Little sketch of Draculaura from Monster High! I’m a huge fan of the new redesigns and I want to have a Draculaura so bad, but I can’t find them anywhere here ;-;
To everyone who sends me sweet messages, it really warms my heart. I really struggle with my artistic worth and hearing this kind of thing makes me not only feel valid for how special Ever After and Monster High are too me but also that my work is appreciated by people.
Thank y’all for supporting my art and feel free to send in requests!!
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(Not me drawing a cringe af illustration of my fav fictional characters hugging me🤪🤭💞)
I’ve been meaning to paint Frankie’s polaroid camera for months now, and I finally got to it! I was absolutely in love with the sculpt, but the hot pink didn’t do it for me. You’ll notice I also replaced the bag strap with a chain, because why not.
If you’re curious about that, here’s an explanation of how I did it:
Basically, I just split the bag open like a walnut.
It’s simple in theorie, but a little fiddly. As you can see, it consists of two parts, meaning if you separate them, the strap is very easily removable. The two halves aren’t glued together either, they just fit together like a puzzle.
I used my favourite sculpting tool:
And stuck it inside the bag where the polaroids are supposed to go, kinda just wriggling it between the two pieces. I did it there so you wouldn’t be able to see any minor damage.
The tool is thinner at the bottom and a little wider going upwards, so by cramming it in there, the two halves get forced apart just a bit.
That’s where I had to use a scalpel, because it’s thin enough to fit into the tiny gap that should show at the top of the bag. While there was no glue, the plastic was a little fused together at the top, so I cut the two pegs there through completely. That doesn’t make it any less sturdy btw, but I was then finally able to wriggle the two pieces apart.
I put the chain into the empty spots the strap left, and it was the perfect size where I could just attach the other piece and it would stay perfectly in place. But with a smaller one, you’d have to glue it in.
I hope that wasn’t too confusing. I painted the bag pieces separately and sealed them with Liquitex Matte Varnish. That way I could also paint the inside black. Then I just assembled everything. I think once I figured out how to split it open, I was done in about two hours.
hi i saw one of ur monster high posts and in the tags it said to suggest drawings for mh and i was wondering if maybe u wanted to draw amanita nightshade? her G1 outfit is just really cool- like the dark flower in her hair + the inside and outside of her dress.her whole color scheme rocks
Sorry this response was pretty late and the drawing is kinda bad. I’m also come out of some crazy art block me giving excuses. Anyway I legit had no idea this character existed until u said to draw her. Her backstory is rly cool. I might have to look up a catalog of all the monster high dolls/characters. I thought I knew most of them but ig I’m a fake fan. Take drawing
