Many years ago, I had a crush on a friend who was really into Little Shop of Horrors. As a last minute coming home gift, I tried my hand at sculpting and made her a replica of Audrey II. That one broke so I made her a new one, this time with more detail and less of a rush. Seeing this, another friend commissioned me to do a piranha plant from Super Mario Bros. Though it was meant to be a cute replica of the iconic plant, I had a lot of fun putting in extra detail on the tongue. I wondered what it would have looked like if I wasn’t under a time constraint, so I decided to start a new, fully detailed one with an “it’s done when it’s done” attitude. Six months later, I ended up with this. 
I followed it up with a much simpler, softer, and brightly colored baby version.
In the end, I was reduced to a sleepless, shaggy-haired zombie, but it was worth it.
Your work on the Super Mario Piranha Plant is spectacular, really. If you’d like to share your little secret about the materials you used to make this wonderful masterpiece I’d really like to make up one on my own. I fell in love with this till the first picture I saw (it would be awesome to keep a spot for this on my garden ahahah)
Hi! I used Sculpey clay and painted it with acrylic paint (with a glossy finish to the inside of the mouth). I used a dried out pen and an X-Acto knife for the finer details. Hope that helps!
Your photos of these (particularly the baby plant) have achieved a weird second life of their own. Some unscrupulous sellers on eBay, Amazon and elsewhere are selling seeds that are supposed to grow into one of these creations! Check it out, it’s creepy! Supposed to be a real carnivorous plant and they’re calling it “Enchantress” 🤣
I hope you’re getting royalties but somehow I doubt it! Figured you might find that, uh, interesting at the very least.
I saw that a while back and honestly it cracks me up. Thanks for the heads-up!