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How I Art Doll - Dying Fur
As far as dyeing real fur goes, anything that works on your hair should work on fur.
•RIT dye works pretty well but is pretty temperamental and test dyes are a must, even still you may end up with unexpected results. Can be watered down for pastel results.
•SPLAT! hair paint, BTZ hair color, and other one part dyes make super vibrant colors. Can be watered down for pastel results.
•Two part hair dyes(chemical reaction) work fine, but may be risky on really old furs.
•Some colors of Jazzing sheer hair color work, some don't, I don't recommend it.
•Acrylic paint doesn't work well at all for real fur, in my experience it makes clumps that brush out so you're left with tiny bits of color here that come out.
•Sharpies kind of work, but they leave a grimy feel and come off a bit on your fingers.
•Alcohol based art markers on the other hand(I've used Ohuhu) work great when you give them a good 24 hours to dry fully. The art markers are an ok choice for a few markings, but definitely not economical for coloring large areas. Can be heat set. Can be rubbed off if you really grind your fingers on it.
•Alcohol inks work pretty well if you also give them a good 24 hours to fully dry. They will dry fairly quickly, but what I mean is they need a good several hours to really set. Can be heat set. Can be rubbed off if you really grind your fingers on it.
When using dyes meant for human hair, the resulting color on white fur can be not what you expected. The hair dyes are formulated to work on human hair, which usually has a yellow or orange tint to it, white fur does not. So dye that turns my hair fire engine red, turns out hot pink on white fur.
I do not dye my fur in a bath anymore, the leather did not take well to it one time and totally ruined it's flexibility. Perhaps it was just the mixture of dye and hair color, or something to do with my tanning chemicals? Really not sure, so now I just brush/rub it onto the fur.
4. Clay Parts
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4. Clay Parts
Your doll can have lots of clay parts, or no clay parts at all! Doesn’t even have to be clay either, you can use any sculpting material as long as it is sturdy enough, such as Apoxie sculpt, thermoplastic, and resin cast parts.
After I’ve made my eyes and they’ve fully dried, I can then sculpt the face of my doll. I usually start with a core of aluminum on a tiny armature, aka my baking stand. This allows more room for it to fit in an oven, and the stand gives me a safe place to hold without accidentally squishing the clay.
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Art Markers
I decided to get some Ohuhu art markers while they were on sale, I've always wanted to try art markers but didn't want to try something as expensive as Copic markers. I'm very glad I did! They are quite a different experience than water based markers, and they are not the same as sharpies. I tried to color fur with sharpies before, but they left the fur feeling rough and would transfer to your hands even days later like they never fully dried. So I expected the same result from the art markers, but I decided to try them on fur anyways.
And I was pleasantly surprised! It was very easy, and quite enjoyable, to draw on the fur with the
How I Art Doll - Airbrushing Fur
How I Art Doll - Airbrushing
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- Airbrush Parts -
You will need a compressor, airbrush, and a hose to connect the two. There are a lot of kinds of compressors and airbrushes and it can be overwhelming, I learned a lot from this site: www.airbrushguru.com/
I got all my parts from www.TCPGlobal.com, a company based in USA. The price for all my tools + paint was $158, 1 compressor with tank, 1 airbrush kit with 3 nozzles, 1 hose, and 4 2oz paints. The compressor I got specifically, is Master Airbrush brand TC-20T. It is very small, pretty quiet and good for small projects.
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May i ask if youv ever tried acrylic on real fur? Ill be ordering some paint soon to dye either my mink or faux fur for my art doll and iv read real fur is harder to dye.
ill be using an airbrush, and going for a nice brown color (my minks are white lol) would acrylic work?
ill be using an airbrush, and going for a nice brown color (my minks are white lol) would acrylic work?