My First Attempt! Custom Fakie!

[Margos]

So, last night, I suddenly felt in a creative mood. I broke out one of my boyfriend's fakies and his acrylic paints and got to work. Here's what I came up with:

I basically just removed the tail and started painting her blue. Then I realized that the blue kinda looked like an outfit, and I didn't want to paint her head much. I styled and cut her hair, and then realized she looked like she'd been through a lot. I re-painted parts of her body red to emphasize the fact that the blue is an outfit, and it is torn. I painted an "01" (she is my first custom, after all) on her flanks. Then I realized that one of the rips is over where her cutie mark should be; I made it a leaf.
So, my idea for this OC is that she doesn't have any of her memories due to some odd experimentation done on her in an Aperture Science-esque facility, and now she's found herself again in normal society, and isn't sure how to cope. I went in without a plan at all, but I kinda like what I ended up with.

Here's the thing, though: It doesn't show up well in the pics, but her paint job is crap. How do you get acrylics to go on smooth? Any other tips for a beginner customizer?

 

[autumn rose]

Awww! She looks pretty good! Right-on!

 

[wlyteth]

A tip I got from someone else's post a while ago (I think it was Skeen) is to use really really thin coats of paint, and lots of them. It was frustrating at first because I'm a really impatient person but after a while you figure out how much water to mix with the paint. You don't want to make it too thin so just add a few drops of water at a time to a glob of paint and mix it in. I usually do a few brushstrokes on a piece of paper to make sure it isn't too watery.

Also very important! Don't put on a new coat of paint until the previous one has dried, I have messed up so many customs by trying to paint faster than it can dry lol. I'm no expert, these are just some tips I've discovered through trial and error so hopefully some of the more experienced customizers will chime in too.

 

[bigmlpfan]

So cute :apple:

bigmlpfan xx

 

[Margos]

A tip I got from someone else's post a while ago (I think it was Skeen) is to use really really thin coats of paint, and lots of them. It was frustrating at first because I'm a really impatient person but after a while you figure out how much water to mix with the paint. You don't want to make it too thin so just add a few drops of water at a time to a glob of paint and mix it in. I usually do a few brushstrokes on a piece of paper to make sure it isn't too watery.

Also very important! Don't put on a new coat of paint until the previous one has dried, I have messed up so many customs by trying to paint faster than it can dry lol. I'm no expert, these are just some tips I've discovered through trial and error so hopefully some of the more experienced customizers will chime in too.

Thanks! Yeah, those were definitely problems I had, LOL! I'm soo impatient, I think I'm going to have a really hard time customizing. But... well, I'm not going to give up!