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The Art of Steph Laberis![]() Steph Laberis - professional character designer, illustrator, needle felter and amateur rat wrangler. Here I post my own artwork, stuff that catches my eye and inspiration from the whole lot of you. I love animation, video games, Ghibli, Disney, and fighting for rodent rights! |
Owlet Fledgie! Whittling down the remaining commissions from this year, it looks like I will have to do a mini marathon during my Holiday vacation to make all of my deadlines, but it’s cool. Better to make these in front of the fireplace with family than staying up until 1 am on work nights and stabbing my fingers in a sleep-ridden haze.
Here’s a collaboration I did with one of my talented friends, Carolina Tello! She is a concept artist in the gaming industry and kicks a lot of ass, if you didn’t know that yet. She approached me for a feltie commission last month because she wanted to give her husband, who also works in games, a unique birthday gift. They have an adorable imp character that they co-created and she wanted me to make him into a feltie. When I saw her concepts for him, I melted and agreed to take it on!
This is the Fledgie that almost wasn’t. He was a complete train wreck until his final hours. Little angry owlet, you put up a good fight, but you’re hangin’ out with the other two Fledgies at TR!CK2TER anyway. I hope they all find a good home!
Some people have been asking about commissions with these guys and the answer is yes, I do commissions! I won’t have any free slots until August/September is all, so if you’re OK with waiting, drop me a message and let me know what you’d like :)
The second of 3 Fledgies in this series! He is much more quiet and easy going than his cockatoo counterpart and his name is Pweep, I reckon.
The first of a few Fledgies (feltie + fledgling = Fledgie!) I am making for an upcoming show. Also, the doodles that inspired him. :)
I had *just* enough grey wool left to complete another Baby Appa, so here he is! The other two in this batch are at the mercy of the postal service to bring them their belly-completing wool. This one is extra special to me, partly because he’s in a different pose than usual and partly because he is going to someone who worked on the A:TLAB. That’s when fan art feels really, really special to me :)
I hope his new masters like him - a sky bison is a friend for life.
Baby Appa felties, in their larval forms! Waiting on some wool I ordered for the belly, so for now, they sit in their limbless state. I don’t think they’re too bothered by it, honestly.
I started today with waking up, stretching and accidentally punching myself in the mouth and giving myself a bloody lip. Hopefully the completion of this feltie will make my day go better. X_x
There is a tutorial on the horizon on how to make these by the way ;)
Rat feltie from start to finish :)
Amy & Amethyst
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BUTTS
OH, forgot to mention, this was drawn and mailed to Amy’s Voice Artist, and the package was...
Little Obakey
Hello! So this little guy is the Globular fruitbeast (Rhoncopilam bestiafructum), and he is another one of the guys from the Dubious Beasts show...
So this is one of the guys from the Dubious Beasts show that is still available! He is the Velvet Tree Fillimander (Ambystomalaneus) and he seems...
A sneak peek of a cover Illo I am wrapping up this evening. I will post the final thing when I can.
I’m getting pretty fucking tired of everyone telling me that XYZ means I’m going to want a baby soon.
“Oh you want a dog? That means you’ll want a...
Faces
Just finished designing this poster for the lovely people over at Page One Theatre.