#articulation

[skull-hoarder]

I'm finally done

The 3.74 meter reticulated python is finally finished, I am extremely proud, I feel like a peacock

There were probably more than a thousand pieces and I still have a 2.5 meter burmese degreasing and two other snakes in the freezer waiting to be cleaned and articulated

[dead-dogs-still-fetch]

Progress!

Major progress has been made with finally assembling the limbs together. Having some major issues with the spine though, it's obvious now that we didn't bend it into the right position at the beginning. We bent it to the best of our abilities and for right now it's still very wonky, you may notice the string holding the pose in place.

He's going to be a bit of a awkward fox but I think I did pretty well for a 1st attempt. His ribs and tail still need to be added.

I have to fly back to school tomorrow so I am depressed to say the project is going to be on pause for the time being.

[appleflavoredkitkats]

👑💖✨

hello! my friend yizi and i will be boothing at alac's ARTiculation event from feb. 13-16!

💖WHERE? promenade @ admu! 💖WHEN? my schedule is the following: feb. 13, tues: 9:30-5PM feb. 14, wed: 2-5PM feb. 15, thurs: 11-3:30PM feb. 16, fri: 9:30-2PM 💖WHAT'RE BEING SOLD? stickers and prints!

if ur atenean feel free to visit <33 (and if ur non-atenean i believe u can come as a visitor!)

[chupacabracrafts]

Been poking away at Fluff's memorial pieces; gluing her jaw and drilling and wiring her tiny tail bones. I use a Fordom brand electric handpiece with change out miniature carbide burs, 1.0mm and .5mm, and 20g/ 22g craft wire

[rollerman1]

[the-missann]

I've never had the chance to share this so ig I'll do it here.

So, I have a speech impediment. Yay.

Specifically a stutter and I've suffered bullying centered around my stuttering for years on end. (For some reason it was always by girls. Guys used to think my stutter was cute for some reason it's not btw).

My sutter is the prolongation of words and the block

I.e How areeeee you and I'm fin____

I wanted to share this for anyone else who's living with a stutter. I've noticed a few things.

I actually only stutter on vowels (lovely that every word has a vowel in it huh?)

I pretty much stop breathing when I talk (it's like my brain can only focus on one thing at a time)

Reading does not increase or decrease my stuttering.

I sometimes add extra words or pronounce words differently to avoid stuttering.

My stutter decreases dramatically when speaking to people who don't cut me off.

Now, I'll go through and explain them to help anyone who may have similar issues.

For 1, I noticed around four years ago that I actually only stutter on words that have a vowel sound. I sat down with myself and talked for a bit and found that every word I stuttered on, it was at the vowel sound.

Shockingly, even words that begin with a vowel sound I stutter over, I'll give details on that later.

So, the best way I've learn to handle this is to stop when I know a word has a vowel and I stutter on that word, so I'll say something like:

Everything is all ready done.

Separating them into two words seems to prevent me from stuttering.

2 might also just be my anxiety, but for the sake of this post, let's say it's not. I noticed I'm usually out of breath when I talk. I do talk fast, but I mean like I just ran a marathon out of breath from just saying a simple sentense.

The best way I can describe it is like when you're singing a song. You try and sing the full line as the singer does, but most of us haven't trained our lungs so we end up breathless by the end of it.

I still do this, but it's gotten better as I've learned to breathe from my diaphragm when I talk instead of my chest.

3 I'm really saying for anyone trying to help someone with a stutter. This does not help someone to calm their stutter. As a kid, my parents sat me down and assumed if I read aloud I would learn not to stutter, but it makes no difference.

My advice is to just be patient. That person knows they stutter, let them take their time and they'll eventually get out what they need to say. You're in no rush to hear what they say, so just let tham go at their own pace.

One last thing about this. DO NOT try and finish a sentence for them. It's bad enough we have a stutter, but if someone tries to fill in the sentence for us, our self esteem goes 📉📉.

For 4 (lol) this is a thing I developed and it works pretty well. This is the detail I was going to get into. So, sometimes I stutter over the word it, no Pennywise.

So, to stop that from happening since it is used a lot, I started saying "I T is like." Now, I don't say that in public, but I do with my family and the word is simple enough that no one is thinking too hard on what I spelled out.

But this is why I usually don't refer to things by their proper name (so if anyone here ever becomes my real friend, please know I'm not saying things wrong, I'll just stutter otherwise).

Lastly, 5. I would assume this is the same for everyone regardless if they have a stutter or not. When someone is cutting you off, it makes you rush your words, cut your words off, and stutter. So it gets worse for someone with a stutter.

I have very rarely encountered people who didn't try and cut me off because I paused to take a breath or held out a word. It's true that the anticipation of someone cutting you off sometimes makes you stutter.

I have my stutter under control a lot now, but it did take me a while to get to this point. So, for anyone out there who has a stutter, try and find out what makes your stutter tick and go from there to find ways around it.

This has been a PSA about stuttering, thank you for reading 🍂

Sorry, but last thing, since I'm a writwblr, I wanted to add how to properly write a character with a stutter.

We know t-the (repeating sound) stutter is a real one, but it's normally used for someone who's simply nervous. Someone who actually stutters would stutter at any point in time and sometimes in different ways (eg me having two versions of a stutter).

Also, know where your character's stutter comes from. Mines happens to be hereditary and environmental as I frequently get cut off and thus rush my words to get them out faster. It's also just kind of the way I am since I'm very fast paced and have a hard time "taking things slow"

It's also good to detail a tick or habit your stuttering character may have, like they stop talking and shake their head when pausing their stutter.

Oh, and it's true, cursing eliminates stuttering. There needs to be some testing done on that.

[j4jml]

“Let soul speak with the silent articulation of a face.” ― Rumi

The Articulation 21/09/2013 © All Rights Reserved by Jamil Hussain

[batslime]

this sucks

[skull-hoarder]

The post I made about my friend's boa imperator became one of my most popular posts, well I guess you'll like to see what it ended up with then

I finally finished working on that precious animal, here you can see its skeleton finally assembled in its wood and glass urn ready to be delivered to its owner, the skin is also being tanned and I will possibly do another reference post when it is ready

The skeleton was prepared and cleaned by dermestid, it was degreased and finally whitened, reinforcing each joint with glue and finally glued to its urn to make a unique piece of collection and decoration, It really portrays the beauty and greatness of what it once was, a beautiful imperator boa 1.37 meters long, without a doubt a beautiful animal both in life and in death

Anyway, this is technically the first skeleton I've ever articulated so let me know what you think :D

[birbbones]

Been rather busy these past few weeks, I got out of an abusive household and currently staying at a friend's place in the mean time, keeping myself busy with updating the tags and logbook of the specimens I managed to bring with me, also finally built the European Mole I oxidated a few months ago. I'll get better photos in natural light at some point!

[dead-dogs-still-fetch]

Update on fox skeleton articulation

Little progress update for everyone

The spine has been completed! Everything is glued with a metal wire underneath to bend it. Had some issues mid-glue when we realized the wire wasn't bent correctly for the sitting position. The head portion was bent downwards instead of up, he's a bit wonky because of this but we tried to correct it the best we could.

I believe the back legs should be next but I am struggling to figure out how to put the pelvis together. I am unsure if I should begin the paws in the meantime or if I need to do the legs to prevent any misposition. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

The 3D skeleton model was very helpful

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/culpeo-fox-skeletonlycalopex-culpaeus-c0f6748aa13240b9943c54032980cd6e

[fieriframes]

[And the articulation. In our elbows and knees. Makes us buckle and we couple in endless increase. As the audience admires.]

[candidcoyote]

Rabbit skeleton

[smallerplaces]

The terrible question of a body for Kristy

I like Kristy's little 1990s head, but her body is full of problems. The skin tone doesn't match at all, the posture is awkward, her knees have only one reluctant click, and the skin on the back of her legs is starting to split.

The question is "whose body?"

If Mattel had made knee- and elbow-articulated Skippers or Stacies more than a handful of times, the answer would be easy. There'd be bodies for 9.25" flat-chested girls in a variety of skin tones, and I'd just pop one on.

But alas, no.

The standard answer for Skipper articulation is Miraculous Ladybug, but that would make Kristy slightly taller than Lacey, which is the opposite of what I want. Lacey and Teen Skipper are 16-17, while Kristy is 13-14.

Obitsu or YMY bodies come in 22 cm size, which is $20 and a lot of hand overkill for a $4 doll... and the "girl" bodies I can find look surprisingly bosomy. I'm weighing whether a "boy" body would throw off her proportions, versus just giving a nice not-yet-developed look.

Creatable World bodies are not bosomy, though they're on the tall side for what I want.

Snapstar has hips and a bosom, but it's really short, which is a plus. If Kristy's going to develop early, she needs to be short.

Honestly, I'm sort of hoping to luck into something articulated at a thrift store and have the decision taken away from me.

[dasuedragondesigns]

Anybody like extra boingy tails? I have 2 of Jay's Boingy Tails left for sale and I'm opening up commissions for them WITH a custom tail cover. DM me if you are interested. First come, first serve!