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That's great. Love that you use the like feature to just give him a little shout out.
Btw, your figurines, and the framing/setting of the picture, are pretty rad.
So you make these as a hobby?
Are all of the models you make similar characters just in different settings/outfits/poses?
What kind of printer do you use?
Thank you. I do photography occasionally as a hobby. Tho I did use my phone. I manipulated the lighting to force the phone camera to open up the aperture, which makes the depth of field shallow. Which makes the background blurry.
It's easy to do in a dslr. But you have to trick a phone camera to do it. Via Low lighting.
Also yes I'm just a hobbyist. And there are two of these models. Sitting and standing. They are based on vintage Japanese Xmas decorations called "snow baby".
They are rare and expensive. Made in the 60s.
I wanted to make my own.
I also make other little characters/dolls and other random stuff.
I like vintage kitchy stuff.
My last big project was designing a working cat clock with tail and eyes that move. Based on kit cat clocks. But different enough they can't sue me. ๐
All my models are free.
But as for the snow babies. Ive made like 30 of them. I have friends, relatives, and people from online groups who want some. So I've been making a ton.
There are some on my Instagram but I have way more.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSdvPdxiBGW/
My makerworld is https://makerworld.com/@Daann_ii?appSharePlatform=copy
Also a model for the brick and Molotov on there.
Do you do 3d printing ?