I was idly working on a design for the OOAK.biz sign/figure that I had been talking about. Sketching in ideas for OOAK critters and beings that could be sitting on the sign, when I started just making random lines at the top of the A. I had no plan for what to do with the things, it started out being maybe a elf sitting on the top of the A, then looked more like something’s pick axe stuck in the tip of the A… a few moments later I had this funny shape that I started thinking looked like a gargoyle, then this little fellow showed up.

I had no ides what he was, but he seemed to be a rather interesting little figure, so I took him to a sketch pad and started sketching.  First I recreated the basic shapes, thinking how his nose was kind of fox shaped.  I knew already the long forelegs were some kind of wings, a little more work on detailing him and I decided he just “felt” like a fox, so I made the ears a little more like a fox’s and the head a bit more fox looking and less sharply angled.

I then added in the top of the A but decided it wasn’t quite right, he needed a size comparison… well, the top of the A was looking sort of like a finger.  I narrowed and  rounded it some, added a little bit of detail - such as a fingernail.

What had started as claw feet shifted to paws as I worked on the finger, and he got a tail… change tail to be bushy like a fox tail.  There the fellow is.  He needs a fluffy fox type chest too.

I still needed to figure out his wings, so I started sketching another to show the wings, they ended up looking like a flying squirrels wings.  He makes a cute critter, but I think I can see a few other types of little critters in that first sketch, so maybe I’ll end up with a mascot that looks more like the first one I drew and is sort of wyvern-like in appearance.

Well, see.  I have a lot to do before I start on another figure.

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Okay, I have some mockups for the teapots, I created three basic types for this, the elegant serving teapot ready to be painted silver used for fancy parties, the standard teapot for everyday use and the tea kettle for brewing teas and ideal for painting flat black to make a cast iron tea kettle for use on a wood cook stove.

These are the three I made, they range in sizes between 1″ for the short stout tea kettle and 1.5″ for the tall elegant tea kettle on the left.  They are obviously rough and not fired, being just basic shape explorations to decide which ones I like.  The handle on the tea kettle is a large staple with clay on it, I will use a different kind of wire when I make the finished tea kettle.

For now I need to get a fashion doll and see how the teapots measure up, since I am not sure what the scale is for fashion dolls.  I also need to get batteries for my camera.  This picture was taken with what I had thought was a new set, however as soon as I took the picture (without flash) the low battery light came on!

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