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Second attempt went great!! I don’t like the color the dye came out to and we have decided to just go “dye free” since that fits her branding better anyway. But, the burn was great! No tunneling or crazy wick stuff and the hot throw was great for a cute time of only 24h. Didn’t fill the room but was a good 4-5ft throw.
I didn’t do a whole lot different except we kept the wax on the heat while stirring and we used a jar with a smaller diameter.

This is our first candle! Unfortunately it had very poor hot throw (GREAT cold throw tho), and a little bit of tunneling. Also needed more dye. But yay!
What is the weird speckling though?

So my kid just got his first email account a like a month ago. It’s literally only set up with Google, YouTube, and Microsoft/minecraft. How the hell is his password already in a data breach???!!

Alright, so here’s my fishy so far, (minus some spoilers). I’m totally happy with the pectoral and tail fins. I’ve gone ahead and boned those, which I think looks PERFECT.

I’m struggling a bit with the shape and size of the anal and ventral fins. Idk am I being ridiculous? Any tips? What do you guys think? Please feel free to suggest shapes sizes and placement.

The black markers by the fins are spacers showing where the fins should connect to the body from an anatomical standpoint. The line on top is just the backbone marker for the dorsal fin later.

It’s really hard not working from a specific reference. It’s a fish, supposed to be very like flowy, think longfin butterfly koi/beta. Cartoonish cutesy vibes without outlines type style.

Kind of loosely based off butterfly koi dorsal fin… but fictional fish creature so there isn’t any real reference. It’s not a realistic style obviously but like should look believable if that makes sense? Does this look like “hey yeah, that’s a really flowy fin on a fish”? I feel like maybe it doesn’t, but I can’t put my finger on what the problem is… using procreate pocket

Whether it’s a typo or the translator was being funny, this is hilarious. I did a double take. (It’s peaches) come to think of it, definitely not a typo 😂😂

I’ve been trying to draw this like transparent twisting whisker part of this fish drawing… but I’m struggling with the layering of the transparency. I got it on the right one I think… but the left, I just can’t figure out what to do. I tried using a sheer scarf to model the layering and I still feel like it looks off. Can anyone advise where the layering should go to look best and why? Trying to teach myself. (Btw I hope this is okay. It seems to follow all the rules but the “posting requirements” link doesn’t work)