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Offline dragonfly

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Customs artistry...share pics!
« on: March 06, 2017, 03:44:53 PM »
Let's see one of your very first customs along side one of your most recent ones!

I'm so curious to see how your art has evolved. When did you start customizing? Did you change styles along the way? What's your proudest moment customizing - whether it was sourcing THE perfect hair or paint, getting a technique down, having your artwork recognized or anything else?

I adore customs but I have never been brave enough to try customizing myself!

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Re: Customs artistry...share pics!
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2017, 05:35:25 AM »
I started customising in 2003. I have always been inspired by Hasbro's ponies and I have always wanted to e able to achieve a factory look finish. This is something I am still working on today. I still learn something new with every custom I make.

My proudest moments have been winning awards in the customs contests at PonyCon :heart:

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Re: Customs artistry...share pics!
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2017, 01:57:10 PM »
Ooh I've been meaning to start a thread like this but never got round to it! I love looking at improvement comparisons.

I made my first custom in 2005. Full repaint with some super cheap acrylic paints, rehaired with doll hair from a local craft store. My second custom was made with hair harvested from a cheap wig (stiff and impossible to style) and the third one kept her original hair. Only after that I switched to Dollyhair.
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My latest custom and the only one I've done in two years, she was a simple one with mostly original hair and no FBR so perhaps not the best example to show the different areas of improvement. Still, the progress in detail painting is pretty clear.
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I'll put some other "milestone customs" under the spoilers.

My very first attempt at sculpting... :biggrin:
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...versus the latest pony with sculpting, this was made for the Horns & Skulls swap and it showcases quite nicely the various techniques I've been practicing during the years: sculpting (that is the best wing I've managed so far), sewing, dry brush effects...
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I like sculpting a lot, but painting is definitely my passion. I was never one for smooth, factory perfect results, even though I admire people who can do that. I still do all my FBRs by hand - it may be tedious but it's also the most relaxing part of customizing for me. ^.^ I love playing with different techniques like dry brushing, textures, or adding a lot of water for interesting effects. And did I mention I'm addicted to painstakingly tiny details? :lol: These two are my proudest moments when it comes to painting. 

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Re: Customs artistry...share pics!
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2017, 10:25:22 AM »

  Cool thread!! It's so neat to see peoples progression in their artwork. :D We have some major talent hanging around here!!! ^.^

And, heeeeeey, there's a uber spooky pony up there that I am mighty attached to!!!!!! :lovey: I did a little dance seeing her in that spoiler!!!!!! *loves on Griffin

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My most recent is a secret that I cannot share just yet!! Although I do have a reboot WIP going at the moment that I only have pictures of on my Instagram,
But, this one is pretty recent and one of my personal favorites of the ones I've kept for my own collection,
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I think my proudest custom moments were my first custom win at the MLP Fair in 2007 for this guy,
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And having this girl included in the gallery at Aves Studios who makes Apoxie Sculpt and Apoxie Clay, 
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Re: Customs artistry...share pics!
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2017, 02:05:51 AM »
lets see.

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my 2 very first customs.  made waaaay back in 2007? ish


and  one of my most recent ones

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i've come a long way and have learnt alot about different mediums and styles etc.
tho I dont make a lot of customs I do strive to make each one better than the last and something enduring and unique 

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Re: Customs artistry...share pics!
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2017, 04:54:39 PM »
Maeve, the Peruvian Priestess 2009
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(Obiously PKW and I were on the same wavelength with our firsts... lol)

Not gonna lie, a lot of my customs lately have been really blah, so I'm gonna pull out two of my favorites.
My style, curls and Barnacle. Yar!
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Bonus---SPARKLES, I'm very proud of her, my love of glitter started here.
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Re: Customs artistry...share pics!
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2017, 07:47:51 PM »
My first custom, Cloudy Night. 2013 I think. This is from the next January. She's made from a fakie and was my first attempt at a number of things. Curly hair reroot, knifepoint painting, and dyeing a body.

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Private winter swap with PinkieShy this last year. I made her Glacier King (and promptly forgot to take my pics so I am eternally grateful for her giving me these...  ^^;).

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Creatively cute and proud of it!  Have a very good day, [you]!  ^.^

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Re: Customs artistry...share pics!
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2017, 07:09:49 AM »
It's so fun to see everyone's growth! We have some truly talented artists here <3

I started customizing in 2010. I've definitely slowed down a lot in the last few years with changes in my life, but I'm still customizing slowly on occasion.

Here's my first custom.

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And my most recent (completed) custom

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Re: Customs artistry...share pics!
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2017, 06:26:34 PM »
I first started customising in 2003, after visiting a pony website run by TicTacToe, and thinking "That looks like fun!".

This is my first custom. Her name is Aqua Jewel, and she was made with whatever stuff I had handy  :biggrin: Humbrol model paint, hair from some hair accessories from Claires, and embroidery rhinestones glued on. I didn't have any tiny brushes, so her eyes never got redone.

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About a year later, I wondered if two of the best loves of my life - ponies and beads - could go together. So I decided to find out! The result was this lovely lady, Mississippi. She has beaded hair, but as I used sewing cotton rather than beading thread, the cotton has stretched and there are gaps at the top of each plug now. Also, as I didn't 'weave' the bead threads together ( a technique I am still trying to perfect!) there areas where the beads are just glued rather than threaded, so has bald patches where the glued-only beads have come loose. She has to live in a Ziploc to prevent any more from getting lost.

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But she really worked for me. Nearly all the customs I do now are 'beadies'. Sadly my output is not huge, as I am now a stay at home mum to two children, but I do occasionally get something done.

This is not my newest custom, but is fairly recent. Her name is Watermelon Martini.

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I think my proudest moment was being told that I'd been chosen to be one of the artists who will be exhibiting at a pony themed art exhibition in a proper art gallery, happening later this year. Although, saying that, I've not heard from the gallery for a while, I guess I may have to email them to find out if it's still going ahead!

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