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Posted On: May 7th 2026, 11:30 am

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Coded Black is heading to Sheffield DocFest as part of the 2026 Alternate Realities exhibition. Come check us out; you might just catch one of the team wandering around (and I personally am usually happy to chat 😁).

A little bit of a reverse work in progress of both the painting and the sculpting of my latest piece: Tsuchykaa, First Scion of the Everqueen. You will be able to enjoy this process soon at @miniatureart_academy

The last step here includes preparing and adding the cherry blossoms, which is a tedious process that revolves around taking apart @gamersgrass cherry blossom tufts, and separating the flower from the leftover plastic hairs one by one. After that, selecting the perfect size and shape of little branches of sea foam tree, painting them manually, and glueing the petals, to finish of by cutting any sharp almost microscopic branch of said sea foam try with a precision scissor.

Painting wise, adding final levels of detail is always welcome and never ending.

With my magnifying goggles I took 7 days to add detail inside of the detail. Subdividing areas of detail this way was a first timer for me. Oddly satisfying.

The value and tone is right were I want it. And the bark has the right sensation. Time to put the goggles on. The arm is still not glued on to render several areas.

First sketch and refinement on the metal. I wanted to go for a way subtle yet nuanced reflective surface. The key here was adding the cherry blossom reflections and interactions way before actually adding them. I always enjoy reflecting surfaces.

First proper picture taken. Definition is still lacking and I was trying to get the right sensation for the bark. The main highlight here is adding breakages on it in order to add material differentiation. My friend @thibaut.rahm told me that this is an actual technique in Bonsai called Shari, which relies on removing the bark to generate scars on the tree in order to generate value and material differentiation.

Second session of sketching, you can see at least a little bit of definition and placement of values on materials. I wasn’t brave enough to take proper pictures.

First session of color. Using different approach than my normal one priming in black, I covered the mini with a bright grey primer from tamiya as recommended by my friend @andywardle_artwork instead of black made me use color and base coats in a different way. I just

Tis the season 😂

#shelbanddyl #flannel #trend

We love a Very Nice, Very Evil Match 🧛‍♂️ #HalloweenHavoc

LET THE SHOW BEGIN! 🔥👨‍🍳🍽️
(THE SHÖWARMA)

من مطعم ترك بصمته، وصنع إسمه على إمتداد لبنان، إلى حملة جديدة تثبت أن النجاح الحقيقي هو الاستمرار بالتجدد والتطور.

📍@hayat.doner.alturki.official

مش مجرد مطعم، هو قصة نجاح لبنانية بطابع تركي، إسم صار معروف ومحبوب، وفروعه اليوم موجودة بمختلف المناطق اللبنانية.

والأجمل بالنسبة إليّ إن هالقصة إلها جذور من منطقتنا، وأصحابها أصدقاء نفتخر بنجاحهم وبكل خطوة جديدة عم يحققوها.

دائماً متجدّدين، ودائماً عندهم شي جديد…

#HayatDonerAlTurki #TheShowarma #Beirut #Lebanese #Lebanon

been having a lot of tough conversations this year with myself about addiction, focus, and my overall path in life.
I sometimes think that though I have been incredibly lucky on my path- succeeding on YouTube from the age of 15, moving to LA county by 20, taking myself on beautiful trips and achieving a lot of financial freedom- I have also lost touch in some ways. I have not worked a “normal job” since I was 18. it has been hard to discipline myself, and sometimes I don’t know what’s next or what I truly want. I think over the years I have found an identity in being a creator who often posted herself partying, being rebellious at a young age, and finding my niche in what is considered the path of an outlier. that has brought beauty, but also many trials and tribulations. now that I’m 27 and I’ve grown up, and my life has changed in so many big ways the last year through my breakup and moving away, I find myself yearning at times for a new purpose as well as filling a lot of my free time with less than healthy activities because working from home can feel so lonely. there’s nothing I’d truly change about this life I have been given, but now that my YouTube has been taken away in the blink of an eye, I realize how fleeting and temporary everything can be. I’ve turned to alcohol to comfort me many times in adulthood, I think this year I truly realized my relationship with it (and substances in general) needed to change. I will NEVER discredit weed and what it has done for me, especially as a neurodivergent woman, but even that can be unhealthy if it comes before other things, which is why my smoking has slowed. I’ve realized I have so much more in store and I’m muting my own creativity and drive, and I am working to be better with that. 🖤

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