u/Echoed_Evenings

note: image above is a wip, I couldnt find any better photos to show off what I do

im mostly asking this bc I want to know if there would be an interest. I enjoy whittling quite a lot and have thought of doing attacks with it for a while as its a very fun medium for me, I would ofc avoid people who dont want physical attacks and probably wouldnt ship them unless the person was fine paying for shipping (i wouldnt take a dime past shipping fees though, it feels wrong).

So yeah, any interest?

I made this first prototype for the under arm wings im planning, so far im glad movement seems to be okay but I definitely need to shorten some things and and make a proper middle point and thing for the shoulder, I still need to make the last segment in this prototype but I need ideas for a material light enough to not break the fingers puppeting it (it will be the last two fingers but Iwill add the middle if needed for weight reasons) im planning on makeing fabric feathers once i make a proper frame with materials that arent just scraps from holey clothing. Also materials for the part that will be on my shoulder and hand and for the straps that will need to be around my body to hold it would be nice.

In summery: need ideas for materials one light enough to not break my fingers for the last segment and strong enough to hold the weight of fabric feathers, and a material for the what will basically be a harness I will need to wear to attach both wings to myself.

Note: the sketch attached has some outdated ideas, I will be puppeting the final wing segmant with my fingers and for the tail am gonna look into ways to puppet it with strings run through my clothes, and yes I am aware movement with likely be very limited in this, every idea I have I need to run through the "is it worth it for the reduced mobility" thought process.

Hi, sorry for the quality of the glass plus I need to top things up a bit, I was doing some tank maintenance when I realized I could ask here and would rather show you my tank as im doing stuff so I have something to do while I am waiting for response, im gonna note the algea is very intentional, I like the way it looks plus the otos love it. plus my nerites (there is also a mystery snail but we all know they dont exactly pull their weight) keep the plants broad leaves rather clean with me only needing to touch things up every month or so to make sure nothing is getting choked out and clean off the glass. (you will notice some plants that were overtaken a while ago throughout, I leave them as the plants occasionally send out babies and I like the riverbed vibes).

Anyways that brings me to the the question, do you have any suggestions for the last little friend (or friends if they want a small school) to tie the tank together, im thinking something a bit more i guess more centerpiecey or something that will enjoy the upper space of the tank or would enjoy the algea either to eat or hide in. Nothing that would eat my larger snails, nibbling on the smaller snails is fine though. The nerites and otos are the main way the tank stays in balence so anything that would mess with them is a no.

For the size of the tank and current fish its a 30 gallon with 8 otos, 9 cherry barbs, 8 panda corys, and a bunch of random snails to which im going to be adding a few more nerites to the group soon.

update: no shrimp! I just tested it with one of mine from another tank and lets just say I found the cherrys favorite food

I needed surgery on my elbow and doctor told me not to whittle beforehand, but im healed up now and back to whittling!
I mostly am making this to ask on what areas I should focus on improving and also I want ideas for the little fellas eyes.

basically for a few years I have had the idea of getting one of the top of my ears clipped, kinda like a cat that has been tnrd, I have decided that I want to get more research done as im planning on starting to get body mods soon, I would not be planning on getting this for a few years and plan on having it done when I start getting other things done to appear more masculine such as possibly starting T, I just want it to be a little symbol of me finally getting gender affirming care.

Anyways aside from the sentimental stuff I would like to know what types of artists I would need to do research into to get this, and what modifications i might need to make to this idea if what I want right now isnt possible or isnt a good idea. I thank you all for any advice or pointers for where to look.