Animefeiry2 3 days ago  Hobbyist General Artist
interesting gallery!
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:iconstosphia:
~stosphia 2 days ago  Student General Artist
Thanks
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*Follow-the-Wind Mar 26, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks for the watch!
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:iconruppychan:
Thanks for the watch 8D
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:iconkatakitten:
*katakitten Nov 9, 2012  Student
ew, it's you
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:iconendermore:
What's your problem? <.<
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:iconkatakitten:
I'm afraid that was a joke, m'dear. c:
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~stosphia Apr 26, 2013  Student General Artist
I just saw this. Oh dear KK, you gotted your butt chewed.
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~stosphia Nov 9, 2012  Student General Artist
:cries: Bbbbut but--why???
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:iconkatakitten:
*katakitten Nov 9, 2012  Student
you know why
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