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The Elementals - Part 1

December 12, 2018 / Emelie Jensen

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These majestic beings will mark the last customs of the year from me. I wanted to go out with a bang this year. And after all the struggles I’ve had with my over loaded mind and being ill for about two months straight, I wanted to let my hands and mind do whatever they wanted. No holding back in any way or form. It’s very rare that I have time to work on something as detailed as these two.

It has truly been a blessing and a treat to my mind and soul. Now there’s still an awful lot stuck in my head, but I can breathe again. As for next year I will be working on more big projects like these.

It is my first year running as a business and the first year that Tomodachi Island has meant a great deal to our finances. That is why it has been so stressful. I have hit new highs and new lows this year, but it is all a learning curve right? Next year will be much more structured. There will be allot of small pieces in bigger batches but also room for big beauties like these.

WIND ELEMENTAL

Most of the time I haven’t decided on the colour schemes of a custom until I actually start painting it, and I’d say that 95% of the time I end up going in a completely different direction from what I originally planned. I had so many colours in mind for the Wind Elemental. Since the sculpt is so complicated a mix of too many colours could have ruined it though. So I went with a really soft blue gradient with white and brass details to give it that almost angelic look. I’m so proud of it!

WATER ELEMENTAL

This is where I really had to put myself out of my comfort zone… When I had finished the water and all the blue tones, it was all just too…..blue. I felt really lost to be honest. But as I have drawn, painted and tattooed a million Japanese inspired tattoos, the answer was just around the corner.

I haven’t painted a peony in so many years now though and it was quite daunting to paint something like this again. I have just gotten so used to sculpting everything these days. It was like a whiff of fresh air though and made the whole piece pop. Definitely the cherry on top of the cream.

I’m guessing you want to know where and when you can get your mits on these beasts now?! Well as per usual they will be available at my Big Cartel Store this Thursday 13th of December at 4.00 PM London Time! Preview is available now, so head on over and have a little looksie!

I also want to take the time to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I am signing out for 2018 and am looking forward to a crazy 2019 with so many awesome things happening that I just can’t wait to tell you all about!

2018 has been sooooooooooooo good! But 2019 I am convinced will be my best year yet!
Thank you all for your continuous support, without you I would be nothing!!!!
<3

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categories / Custom Toys, Designer Toys
tags / omen, coars, coarselife, coarse, Tomodachi Island, cutom, custom, art toy, elemental, water, wind, god

Custom 3.5" Omen Mini Series

July 31, 2018 / Emelie Jensen

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Hey guys and galls! It's time for my very first Custom Omen Mini Series! Wohoooo! I've had so much fun getting back in to molding and casting. Spent allot of time casting during my holiday in Wales and I can't wait till we can find a house and I can set up a proper work-shop where I can work more with casting and by doing so give you more opportunities to own one of my creations. Finding a house has proven hard though, but I am convinced our future home is out there somewhere!

Anyway, back to these little treaures! This is Blossom, and there are three of her available as well as the rest. Yeah three of each colour way, and that's it. I've had great fun creating the colour gradients and I am constantly pushing myself to try new things.

I would never had dared to use that blue on Winter Flowers face a few years back, not a chance! But taking risks also means that you can end up with something as beautiful as this. This is definitely one of my favorites as it's so different from the rest.

Same goes for Autumn Flower here... I was set on the bronze tones from an early stage but I really struggled to choose a complementary colour. In the end I went for a mint green and a pistachio highlight for his face. It's really made the bronze pop and this guy looks so much better in person. It can be so hard to capture their colours and shapes on film. You just have to see them in person to appreciate them fully!

I think Spring Flower speaks for it self. Definitely a colour palette I've used before, aside from the brass. I think it's got a very asian feel, almost like a silk kimono and I love that about it. All in all I'm just very pleased with all of them and I can't wait to make the rest.

These guys will go on sale tonight! Yes, TONIGHT 31st of July at 9.00 PM BST! In my BigCartel Store as per usual. And they will be ready to ship during September at some point.
So be there tonight and make sure you don't miss out! I don't know when I will have this many Omens for sale again! ;)

Love you all, and thank you for your continous support!

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categories / Custom Toys, Designer Toys
tags / custom vinyl, custom coarse, custom toy, custom vinyl toy, custom omen, owl, toy, coarselife, coarse, omen, blossom, flower, mini series

Dawn, Dusk & Twilight - Custom Coarse Omens

March 11, 2018 / Emelie Jensen

I've finally taken the opportunity to customize one of my most favorite designer toys, and not only one, but SEVEN Omens! I could not help myself when Coarse released the "Omen - Help!" series. They were just screaming out to me to be customized! The plan was to have these finished before Christmas (!) Yeah that didn't happen did it! I am to much of an optimist, or was, that is. I have now learnt that I can not put a time limit on anything after having two kids. I have to take each day as it comes, and if I'm lucky I get to do my work one day a week. No wonder these took so long to finish.

These are the most favorite platform I've worked on and they're also the customs I am the most proud of ever. I rarely value my work very high, I guess that's just part of me being very critical when it comes to my own creations, but these I value very high. My best work to date! And I'm not afraid to say so.

As you can see I was inspired by the different stages of day and night. I don't find the day very mesmerizing at all, but when it comes to the sun rising and setting it takes my breath away many times. And even though the night terrifies me, I also find it extremely enchanting and beautiful.

So I searched the internet for colour palettes that would suit my mysterious little bird creatures and these were the ones I chose in the end. I also wanted to add a complementary precious metal to each one of them. I ended up using gold for dawn, bronze for dusk and silver for twilight.

My greatest struggle were the "Twilight's". As I am used to working with brighter colours and pastels, the dark colour scheme was very daunting. The great thing about it is, that it has opened up my mind towards darker colours and I'll make sure to use them more often in the future. They look so enchanted and that wouldn't have worked without the deep dark tones.

These darlings will be on sale from Friday the 23rd of March at 9.00 PM BST, over at my BigCartel store as per usual. I know that the release is further away than I normally then to put them. I wanted to make sure that everyone gets a chance to prepare themselves for this release as they've already received and awful lot of attention.

All of them are up for preview with prices in my S TORE. So head on over, have a look and prepare yourselves for what will probably be my biggest release of 2018! I don't really want to see them go (hahaha) but an artist and her family's got to eat too, so there we are...... I shall let them spread their wings!

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categories / Custom Toys, Designer Toys
tags / coarse, coarselife, custom toy, custom coarse, custom omen, custom vinyl toy, owl, creature, bird, designer toy, art toy, dusk, dawn, twilight, tomodachi island, Emelie Jensen