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Fairyland F60 Sionna : Face Up & Eye Modification
This girl came to me as a sleeping head with eyes opened by a previous artist. I modified the eye shape further and then did her face up.
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Old Asian State Flags (& Date of Last Modification)
from /r/vexillologyTop comment: Please change this Nepal flag in white rectangle situation
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This lil guy was so fun. He’s based on some vintage postcard illustrations.
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Healed lil hop!
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CdWnX46savR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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“That’s no moon.”
Jk, obviously it’s a moon! The lil stars are representing her grandkids. We’re going to add a black outline to the stars once it healed bc we were giving the color stars a try & she wants them to stand out a lil more, which is totally fair. It’s easier to add black later than to take it away lol!
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CdTkxg0OkHz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Sneaky peeky at somn I’ve been working on.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CdPiw4nsSsf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Oh, how the turntables have turned. Partially healed, partially fresh.
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Finished this lil mama & baby polar bears under the northern lights. Graywash stuff (bears + scenery) is healed. Color in the sky and the pops of blue in the mountains/snow is fresh, as well as the white highlights that look very red bc of the blood lol.
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From last summer, a recreation of a pendant.
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Jack o’ Spades for the trad sleeve in progress! Linework is healed, aside from a few touchups; color is fresh. ♠️
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A lil sneak peek at a work in progress.
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I JUST GOT DONE FILING MY TAXES AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND, SO HERE’S A LIL SCORP ON A TRINIDAD SCORPION PEPPER FOR A TRAD SLEEVE I’M WORKING ON
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccg9lPRMABh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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A lil WIP of a buck and some scenery. There’s not a *ton* left, but at the same time a lot of it is very tedious detail work lol.
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Fresh color in this leg sleeve addition I’ve been working on. The purple forget-me-not style flowers and the bird were preexisting. Pretty much everything else is mine. Here we have some pinecones, juniper berries, and a couple of daisies that got color.
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Lil bee part of a sleeve in progress. We’re debating on whether to leave the honeycombs as outlines or to do some sort of fill, like some shading or a pattern or somn. Linework here is all healed; shading and color is fresh.
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Finished this up~ linework is mostly healed, except some of the smaller inner details on the back flower and leaves. Shading is all fresh.
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The Bizarre and Ancient Practice of Foot Binding in China,
One of the strangest forms of body modification, foot biding was an ancient Chinese practice dating to the 10th and 11th century. At a young age, girls feet were bound in tight wrappings to bend the bones of the foot. It wasn’t uncommon for the bones to be purposely broken as well. The wrappings could stay on for years, resulting in badly deformed feet called “Lotus Feet”. The disfigured Lotus Feet typically had a high bent arch while the metatarsal bones and toes were broken or disfigured in such a way that they came to a sharp point. In essence, the goal of foot binding was to transform the foot into the shape of a pointed toe high heel shoe. Needless to say the process was long and extremely painful for the girls and young women who were forced to undergo the tradition.
Foot binding was a practice always done to women, typically of the upper classes but also the lower class. It was common for upper class women as a status symbol, essentially communicated that the person with Lotus Feet was a women who need not work on her feet, or even walk as servants could attend to her every whim. It was also a symbol of attractiveness and even erotic sexuality. Many lower class Chinese families also bound the feet of their daughters. Women with bound feet were much more desirable for marriage than those who weren’t bound, and having Lotus Feet could give young women the opportunity to marry rich. Special shoes were made for women with Lotus Feet to accommodate the deformed feet.
While foot binding was a status symbol for many Chinese as well as a chance for better opportunities, the body modification was not without its price. Many women were permanently crippled by the practice. Other side effects included nerve damage, muscle damage, arthritis, blood circulation problems, osteoporosis, and a lifetime of chronic pain. The popularity of foot binding waned by the late 19th century. By the 20th century China was awash in anti-footing binding campaigns, as many saw the practice as cruel, elitist, and a symbol of the corruption and abuses of the Chinese Empire. In 1912 the practice was banned in China, though foot binding continued in secret up to the 1950’s and 60’s.
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