HopefulMonster

3d printed toont corvid fursuit head base designed by Zaba Costumes. Beak still needs a bit more sanding, hinges need to be attached.

Trying my hand at a corvid head using a base from Zaba Costumes? Yep. Let's see if this works out, or has me banging my head into the wall...

Thirded. The furry community is good peeps. When I chat w normie friends about selling at conventions, I sometimes get "You sell at *furry* cons?"

Yep! They are, as a whole, polite, incredibly supportive of their artists, & get super excited when you have art/merch of their fav animals.

Long legged deer with a swirly tentacle base in bisque ceramics, intended to be an incence burner

Alastor? Alas"deer"?

Eh, tomayto, tomahto. This will be attempt # 2. Fingers crossed!

Streaming this morning, working on glazing some of the bisque fired pieces I have fired.

Start time is 10:30am.
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Panel of purple and pink marbled fleece with 10 little grumpy monster faces embroidered on it. The faces are circled in marker using a cardboard pattern in preparation to be cut out.

Prepping a new batch of monster faces for my plush making panel at #furthemore this March. I also had our local library ask me to do it as a teen class! So happy to be doing crafts with folks & seeing how excited they get watching their plush come together.♡ Sooo many wee toothy faces.

Same for my partner. He's had covid twice now from business trips, & when he gets a cold he gets his butt kicked. Also has gastro & joint issues now. This virus doesn't play games.

Best wishes for a speedy recover & feeling better♡

Wait wait wait....so cc processers charge the swipe fee a *second* time if someone tips on a sale??? I just look at the total fees when I'm doing my taxes, I've never noticed this.

Hey friends, just wanted to give a heads up, tomorrow's stream will be me smushing earthdirt for the first time in forever! If you have little baubles/critters/things you'd like to see me make, feel free to swing by & suggest stuff!

Http://twitch.tv/hopefulmonsterstudios

10:30am-1ish?
2/27/26

What glorious future noodles!♡

Thank you so much! I had an awesome commissioner with a really gorgeous concept & a ton of patience. This was my first try at one of these but definitely won't be the last. They're so much fun!

Fluffy mini art doll of a Fire Horse for chinese new year. It has red and gold metal leaf flakes and gradient red to yellow scaling down it's nose.

I offered a small batch of custom Wyrms on my telegram, one of the requests was for a year of the fire horse themed Quilin. Had fun with this one!

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Oh gosh I didn't know there was a board game coming, I only knew of the song! Can't wait to see this when it's done, it will be adorable

......are you making a 3 kobolds in a trenchcoat costume????? 😀

This is amazing news, grats!
I'll be honest, for half an instant when I saw the post before I fully read it my brain went "TV series?!? PLEASE say someone picked it up for a TV series".

Photo of a orange tabby perched on a window cat bed, watching birds on the suet feeder outside while snow piles up against the glass of the door during a winter storm.

Little man is watching cat tv, aka the juncos descending upon the suet feeder I filled yesterday. We have over a foot of snow, more in places where it's drifted. Its still coming down & isn't supposed to stop until 5 or 6 tonight.

Oh he is *precious*, congrats!♡

I was the only woman in a class of all white dudes, so I feel ya. Hang in there, you are trying to do something smart & responsible♡

The warm glow from the bar & expressions/body language gives this such a cozy vibe! Love it♡

Its like Annihilation bear and Samael from Hellboy had a freaky love child. I envy players in the LARPs you do props/costuming for, the immersion must be *spectacular.*

Ohhhh did you use that chipdrop thing? If so, how do you like em?

If you see this, post a dragon.

Your version of either a Kelpie, or a darker version of a Selkie would be amazing to see

Streaming today starting at 10:30am, working in some polymer clay.

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Long puppet body wrapped in brown packing material. Looks a bit like Shai-Hulud...

Large puppet head swaddled in packing paper on top of foam & bubble wrap

The great sandworm has been summoned....

Not quite, but the giant fox puppet has finally been wrapped, packed, & mailed off to her owner. Definitely the biggest box I've ever wrestled into my local Post Office!

Good morning friends! I'm streaming twice this week, today & the usual Friday. Today's stream will start at 11am, Friday's at the usual 10:30am.

Also pardon if I'm a tad quiet today, recovering from a sinus infection & I don't have much voice currently.

Http://twitch.tv/hopefulmonsterstudios

Our teen is dealing w the same thing. Their friends get together to play roblox. They chat together on Discord. Roblox now requires age verification to use chat. The company they use to 'verify' is currently in a class action lawsuit because of CP. Now Discord. Its so stupid.

Closeup view of Fox puppet

Interior mouth view of Fox puppet

Back view of puppet, showing the double set of removeable butterfly wings and flowers/scales down the back

More detail shots.

Hooded figure wearing large pink and white sakura themed fox beastie puppet.

After way too long, many redos & a tons of trial & error, the fox beastie puppet commission is DONE! So much gratitude to my very patient commissioner who is the reason I was able to finally try making one of these♡

How to Preserve Snowflakes: 12 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow Have you ever wanted to keep a snowflake that will never melt, even when held in your hand, or placed under a sweltering sun on a hot, summer's day? With some microscope slides and glue, you can do ex...

If you want to try, this is the method I used. Be warned, it was cold as heck (-2°F) that night and even bundled up, my fingers were freezing! But its a super fun experiment.

www.wikihow.com/Preserve-Sno...

Single snowflakes preserved with liquid superglue on a glass slide.

Snowflakes preserved with liquid superglue on a glass slide

Finally checked the slides from our last snowstorm with big, pretty snowflakes. Out of 8 slides, only 2 dried decently. But for a first try, I'm thrilled to get any! I coated them with clear resin to preserve them. When it sets, I'll have the kid pick which one they want me to make into a pendant♡