Edweird

“Buki”
Fun fact: I’ve upgraded my lighting situation which has vastly improved the quality of the process videos & the end-result photos.
The first slide is lit with the new rig and provides a far more accurate representation of the finished piece.
The second slide is from the original process post which was lit with inferior make-do set up.
Leveled-up ✅ Satisfactory ✅
Excited to make more ✅
acrylic/pastel/charcoal

Gloom Doll 6. The sixth and final gloomer of the set. This doll is the extravert of the group. Gathering ghosts and imaginary friends to feast in the light of a new sun. The invitation extends to you as well.
Won’t you join them for a bite?

Gloom Doll 5. As the grey clouds gather overhead, this doll silently waits. A stoic gloomer perched over the abyss, it knows more than we realize. #5 has stared into the void time and time again. The void is a friend. The void is home.

Gloom Doll 4. Beneath the starry night sky, the fourth gloomer stands in quiet wonder.
What could be going on inside that bulbous head? Contemplating the mysteries of the cosmos? Reflecting on kindness and confrontation? Or simply a gentle breeze?
GD4 hasn’t moved an inch or whispered a word since the sun went away.
Try your luck, maybe you can coax a response from #4 because I’m starting to think it’s rigor-mortis.

Gloom Doll 3. Despite the radical shades and charming grin, this doll might not always have the best intentions. A mischievous gloomer to be sure, GD3 is a hot ticket. But remember, no matter what it tells you, those fires didn’t start themselves.

Gloom Doll 2. The second Gloomer in the set is seen here mourning their lost Love. But why the mask, are they hiding their feelings, all of the pain? Or is Gloomy #2 just overtly concerned about airborne pathogens?
GD #2 told me that when they’re found by the right person, a tortured soul and kindred spirit, all secrets will be shared, whispered through the mask.

This is Gloom Doll 1. The OG Gloom Doll. The first Gloomer to find a forever home thanks to 🙏🏼
#1 sparked a compulsion to do a six piece set. That all-consuming urge was not quickly sated but that thirst is finally quenched.
They don’t have names, but should they? What would you call this Gloomer?

“joy to you”

“other realms await”

“angels”

“flag”

“dragon heart”