polymer clay fantasy art doll

๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐š ๐š ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐…๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ | ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐-๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ

๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐š ๐š ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐…๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ | ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐-๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ

I recently wrapped-up making a piece called โ€œManifest Gardenโ€ that featured a poseable wizard art doll as the main character. The fantasy art doll, who I named Manifest Lalora, is crafted in my usual mixed-media process and thereโ€™s a fairly extensive timelapse tutorial if you would like to see how she was made. The Manifest wield the power to shape and manipulate reality in the fantasy world that Iโ€™ve been tinkering away on.

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๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ƒ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  | ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐…๐š๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐…๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ

Meet the latest addition to the world Iโ€™m building, a dharkling. These dark faerie creatures are more your spooky fae spirits of old, along the lines of being strictly on the malicious side. Their wicked blades stab at dreams and theyโ€™ve certainly been known to carry out the abduction or two. But we shouldnโ€™t hold it against them too much, itโ€™s in their nature.


Watch the Crafting a Dark Faerie Creature with Polymer Clay


I played around with the design for this fantasy art doll in my sketchbook and I imagine them as a sort of race of dark faerie creatures. They might vary a bit and height and proportions, but they all have a similar look about them and even wear the same drab clothes. The dark upper part of the head was inspired by one of my favorite fantasy artists growing-up, Brom, though I hope I added enough of a twist with giving it a sort of dripping look. I also enjoyed this idea of the hair being these wispy tendrils that constantly languidly drift behind them. I imagine them having this unchanging neutral expression on their faces and they may not even speak at all. One element that Iโ€™m thrilled about is his dagger. I often end-up with a sharps container that little by little gets full of X-acto blades that Iโ€™ll have to eventually have to dispose ofโ€ฆ but I figured I could make them the blades of tiny daggers, so now I can upcycle them into mini weaponry!


crafting a dark faerie creature with polymer clay fantasy art doll


Darklings are said to be comprised of malignant shadows and spiteful dust. They are the Sleeping Emperorโ€™s knives of the eventide. Though others might speculate that their under the sway of the nefarious and secretive Dream Syndicate. With their hateful blades they come and cut away at your dreams if they live you living at all. They come stepping out of shadows and are gone in a whisper. Their faces the most unnerving of all as they gaze at you with a soulless, remorseless visage. Be wary traveler of the shadow that looks as though it is following you!


Shadows Wake

Shadows bide and shadows lied

Shadows lurk and shadows slink

Shadows stride and shadows hide

Shadows trick and shadows prick

Shadows take and shadows wake

-Efraen Childrenโ€™s Rhyme

Prints of โ€œDharklingโ€ are available here:

Open edition printhttps://www.inprnt.com/gallery/thedreamsyndicate/dharkling-dark-faerie/



Thanks for joining me so far and hereโ€™s to the adventures we have in future! To be the first to know when I launch new polymer clay art videos, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and hit the bell icon. Catch all of my videos here: https://www.youtube.com/thedreamsyndicatearts. You can also find many of the supplies I use in crafting here: https://www.thedreamsyndarts.com/supplies-gear/. And sign-up for my newsletter (in the sidebar) to get the latest studio goings-on! Thanks so much for joining me on this journey and until next time: Make. Believe!

"๐‘๐„๐€๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐๐†" | ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐…๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

goblin art doll

Iโ€™m not sure what my latest polymer clay fantasy art doll Drust isโ€ฆ I think of him as some sort of goblin I suppose. If you asked Drust, I donโ€™t know what he would tell you he is either. I imagine him to be adventurous and likely mischievous at times. One day in his boredom, a wayfly happened by and Drust couldnโ€™t help but chase it!

In the scene captured in โ€œReachingโ€, I imagine that Drust has scaled a column of face vaults, statues with secrets of the ages locked away within, and finds his wayfly quarry just out of his grasp! Will he catch it or will it slip through his spindly little fingers?

A wayfly is a winged-key found in the wilds of the Dream Syndicate. Found individually, in pairs, or flying in flocks, wayflies often are found near ancient ruins or in catacombs. Capturing a wayfly takes guile, but the real clever feat is to determโ€ฆ

A wayfly is a winged-key found in the wilds of the Dream Syndicate. Found individually, in pairs, or flying in flocks, wayflies often are found near ancient ruins or in catacombs. Capturing a wayfly takes guile, but the real clever feat is to determine which lock a given wayfly calls home.



Watch the process of how the poseable goblin art doll Drust was crafted

poseable goblyn artdoll

Prints of โ€œReachingโ€ are available through my store here:

Limited Edition of 25 Print: https://www.thedreamsyndarts.com/thedreamsyndstore/reaching18x24print

Open Edition: https://www.thedreamsyndarts.com/thedreamsyndstore/reaching11x14print


Watch Details Being Added to the Face Vaults Polymer Clay Sculptures


Check-out a Winged Key Fantasy Stop-Motion Animation

Thanks for joining me so far and hereโ€™s to the adventures we have in future! To be the first to know when I launch new polymer clay art videos, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and hit the bell icon. Catch all of my videos here:  https://www.youtube.com/thedreamsyndicatearts. You can also find many of the supplies I use in crafting here: https://www.thedreamsyndarts.com/supplies-gear/. And sign-up for my newsletter (in the sidebar) to get the latest studio goings-on! Thanks so much for joining me on this journey and until next time: Make. Believe!