Ponies!

[bladespark]

I get the feeling I may end up getting a few commissions for these.



Moondancer, and a breezie. :D

Moondancer is a little less than a foot tall, so she's pretty big. The breezie is not quite 5 inches. Moondancer's tail is just a tiny bit fragile, I can't just toss her on the sprite pile. I think if I do another I'm going to re-design the tail so it touches the back legs, which will be much more stable.

Also, I've come up with a formula for consistently pricing these things. Which formula results in Moondancer being $12, if you wanted a similar sprite, and the breezie being $2. (Based on the number of beads. Remember your math, doubling the height squares the area, so the price goes up FAST as they get bigger.)

Comments

[derakon.livejournal.com]

Any issues with counting beads? I always ran into trouble when I tried to do chainmaille inlays, with keeping track of which rings I'd already inserted. I guess each "stitch" is simpler to eyeball here, and of course the overall process is faster for a given surface area.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

I don't do it by rows, I do it by color. Generally starting with black/the outline color, which makes it easier. I have occasionally mis-counted and had to pull off beads and start over, but only when doing the first outline, once that's in place getting everything else correct is easy.