Caption: Me: I should make some cute doodles of the Elyei, so I can make people love them as much as I do! below is a sketch of a fuzzy alien python with elf ears, curled up in a ball.

Caption: What I drew instead: Face shot of the fuzzy alien python with elf ears, eyes bulging and mouth full of a non-descript rat like creature.

I really love these little critters. They act as pest control in space!

It's hard to program cleaners to target only invasive species, it's much easier to train and keep the equivalent of a Ship's Cat to deal with them.

#webcomic #unchosenstar #elyei #shipssnake #python #alien #speculativefiction

Photo of the in progress elyei. It has teal, red and black fur, and an unpainted grey python head with elf ears

Closeup of the face of the elyei, with hand painted glass eyes

Photo of hand painted glass eyes, numbered 1-7, with four matching eyes underneath

Progress on my snake! Head is baked and ready to go. I also hand painted the eyes, which I had to learn how to do. This has been such a fun project, it's really coming together!

#artdoll #ballpython #shipsnake #unchosenstar #elyei

The core design, mocked up in paper

Close up of the head and ears with the fabric

The full layout of the "snakeskin", or Elyei skin?

Bonus Daikon making a bed out of the super soft fur.

Making my first art doll!
Step 2: while waiting for the eyeglass to get delivered, pattern out the body! I wanted something interesting but relatively simple to sew. And to use colours I already had. Now to watch a movie while hand-sewing.
#artdoll #ballpython #elyei #unchosenstar #shipsnake #furry

Sculpt 1 of the head, vaguely python shaped

A better sculpt of a python head

Making my first art doll! Step one - sculpt the head, realize that it was not only too small, but the wrong shape, so you resculpt it. Then you make the ears and realize they're too big so you have to remake those too.

#artdoll #ballpython #furry #elyei #shipsnake #unchosenstar