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Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: BlackCurtains on April 06, 2022, 05:54:04 PM
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This is long overdue. I started working on it about 6 months ago but then lost my art mojo. I didn't pick it back up until yesterday.
Back in September, I lost my older sister to lung cancer. It happened so quickly. In truth, I'm still grieving but I think more about the good times, so it's not too bad. I started this pony as a memorial to her, for myself. I use art as an outlet and it's something I needed to do.
The bait is my sister's favorite color, seafoam green. It had been sitting in my prepped baits box for a long time. It's one of those ponies with the harder plastic and the head turns. I hung onto it, waiting to have a use for it.
My sister loved the beach and birds. I knew I had to represent that somehow.
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The base is made from polymer clay with real sand on half of it and sculpted water on the other.
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My sister always wanted to get a tattoo of a feather turning into birds, so that's what the symbol is. I decided to sculpt it rather than paint because I have a bad tremor and can't paint tiny details anymore but I can still sculpt. I made it a little too big. The birds are very basic :lol: I painted over the black clay with color shift paint that goes from blue to purple in the light and some pearlized pigment.
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My sister was blonde and she never had braids, ever. Since she was going through chemo, all her hair fell out. But a short time after she passed I had a very vivid dream with her and her hair was in two beautiful braids (more like french braids on each side). In the dream I said to her that she had her hair back ^.^ Like I said, this dream was super vivid, almost lucid and whenever I think about my sister, I see her like this. It's much better than remembering her losing her hair.
The braids on the pony are also very basic and one is thicker than the other :lol: But in the back they connect to make a heart and it just happened that way, which I like :)
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I did repaint her eyes green but I kept the original lashes due to not being able to paint them anymore. (and I forgot to gloss them ^^; )
Thanks for looking :heart:
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That pony is really beautiful, and such a lovely memorial for your sister. It definitely shows your love for her...it brings a tear to my eye :cry: The feather/birds symbol is a very cool idea and also well executed, as is the beach base.
Hugs to you!
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This is a beautiful memorial to your sister. Everything about it is gorgeous. :lovey:
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What a beautiful tribute to your sister. I especially love the mane braid-style and the sculpted base and symbol, and how you chose the tattoo that she wanted. I think your sister would have loved her.
I teared up a little reading what you wrote about wanting to remember her with hair...I can so relate! I'm in the midst of treatments currently, and I have made it my goal that my kids and husband not see me without hair...not ever. I want to be remembered how I looked before by them should the worst happen. I think your sister would be honored by your decision to give her the blond braids. I hope that you are doing okay, and that making her brought you a little bit of peace and healing. :hug:
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She's so pretty! Well done, BC!
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She's adorable!!! And the details reminding you of your sister are so well thought out!!! I love that xxx Her base is amazing too
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The little details are so sweet. <3 I especially love the base, and the mane style makes her look very special. :lovey:
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:hug: Oh, it became a very beautiful pony! Beautiful calm colors and nice braids. Especially that symbol and its story I like the most. :heart:
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What a wonderful way to remember her-and this is a beautiful custom <3
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<3 <3 <3
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She's so beautiful! I remember you posting on PI how you made the water and that was ingenious.
A lovely memorial for your sister, I'm sorry for your loss. :hug:
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She's so beautiful, not just because of all you have put into creating her. I've never seen that hair style on a pony before, what a great idea. I love the colour combinations and how the sparkle in the pony is picked up by the sparkle in the symbol.
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Very Beautiful Tribute/Memorial to your sister BlackCurtains! Hugs
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She's beautiful; what a beautiful memorial to your sister. Wonderful work, and I'm sorry for your loss. I'm glad you had such a wonderful dream of her to remember her by. :hug:
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What a lovely custom and a beautiful memorial piece. :heart: I love the story behind every detail. :hug:
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What a touching tribute. She is gorgeous and every detail is full of love. Huge hugs.