artslavedotbiz

Haven't posted in foreeeeever...

2009-09-26T23:51:33Z

Here, enjoy this Mark guy's awesome art(Gorey for those with a weak stomache): http://www.markpowellart.com/gallery

Backdates: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2022107/ Diadexxus made the bodysuit

Coon partial pieces: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2394782/ Paws
Coon tail: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2394792/ (Back is belt-joint, tan is tip)
Coon head(New eyes + hair poof): http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2809935/

More stuff later

Roxikat body, feet and tail(HUGE project)

2008-11-21T21:03:44Z

The chest is just pinned on in this picture, so towards the neck is a little flappy. It gives you a good idea of what it'll look like though. Working with spandex was a *nightmare* stretched over a form- especially since "Mom the self acclaimed sewing genius" gave me terrible advice and possible bad serging thread. THANKS MOM. Fortunately for me I am a smartie-pants and sewed double(Stretchy) seams on everything. The chest was handsewn on(What a huge pain!) I think it came out wonderfully for lack of seams. Later we added some snaps to the sides for attaching it, so it has some divets where the snaps are attached now, but it looks just fine, being spandex and all. All in all I think this came out really good. Two bodysuits later, lmao. We scrapped the first one because it just wasn't working, and redid it totally.Here's the result.

Here's one of the feet. It's exactly according to his drawings, which can be found here. There's some light pink on the bottoms of the feet in the pictures, but it was un-doable IRL because of the tension a horizontal seam would have caused, causing huge unsightly wrinkles. The sandals have an interesting story to them- we attempted to sew the spandex down, only to be greeted with unsightly, crooked seams(Because blind top-stitching against a hard(hot glued) background is nigh on impossible! I gave it about three hours of effort, and then gave up lol). When we tried hot glue, it seeped through and looked REALLY GROSS. So mirabem came up with the idea of having cute little sandals instead. She pointed out some yoga-mat type material she uses for feet bottoms, and we attached that to the bottom to extend their shelf life, minimising contact with the ground from the spandex(Which wears out really easily from physical contact). The thing underneath the foot is the tail, which is amost entirely handsewn. This was probobly the ONLY easy part of this commission, and even then I had to topstitch some of the side spikes :3 But that was easy pie after making the feet(Which went through about four versions before we made some we like).

Here are the sandals and a top view of the feet. I later serged and cuffed the right hand foot.

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Overall time spent on this monster so far: About 6 months!!!
Materials used: Waaaay more than I would have liked :3 We went through at least two versions of everything, and most of the foam had to be scrapped because of how it was attached XD
Stuff left to do: The hairpiece on the head and then its DONNNE.

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Actual suits zomg

2008-07-28T00:32:46Z

Metalwolf: http://www.dragonscales.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=32&pid=12049
Jaguar! (Seifer) http://www.dragonscales.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=32&pid=11751
and can't find any pics of the dragon. damntialltohell.

Anyways the jaguar is getting a few renovations- fixing digitigrade and painting the teeth and so forth, I just got it wearable so he could wear it at the convention :) I'll keep looking for dragon pix.

Brief update!

2008-07-28T00:18:56Z

Sorry for the lack of updates, AC totally killed me :) I'll have some pictures of the blue dragon partial and the jaguar up on FA as soon as they get their servers back up and running :D Here's some armour WIPs(Duct tape mockups).
Here's the thigh armour http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/SkanRashke/Gnollz/Picture240.jpg
From the top: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/SkanRashke/Gnollz/Picture241.jpg
Good shot: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/SkanRashke/Gnollz/Picture239.jpg

And here's the greaves(Booties) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/SkanRashke/Gnollz/Picture237.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/SkanRashke/Gnollz/Picture238.jpg

Instead of sandles, like most fursuits, I'm going to make some greaves that keep the toes of the paw exposed, but have a heel covering, and some kind of overtop thing. Probobly like the boots in naruto, but plate-lookin.

Today I found a baby frog
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/SkanRashke/Gnollz/Picture235.jpg I put him in a jar, took pictures, and then let him go. Good to know the ecosystem around here is healthy.

Anthrocon: 5 tail commissions available

2008-06-04T07:17:04Z

If anyone needs tails last-minute, I just had some free time open up and can offer them for $50 flat(Excluding excessively compliacated tails like dragons or monsters who have spinal chord-tails or something) plus free delivery at the convention.

Tails/Ears!

2008-06-02T04:52:33Z

SUPER PRO PIX! (In the middle of moving, but w/e. You guys know I dont care :P SOMEDAY I WILL BE A PROFESSIONAL.. no, not really)

Some tails!

2008-05-29T01:29:39Z

I always forget to post stuff here, lol.
Still waiting on pictures from JM's dragonwolfe(I will probobly get them at AC)
Sorry for the blue-ness of the second picture. I still don't know why natural light shows up blue on my camera.
SUPER PROFESSIONAL PIX GAIZ! I've got two ear/tail sets I should have pix of by the end of next week, plus some WIP heads :3

lawl hallo

2008-04-14T20:50:10Z

I just dont care enough about WIPs to cover up my workspace ;3 The heavy metal lookin guy got shipped out in a hurry, so I didn't have time to take any really good pictures *Sadface*, but he sent me the first one at the con, which is friggin awesome. The only thing I didnt like about it was the ears were slightly uneven. But on well, they looked cood so I don't care. The paws came out great(Little cut off fingerless glove markings <3), and the tail came out even better than I'm used to for pattern tails <3 All in all a rousing success! All I need to do now is work on evening out my ears. I think its shearing from adding material. I'm not sure. Gonna stick with the foamies method until I'm positive though :) WIP is a dragonwolfe for JM. Or a demon wolfe.. its a wolf with horns. HORNS WHICH ARE NEVER GOING TO DRY seven days seven days.. lol. its more like.. 8 now though. Okay, time to oven bake these suckers when i get home from work.

artslavedotbiz @ 2008-03-13T08:00:00

2008-03-13T12:01:20Z

Since I'm planning on having a little extra free time before anthrocon, I figured I'd make a new partial for myself, since atm I only have teacup the gnoll, and my demon is a little ways off to make. But I'm torn between a few choices and don't really have a preference. What do you guys think?

View Poll: What should my next suit be?

Website update(Holy crap!)

2008-03-10T21:01:27Z

New website update, the first in a little under two years lmao. I used some freeware to build the gallery so I can actually update from time to time instead of Addframe>Insert>Selectpicture>Uploadtowebdirectory>Save which takes like five minutes NOT including resizing in photoshop :P Thank god for software developers.

Some

Yet another Furbid head(A racoon this time)

2008-03-07T09:55:50Z

He'll be going on furbid around the end of the month, once I get this bodysuit sewn, possibly feet, paws and a tail made, as well. Probobly for around 750 + shipping :3 Any improvements you guys can think of so it'll be a better buy/quality for whoever gets it please let me know, I'm always looking to improve my lame ass work :P

Finished Head for Aidie

2008-03-05T22:27:28Z

RAWR!
GURGLE!
STARE!

What do you guys think? Should I put black backing in the mouth all the way so she can yawn and scare the bejeezus out of children? Or rely on the customer having a black balaclava?

This one has an EXTRA long neck, but the head still needs to be fitted with a zipper. Sewed the neck up for the pictures.

Snow Leopard.. done!

2008-02-11T07:33:06Z

February delays

2008-01-23T03:53:53Z

Okay so I know most of you watch my 'not fursuit stuff' LJ because my life is interesting(or at least tumultuous!) or something, but for those who don't.. because of a hurried move I am currently on hiatus for a short period of time. While I will do what I can to churn out orders, I am not in the best situation to be working on schtuffs. So, I will announce this to make sure everyone is aware of possible delays in their orders.
Due to moving, all current orders are on HOLD until february. The delays shouldn't affect anyones orders who were due from march on, but price quotes in february should expect some delays.

Sorry for the inconvinience,
www.artslave.biz

Gosh that was official sounding :O Honestly I don't think it'll be too bad, but just in case. I can bang out a pair of feet in a few days still, and heads are still right on! But only hand sewn stuff atm, so no bodysuits :O

Head armour for Teacup!

2008-01-13T19:55:30Z

Sorry, the natural light made the colours weird, but you get the general idea. *curses the sun and its horrible rays*
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/SkanRashke/Gnollz/Picture051.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/SkanRashke/Gnollz/Picture050.jpg

New Years Ngllz+Famine!

2008-01-03T10:07:54Z

Just a preview shot of a finished product lol famine <3

Due Dates

2007-12-22T04:49:04Z

January: Ragnarok, Roxikat
February: Baebel(Do you want this for FWA?)(Full)
---FWA---
March: Tony Ringtail (Bodysuit, tail and handpaws) and a past-due set of feet and hands for Wez
April: Zombie Wolf(Deluxe)
May: Ashi'ss(Crazy monster thing)(Full); Partial for Klandaghi
June: Violenttk's hardcore Wolf(Partial)
---ANTHROCON---
July:
August:
September:
October:
---FURFRIGHT---
November:
December:

Unconfirmed stuff: Tiger for Darken Tiger

Goodtimes.

As a note for everyone! I am in the process of moving the shop over the next two weeks(This doesn't mean your stuff isn't being worked on), so please don't ask me for updates :) We will be settled in weekend after new years.

Website update

2007-12-17T18:49:39Z

I have had nil time to myself getting four suits done for FC, so after FC I'll be updating everything on the webbie.
Stuff for FC:
-My ngll needs some work on the stomache fur, and armour made
-Latex Dragon project
-Roxikat
-Snow leopard, simple suit.

Jesus. :/

2007-12-12T22:27:55Z

This was all that survived the attempt to break the mould in two >.> Grrr. Apparently fully enclosed moulds need a soft layer on the interior, instead of my usual fully gypsum mould. This means I'll either have to buy silicon, or buy another 5 gallons of latex and release agent. arrrrghhhlee. My OTHER option is to just use all open moulds :O That will be insane and result in LOTS of mould line cleaning. arrrgh.
stupid latex.

Ragnarok Project progress: Casts

2007-12-01T06:51:52Z

started casting the first arm. second one needs attaching and cleanup still. should be done casting by sunday night.

Monday: The casting begins!

2007-11-19T12:01:55Z

Bonus feature: My auction sold, numnumnum. To a polish dude who wanted a full bodysuit to go with it. Nomnomnom. Going to fix up my camera once the payment goes thru. Tonight will finish up these arms(Left one at MICA by accident, a friend is bringing it to me today in 5 hours) and see about pooping out some pictures somehow. Might have to get a disposable camera or something to have them approved for casting >.> I still want to do the claws and horns in plastic, but then they wouldn't match the head lexx made so I has no idea. I guess I'll just stick to hard latex :)

Excited. Once they're cast, I'm going to begin the upper arms. Not sure if I want the shoulders to be part of the torso or upper arm yet.

Reposting.

2007-11-17T17:11:09Z

http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction/item.pl?item=232338964 is up again, same price. Added paws and a tail to encourage bidding @.@ *prays*. If not, hell I'll have a new partial to wear ;)

Finished snow leopard(Furbid)

2007-11-12T14:13:01Z

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/SkanRashke/snowleopardhead3.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/SkanRashke/snowleopardhead2.jpg

I didn't really think I was going to like how it turned out, but to my amazement I actually kinda appreciate it. Anyways, auction is here for those interested:
http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction/item.pl?item=232338724

WIP: Snow Leopard

2007-11-10T08:17:22Z

Rooms about half clean, got everything stocked and accounted for(Have all the missing materials replaced for the ragnarok project, except three tools, but they weren't ribbons so it doesn't matter). Cleaning off my work bench and will take a pic of all the crud I have to work on this dragon with :D Badassery.

This is a little side project to sell on furbid.

Starting TerkWolf's project... today.

2007-11-08T17:52:52Z

Sitting down and starting terkwolf's project.. today. Cleaning room once I get home from school, laying out the materials, and will catalogue the process of making a full latex costume step by step. Hope to have the arms, feet and tail done by end of november. Torso(Both halves) in december.