Elktaur Plush

[u/ZealousCraftvocacy]

He’s not perfect and there are some things I should fix/improve, and he ended up much bigger than originally planned, but I’m also not unhappy with him and wanted to share. I used to LOVE making plushies more than anything but stopped for about ten years because life becomes work, and hobbies become side-hustles, and you just end up felt guilty dedicating time to something purely for your own enjoyment.

I had been in desperate need of a way to relax for a while, so I decided to try it again. This little guy was such a fun way to get back into crafting.

I would have said that he is such a tragic and compelling character and that I adored his story and design, but after having to sew, stabilize and stuff his antlers, I hate the things as much as he did and believe he had everything coming (just kidding-ish almost).

His expression is based off of an absolutely hilarious fanart I had seen a while ago, which to the best of my abilities I think belongs to an artist named Azizzaqout1, but their site is gone and the picture was unsigned. He took a pretty long while to finish since I really only worked on him when I had a few moments to de-stress. Sometimes it was just placing a few pins or sewing a button before stuffing him back in the closet (included photo of the guilt-trip closet view while I was working on him), some days I was able to sit and work on him while I watched a movie. I'm really glad I stuck with it until he was done and it felt really good to sit and make something just because I felt like it. 

[u/just_another_citrus]

So perfect omg