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Hiatus over?
11 years ago
I never really was on any kind of official hiatus, but I have been taking care of a lot of other things. The most interesting of which is that I made my first fursuit (Just the body actually, the head I commissioned.) And I was very happy and surprised with how easily it came together.
I also changed jobs, which I think more than anything caused this period of inactivity to go on as long as it has. It's been quite an adjustment. I'm now working as an electrical engineer and am technically part of management, my commute is also 3 times longer than it used to be, which means I might end up moving some day, if I can find a place big enough to support my growing supply of arts and crafts tools.
Speaking of which, I can also do leatherwork now. It's all been pretty basic so far but I'm learning. I'll post some pictures.
I had a week of really inspired creativity, which has prompted a fit of new, half thought out projects.
Resin casting: I sat through a panel on casting silicone at Furpocalypse this year, and I was surprised at how easy it seems to be. The mold-making process for casting silicone is the same as it would be for casting resin, and it happens to be a lot cheaper to resin-cast a bunch of pieces rather than 3D print them. I have a couple ideas for which this is going to come in handy.
I also found out that there are certain high-temperature silicones designed specifically for casting metals. That gave me the idea of metal casting some customizable furry medallions. I don't have a place to melt metal but I figure that's a detail that I can address later.
Revisiting the LED wings: I was unsuccessful in a couple of attempts to integrate LEDs into wings and tails before. I have been thinking about it for a while and I believe that I have a pretty solid solution, which is fast and reliable, and doesn't depend on conductive thread.
I hope to upload more pictures between now and Christmas, and I'm hoping that by then I'll have a few interesting new things to upload, as well. This whole year has been very up and down, and I'm feeling some cautious optimism that maybe things are starting to settle back into place.
I also changed jobs, which I think more than anything caused this period of inactivity to go on as long as it has. It's been quite an adjustment. I'm now working as an electrical engineer and am technically part of management, my commute is also 3 times longer than it used to be, which means I might end up moving some day, if I can find a place big enough to support my growing supply of arts and crafts tools.
Speaking of which, I can also do leatherwork now. It's all been pretty basic so far but I'm learning. I'll post some pictures.
I had a week of really inspired creativity, which has prompted a fit of new, half thought out projects.
Resin casting: I sat through a panel on casting silicone at Furpocalypse this year, and I was surprised at how easy it seems to be. The mold-making process for casting silicone is the same as it would be for casting resin, and it happens to be a lot cheaper to resin-cast a bunch of pieces rather than 3D print them. I have a couple ideas for which this is going to come in handy.
I also found out that there are certain high-temperature silicones designed specifically for casting metals. That gave me the idea of metal casting some customizable furry medallions. I don't have a place to melt metal but I figure that's a detail that I can address later.
Revisiting the LED wings: I was unsuccessful in a couple of attempts to integrate LEDs into wings and tails before. I have been thinking about it for a while and I believe that I have a pretty solid solution, which is fast and reliable, and doesn't depend on conductive thread.
I hope to upload more pictures between now and Christmas, and I'm hoping that by then I'll have a few interesting new things to upload, as well. This whole year has been very up and down, and I'm feeling some cautious optimism that maybe things are starting to settle back into place.
