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Today's installment in my Tutorial Tuesdays is a fancy new DTD tutorial! Feel free to ask any questions, and even to save/distribute/link to my site for your customers too, just please leave my watermark and header on it if you do. I do things a little differently, as usual, but I've found I can get the maximum range of motion with the minimum amount of bulk/excess space as possible using this method.

What do you guys want most for next week? Options are a cast foam tutorial, a redo of my acrylic eye tutorial, or something else I simply cannot remember right this second.

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Mordrude is a multimedia artist and sculptor who lives just outside Seattle, WA with her husband. She has been creating costume art to portray her inner creature since her early teens, but only since 2010 has she been crafting for others. Drawing inspiration from the old Norse mythos of Ulfsarkers and Bersarkers, she strives to create stunning realism and ferocious monstrosities. Presently her work is mostly geared towards hobbyists, but she aspires to build monsters and creatures for stage and screen. Her main goals are quality workmanship and breathtaking detail, and she spares no expense to use the best materials and equipment to attain this.

Whatever your inner monster may be, let Mordrude unleash it into the world!
She specializes in realism and natural colors and markings, and she enjoys making others' dreams come into reality through her hands. Fen's interest in costuming was sparked by the old Norse concept of ulfserks and berserks [link] . These Norse themes help her in conceptualization of the fantastical creatures and combinations she builds. It is her mission to create realistic interpretations of anthropomorphised creatures as she sees them in her mind's eye, and bring your inner animal into the world.
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*Sir-Herp-of-Derp 19 minutes ago  Student General Artist
Your work is incredible. ♥ Looking forward to your future works.
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:iconargema-brassingtonei:
Dear Fenrirschild,
I've always wanted to work moldings, however the process seems easy to mess up and the materials are so expensive. It seems like an art form that's impossible to get into without a large income and an instructor. Do you mind telling me how you began using molds?
Best Wishes,
Ashley

Ps: Thank you for your time.
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~fenrirschild Mar 17, 2013  Professional Artist
It really only seems scary and hard until you do it the first time. I was terrified the first time too, and thought I'd ruin everything and waste all that time, effort, and money. The first time I slush cast resin, I kicked myself for procrastinating and not trying sooner, because it wasn't even close to the horror I had built it up to in my mind.

Look at tutorials, watch videos and livestreams whenever possible. The professionals make it look really easy because they've done it a lot, but really it's not a difficult process. Start with Smooth-on's trial packs of 300 resin, they're about $25, you can sometimes get them with free shipping from Dick Blick's online store, and it's by far the easiest resin to work with that I've used. I have a bunch of tutorials here: [link] to get you started, and Smooth-on has a lot of videos on their website that really clearly and concisely demonstrate the process of mold-making and casting.

Unfortunately I don't have any casting to do coming up soon, or I'd try to throw together a video for you. I do plan on redoing my sculpt-mold-cast tutorial series in a few months though, and I'll be adding them to that tutorials folder once they're made.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask!
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Wow you're a fast replier and WOW did you give me a lot of good information! Thank you so much for writing all that for me, it's practically an essay! I've put the information on Smooth-on on a postit and I've bookmarked the tutorial site. Thank you so much! I'm going to put you on my deviantwatch now so I can jump on that video tutorial as soon as you put it out. Thank you heaps! ♥♥♥
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~fenrirschild Mar 17, 2013  Professional Artist
I do try to get to replies asap, but you just got a little lucky and caught me right as I sat down to check everything for the night. I've got one thing on the sculpting block before the project I want to do the tutorials with (goats don't make for good subjects, since they're so weird and not common as characters) but I'm very anxious to get to redo the tutorials so it's a huge priority.

Seriously though, if you have questions in the meantime please don't hesitate to ask. The information is out there if you know where to look, but it's just so much easier to have someone in the know point the way than to dig around blindly like I did. This is why I make tutorials!
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~LizaVon Feb 28, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Hi there do you sell mold e.g. Pawpaws, noses, claws? If yes then how much for 1
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happy belated b-day! :3
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:iconbakuragirl4:
Hi there, how much would a pair of feral brown handpaws be with short fur, black pawpads and black claws?
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*aranea-designs Feb 13, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Just wanted to let you know that the horse hoof arrived safe and sound and I absolutely love it!! Hope your sale made you some of the money you needed.

Thank you very much. :)
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