portrait commission!
23.09.2025 15:27 โ ๐ 792 ๐ 226 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 1@caracaracal.bsky.social
historian/archivist, editor, whale shark aficionado // i play xiv, find me as a'jie lian (aether) // icon by buboplague // he/they, call me cara or owen
portrait commission!
23.09.2025 15:27 โ ๐ 792 ๐ 226 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 1canโt stop picking my lip :o)
07.11.2025 01:04 โ ๐ 412 ๐ 91 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0the actual dolls show up regularly at estate sales and antique shops in my area, if you want I can keep an eye out? last time I saw one she was even still in the packaging
06.11.2025 23:22 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0oh. oh oh oh. my mom definitely had these -- I collected them as a kid for inexplicable (autism) reasons. it's tragically likely they've been thrown out by now but I know where in the house they would be and I'll go digging when I go by tomorrow
06.11.2025 23:18 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0illustration by Abigail Larson inspired by Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein". The scene depicts Frankenstein's monster carrying Elizabeth Lavenza.
Take me with you ๐ซ
man the chokehold this movie has on me #frankenstein
I heard some of her speeches while I was over there. she's genuinely awful
06.11.2025 23:14 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Seven Seas November 2025 Reader Survey is here! ๐๐๐ Answer questions, suggest books for us to license, and enter to win a FREE paperback. You'll also get a @bookwalker-gl.bsky.social coupon for our ebooks!
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that's embarrassing. they should be embarrassed
28.10.2025 09:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0HOW MUCH PER MONTH????
28.10.2025 08:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I keep staring at moonmoon, he looks so pretty
25.10.2025 04:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0anyway if you like danmei please buy the book I worked on so seven seas will hire me for more lmao
25.10.2025 04:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I can't wait to see which scenes are illustrated, I'm so excited
25.10.2025 04:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0honestly the best thing about them
25.10.2025 02:58 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0for HORNY school!!!
25.10.2025 02:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Alright y'all, so I had this essay about the current era of the internet and the hypocrisy from all sides about children on social media in my head for months.
This is actually my first time writing an essay like this so uhm, it would be cool if you read it ๐๐
AWOOOOO THAT'S OUR BABY BOY
25.10.2025 01:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0FINALLY, MOONMOON GETS HIS DAY
25.10.2025 00:58 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0YEAHYEAHYEAH LOOK WHAT HAS A BEAUTIFUL COVER
25.10.2025 00:58 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I'm very proud of her (esp given she is nearly 80 and has dementia)
24.10.2025 08:43 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0when I tell you she DEVOURED an entire pork donburi including the miso soup (which she's never had before) AND the grated radish
I was genuinely surprised but she loved it
my mother, who has only ever visited a tiny number of European countries (France, Germany, and Iceland) is currently with me in Japan where she is eating actual Japanese food like a champ (in Europe she mostly eats McDonald's lmao)
24.10.2025 08:33 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0everything happens so much
19.10.2025 17:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ecce Angus Dei Pendant, Spanish 17th Century. I like that the pearly Lamb lies here on top of a folio. (British Museum)
16.10.2025 21:30 โ ๐ 67 ๐ 22 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2please tell lard that i love her
15.10.2025 00:42 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0twirls hair, giggles
11.10.2025 02:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0if you're working on large surfaces I know brushstrokes can be a complaint bc of the thickness but it can be thinned with water (and is popular in the diorama community for that reason) but for small figures should be okay?
10.10.2025 21:58 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0mod podge is fundamentally a pva glue, so it's pretty harmless overall, like Elmer's. it can throw water soluble stuff out of whack (color bleed is a problem) but you won't have to worry about deadly fumes or anything like that
10.10.2025 21:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0okay? probably -- a lot of custom doll painters use it to gloss lips and waterlines. best option? wiggles hand noncommittally...?
10.10.2025 21:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0the glory of being stuck, going on a walk, and being HIT with the solution halfway through really can't be underestimated
10.10.2025 03:01 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0