Ultros (FF6) and Spikey-eared Pichu (Pokemon)

Sorry for the hiatus! Now that school has started, all of my crafts have come to a complete standstill... =(

Until recently! (dun dun dunnnnn)

I celebrated getting over my first midterm with a few Perler and clay adventures. And bubbletea, but that's a completely different story. I'll talk about the clay creations later once I finish them up. They still need to be glazed and prettified. <3

As for the Perlers, I whipped up a sprite of Ultros, one of the antagonists from Final Fantasy 6:

He's making his own, tentically ":3" face... <=D

I know I've mentioned my love for this game before (it is my absolute favourite!) and now I'm going to expand on that elaboration. The antagonists in this game were spot-on. One of the reasons this game was so damn enjoyable was because the bad guys was a funny octopus dude (Ultros) who doubled as a receptionist on his down time and a crazy-assed psycho (Kefka). Their appearances, as well as some of the other antagonists that make cameos, make the game so easy and enjoyable to play. I'm so thankful that the creators did an amazing job with the plot and the antagonists in this game...

Buuuut I digress. ^^;

The other sprite I made was one of the adorable Spikey-eared Pichu that you can catch in the Pokemon games:

This project only confirmed a couple of things for me:

1. I need more shades of yellow. As it is, this is a shiny Pichu. A Pichu with the spikey ear can only be caught in an event. She's rare enough... and I just added another element to the mix. ;______;
2. I need more shades of grey. The ears and tail do look okay, but I think with a shade of grey just in between the black and the one I have now, it would be perfect. 

I think he's cute, and he's on my mantle with his buddies Articuno and Thor (a plushie I bought my boyfriend).  I really miss doing my crafts, that's for sure... I hope I can have some time to do them on my weekends. I left my job (I used to work at a restaurant) where I would work on Sunday and Tuesday evenings, so I have time freed up. Unfortunately for me, I filled up some of that time with work at school in the form of tutoring and notetaking for people with disabilities. They're the most rewarding jobs ever, by the way.

Oh, and then I study. A lot... @.@

Anyway... I'll keep you posted on the clay figures. I also made another keychain for a friend (Victini from Pokemon!), so stay tuned! :3

More charms, magnets, and a hair clip!

I'm a busy bee on my days off, as I'm sure some of you can tell. 

Before my trip to British Columbia, I had made these charms for myself:

Sailor Mercury

Terra (FF6/Dissidia)

As well, I made some more charms before work one day:

Finished up Wolverine with some paint and glaze.

Happy pop tarts! <3 Blueberry, S'mores, and Wild Berry!

NES controller.

Pedo bear.

I had a lot of requests for more Zelda charms (everybody loves the triforce), so after making so many triforces, I made a little Link charm:

...And out of personal interest, I made myself a Yoshi... because everyone loves Yoshi, right?!

I also turned some of my Perler creations into magnets...

And made a new creation and turned it into a hair clip!

Inspired by the recent loss of a friend I went to high school with, I also made this charm: a mended heart:

Busy bee, I tell you... And now it's time to work for the weekend. =(

Geekery

I've been making a lot of geek jewelry lately.

To make my life easier, I added the two words together and chalked it up as "geekery." Pretty sure someone coined it before me, but I would be tickled if I thought that one up all by myself. =P

Anyway.

So I made some geekery in the past few days. Some with perlers, some with clay. Yeah, clay is also my new obsession. Fricken... shoot me now. But first, the perlers:

Pokeball (from the Pokemon series)

Triforce (from the Zelda series)

They're super cute. I was wearing the Pokemon one around yesterday and our waitress at the restaurant we went to complimented me on it. She probably had no idea what it was, but she was sweet. =)

Yesterday, I bought some clay and decided to have fun. I had no idea what I would make, but I got home early from work last night and played around. This is what came about:

Pikachu charms (Pokemon)

Dratini earrings (Pokemon)

When I made the first pair (Pikachu), I fricken nearly died of a cuteness overload. They are soo tiny...! I'm pretty sure I could spend my life doing geeky jewelry.

Some other stuff I made that I plan to turn into magnets:

1up mushroom (from Mario)

Fire flower (also from Mario)

Invincibility star (again, from Mario)

Terra Branford (Final Fantasy 6) in Esper form

And I made these cute earrings too:

That's all for now! I guess you can tell I've been busy, hey?