My finger is sore and I'm full of bread.

Boy, these past couple days have been really busy, Halloween on the 31st, my mom's birthday on the 1st and then dia de los Muertos on the 2nd.

Things are settling down though but I know things will kick back up again very soon.

I've been pacing my work very well, along with plush work. I've finished another plush with flying colors!



The star of Monday's on Dummcomics.com,
Big Pants Mouse.
For the awesome and ever so talented Gabe Swarr.

He's made of fleece, he's about 10 and a half inches (with ears) hes completely hand sewn and is super cuddly soft. He took about a couple days to make.



I had to redo his shape twice, the first time he just didn't come out right and the second he was too small.



His pattern was a little difficult to figure out since his shape is so unique but I'm happy with the turn out. The ears have wire in them to stand up straight.



The most time consuming part of this plush was indeed the pants and details, I had to sew around his whole WIDE body over and over to make sure all the material was placed on his person tight enough.



Kimbo has someone to chill out with now!

PROGRESS SHOTS



Here's a shot of Pants right when I got started, my mom walked in and asked if I was making a pillow. I might as well have been because this plush is so squishy and soft! It felt like I was stuffing the body for an eternity, I used half of my stuffing for this little guy. ( I still have 2 more bags though lol)



Here's the mess Big Pants left after completion. I think this plush used the most material so far. Probably ties with Tigerbuttah. Big Pants, use your magical pants to clean up this mess and put this spare scrap in its box!

I'm really happy with this plush.
This is a gift for Gabe this Christmas, I hope you all like it!

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Day of the Dead festivies.

Here's some pictures from our family day of the dead gathering, this one was at my Tia's mom's house. It was so pretty.



She made tons of food for our past family members and ourselves. we ate so much.



Nom nom nom.



We came home with a huge bowl of apples and marigolds.

We'll be making sugar skulls during the "Halloween Leftovers Party" Zach and I are throwing so more pictures of that soon.

Buuuh, I always feel so fat during these next three months but I'm enjoying it. Bring it on, Thanksgiving.

I have more surprises to post soon.
So till then!

Much love
~Tara

Halloween Leftovers and Tigerbuttah Plush!

Aaww, I was a day late to post. I was out partying all night that I didn't have time to show everyone my costume but I guess one day can't hurt.

This is the best picture taken at a party I attended. I'll be sure to take more during the "Halloween Leftovers" party Zach and I are throwing soon.

Surprise!
I chose Frida Suarez from the Nick cartoon "El Tigre" (Sorry, Coraliners, her outfit was a little too pricey to whip up and I couldn't find all her items on time. I'll probably be her or Boop next year. ;)

The goggles are spray painted red and black, the suspenders were the only item I needed to complete the outfit but the last store I checked at the mall had them and I know I'm probably going to wear them with outfits in the future.
I love love LOVE my boots, I wear them all the time and it was really fun rockin' out blue hair. I never wore a skirt so short before though haha.

Halloween this year was super fun and I'm already thinking about next Halloween plans. Hope you dig it!

*Does my best tiger roar*

PLUSHIE BONUS!

Whoo! I finished my second plush today!



Custom made for my dear friend Becky Who runs the the coolest painted daily comics around. This is her buttah paws, Tigerbuttah. This is part of a Christmas gift Zach and I are putting together for her and Frank. ^^

He's made of fleece, he's about 13 inches tall and is super cuddly and soft. He was a bit complex to build. His body is hand sewn along with the ears, the textured lines on the ears were all hand sewn in to make that effect and there is a total of 20 stripes on his body. (Some aren't visible once I sewn on the head and tail.) All hand sewn. X_X Ugh, my finger was dying. He took about 3 days to make on and off. ( I took a lot of breaks though.) I love him, he sits on his little bum, his tongue is fun to play with and I think he was my most complex plush to date. I'm very proud of him.

Some progress shots:



Here's the head and pieces of ear fabric I cut out. The head was barely taking shape. Then I started pining down all the facial features so I could hand sew them on.



His head took the most time to construct. His ears aren't even attached yet in this picture.

This is heading to New Zealand to live with Becky and Frank.

I hope you enjoy! More art and plush work soon!

So what did everyone do for Halloween? Give me the dirt.

(Goes off to spend the day with her mom, its her Birthday.)

~Tara

Let the Wild Rumpus Start!

(This song will set the mood for this post)

Finally! This costume took ages to make! Seriously. Custom made for Zach this Halloween. Sewn by me ( and with loads of help from my mom.)





Its made of fur fleece. Its very thick and soft. When I was modeling it i started to get hot, so Zach will be really warm while hes off on his rumpus Halloween night. The whiskers are bended fabric wire and it buttons up the tummy like the real deal. The tail is bushy fur fleece.
( I love how I pose in front of my gliders cage, its just so model prop worthy.)






When I started on this, the costume was nothing much but a huge roll of fleece and 4 buttons. I had to cut, resize, try it on, pin it to my body and then repeat to get it how I wanted.

(A forest started to grow in my room.)

I rewatched trailers and observed screencaps from the film since I modeled this costume on the movie version of "Max" rather than the book. I'm not cool though, since I only own pink converse. Zach custom made the crown and staff. So I'm sure he'll take some pictures of the full costume once he gets it.





I'm as wild as they come! AwwoooOoOOooooo!!!

I want to be Carol for Halloween sometime. Maybe next year.

This costume is costumed made for Zach and Zach alone. It goes up my crotch since my hips are higher than his lol so It should fit him perfectly.
I hope you like it Zach!

PS: I wore the hat crooked in these shots, oops.

Next post. My costume.

~Tara

Tara Fun Fact......

I CAN SEW!!!
Whoa! Mind boggling, I know.



I've always used to sew but I'd only work on clothes, fleece blankets or pouches for my gliders, never really thought of creating things in plushie form.

Until this year... while in California, sometime in June my mom purchased a huge HUGE box of fleece fabric, she kept all the patterned fleece while she gave me colors among colors of base colored fleece. Then I started brain storming. Wondering if I could actually make SOMETHING out of this material. I made a test plush and WHAM, I was hooked.

So to reveal my long awaited secret since June, I give you my 3rd plush made (the others will be shown soon) Kimbo.

For my good pal, Ricky Garduno, Thursday dumm for Dummcomics.com.

He's completely hand stitched, can sit, hes 26 inches (including the ears) and when he sits hes 18 inches. He took about 6 hours to make on and off. Hes very huggable and soft.



For being such a simple design he was tough to make, I had to recreate the sausage ears three times and his head shape once.



I'm kinda sad that I'm giving him away lol



You can kinda see my Stitch plush behind him to sorta give you a good view on size comparison.



This is when I was barely starting to cut out the pieces. (You also get a hint on who I'm doing next in this shot) Shhhhh.

I want to make some plushes for friends first (i'm so nice) and then later create some custom plushies of my original characters.



He was just a head for the longest time.

I'm sending this your way Ricky along with a xmas package Zach and I are making. ^^

Now that my secret is out, I will be making tons of plush dolls in the future. I'm getting excited just thinking about it!

Next post will be "Wild".

~Tara

Werewolf's Halloween Night Gallery Piece

Yay! Halloween is almost here! I'm very excited for the holiday and I've been smitten by the spirit of it. Werewolf's have always been my favorite classic monster and I always loved the idea of monsters trick-or-treating with us norms. :>

This is my piece for an exclusive gallery event called "Trick-Art-Treat" for The Autumn Society.



This week the Autumn Society will celebrate Halloween with a limited two day Art Show, only at Brave New Worlds. There will be artwork, candy, and more.
It starts Friday, October 30th (6-8pm)
and
Saturday October 31st (5pm-8pm).

This is also up for sale, if anyone is interested please contact Chogrin.

And like every picture I upload here's the inks and sketch:






I'm actually going to post right after this one because I have tons more I gotta share with you fine people. 8> Here's some sneakys.






Are you excited? Jippo is.

Hi.

Till next time peeps.

~Tara

Cloudy with a chance of...STUFF.

"When it rains, you put on a coat".

Quick (but not really) speed paint because I liked this movie and Sabree wanted me to draw them in my stylings.
The humor was good, the animation was great, I especially loved the run cycles and how the girl went through blunders yet cute wild poses. You should go see it.

Here's some music to go along with the picture.



The sketch:


Not too impressive really, haha. With these types of pictures, I sketch where I want things to go quickly....



....ink the important parts, then color over/fix things as I go.

Btw, don't even think about saying these characters look like Zach and I, I get that enough down here, ya'll. *points* ( But seriously. The likeness is really trippy.)


Oh yeeeeeah! Check out this awesomely amazing caricature my good pal Nico drew of me! :D



Isn't it incredibly coooool?! You should all go over to his blog and give him great big Nico hugs! <3

BONUS Doodle:
A little quick paint drawing of my albino dog Moki, since my gliders seem to be hoggin' all the lovin's lately on my blog.



He's a mix between Maltese and poodle, he's born on the same day as me, his fur feels like a cat rather than a dog, he's extremely difficult to have his picture taken. Due to being albino he always gets red eye ALWAYS and his fur comes out so white by the flash he almost looks ghostly. And don't let his looks fool you, hes going to be 13 this year. Whoa, nelly! He also makes the weirdest noises and burps you'll ever hear. They sound so unnatural for a dog.

Siiigh, I have awesome pets.

Here's some decent pictures of Moki.


He is related to none other:


:P

Much love!
~Tara

Suggies, Gallery Show and Blog Update!

Whoo! Hey everybody!

So I guess your wondering why I've updated 3 new blog posts labeled coming soon? Well, I revamped my blog! New sections, new info and new friend tabs! You have no idea how time consuming and frustrating the friend tabs took but all and all they look nice. I like getting to look at all my lovely friends art when I come on my page. I hope you'll enjoy them too.

Anyway, kinda busy busy in a good way, I keep getting bombarded with new commission jobs. I'll update when I can. But enjoy this while I work.





True story, this happens to me every so often and they do it when I least expect it. I think I'm used to it now,they just love my hair. When I have time, I'll film them and post vids on youtube.

Speaking of youtube, The Autumn Society's "Dia De Los Muertos Art Gallery Show" premiered two days ago!
My piece "La Visita" is up and also buyable if anyone is interested.




Here's a short video taken at the festivities, it makes me so sad I couldn't attend. Check it out!



What a great way to end the year for the autmn society galleries.


Here's some more commission sketches I've done over at my DA account.



Yup yup, I have tons of projects and new medias I'm playing with and I'll be sure to update frequently during the months ahead.
Zach and I are already starting on christmas gifts, the sooner we start the better. We always cut it short but we're thinking ahead this year. =D
And I have a new tab that reads "Store" which I'm also working on. *Excited*

I hope everyone is having a splendid October, What are your ghoulish plans for Halloween?



Tell Jippo your costume ideas and he'll draw them down.

~Tara