Forest Spirit Plush
In early 2019 I began discussions with Dual Wield Studio to develop a plush of my favorite forest spirit character, named Tarsey. Throughout 2019 we went through many iterations of the plush design. Tarsey is covered in many leaves so we had to figure out how to turn a very detailed drawing of a forest spirit into a more simplified plush. By the end of 2019 we did it!
It took three rounds of sampling and a lot of tweaking on the plush design to get to sample #3, which was the final sample before production.
It was on sample three that we made the gradient between the layers of green in Tarsey’s “mane” more drastic. The top layer was made more into a lime green. Also we added bangs!
In the end, when covid hit in 2020, this project was halted indefinitely. I hope that it can be revived in the future. At least all the leg work has been done! So it won’t be difficult to get this plush back up and running when the time is right.
Here are a few pics from the plush photoshoot to keep us company for now!
P.S.
I also drew an updated Incomplete Field Guide to go with this plush. Check out the line art for a few pages below:
