Photos of all my current characters, and answers to questions like, "Where are your old puppets?" and "Why don’t you use them anymore?" Please read this post carefully—this is very important to me! So, here are my new characters right now:
• Skullserpent – The Death Below. • Skelisa – The Arrow of Death. • PteroCrimson – Artificially Created Prisoner. • Gravendryn – The Bearer of the Bloody Green Grove. • Miragella – Lady of the Deadly Circus.
Yes, for now this is my collection of five. As for my old collection, which included characters like the Indoraptor, Grimlock, and Godzilla – I no longer have it. Let me explain why:
Last year, due to the full-scale war in Ukraine, which began on 24.02.2022 (and actually goes back to 2014, when my father first went to war – I was only 4 years old then – returned in 2017, and went back to the front again in 2022 until 2023), things got really dangerous, even in our region. (You kind of get used to the sound of rockets whistling and drones buzzing.)
On top of that, there were problems with schooling and many other reasons why we had to leave our home and move abroad. Yes, it was very hard for me to accept that I might never see my home again, or some of my relatives, and that I couldn’t take my puppet collection with me. (Before leaving, I gifted my “Alien” puppet to my teacher in the crafts classroom, along with a small collection of my paintings to the school I attended.)
So before leaving for another country (Lithuania), I had to sell part of my collection to one of my followers, and the money was used for our trip.
At the time, I still thought I’d be able to take at least part of the collection later, but I couldn’t... Once we were already abroad, my mom and I were safe, but my dad stayed behind in Ukraine for another week to sell the house, the car, and basically everything we had. We left almost everything behind. One day, when a buyer came to our house to take some furniture from my room, she saw the dragons and dinosaurs that were left behind. She was amazed and told my dad that her daughter knew me and was a fan of my work. So, it was decided to give those remaining dragons to that girl.
Of course, I was sad—and a bit heartbroken—but it’s still way better than them being thrown out or burned... Because every creation I made has a part of me in it. At least I’m glad they found a home with someone who will appreciate them.
Yes, I still often think about my old works, but at the same time, I tell myself: “It’s okay—I can make even better ones.” And yes, after that, I didn’t post anything for almost half a year. That’s why now, I’m rebuilding and updating my collection from scratch. And here, I can do it better! I truly want to, and it’s become a little dream of mine—one that you, my followers, are helping me achieve! So that’s one of the small real-life stories from my journey. And I want to say—never give up!
No matter how many times you fall—get back up! If you have a dream and the will—it will come true! Sometimes, you really do have to let go of the past and accept the future, even if nostalgia still lingers...
But everything will be alright, as we always say and hope. And hopefully, this war will end soon, and many will be able to return to their homes—if they’re still there.
These events also inspired me to create new characters, and you’ll see them very soon!
Adele Orel
Photos of all my current characters, and answers to questions like, "Where are your old puppets?" and "Why don’t you use them anymore?" Please read this post carefully—this is very important to me!
So, here are my new characters right now:
• Skullserpent – The Death Below.
• Skelisa – The Arrow of Death.
• PteroCrimson – Artificially Created Prisoner.
• Gravendryn – The Bearer of the Bloody Green Grove.
• Miragella – Lady of the Deadly Circus.
Yes, for now this is my collection of five.
As for my old collection, which included characters like the Indoraptor, Grimlock, and Godzilla – I no longer have it.
Let me explain why:
Last year, due to the full-scale war in Ukraine, which began on 24.02.2022 (and actually goes back to 2014, when my father first went to war – I was only 4 years old then – returned in 2017, and went back to the front again in 2022 until 2023), things got really dangerous, even in our region.
(You kind of get used to the sound of rockets whistling and drones buzzing.)
On top of that, there were problems with schooling and many other reasons why we had to leave our home and move abroad.
Yes, it was very hard for me to accept that I might never see my home again, or some of my relatives, and that I couldn’t take my puppet collection with me.
(Before leaving, I gifted my “Alien” puppet to my teacher in the crafts classroom, along with a small collection of my paintings to the school I attended.)
So before leaving for another country (Lithuania), I had to sell part of my collection to one of my followers, and the money was used for our trip.
At the time, I still thought I’d be able to take at least part of the collection later, but I couldn’t...
Once we were already abroad, my mom and I were safe, but my dad stayed behind in Ukraine for another week to sell the house, the car, and basically everything we had. We left almost everything behind.
One day, when a buyer came to our house to take some furniture from my room, she saw the dragons and dinosaurs that were left behind. She was amazed and told my dad that her daughter knew me and was a fan of my work. So, it was decided to give those remaining dragons to that girl.
Of course, I was sad—and a bit heartbroken—but it’s still way better than them being thrown out or burned... Because every creation I made has a part of me in it.
At least I’m glad they found a home with someone who will appreciate them.
Yes, I still often think about my old works, but at the same time, I tell myself: “It’s okay—I can make even better ones.”
And yes, after that, I didn’t post anything for almost half a year.
That’s why now, I’m rebuilding and updating my collection from scratch. And here, I can do it better!
I truly want to, and it’s become a little dream of mine—one that you, my followers, are helping me achieve!
So that’s one of the small real-life stories from my journey. And I want to say—never give up!
No matter how many times you fall—get back up!
If you have a dream and the will—it will come true!
Sometimes, you really do have to let go of the past and accept the future, even if nostalgia still lingers...
But everything will be alright, as we always say and hope.
And hopefully, this war will end soon, and many will be able to return to their homes—if they’re still there.
These events also inspired me to create new characters, and you’ll see them very soon!
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