Thursday, September 30, 2010

The First Elf of Fall

I would be so disappointed if I didn't make at least one post for September.  This month was busy and went by way too fast.  I'm really looking forward to October though - the color of the fall leaves, the cooler weather.  September may be over, I may not have completed any characters, but I have made progress on some old ones and started a new face!

Fall Elf, Work in Progress
Here she is!  Not complete yet.  I almost scrapped the face, but tonight I went back at it, made some big changes, and now I'm fairly happy with it.  Ears too big??  So hard to make them small - I love making big ears!  I'm trying to make something cheerful and thinking this character might be able to work for TheHive's fall challenge!  Maybe parading a brightly colored leaf!

I've also started working out clothing ideas for the Gnome and Faun!  A coat is in the works for Gnome and he already has a little scarf (a necessity for these New England winters!).  I picked a nice rich brown mohair out of a sampling batch I bought.  I think it will work nicely for both of them.  Now I'm just debating how much of the Faun's lower half to cover in this great mohair!

In the meantime, here's Gnome and Rabbit to give some encouragement!

Don't worry, Gnome, you won't be bald forever!

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