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My first attempt at making a decoy!

Like 18 October at 14:00 | Open on mastodon.social

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@hootalex omg it's beautiful

18 October at 14:01 | Open on toot.cat

Alex Tomlinson 🦉

@weirdofhermiston Thank you!! :>

18 October at 14:17 | Open on mastodon.social

Sharon McCarthy

@hootalex Lovely!

18 October at 14:29 | Open on mastodon.social

18 October at 14:43 | Open on mastodon.design

🦇Lyle Solla-Yates🦇

@hootalex it took me a minute to realize that both are the same decoy and neither of them are real

18 October at 14:46 | Open on cville.online

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@hootalex I thought those were giant slugs. I am not fully awake.

18 October at 15:07 | Open on mastodon.social

Alex Tomlinson 🦉

@antdude Now I am imagining a Whip-poor-will slugging along leaving a snail trail haha

18 October at 16:18 | Open on mastodon.social

Caroline

@hootalex That’s so beautiful. What is it made from?

18 October at 15:29 | Open on toot.community

Alex Tomlinson 🦉

@thebaywindowgirl Thank you!! It is cast in Hydrostone. The process was this more or less...

1. Draw profile silhouette of Whip-poor-will
2. "Inflate" silhouette in Illustrator
3. Get model 3D printed (at actual size!)
4. Create a silicone mold and cast in hydrostone
5. Paint!

18 October at 16:21 | Open on mastodon.social

Caroline

@hootalex I love that it looks so much like your illustrations. Will you be making more?

18 October at 16:30 | Open on toot.community

Alex Tomlinson 🦉

@thebaywindowgirl Thank you and yes I hope to! :D

18 October at 17:01 | Open on mastodon.social

Ciara

@hootalex A beautiful decoy!

18 October at 16:31 | Open on mastodon.green

@hootalex That’s so pretty, i love it!

18 October at 16:56 | Open on mastodon.social