a stylized 3d render of a realistically proportioned hare and a cute little bunny running at night.

princes with a thousand enemies

the ~finished chainmail! ⛓️⛓️‍💥 ended up preferring how it sits and looks with the back sides facing out

would still love to add sleeves, and i may get some resin to seal the cuts bc honestly i gave up on pinching while i fiddled with the shape

who knew misinformation could be so beautiful (i am being endlessly bombarded by colorful moon photos with incorrect or missing context)

part time barista job where we use canned tonic water! my coworkers have been kind enough to save tabs in a cup for me whenever they remember. it’s probably been a year or so of passive collection

takeaways:

super fun project! if you have tabs and a desire to try making chainmail, it’s a great free* way to give it a shot!! (*i already had 2 pairs of jewelry pliers/normal pliers/nail clippers/a staple remover)

really excited to try my hand at a proper chainmail project another time :)

Photo of a large piece of soda tab chain mail. It has a gap in the back where it would presumably be put on and tied.

and… i’m out of tabs, just after deciding that long sleeves would be sick :’) it’s “wearable” as is, and i like it, but i have some things to figure out before i share a pic. currently the plan is to tie it in the back

cross your fingers i’m able to collect enough tabs before ren faire szn

Photo of two matching large soda tab chainmail pieces with a zigzag shaped border on the bottom edge

get doubled

normal battle mockup

exploration / location mockup

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begrudgingly about to embark on going back through and pinching all of the tabs in the assembled piece 🫡

Photo of a larger piece of soda tab chain mail, flat on top with a zigzag border on the bottom edge.

Photo of the back of one diamond shaped soda tab chain mail “unit”. A pair of jewelry pliers is next to it, and the cuts in the tabs are pinched to flatten out any gaps.

now that i’ve done all that & started sealing some of the big piece… turns out it’s easier (though more physical effort) to pinch the cuts flat with jewelry pliers as i make each unit.

this keeps them from slipping without making their positioning permanent. no nail polish smell is a huge bonus

Photo of twelve diamond shaped soda tab chain mail “units” ready to assemble into something larger.

Close up photo of the zigzag piece being filled in with smaller triangular chunks of chain mail.

working mostly in these diamond shaped “units” helps a lot with assembling something larger. this will probably be a shirt or a gorget of some kind in the end! it’s difficult to hold up as a big piece without tabs slipping out of place, but i don’t want to seal the cuts yet

Photo of the back of a soda tab chainmail section. The cuts made in the top of each tab have visible gaps.

Photo of the same soda tab chainmail backing, but the cuts have been blobbed with nail polish and allowed to dry. The cuts are closed.

a problem with fold & cut is that the tabs can slip back out pretty easily. a nail polish seal works ok… it would break if pulled, but it’s not going to slip!

resin/gel polish that you can UV cure is probably more convenient, but this is a recycling project for me! no buy so far >:)

jump rings method (gold) was SO much fun that i want to experiment with regular chainmail projects down the line (!!) but i prefer the look of staggered rings. wire-woven (silver) is great for static armor pieces, but i want MOVEMENT :)

fold & cut (pink) is what i’m going to work with for now

Photo showing three different methods for soda tab chain mail assembly.

at long last, it is soda tab chain mail time ⛓️⛓️⛓️

drew this mostly at night

a paper doll in the shape of a cat with 4 articulated legs. The cat is purple and has a grinning face. Its body is covered with stars. Its tail arches over its head. The background is black.

articulated paper cat doll. From 2018.

yessss!! imagine something being better AND more affordable

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art from the month of february

A digital illustration in the style of a block print. A humanoid figure wearing a red cloak stands next to a long, segmented creature that resembles a carrot. The creature’s body weaves in-and-out of dark bushes.

A digital illustration in the style of old print. It displays three plants in various states of transformation. All are growing vague animal-like bodies: one birdlike, one serpentine, and the other humanoid.

Digital illustration in the style of old print. A large two-headed beast with dark fur emerges from a cave. It lifts its heads to make eye contact with a redheaded child sitting above the cave’s entrance.

A digital illustration in the style of a woodcut. It depicts the upper half of humanoid figure whose “head” is a flattened organic shape. A serpentine creature delicately wraps around the figure’s arm and into an opening in their face. The figure handles the creature gently.

📌 My name is H.B. and I'm a fantasy artist specializing in a nostalgic style. My work is inspired by woodcuts and vintage children's books.

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eerie but comforting children’s book illustrations that i still remember well into adulthood

the kind of wisdom one would hope to find in anxient tomes 🩸

just became aware of this--the regime wants to clear-cut massive chunks of Oregon's old growth forests in the name of timber production.

you have until March 23rd to comment.

i know we have endless fucking things to scream at politicians about--this is an important one too.

an illustration of felix and paisley, two beloved cats entwined with stars in front of a full moon.

last night, my dear friends lost everything in a devastating apartment fire. among all their memories, belongings, necessities, they also lost their two precious cats, felix & paisley.

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For those who don’t know, Maine is one of the places - like Minnesota - that the federal government is specifically targeting, and ICE has kidnapped over 200 residents there since last week.

finished this scarf over a year ago, but just today made lil matching gloves with the remaining yarn 🐇

A kind of abstract illustration of Dave Strider as a child, surrounded by different versions of his brother. Dave holds the hand of Bro Strider and has bandages on his arms and legs. Behind him, Lil Hal and Dirk hold Lil Cal in their hands. Arquiusprite is in between Bro and Lil Hal.

cloth brother wire brother #homestuck

A highly saturated digital painting of a leafy-seadragon-inspired mermaid playing a magical ocarina made out of a conch shell.

another CURSED RELIC: Stormclay Ocarina.

wear your ear protection at shows AND at sea 🌊🌩️📯