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A quick tutorial on how to needle sculpt!

Needle sculpting can turn a sphere into a wonderfully feline shaped head! Needle sculpting is nothing more than a glorified method of pinching spots and securing those pinches with thread.



I ALWAYS double my thread, and fold it over. I then use the two tails to go through the eye of the needle, leaving a loop where the knot usually is. That way there's nothing to snip or tuck in, it's all done for you! It does make it kind of troublesome though, since the thread slips out sometimes.

PLEASE let me know if you have any questions at all! I'll be more than happy to take additional pictures and/or provide a video the best I can.

The revamped video is up! [link]
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~DemonicTemerity Apr 4, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
How do you make a pinch seam? I'm a bit confused
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~ThisUsernameFails Apr 17, 2013
It's just making a single stitch where one eye (closest to the nose bridge) meets the other across the nose bridge. Nothing technical, but you want to have the thread tight, to simulate you pinching that spot.
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~DemonicTemerity Apr 18, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you so much! xD
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Mood: Joy ~TheFelinianWithWings Mar 25, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Looks neat. And I can actually follow the instructions, so yay!
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~Sabjic Feb 11, 2013
Very nice!! :D
Can you explain how do I make the base of the head and what materials I need?

-Sabjic
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~ThisUsernameFails Mar 3, 2013
The head itself is four () shaped pieces sewn together. You leave about 1/2" unsewn at the bottom so you can stuff it. Then you can use a baseball stitch to sew the head onto the body.
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*Free-Falling Dec 16, 2012  Professional General Artist
Very helpful! Thank you! =D
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~DahBunnahKing Dec 3, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Super helpful, thank you!

Will this also work with more humanoid heads (/chibi-ish)?
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~ThisUsernameFails Dec 8, 2012
Of course! Make sure to try it out first, it depends a lot on how exaggerated/understated you want the features.
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~DahBunnahKing Dec 9, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Alrighty! I'll keep that in mind the next time I decide to sew up a little person. Right now I've got monsters to work on. 8Y
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