they can hold treasures, i use them in the kitchen bc i have no counter space

This started as a miniature traveling merchant cart, but every practical question I had about it created another piece of the world around it.

The cart travels through Mosshollow, pulled by a giant snail named Samuel and is operated by Marlow, a raccoon merchant. Marlow belongs to the Brotherhood, a trade organization made up of raccoons, rats, and ravens.

Figuring out where the cart went meant creating towns and trade routes. Figuring out how it was supplied created warehouses and depots. Then came rules, maps, regional economies, contraband, other merchants, giant-snail biology, and eventually an entire world full of little animal folk.

Three months later, I apparently no longer make miniatures. I document Mosshollow. 😂 This is the first one, of assumably many.

These are made from polymer clay, with the help of some additional materials, and painted with acrylics.

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Oh, mates. You’ve made my day! I can’t express how much your response means to me!
The internet has been a cruel place for artists lately. All that AI bullshit, the algorithms… it’s brutal out there. But this community stays true to real values and real life. I’ve always loved posting in this subreddit, but lately, it’s become one of the few places where I feel like my efforts are truly appreciated.
It makes me feel like all those cuts and bruises on my fingers weren’t in vain!

Дякую! 🫶

The oak in front of my house is dropping acorns AGGRESSIVELY so I have a lot to play with.

Made a fish from leather, made it a wallet, made it like two face, one side normal, one side cursed with extra eyes, ripped flesh and pointy teeth and fins.
Hope you enjoy my new money keeper :)

I don't know if that's true or not, but there is some great art in here! 😅

I'm just a disabled dad that took up painting as therapy. Hope you like it!

Btw, I don't have shop flair permission yet so I'm just sharing for now😅

Edit: sorry yall, these are frog shaped trinket boxes that I designed and printed on a resin printer then hand painted and flocked the inside. I started off making these for my friends and family as D&D dice boxes and something to hold a ring by the sink (wife's request) then it just kinda grew from there.

I never thought people would like them as much as they do. In fact I always kind just thought the people I gave them to were just being nice😅. But I'm so happy that I was wrong!

"It's not a root. It's an arm. A woman's arm, pale as bone, clawing from a root hole (...) She's been here all along.

A face emerges from the gloom, grimy, gaunt, piercing blue eyes lost in their depths..."

This part of Dawn Kurtagich's book "The Seventh Sister" inspired me to create this photoshoot.

it was suggested to me that i post these pictures on this subreddit :) hope everybody can enjoy all of the funky little guys

Pattern by The Twisted Hatter!✨

Coming here from r/papermache at the request of a commenter. Usually I call it weird girl art, but goblincore is very on-brand. I dreamt it and decided I needed it so here it is :)

A cute little interactive post to go along with my batch of snails 😋 they are mostly glass snails, with a single Ena montana snail added in. I think they match perfectly in our little goblin lair 🤌

I free handed each of them onto my fabric, then embroidered em with punch needle. I used wool and acrylic yarns, and backed them with a firm felt. They’ve also all got 2 magnets on the backs

I’ve been working on doing more “critters” lately to help fill in empty space on my frames. This includes things like the snails, worms, and some small fish. I’ve really been enjoying it! I might have to started adding more things like leaves and mushrooms 🤔

Just finished a small installation made to inhabit a ledge. The pigeon is needle felted wool, with clay beak and feet, and clay and resin eyes. The twigs are clay, wire and paint.

This piece is about soft things in hard places, and comfort built in inhospitable conditions. As a disabled person, I often feel my comfort is built in an environment of inhospitality. I am drawn to the images of birds who have used the harsh steel of bird spikes as structure to build their nests. Ironically, the steel wire makes a strong warp on which to weave the weft of a home.

Been drawing these in my journal (text cropped because it’s me complaining about my co workers and politics)

I’m typically a more surrealist illustrator than fantasy but one of my students is like suuuuper obsessed with trolls (he’s 12) so I’ve been doing some research and finding a new love of the genre. Hope you all enjoy!

Lemon lavender cake, blackberry compote, vanilla cream cheese bavarois, and lemon curd buttercream. Mushrooms are all handmade and painted by me. Moss is a microwaved sponge cake.

Was following a tutorial creating a bat crop top. I trusted the process, messed up a little, then BAM! Out came this beauty. Im in love 🥺

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Stump embroidered turkey tails covered in French knot moss, finished with a spiderweb

Reddit's filters keep automatically removing my posts of this! I can't figure out why. I spent so long making it, I'm hoping it'll let me share this here 🥲 Everything in this diorama is handmade by me, including the Squirrel (Squelina) who is fully posable. For reference, the room is about 17 inches wide, 11 inches tall, and 16 inches deep. My favorite part to make was her miniature miniature that she's carving of her little critter town (which is actually mostly painted foam, and the whittled critters are sculpey clay). Now, do you think she is an unhinged squirrel with bloodlust or just an overly enthusiastic whittler with an eye condition??