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✞ 666 ✞

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Frankie Stein as a little brain break

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rawr >:33

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Old sketch. I'm giggling so much because of these snakes . _ .

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drew this w/o a reference so don't @ me about inaccuracies :P

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Like Mother like daughter 💅✨

Loosely based on Ghouls Rule Frankie

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Happy Valentines Day! 💕

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Happy Valentine’s Day!💘

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too many ppl who know nothing about Filipino folklore n culture r talking shit about my ate. she’s based off of the manananggal, which you can compare to the European vampire, if that helps you understand it better. although, i’m reluctant to mention that becuz some ppl, who choose to be ignorant, currently hold the view that she’s just an Asian-colored vampire mishmash monster. she is not. other than the fact that she manages to exist at all, here are some details i appreciate about her.

first, she has a face that looks like my family’s. that’s my lola’s nose. that’s my mom’s birthmark. shit, those are my uncle’s cheekbones. the headpiece features jasmine, our national flower. the translucent petals are cool.

second, you can display her in two pieces, split by the torso. its not just a “cheap gimmick” you ignorant pos. at nightfall, the manananggal severs itself in two, leaving behind a vulnerable lower half while its upper half hunts for nourishment - blood, raw hearts, livers, fetuses. the red fringe represents her dangling intestines, hanging loose as she flies after ripping her body apart. the string detail is on the skirt for consistency, but also, intestines are long as fuck? why wouldn’t they also hang from the bottom, assuming they also get split in half.

while we’re on the outfit, the top is an extremely traditional (Spanish colonial, ugh) style in both fabric and shape. i have attire that looks exactly like it, minus the monster high red foil pattern. the tiny, “woven” sleeve cuffs are a nice touch. the earrings and bracelets look to be woven palm too, but aren’t as effective in plastic. the bottom half skirt is quite a bit shorter than is traditional, and the heels higher. it’s a monster high doll.

most accurate would be barefoot, tbh. but you guys would riot, and again, its a doll. actually, the shoes reference a lot from Filipino culture. the heel is a coconut tree overlooking a kubo, a one-room stilt hut built with natural materials such as bamboo and palm, and specifically made to be remade as necessary. the sole is “wooden”, also an accessible material of which some shoes were made with. it is attached by braid to what looks to be a straw strap. also not unusual for a shoe.

her fan and wings feature embroidery, and if you look closely at the latter, you will see a thin and delicate flora design in between the spider web pattern. this is extremely reminiscent of calado, a type of traditional hand embroidery akin to lace that is difficult as fuck. a dying art, btw.

i didn’t wake up looking to ride this hard for a plastic woman lmao. but if you’re gonna come for her, it better be because of the fluorescent green in her colorway and not because you don’t know what you’re talking about. honestly, a lot of Filipinos are just happy to be considered and celebrated. “wins” like this mean everything. maybe it’s not good enough for your collection, but now you know more about my culture than you would’ve gone out of your way to. and that’s good enough for me.

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Women’s history month via dolls: Lily Martinez

Lily Martinez is a Mexican immigrant from Durango, Mexico who now lives in Los Angeles. She worked at Mattel from 1998-2015 as a designer for significant brands such as Barbie and MyScene.

Most notably, she did the prototype designs and the sculpts for the original Monster High dolls Frankie, Draculaura, Clawdeen, Lagoona, and Cleo.

Lily also says that Lagoona was the doll that she designed from head to toe, the company likely not changing her design from lily’s prototype.

Lily does not claim Monster High as her own and she says it was a collaborative effort, but no doubt she made a massive contribution to the entire doll industry and very specifically Monster High. Her sculpt designs are still being used nearly 20 years later.

Lily Martinez’s website

Lily Martinez’s TikTok

Lily Martinez’s Instagram

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This one's an old drawing from April 2023 that I never got around to uploading. Drew this for The Party Never Dies, a Monster High 'fearbook' zine.

With the whole yearbook theme, I decided to focus my piece on the 'creepateria' and show some of the exchange students enjoying tasty treats from their respective cultures! God, these Monster High puns.... I also did 2 portraits of Catty and Spectra for the yearbook photos section:

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I started drawing the Ever After High girls in random historical fashion eras… why? I have no idea

Raven Queen in 1890s, Apple White in Italian Renaissance.

Briar Beauty in 1920s, Madeline Hatter in 1880s

No particularly reason for the eras, just the vibe I get from the characters and their designs!

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🩷🦇🥮 jiangshi draculaura for empower zine

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Ice-scream ghouls 🍦