Wow, thank you! You got a very interesting profession, I must say! 😍

Thank you!!! I didn't finish the old anime and I didn't know that it will get much darker. And the new anime just starts dark, right in your face 😂 I like the charm of the old anime more though, in the new anime they use too much CGI and it makes faces look a bit weird.

@@DollAfterlife His arm! So good! As for hand sculpting vs 3D printed things...I know that there's still a lot of artistic skill when you create and print your parts, but there are quite a few contact creators who make use of the latter, and who I just...don't enjoy as much. There's Moonlight Jewel, who makes the most incredible dolls and figurines, but she has a printer, a cricut, a vinyl press, etc. etc. She's incredibly skilled, but there's no way I could ever create something like it without all those aids. While if someone sculpts it of clay, even if it's way beyond my own skill, I still get the feeling that I COULD do it. And that makes me feel better about a custom, somehow.

@@kittyvanoosten8578 I feel exactly the same! And honestly, I really think that you actually could do anything if you put enough time in it 💪🏻 And btw moonlight jewel doesn't sculpt her dolls herself. She prints them out, but the dolls are sculpted by bluepixieart. 😉

On behalf of the fangirls I can't stop being amazed by your generosity! Thank you too! Your comments make me smile! 😄

Thank you so much! 🥰

Thank you!! 😍 I'm glad I could help 💪🏻 Even though I can only include a little part of the process in the video, I always try to keep the most important steps, so people could understand how to make it 😁 But if you get any questions you know where to find me 💅🏻

I also appreciate you speaking about your struggles during the creative process, it helps to know even talented artists make mistakes and get frustrated with their works sometimes.

@@mimikyootxo thank you so much for this comment 😍😍😍 I appreciate it a lot ❤

@@mimikyootxo oh sorry I didn't see the 2nd comment! You know, I don't think I'm talented, because to me the word "talent" implies that I can do something easily, but in reality I change, redo, or even scrap things completely all of the time. That's why there's not much content going on here. But I don't give up untill I feel satisfied with my work, so instead of talented I prefer to call it stubborn 😅 so "fighting!" 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 would be my advice here. Try again untill you make it work.

Thank you so much!!! I love 98 Vash design as well, it's so nostalgic 🥰

Good to know! Thank you 💖

Glad you enjoyed it! 🥰

TLDR: I understand why this sculpt might have sparked the idea, but without being _excited_ by the prospect of 3D printing, I don't think that the time and effort it would take to learn it would serve you, your sculpting abilities are fine enough and generally fast enough that the projects you do wouldn't truly benefit from it. If you really feel like you'd be happier with something 3D printed in the future rather than hand sculpted you can hire someone to do it for you, otherwise, keep on as you are.

Everything you said makes perfect sense untill you say that my sculpting abilities are "fast enough" judging from a massively sped up and cropped video you got to see on KZfaq. 😅 Curing time is not a big deal here because this time can be used for something else. What truly takes time is sculpting and sanding. And cleaning after every sanding 😅 I bet 2-3 weeks would be more than enough to sculpt and find out how to print an arm like this for example. If we don't count curing time and planning, this arm alone took me about 30-40 hours to sculpt/carve/sand it, because I sand after every layer, and I layer and adjust things a lot. I don't think it turned out good because I'm super skilled, it turned out good because I spent a lot of hours on adjusting/sanding etc. Also it's important to mention that fine sculpting takes a lot of concentration and it's more tiring, as you have to sit for hours in the same position and have much control over your body, to have steady hands. The arm is a pretty specific piece that has to be unique, but if I was making other accessories like shoes for example, with a 3d printer it could be printed in bigger amounts and potentially sold to other collectors, which is a common practice among doll artists these days, and could be an additional source of income. But! You make a very good point about 3d printed things being fragile. For detailed work it would probably make sense to use resin, but resin is too fragile. I think these bones one the arm would snap in no time and it's the last thing I'd want 🥲 but again, I think ABS filament could be strong enough for this. If it's not good enough for small details- can print a base and then hand sculpt fine details, which is still faster than sculpting everything from scratch.

Well, and yes: apoxie sculpt is also fragile if you drop it.

@@DollAfterlife I think the thing that was specifically making me- hesitant I suppose I'd say, to agree with the idea that, specifically starting cold turkey, it would have been faster to learn 3D printing than sculpt it, isn't me underestimating how long it took you to make it. Sculpting fine mechanical detail _is_ a time consuming pain, and I know that from personal experience and 3D printing is, as I mentioned, good at it, and is an objectively better medium than hand sculpting for this sort of thing. That said? I went into it comfortable with tech, and familiar with the vocabulary and general common set up of 3D modeling programs, and it still took me like 15 hours to learn blender, and it can also take 3-6 hours to put a printer together. That would already 18-21 hours down with no forward progress towards actually getting the arm done, minimum, because if you run into any serious issues, if you run into any function that's particularly hard for you to wrap your head around, that's even more hours on the clock. Like, to be so clear lol, I understand that someone who knows 3D printing + modeling could have had it done and dusted faster, and with less physical strain. What I question is the idea that _you_ would have benefited in this particular instance from going a different route, because that person who knows 3D printing and modeling isn't you. If you want to sell shoes or shoe bases, or other replicatable items learning how to print would help you, if you want to start making a series of characters who all have fine mechanical detail, sure, it would cut down on a lot of time. Retrospectively looking back and wondering if it would have been faster/less frustrating to have picked up a new skill? Only if you were very lucky, it's likely that you would have dealt with frustrations you were less capable of solving on your own.

@@raven5279 well see, you need to learn the program once. You don't have to learn it again for every piece you make, so it's not fair to include the entire learning time into this 1 specific element, if it makes sense. So of course if I wanted to use a 3d printer and learn everything just for 1 arm it wouldn't be worth it. It would take even longer, because I accept I'm terrible with technologies. But once learned it could be beneficial in a long run.

Excuse me, but what do you mean with "glad you're back at it"? This video is from may 2021 😂 And of course my techniques improved a lot since then. Check out my latest work 😉

@@DollAfterlife Totally fair. 😁 Point taken! I am suitably chastened and rebuked! For what it is worth (🤷‍♂) your work is Absolutely among the Best I have seen! I apologize if that well-earned praise somehow fell through the cracks of that message! I am working my way through your library of work, and had not noticed the date! By all means, continue to prove my notes superfluous and asinine! ❤❤❤🤓

@@jclark2752 hehe, I appreciate that you were trying to help though! It was constructive criticism. 😁

This is a very interesting point of view, and I think it makes a lot of sense. I appreciate those things as well 😊

Thanks 😊

Thanks! Is it different from just using water? Won't it make the layer of paint thicker?

Thanks! 🥰🥰🥰 just need to wait a little 😁

@@DollAfterlife , of course, I'm still eager, but more so for you to take your time with all your work so you don't get burned out and all your clients get you at your best! 😊

@@DarkFoxGirl13 I will make sure to keep myself in a good shape 💪🏻 thank you again 🥰

It's not bad at all 😁

I definitely prefer hand sculpting, but it's always so much work 😂

One couldn't say better 😂 Thank you 🥰

You're the best! Thank you so much 😍

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Why not 🤷🏻‍♀️ as long as you post it with a credit. 👍🏻

Thank you! It will link directly to the video and I don't claim any credit for any part of the video.😸

Interesting fact! 🧐 good to know 😊

Thank you for your wisdom! I knew this bastard is way more complicated than it looks like 😂 I saw you had problems with it and was like no way I'd figure out this shit 😂 and also need to sculpt it without knowing how it will look irl next to the doll.

Glad you enjoy it! 🥰

Thank you! 💖 I like to surprise, hehe 😎😎😎

it's super good and follows the manga incredibly close

Better late than never, right? 😂 to be fair it's relatively new.

I have this feeling too 🙏🏻 besides, I'm extremely bad with technology 😂

Thanks! 🥰