>>10981584I have always wanted to adopt something from Gift of Mercury! He's very silly and cute, have you named him? How do they pose?
And sure, I can do that. I'll see what other photos I have laying around. Picrel is Fingers, who is probably my favorite weird little guy. He is made by _n0yra_ (Errana's World) on instagram, and I am very happy I could adopt him. He's always fun to photograph and he's held up wonderfully through the years of rather extensive posing and re-posing. Errana's work is top-notch and worth the price it commands. I would like to send him home one day for some touch-ups if the opportunity ever arises, but right now the world situation makes that infeasible.
>>10985711This is an artdoll, which is a sort of hand-made, articulated soft-sculpture. They tend to have some of armature inside of them, usually wire or lockline (teddy bear) spine to give them a range of movement, and beyond that they can be made of just about anything. Needlefelt dolls which don't move can also be considered artdolls, as can other fibercraft creations... it's a very vague and undefined sort of genre. Mixed-media creations of wire armature wrapped in cotton batting or upholstery foam, with clay sculpture details in the face, limbs and other body parts, covered variously in other textiles or faux fur, is probably the most common composition, I would say? But there are no real hard standards here. This one, specifically, is a winged snake named "The Cobra Queen" by the artist, Creatures of Whimsy. I named her Iris, and in my opinion she photographs very well! The build quality isn't the best, but I knew that would be the case going in due to the materials being what they are, so I'm okay with that. I'm really glad I was able to adopt her.
(TL;DR it's a handmade poseable stuffed animal.)
