This is the best tutorial I've seen so far! Thank you!

@VirgosAlchemy

7 ай бұрын

Awe, thank you so much! I'm so pleased you found it helpful. I have much more to share with my fellow eye makers of the world! hehehe More to Come! *hugs*

That low humming sound in the background is actually my oven lol... I'll have to remember to turn that off in future videos, it is slightly annoying. Sorry!

I am very new to this and I haven't tried making any eyes yet but I wanted you to know that I have watches so many videos on eyes and I'm telling you by far this is the best video that I have watched and learned from, thank you so much for making this video, I hope more newbies watch this cause it will save them a lot of time. Keep up the good work and again Thank you so much, God Bless you.

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awe! Thank you! And I’m so glad you found it helpful 🫶 I wish you much success! Have fun creating! 💜

Fabulous results Kendra! Thank you for this video!

@VirgosAlchemy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Suzanne! And you are most welcome! 💜💜

These eyes are beautiful! Thank you so much for your time, expertise and all the links.

@VirgosAlchemy

8 ай бұрын

Awe thank you! And you are most welcome!! 💗💗😊

They’re gorgeous thank you so much for sharing your talent It’s very helpful

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awe! Thank you! I’m glad you found it helpful 💜

Awesome! Thank you for sharing your technique. ❤

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

You are most welcome! Thank you for watching!

Thank you so much! I’m starting my claymation project and I don’t plan on doing it cheap! I’m so happy I found this video to help my project pop!

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! Yay! I wish you much success and would love to see your project once its completed!

This is such a wonderful tutorial!! Thank you so very much for sharing!

@VirgosAlchemy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Renata! As you already know, I'm a huge fan of your work, so your support and feedback is priceless to me - I'm so glad you liked it, and you are very welcome!!! *hugs*

These are beautiful, thank you! ❤

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! And Thank you too! ❤️❤️

Love these, beautiful eyes 😍

@VirgosAlchemy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Kaye! 💚

Great video. I usually use your 5mm mold so I’m working small but you gave me some new ideas to use. Thanks so much

@VirgosAlchemy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Pam! I’m so glad it helped! 💜💜

This was the best video I found on KZread. Thank you so much for the detailed video. Definitely saving this because I want to learn how to make my own eyes! ❤

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awe! Thank you so much! You are very welcome. I'll uploading more videos very shortly that will hopefully continue to help you on your creative journey ❤️ Happy Eye Making!

Спасибо за потрясающий мастер класс. Смотрела без остановки,не оторвешся.👍👍👍😍😍

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

You are so sweet! Thank you so much!! ❤❤❤

Absolutely gorgeous eyes and interesting technique! I am going to have to give this a try for my tiny 6mm eyes :D

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, and I'd love to hear how it goes 🙂

This was enormously helpful, thank you SO much. I'm a digital artist learning traditional media again and there was so much here I didn't know. Excellent and very thorough. :D

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awe you are very welcome! Thank you for watching! ☺️

Beautiful job! ❤

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much! 🙂

Thank you so much! It’s incredibly interesting and informative! I’m from Russia, so it would be rather difficult for me to find all the materials, but l’ll try to do something like your creation. And thanks for your alive video. It’s more interesting, than others, without … “lol”😍

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

You are so very welcome! I’m glad you found it helpful! And thank you so much for the kind words 💜💜💜

Thank you, so much for this, Kendra. My molds are arriving today, I can't wait to try them! This will be my first venture into eye making, and this tutorial is super helpful. The eyes you made turned out beautifully!

@VirgosAlchemy

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! You will have a lot of fun! Thank you as well for your support!

@blissaru

Жыл бұрын

How did they turn out?

Beautiful

@VirgosAlchemy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

🥰🥰🥰 i love these video really helping so much thank you!!!

@VirgosAlchemy

8 ай бұрын

Awe yay! Thank you as well! I'm so glad that they are helping! I will be making more in the future, so if you ever need anything specific, let me know, and I can include it in upcoming videos 😊

Awesome! Thank you so much….

@VirgosAlchemy

5 ай бұрын

You are very welcome! And thank you for watching! 💗

Очень аккуратная и тонкая работа.Супер!!!:-)

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Большое спасибо 🙂

My boyfriend has a 3d printer with the adjacent cleaning/curing machine. Would I be able to use that curing machine instead of getting a uv nail lamp style? This tutorial has been indispensable. Saved. Thank you! Edit: the fact you walk us through this step by step (with no cuts that I saw) is incredible!!! Wow. You're amazing. Who does that? Especially considering that this is something you make money with. Wow these are gorgeous.

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

As long as the UV light is the right wattage to set the UV resin you are using, I don’t see why you could not use that 😊 Thank you so much! Glad you found it helpful ❤️

Hey chickadee! It’s Chronic Art Dolls☺️Love Love Love Padico Star Drop! I recently got the Moon Drop & ooooo it’s THICC lol.

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Isn’t it glorious???!! I still like how UV Resin Hard holds up to heat, but if you are not baking the eyes, its Padico Star Drop all the way for me too!! Lol It’s liquid gold!! 🙌🥹

@nicolls801

Жыл бұрын

@@VirgosAlchemy I can’t even tell you HOW MANY resins I have tried😅At least 7-8 maybe… always go back to Star Drop. At one time, I loved Lisa Pavelka. Bought a $50 bottle years ago & it REFUSED to cure. That was my last time ever buying it lol

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

@@nicolls801 omg, I never had good results with Magic Gloss either! Yet so many artists swore by it!! For years!!! Lol It cracked so easily, and yellows horribly. I don’t remember having an issue with curing it, it just would not hold up for me in heat or over time at all. Plus, outrageously priced… 😝

Wow, this video is so amazing, thank you so much for sharing your experience and techniques! Your eyes are so amazing and this really helps so much! THANK YOU!

@VirgosAlchemy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and you are most welcome! It really does depend on the UV resin, but honestly, the best way to test a specific one, is to give it a try. This is how I test resin for heat stability… I use a white ceramic plate. I place a small amount of the resin either directly onto the plate and fully cure it, or, cure a piece of white FIMO, and apply some UV resin over it, and fully cure it onto the clay. Use white, so you can easily see any yellowing or discoloration. I start off at 175F for 10 minutes, and check to see if you notice any fumes, discoloration, bubbling etc. Also use a metal tool and press into it and tap it to see if its sticky, or softening. If not, bump up to 200F for 10 mins, repeat the same tests, and then move up to 230F, and go higher if you need it to be able to take 275F. I would not suggest pushing past 275F. I would also only do this in a designated clay oven, and in well ventilated room - just in case. I’ve never tested heat stability on UV resin pieces that were larger, my work is pretty small. Then, date and keep your tests for as long as you can, so you can note any changes in color or appearance. Hope this helps! I have tested UV Resin Hard multiple times and have had excellent results, so if you have any issues, give that one a try 💜 Padico is the best UV resin for non-bake-able projects in my opinion.

@marleen9310

2 жыл бұрын

@@VirgosAlchemy thank you so much, what great advise, this helps me so much. I can't wait to try it out.

Thank you for sharing 🙏 where did you get the eye based molds? I went on the site bit it was not clear 😢

@VirgosAlchemy

9 ай бұрын

Hello! You are very welcome, and thank you for watching. You can find all my available molds on my website www.VirgosAlchemy.com just click "shop", or you can also still find me on Etsy, www.virgosalchemy.etsy.com I sell both my own signature eye base molds, as well as Cubeco, and other quality molds. Hope this helps, let me know if you have any further questions 😊

Супер ,ваще видио!!!

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Благодаря ви за вашата доброта! 💗

hello! thanks so much for sharing. Can i ask what you do with the uv colored resin after you're done with making the eyes? do you cure it and remove from the silicone mold and toss it ? or what would one do with that. Also what to use to clean the resin off the round tools used to dome thanks so much!

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

I keep it covered, either in a small tin with a silicone liner, or I’ll use a silicone pad that I’ll cover with an opaque cup or something to block out light. The resin will stay fresh and usable. If it gets contaminated or you want to clean it up, yep, just pop it under the UV light and it will peel easily off the silicone. To clean the resin off the tools, I normally use alcohol or wet wipes like Paint & Art Wipes off Amazon. As long as you clean off metal or other tools and don’t let the resin cure on them, it wipes off very easily. You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!

@sardemari

Жыл бұрын

@@VirgosAlchemy thank you for your quick response ! 🫶 if possible I’d like to ask one more thing, do you wear a respirator for organic vapors or any sort of respirator while mixing resin?

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

@@sardemari Little-Windows 2 part brilliant resin does not have any VOC’s and has literally no scent, so for that, no, and I use that for casting my bases. As far as Padico and UV Resin Hard, they do off-gas during curing, but I work with very small amounts at a time, and for the most part, they are away from me when curing under UV light. I would not suggest to go without a respirator if you are sensitive or plan on using larger amounts, and always use in well ventilated areas 💜 I have a 3M respirator from Home Depot from their paint department which works great for just about anything I’m working with, including varnishes. 🫶

Thank you, very helpful, and great results! did you or anyone use epoxy resing?

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Hi there! You are most welcome, and thank you for watching! 🙂 Yes, I use Little Window's 2 Part epoxy resin for all my bases, I just don't use a 2 part for my domes. For my domes, I use Padico Star Drop and/or UV Resin Hard. Both of these work seamlessly well with Brilliant Resin from Little-Windows and have excellent non-yellowing properties.

@dariuspapyrus

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your answer! you don't use this 2 part component for the domes just because is not possible to do a dome? or because of other reasons? I bought glass epoxy resin some time ago and did some experiments to do eyes, but I can't achieve a dome because the resin begins to spread around the eye. The only way I found is by doing a silicone mold for the eye with the dome. Thank you again.☺🙏

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

@@dariuspapyrus my pleasure 💗💗 I don't use 2 part for domes because of the time it takes to cure. Brilliant resin from Little-Windows is excellent for doming, you just need to let it setup a bit, and it domes beautifully, but, I like to use UV resin for this because I can cure it exactly when and where I want it, and I don't need to worry about any changes that might take place during a much longer curing process. It sounds like your epoxy might just have a higher viscosity which is good for applications where you want a flat mirror-like finish. But, in our case of course, we want it to be a bit more viscous so it can hold shape while curing. Yes, silicone pressure molds are perfectly okay to make domes too, I just prefer to use UV resin, and Padico is honestly one of the best to make domes. Now, for larger scale eyes, sometimes a mold makes it easier to get a nice round dome shape because the larger the dome, the flatter the top wants to go lol.

@dariuspapyrus

Жыл бұрын

I understand. You are amazing! Thank you for your comprehensive explanation.

How do you clean the resin from your brushes when you are done?

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jessica I use wet wipes and isopropyl alcohol (91%) to remove resin. There are also resin cleaner solutions available which I have also used, but they are more expensive. So, I just stick with the wipes and alcohol as they work just as good 😊

Does anyone know where to get an eye base mold for 32mm/human sized eyes?

@VirgosAlchemy

4 ай бұрын

I'm so deeply sorry that your question was missed! Most human sized eye molds will be 24mm, which I can custom order for you. I can also get you a 33mm, but unfortunately I do not have access to 32mm. You can contact me through my website, virgosalchemy.com or you can contact me via Instagram (links are in channel info). Hope this helps, and again, I'm so sorry I missed your question.😔

Hi! I’m a reborn doll artist, and I’m did my first pair of eyes today. Would this work with air-dry resin? Thanks, and have a great day. Thanks for the tutorial!

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Did you mean air dry clay? If so, it should work well. I can do a few tests and post my results for you 😊

@PlayerTenji95

Жыл бұрын

@@VirgosAlchemy oh no! I used oven bake polymer clay! However, my Resin hasn’t come in yet. I ordered Air-Dry resin that cures in 24 hours, as I couldn’t/can’t really afford a UV resin oven at the time. Thanks so much, regardless!

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

​@@PlayerTenji95 Ahhh okay, sorry, I see what you meant now, you mean a 2 part epoxy resin, yes, that will work just fine if you don't have UV resin 🙂 The best 2 part epoxy resin in my opinion is Brilliant Resin from www.Little-Windows.com You can purchase the small sample kit, it's plenty to make quite a few eyes, and it's very affordable, safe, and high quality. You can also use my special discount code and get 15% off, VIRGOS15 and save even more. Brilliant Resin is heat resistant, and I have never had an issue baking it at clay curing temperatures. When you do use 2 part epoxy, just really make sure you check for air bubbles at several stages in the beginning to avoid air bubbles, because that is a long time to wait to discover you have them in your lenses/domes! 😭

how did you create the white eye base?

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

Hi there! You can see how I make the eye bases in my other video, here is the link :-) Thanks for watching! kzread.info/dash/bejne/m2Fql8emj8yeiLA.html

May I ask what mold you used in this video, thank you.

@VirgosAlchemy

Жыл бұрын

In this video, I make larger eyes using standard BJD eye base molds that you can find on Amazon. If you are looking for smaller molds, I actually make molds from 3mm to 10mm in size, and they are available in my Etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/virgosalchemy 😊

🤘 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙢

So are the colours just a dry pigment?

@VirgosAlchemy

9 ай бұрын

Hi Fiona, in this example, I think I just used pastel powders to keep things simple for the tutorial. I personally use a combination of many different things to get different colors. Pastel powders (PanPastels being some of the best for vibrancy), Resin pigments, colored polymer clay, micas, inks, gouache, watercolors... really a lot of options 😊

@fiona3821

9 ай бұрын

@@VirgosAlchemy Thank you I am a makeup artist so was wondering if I ciuld just work from my pallets

@VirgosAlchemy

9 ай бұрын

@@fiona3821 Absolutely, I actually did an Insta post about 3 months ago showing how you can use eye shadow 😊instagram.com/reel/CufXySOAKZu/