THIS BLOG IS MOVING !

This blog has served me very well for many years, but now that I have revamped my website http://layonyayo.com, I feel this format here is a bit outdated in look and feel, technology too.
So I decided to move my blog, or rather, abandon this one here (and keep it online for nostalgia reasons and as an archive) and from now on post new blog entries on

http://LayonYayo.com/blog/

See you there! :)

Po mi smon ayngar srak

Tse, ma frapo... kea aylì'ut apxay ayngar fìtrr, slä mipa relti:

Husahawa Sewlea

Tsari kop relti arusikx ayngar:

Tsatsamsiyu alu Kxavu

Here's the progress of painting this:

Trr a6ve #navipostaday

Fmi oe livatsi! x) Ke lu ftue tsalsungay.

Trray zene tìkangkem sivi oe nìmun. Ke new ._. Tìkangkem oeyä yawne lu oer, slä tsivun kivin tìk'ìnit nì'it nì'ul. Tsari pesu ke tsivun? ;)

Herwì zolup pxesrram fìtseng, slä 'olìp nìwin. Ke omum ftxey herwì zivup nì'ul nìmun fìzìsìt fteke...

Kxawm fa mipa eltu lefngap wayìntxu oel pxìm nì'ul fya'ot a tìngop ayrelä amip. Tsakemìri lu oer 'u alu "tsyenìl" a Twitch.tvmì. :)

Ke tsun ngivop hapxìt amip oeyä vurä alu Layon Yayo, taluna lefkrr ke lu oer kawnina rel a mi tok lala eltut lefngap.

Set wereyn nì'it srefwa zene hivahaw nìmun. Ha hayalovay, ma frapo :)

Sculpting the head - Part 4 (BJD Blog #08)

Short notice on LAYON YAYO: The newest page is halfway done and will be published asap! ^^ Didn't forget about that, hrh. Luckily only one week left until holiday and looots of spare time. Also I made a dream of meself come true and got a new Wacom Intuos Pro M! So awesome!!!

Now, on the BJD head. ^^

A lot was done again. I fixed the broken eyelids, sanded a bit again, gave it an overall finish, cleaned it and applied 2 base coats of blue acrylic paint. I mixed some blue with lots of white, a bit of black and a bit of red to get a nice blue, somewhat desaturated base color. I tested the color on the back of her head and adjusted the mixture until I was happy with it.

Once the base coating was dry, I applied some first blushing with the pastel powder I've had prepared some while ago.

Then I forgot to take more pictures, again xD Txoa! What followed was more blushing with darker blues and light blue and even white. Then I started to get the details on her face with colored pencils in medium blue, dark blue, black, pink, flesh color thingy, magenta... until I was happy with it. Filled in the blank spaces where her ears will be with basic color, adjusted the blushing and began to add the stripes to her face with medium and dark blue.
In between I sealed everything with varnish over and over again.

I've added some black eyelashes and stuff until I thought it was done. Then I inserted her eyes back again and made some tests how she'll look like with ears and stuff :) So yeah, that's how she looks now.

She looks way better in RL, the camera doesn't get the colors and the proportions right (some kind of fisheye lense effect). I'll make a video in proper daylight once her head is all done!
 I need to coat her eyes with another layer of varnish to make them shiny again. They became a bit dull after adjusting the eyelids. I also think that her lips look somewhat too dark. Need to fix that.
Also, her tanhì/glowing dots are still missing and whatever I'll find worth adjusting ^^

But, first will come the ears. As you can see I attached them too the joint balls and next will be detail work on them. So, yet again, stay tuned for the next part! :)

Nothing to talk about... except for a Na'vi Ball Jointed Doll!!! :D (BJD Blog #01)

I kinda tried more than a bunch of times to write something about anything nìNa'vi, but I couldn't find an interesting topic, so I wrote nothing in ages... again. So I decided to report my progress of making an OOAK Na'vi BJD here, which I wanted to make for quite some time now, but I finally got myself to invest some money in all the materials needed for this project.

I tried to create a Na'vi BJD 2 yrs ago or so before, but failed miserably, because of some project ruining mistakes. Well, it was my first try, I read and learned a lot so now I feel ready to go and being able to succeed.

I ordered proper modeling clay (LaDoll Premier), wool for hair, resin for the eyes, bought some beads and styroform balls for joints (joint base for perfect round shape), pastels, doll pupils, and so on... this time it will work out >:3

 I want the doll to even have posable ears, fingers, toes if possible. Will have to figure out a way for making that possible first, though.

And, of course, a posable tail!

I even prepared a more or less professional blueprint, lol:

(Looking at it right now makes me wanna make her torso a bit longer, so maybe I'll fix that)

The doll will be approx. 65cm tall. I also want to create a dagger, bow, some arrows, loincloth, herb pouch, armor, jewelry. Damn, a lotta work, eh.

The wool was the first thing to arrive here yesterday, so I spent the whole last evening creating dreadlocks (the palms of my hands still feel like I massaged coarse stone instead of wool lol). I used merino wool in black, mocca and dark brown instead of only one color to create a more natural look (hair isn't always the same color everywhere, especially dreadlocks). Basically I used this tutorial here (go have a look, it worked quite well for me).

After they were all done I removed the soap by washing them in a water/vinegar solution, neutralizing the soap, which is supposed to make the wool more durable and "vibrant". I let them dry over night and today I ripped some in half in order to make all of them more or less the same length and added some beads I had at home. Still need some differently colored beads, like red or green or something like that.
Anyway, here's the result so far:

I'm not quite happy with the tswin (long braid) yet, so I'll maybe create another one from smoother wool.

I don't wanna glue the dreads and tswin to the head directly, so I'll be making a wig cap. Because I maybe even wanna change the hairdo of the doll every now and then.

Next step will be making the eyes, because imho the eyes are the most important thing in a face/head, and the head is what is most important to get all body proportions right (even if you have a solid blueprint). For the eyes, I'll be using a mix of this and this tutorial with a personal twist.
So, stay tuned, for more BJD progress stuff will follow here! :)

And txopu rä'ä si, rutxe, a new page of Layon Yayo is also already in the making^^

Fìtrr lu kosmana trr

'ä'! Fìtrr tsolun oe pivlltxe Na'vina hola aylì'ut a nga' pamrelvit alu rr!!! Nìyol nì'aw, slä 'efu nitram nìwotx hrh :D Krrnolekx mrra zìsìt nì'aw... xD ... -_- ... Kawkrr ke tsolun pivlltxe oel pumti... fìtrrvay.

Furia tsun pivlltxe pumti nìsìlpey livu oer tsu'o mi trray sì mesrray sì fratrr a zusawkrr! Slä mi zene tskxekeng sivi fratrr...

Kawkrr, mrr, fìtrr ... hrh xD

Nìsung, ke zene tìkangkem sivi fìtrr talun lu trr tìkangkemä a ftxozä Toitslanmì ULTE nawma Karyu Pawlìl tolìng mipa aylì'ut awngar.

Nìsung, oeri ftära nari leskxir lu sì tìsraw si, slä zosleiu nìkong nì'ul. Ke tsun tsive'a fu ivinan fu wiveyn oe nìltsan... nìzey* krra yem oel  'umtsat narinemfa. Srätx nì'it :P

Nìsìlpey tsivun wiveyn oel mipa ayhapxìt ayrelä apuseng oeyä ye'rìn... Slä li sngolä'i wiveyn haya hapxìt. :P Ngäzik lu nì'aw fwa mi ke omum oel nìno fya'ot a weyn hola 'ut...

Pxasìk, kosmana fìtrrìri ftxozä sivi ko! :D

Mipa rel

Sewlea Te Tsi'keyrra Päla'ite

Sìlpey oe tsnì  fìrel a hapxì lu ayrelä apuseng alu Layon Yayo sunu ayngar :)

Ayftxozä lefpom

Txana krr nìhawng hamum takrra hamalo a pamrel sami oe fìtsenge :/ Tìkangkem soli nìhawng, woleyn ayrelit nìhawng, slä nìhol tsalsungay.
Ayrel apuseng oeyä alu Layon Yayo sunu oer nìtxan mi ulte sunu oer nìteng fwa wereyn pumit sì lahea rel leNa'vi. :3 Slä ke sunu oer fwa nìhol krr längu oer fte sivung ayrelit amip pumur. Sìlpey oe tsnì layu krr oer nì'ul fte wiveyn mipa ayrelit.

Eylan a poltxe nìNa'vi oehu längu lom oer nìtxan. Rutxe, ke tswa' futa zereiok oel krrit a ayoeng nolume 'awsiteng :) Sìlpey oe kop tsnì tsun pivängkxo 'awsiteng ye'rìn.

Wrrpa hertxayo alor klltxay ulte herwì mi zeiup. Sunu oer nìtxan :) Nìrangal oeru lirvu Nantangtsyìp a tsivun oe tivìran 'awsiteng tengkrr herwì zup hertxayosìn.

Fpìl oel futa kxeyey solängi oe nìhawng, slä oer ke lamu krr fte nivume nìtam kop :/ ^^

Sìlpey oe tsnì ayngaru lamu sì leru fpom! :)
Ayftxozä lefpom ulte Eywa ayngahu frakrr, ma oeyä eylan.

Mipa rel alu nikroi asrusätx

Kaltxì seiyi oe ayngar, ma eylan,

ayrelìri apuseng oeyä alu Layon Yayo woleyn oel mipa ayrelit alu "nikroi asrusätx" :)

Tì'efumì oeyä fìrel livu sìltsan nì'ul, slä sunu oer tsalsungay. Tse, sìlpey oe tsnì fìrel sunu ayngar nìteng:

LAYON YAYO & Na'vi kintrrä & ketenga ayu

Txankrr pamrel ke soli oe fìtsenge. Ha zivene oe fìkem sivi ^^ Pxaya hem sì ayu lamen nìfkrr, slä lawk fra'ut krrnivekx nìhawng.
Mìftxele, sngivä'i ko...

LAYON YAYO. Nì'i'a sngolä'i oe fte wiveyn ayrelit apuseng oeyä alu LAYON YAYO. Fayrel apuseng lerawk 'ewana sa'nok leNa'vi a zene emziva’u lehrrapa kxut angäzìk sneyä tìreyä. Ayhapxì fayrelä apuseng a var fìvur slayu pxay nì'ul'ul zusawkrr - tsavurit lolawk oel. Fula fìvurur oeyä livu inanyu apxay 'ivefeyku oet nitram. Ha txopu rä'ä si, ma oeyä eylan, ulte tsive'a/ivinan ayrelit apuseng oeyä alu LAYON YAYO :)

LAYON YAYO - ayrel apuseng nìNa'vi teri 'ewana sa'nok leNa'vi alu Mäungea te Tsi'keyrra Päla'ite - ta Eana Unil

http://LAYONYAYO.sickdelusion.de • LAYON YAYO mì keypuk • LAYON YAYO mì LN

Na'vi kintrrä - fìtstxo oeru leiu fìkintrr mì "NivumeNa'vi.org". Fula oeru leiu fìmeuia, 'efeyku oet nitram nìtxan. New oe irayo sivi fraporu a sleian oet ulte pamrel seiyi oeru tsatseng. Txo nga new ivinan oeyä aylì'ut fu pamrel si oer tsatseng, kivä fìtsengne rutxe. :)

Ulte ketenga tsayu ... lu tsayu letrrtrr alu nume lì'fyat leNa'vi, tskxekeng si, tsa'uri slu sìltsan nì'ul'ul; ultxa si eylanur oeyä, yafkeyk atsyafe sunu oeru nìtxan...
Kintrram oel tolok *Turingia*t, trro amrr "fngap-ftxozämì" alu Party.San Open Air ulte set mi 'efu oe ngeyn, ngong sì meyp nìtxan ^^ Slä fìftxozä lolu 'o' nìtxan, taluna fko ultxarun pxaya tute a lu 'ipu sì hiyìk nìtxan ^^ Nìsung pamtseo sì ayswoa solunu oeru nìtxan kop. :D

Tse, ftxozä 'oli'a ulte zene oe tìkangkem sivi set nìmun - pxaya rel sì ketenga 'u... ha tìkangkem sivi ko!