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Absinthe Fairy Preview II

Tue, 31 May 2011 15:59:52 PDT

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New costume debut! The theme is my original design of the Absinthe Fairy - and it's been on my to make list since 2004.
I got a hold of some Absinthe from the Czech Republic back in 2004 and have really enjoyed this delicate yet powerful green drink since. The myth is that when one drinks enough Absinthe, not only will one be intoxicated, but hallucinations can occur as well - hence "chasing the green fairy".

I've always wanted to do a photoshoot with this theme so finally, now that I have the costume, this may happen soon.

The outfit itself was made from 90% of materials and supplies I had at home already - after all, I've been collecting materials since 2004 lol. All the jewels and beads are glass, I picked them up on a China trip a while ago. I made all the patterns for this costume and spent 3 days on creating the whole thing, only because I didn't have any more time allotted for personal costume making this month. Hence the outfit is a bit rushed and there are some things I'd like to change/add on for the future.

As for the pieces I did make - the wings were sized to fit inside a suitcase and I'm kinda glad they are small enough so I can maneuver easily at a busy convention environment. They are fabric over a wire frame, and embellished with sequins, crystals, glass beads and scattered LEDs that light up a nice Absinthe green. In these shots the lights blend in but I hope to post some darker shots soon where they show up better.
There are also LEDs in the cage for the skirt, and fiberoptic lights in my hairpiece.
The underbust corset/bra are made of layered fabrics that I texturized with various stitching techniques and they are also beaded and embellishd with feathers.
The collar piece and wristlets, and shoes all match as well with similar adornments.
The skirts are made of many layers of fabric pieces that I did a rolled hem on. My serger was getting super hot by the last piece lol.

Photos taken at Fanime 2011 by Paul Tien. Thank you for the quick turn around on the shots!

Absinthe Fairy Preview

Tue, 31 May 2011 15:57:36 PDT

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New costume debut! The theme is my original design of the Absinthe Fairy - and it's been on my to make list since 2004.
I got a hold of some Absinthe from the Czech Republic back in 2004 and have really enjoyed this delicate yet powerful green drink since. The myth is that when one drinks enough Absinthe, not only will one be intoxicated, but hallucinations can occur as well - hence "chasing the green fairy".

I've always wanted to do a photoshoot with this theme so finally, now that I have the costume, this may happen soon.

The outfit itself was made from 90% of materials and supplies I had at home already - after all, I've been collecting materials since 2004 lol. All the jewels and beads are glass, I picked them up on a China trip a while ago. I made all the patterns for this costume and spent 3 days on creating the whole thing, only because I didn't have any more time allotted for personal costume making this month. Hence the outfit is a bit rushed and there are some things I'd like to change/add on for the future.

As for the pieces I did make - the wings were sized to fit inside a suitcase and I'm kinda glad they are small enough so I can maneuver easily at a busy convention environment. They are fabric over a wire frame, and embellished with sequins, crystals, glass beads and scattered LEDs that light up a nice Absinthe green. In these shots the lights blend in but I hope to post some darker shots soon where they show up better.
There are also LEDs in the cage for the skirt, and fiberoptic lights in my hairpiece.
The underbust corset/bra are made of layered fabrics that I texturized with various stitching techniques and they are also beaded and embellishd with feathers.
The collar piece and wristlets, and shoes all match as well with similar adornments.
The skirts are made of many layers of fabric pieces that I did a rolled hem on. My serger was getting super hot by the last piece lol.

Photos taken at Fanime 2011 by Paul Tien. Thank you for the quick turn around on the shots!

Dare you to chase me...

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:14:19 PDT

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Close-up of the Absinthe Fairy costume I made - yes I know, dem boobies are there as well. But come on! If ever a fairy was thought up to be enticing and playfully seductive, it's the Green Fairy. I mean, you get drunk and hallucinate about her!! Not surprising that I've been wanting to explore this theme for several years now lol. I guess if you look at my past costume roster, I'm all about the mischievous (and mysterious) confident female able to wrap people around her finger.... Black Cat, Yuuko, Carmilla, Ada, Catwoman... I think characters like such draw me to them because I had been shy and meek for many years of my life (can ya tell? XD), and their blazing self-esteem and "kicking ass and taking name" attitude inspires me to be more confident. I love the Absinthe Fairy as a (fairly modern) mythological creature, desired and chased by those Bohemian Revolutionaries.

And I totally dig this portrait, composed and shot by Paul Tien.

You can definitely see more details as well, such as the beading/feather/sequin work on the choker, the hand painted rose headpiece with more beading and doo-dats, the texturing on the bra (which took hours, raww) and even a bit of the wings in the back!

See my other Deviations of this costume for construction notes!

Costume designed and made (oh, and worn) by me at Fanime 2011

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Grand Galloping Gala : Rarity

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:25:53 PDT

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Anyway, here we go! A breakdown of the designs of each of the MLP gala dresses I did this year, continuing with Rarity!

I will be making collages like these for all the dresses, but until then to see the entire group photo, click here, or here.
See Applejack here.
See Twilight Sparkle here!
See Pinkie Pie here!

Let it first be known that I am 100% aware that I am not a crazy awesome artist like many of my friends, and so keep that in mind when pointing and laughing at the mitton hands.

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You make this sound as if its going to be hard!
Whew, this one took a while to organize my thoughts on! I really have way too much to say about this dress. Tried to condense the short novel I had originally written into something more concise.

Raritys dress was every bit a drama queen as she is (not Betsy, shes a doll) in the show. It was the trickiest to construct, required the most thought, and took the most time out of all the dresses to complete. Conversely (and oddly), it was also the easiest pattern for me to make and fit. The bodice is steel boned, lined, and entirely flat lined, lined, and encased. The zipper had to be installed by hand to avoid ugly stitching scars in the velvet (its actually quite sturdy). The bustle cage I constructed sits under the skirts.

There is a combination of velvet, taffeta, and silk used in this dress. The pink was a sheer embroidered silk that I flatlined against a pink taffeta to eliminate the opacity and increase its strength.

I made dressesbeautiful, beautiful dresses!
Rarity was the one that I chose to get risky with the design. Why? Besides the obvious reason that the fashion diva would be the one to take risks, lets all be honest: her gala dress was a little silly in the show. It was designed for little girls to think it was amazing, but when they grow up they realize that its actually rather garish. I didnt think it was horrible, but I really wanted it to be amazing, and I thought it had potential to be.

Twilight is the star of the show, but Rarity is our gala ringmaster, and I wanted her presence to be as dominant as Twilights. Key words: as dominant. I considered (for like, a half a second) going for a Georgian/Rococo style, and getting all Marie Antionette up in here (you guys, I have a deep, secret obsession with the ill-fated queen of France. I read ALL THE THINGS on her. She is fascinating), but being honest with myself, I knew that a pannier gown would not only dominate Twilight, but over power everypony else as well. And since this wasnt Raritys butterfly wings outfit, I thought it better to keep her in balance with the others.

Really, I knew from the start that Rarity would be flavored Victorian. I already determined that Twilight would be the one with the classic Cinderlla hoopskirt, and I wasnt going to repeat any silhouettes. The MLP creators did a really nice job at making each character unique in the show, and I felt it was important that their gala dresses reflect that. It was obvious to me, looking at Raritys dress in the show, that there was a ton of fabric there just as much as Twilights and Pinkies but that it was more swept back to create a trainor a bustleorBOTH?! Awwwyiissss, both. Guys, its like the skies opened and the angels came down signing and showering me with Jamba Juice rain.

Because my options were based off of distinct historical trends, however, I realized that regardless of which silhouette I chose, I would need to be careful not to make Raritys dress look too much like a historical recreation, which would make her stick out from the group. Rather, I wanted something clearly influenced by it, but that wouldnt feel time warped at a modern event.

Pinkie Pie, that colors too obtrusive, wait until you see it in the light!
From this collage, the color difference between my renderings and the physical dress is quite apparent. So are the differences in how the fabric itself can photograph. This was a deliberate choice made for visual balance, and character alignment. But its this color variance that had me most concerned about how the dress would be received. This is a great example of how designs can organically evolve throughout their production. As you can see, my rendering intended for the dress to mimic the original colors, but as I fabric shopped, I really struggled to find the right colors in the right fabrics. And for that matter, when I found an option and held it up to swatches of the other dresses (or what I had of them at the time), the colors didnt mesh well into the group.

It took me a while to pinpoint what was really bothering me about these colors. Though I wanted each dress to be unique, I realized that the six of us needed to look like we belonged together in a group. It was very tricky to keep everyone distinct, but cohesive, and I realized that in Raritys case, toning down her colors helped tie in Twilights deep blues and Applejacks dark browns. It also avoided clashing with Pinkie, who already held the monopoly on offensive pink (Fluttershy and Applejack had similar concerns, as we were both in green). I was also really pleased with the deeper wines in this dress because the deeper, richer textures of these colors and fabrics were more in line Raritys posh tastes.

Fortunately, the great color risk paid off; the dress has received overwhelmingly positive reviews (although I think a lot of this is because Betsy is just amazingly beautiful), and I attribute part this success to the same reason that I chose these fabrics to begin with: velvet and taffeta are the wizards of fabric. Velvet is deep and plush and the pile absorbs light, while the taffeta catches it. The same dress can look drastically different with different lighting (for example, our outdoor shoot).

What did I get myself into?
In regards to what I would improve upon, I have a small grocery list. My biggest issue has actually already been addressed, as can be seen in Betsys AWA photos here, which was the second time she wore this dress: [link] ...but I will talk about it anyway!

When I had purchased this fabric, I made the mistake of assuming that its taffeta in combination with the quilted weight would support itself as long as the bustle was supported with a cage. I assumed that having a full petticoat/bustle cage combination would make her skirt too bulbous and stiff, and I wanted her to be on the slightly more flowing side of structure. More first-round Victorian bustle phase than the later shelf bustle. SoI only made a bustle cage. Once the full dress was on her however, I realized I should have gone with my first instinct and I immediately wished I had made a petticoat for her in addition to or as part of her bustle cage, as the front of the skirt just wanted to weigh itself down. Happily, as we saw photos from Dragoncon surface and discussed how to keep the skirt from collapsing so often, Betsy revealed that she had a petticoat that she could experiment with, and BEHOLD! Insta-fix! Never, ever again, no petticoat.

I had wanted a different trim layout on the bodice that would also correlate with some on the sides of the bustle, but by the time I got to that part, I was really down to the wire to finish things had had to start choosing which unfinished bits were more important than others (in this case, I chose to finish Rainbow Dashs cloud trim, because I felt that hers would be noticed more if not complete).

Id like another tier of yellow swags on the front of the skirt. I think the cascades needed a second (or stronger) row of horsehair, although the use of the petticoat helps those drape better. The second pair of smaller cascades in the back never were finished (I only finished one, and it seemed silly to put it on without a mate).

I dont regret not using literal gemstones on the dress; I actually tried really hard to make it work, but the Victorian fashion in general was more reserved and giant rocks just cheapened everything on the actual gown. I feel that the appliqués were a much better choice, but I would have liked to finish putting all of them on, as well as finish glitzing them up a little more. Big rhinestones werent working for the dress, but smaller ones would have enhanced the appliqués.

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The process of building all six MLP gala dresses took about a year to plan and bring together. I believe we all agreed to put a go on Operation Best Night Ever about a month after Dragoncon 2011, where we had debuted our original My Little Pony group. Gala dresses were the obvious next step. I asked the girls if they would let me design and make the outfits, knowing that I was going to both love and regret it later. But mostly love. All my love.

During the design process, which took place between October and December of 2011, I spent a lot of time considering all the different elements. It was important to me to stay as true as possible to gowns as designed through the television program, and yet somehow make them translate gracefully into human interpretations. The real challenge was ensuring that the gowns would also be both flattering and comfortable for each girl.

Some designs were easier to convert than others. Sometimes I found that what I illustrated wasnt going to translate well onto a body (either because of what it would do to the silhouette, or because it looked too cartoonish), and I had to adjust accordingly.

Design sketch by ~ me!
Modeled by ~ Betzilla!
Photo by ~ Eurobeat Kasumi

Grand Galloping Gala : Fluttershy

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:25:10 PDT

I've taken quite an extensive break form these, but here we go! A breakdown of the designs of each of the MLP gala dresses I did this year, continuing with Fluttershy!

I will be making collages like these for all the dresses this week, but until then to see the entire group photo, click here, or here.
See Applejack here!
See Twilight Sparkle here!
See Pinkie Pie here!
See Rarity here!
Next up: Rainbow Dash

Let it first be known that I am 100% aware that I am not a crazy awesome artist like many of my friends, and so keep that in mind when pointing and laughing at the mitton hands.

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I um...would really appreciate if you'd let me design your dress...you know...if you think that would be okay...
I really struggled designing this dress at first; this was the perfect example of having to design away from the original pony concept, because the elements didn't always translate well into human form. I had to get creative with how to corporate certain details, like the floral touches and the butterfly. Designing this dress was the opposite experience of Twilight Sparkle, whose dress I could see in my head before pencil ever touched paper. I sketched her three times before I started to like the direction, meanwhile, all the other gala dress designs were completed and waiting to get started. I wanted to give her a wispy, nymph-like look without being too fluffy cheeseball or too sexy.

In addition to being the most difficult to design, this was also the trickiest pattern for me to structure out, and I spent the most time on this pattern compared to the others. Conversely, once the pattern was perfected, it was the easiest dress to build, and was actually the first one completed. Go figure.

Go organic.
The basic look of Fluttershy's dress stayed pretty true to design, but the fabric choices ended up being drastically different than what I originally intended, as well as the details (such as the floral embroidery, all hand cut from originating fabric, and sewn on piece by piece on the handkerchief hem). The only verbal description Rarity gives us for this concept is "breezy", so I originally planned on chiffons and muslins. I didn't easily find these fabrics in the right colors/textures, but started to come across other interesting options, like the very lightweight light/dark tiedye with shimmer, and the green floral embroidered train, and the floral appliques. These new options opened up a different direction for me, one that I felt was very appropriate for Fluttershy: ORGANIC.

Flutterbutt
Once I accepted the idea of organic versus breezy, the dress came together like butta. Less Disney princess, more Poison Ivy. PandaTreats really had the perfect body for a dress like this, and it hugs her and flows from her like a second skin. The cascading floral-embroidered train in back was not part of the original design, but it kind of presented itself (dare I say it) organically while I was playing around with ideas. It's my favorite part of the dress, and because of it, I started henceforth referring to the dress as "Flutterbutt". So much, that now when I begin to type "Fluttershy" in texts, my phone tries to autocorrect it to "Flutterbutt". No regrets.

What I would change for next time
Out of all six dresses, and for all the mental grief this dress caused me in the beginning, I have to say that I really feel this one came out near flawless. If I were to nitpick, I'd say maybe we could reimagine the blue drape, merely because we all forgot about it and PandaTreats threw it together rather last-minute, but honestly...I wouldn't change anything on this dress.

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The process of building all six MLP gala dresses took about a year to plan and bring together. I believe we all agreed to put a go on Operation Best Night Ever about a month after Dragoncon 2011, where we had debuted our original My Little Pony group. Gala dresses were the obvious next step. I asked the girls if they would let me design and make the outfits, knowing that I was going to both love and regret it later. But mostly love. All my love.

During the design process, which took place between October and December of 2011, I spent a lot of time considering all the different elements. It was important to me to stay as true as possible to gowns as designed through the television program, and yet somehow make them translate gracefully into human interpretations. The real challenge was ensuring that the gowns would also be both flattering and comfortable for each girl.

Some designs were easier to convert than others. Sometimes I found that what I illustrated wasn’t going to translate well onto a body (either because of what it would do to the silhouette, or because it looked too cartoonish), and I had to adjust accordingly.

Design sketch by ~ me!
Modeled by ~ PandaTreats!
Photo by ~ Eurobeat Kasumi

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Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:26:22 PDT

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Captain Sogeking to the Rescue

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:27:49 PDT

"...The great king, er, Captain Usopp! er, Sogeking! Yeah, Sogeking. I'm Sogeking! and I'm here to rescue the day! Did I tell you about the one time I fought off a sea king with my eyes closed, my hands tied behind my back and ..."

To date, the hardest cosplay I've constructed. Though, I think that says more about me needing to challenge myself than about how hard this was. Though, is was a LOT more involved than I thought it would be. The breakdown:

Mask: Sogeking's mask is what makes Usopp SOGEKING (ie, Sogeki King, ie sniper king), so i had to get it right. Plus, it looks goofy XD. I bought a plastic mask at michaels, cut the eye holes MUCH bigger, chopped off the fake nose, and cut the chin off so that it could sit higher on my face. I then used clay and some clear lenses that came out of harry potter glasses to make the sniper goggle lenses and super glued them onto the mask (which was a nightmare, because they kept falling off.) I also used bakeable clay in a skin tone darker than mine, but lighter than Usopp's, to roll his "liar" nose. I baked it, stuck it through the nose hole I had made, glued it in, and medical taped it (Usopp is ALWAYS injured, and his long nose seems to be a target). I then poked 9 holes around the edges and fed wire into them, shaped the wire (easier said than done), and paper mache'd the whole thing, pretty much. The paint is yellow, red, silver, and dark blue acryllic and blue and black paint pens. The lenses are plastic. I also added in an elastic band to keep the dark thing on my head, but I had to color it black with a sharpie to get it to blend in with the bandana. It sits pretty high on my face due to the nose having moved positions, and gives me the (canon) ability to open my mouth and have it visibly move my chin. This is the first piece that I hand painted a design onto, because I suck at general drawing and painting and stuff, and I think I came out well.

Bandana: I bought a gray bandana (Usopp normally wears a color between green and brown, which I didn't feel like figuring out and is really ugly anyway. However, every character in OP is seen wearing multiple outfits, and the second common bandana color for Usopp is gray.) Then used fabric paint to add all of the little black lines onto one side of the bandana, so that it would fold into a triangle still.

Goggle Headpiece: I used bakeable clay that hardens into a plastic/rubber kind of material. I fit the 5 pieces to my head pretty easily in their respective colors, baked them, and super-glued them together. My original plan was to have them hold the mask to my head, but turns out the rubber isn't so strong. But they sit atop my head fine. The five pieces were: two off-white ear pieces, one dark gray headband, and two light gray lens holders that I textured with one of my clay cutting tools to give it "adjustable" ridges. (in case you don't know what I'm talking about, Usopp has gone through his own mini story arc about getting these great sniper goggles. When he's Sogeking, the lenses push through the mask, while the headpiece is still attached to the lenses. in this case, I thought it would be easier to attach the lenses to the mask rather than have them move around my face.)

Wig: Usopp has black, curly, shoulder length hair. I have short, straight, pink (at the moment) hair. Luckily, it's Halloween season: ie, cheap things!!! I bought a man's wizard wig, cut off the mustache line, attached an elastic band around it, and put that on as a wig. It works XD

Cape: I used my old High Tech High fleece blanket as a good source of fabric, as apparently that stuff is expensive in large amounts. It's maroon, and Sogeking's cape is Red, but whatever; creative license, different outfits, gets the idea across, and looks nicer than bright red anyway. I draped it around my shoulders and added five buttons. So yeah, not the hardest mod in history XD

Binding: I had to go out and BUY a nude tanktop, because I didn't own one. I also used bandage binding to try to really compress my chest. When I dropped things during the photoshoot, Erica had to pick them up because I couldn't lean over without stopping breathing halfway down. And I STILL got a barrel chest! arg

Over-alls: I couldn't find any pairs of overalls at any thrift stores near my house, so I went out and found a pattern and looked at Jo-ann's for fabric. Turns out, 7yds of corduroy is mad expensive, so I waited until Comiccon to go to Value Village in Montreal. Sure enough, I did manage to find well-fitting (meh) womens (grr) blue (arg) denim (gyahhh) overalls. I then took brown dye to them, only after reading that you can't bleach out the blue in denim without wrecking the overalls. So, now they're very, very dark brown. but that's alright, too, I guess. (they're mad comfortable, though )

Sash: I bought a (again, slightly off color to match the outfit, rather than the ref pics) light green table cloth at Value Village, cut it in half, then hand-sewed the ends together. To get it to sit, I have to roll it up a bit, though the knot stays very well.

Shoes: Bought at Value Village. no mods

Glove: The remains of one of my Ms Pacman gloves! I was being cheap, so I used acryllic blue paint rather than buying fabric paint. So the thing is stiff, but that actually holds it to my arm well.

Slingshot: The slingshot's name is Kabuto, so I'm calling it that. Anyway, I wanted a weapon that I could swing around not so gently, and pull the strings back for pictures. I bought two different widths of dowel, as well as a foam ring from Michael's. I saw'd off the angle into the ring and attached it to the wider dowel by burrowing a hole in the foam and screwing a long screw into the end, and covering the hole with wood putty, super glue, and a smaller wooden post. I sanded away the ring to make it flat for the over 4 posts, and then drilled holes in them and super glued them to the foam, smoothing the joints with wood putty. I then painted the darn thing with primer, hammered metal dark green spray paint, white acryllic to fill in the holes in the foam, and finished it off with more green. I cut the elastic chord into five pieces and threaded them onto needled that were MUCH TOO SMALL. About an hour later and rather bruised and bleeding fingers, the elastic was threaded into Kabuto and tied off. I cut a tan patch of facric, used some left over clay to make a "fire star" sling shot ammunition, painted it red, glued it into the patch, and threaded the elastic lines through that. I'm happy to report that it is decently strong, stretches fine, and is the right height this time. The finishing touch was the medical tape (which is indeed canon).

Man Purse: I bought pleather and a clasp at Fabricville, cut a decent-looking shape out of it, then hand-sewed the purse bottom, and also the strap. It's so convenient that this character actually has a BAG, canon. it's gonna make cons easier.

Make up: NONE!!!!!!

So there's the construction! I cannot wait to enter this into a masquerade. Seriously, I put so much effort into it. Plus, I can't wait to run around a convention as Sogeking, who's even goofier than Luffy XD.

Character: Sogeking (Usopp's alias) from One Piece
Cosplay(er): me!
Photogrpaher: My sister
Location: Cliffwood beach
Editing: me, Gimp 2.0

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Yoko: Begin Anew

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:38:10 PDT

_{EDIT #3: Ladies and gentlemen, my most favorite comment I've received of all time, as written by :
^{Nice work! The scratchy texture, in my personal opinion, resembles more of a camera filter. Hear me out on this one. Yoko is trying to leave Umbrella in the game, but she is inevitably sucked back into her past when the outbreak occurs. It's as if her past is always haunting her, much like a voyeur watching her through a camera. Again, just my interpretation.}}

This wasn't what I was originally aiming for, but I couldn't find a bathroom with a vent shaft in it. :/
Anyhow, this is a recreation of Yoko's opening Outbreak scene. She goes into the bathroom and begins to change her appearance, sometime after she suffers from amnesia. (Obviously, I wasn't going to cut my hair, but all the more falsifying~ o3o /failinsidepunisfail) This is for 's current contest, so hopefully I get some recognition.

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Yoko is me.
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Oh right. Forgot to put a reference.
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Yeah, it's not as dark as the one in the cutscene, but I tried. :'D I also wanted to do that vent shaft part, but like I said, no vent shaft. :C (By the way, don't you love the bartender and his judgmental ways? B'D)

EDIT #2:
Actually, the scratchy texture gives it a Silent Hill feeling. :'D Wait. Green jacket. Bathroom mirror.
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A Shrub and a Cupcake

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:55:50 PDT

Yeah, Etaru uploaded this as well, but she gave her side of how everything was made, so now... MY TURN!

Let's start with the Rydia wig. I bought it from a Chinese store, believing it to be a forest green... and instead, it was teal. I hand-dyed it with Fabrcmate markers, as that's worked extremely well for me in the past, and got it to the green I wanted. I attached the pink flower, adding some light pink rhinestones to it.

Two of the three necklaces were made by Etaru, and the one with the large pendant to it was made by me. I used a variety of beads, crystals, and pearls.

The bodysuit, gloves, and leggings were made for Jade, then altered for Rydia. The leggings have seed beads hand-stitched to them underneath the gold band. The gloves have the dark green draping added on with beads hand-stitched to the edges on the gloves to add more of a look and texture to them.

The corset was my first one and I luuuurve it! I made it from a vine brocade, then attached the gold trim and beads on the trim all by hand.

The cape on the bodysuit was trimmed, as it had a brown gradient on it. Then I sewed all the edges, put trim on the top and bottom of it, and attached beads to the bottom of the cape in the trim as well.

The waistband and the loincloth were hand-patterned. The bead drapings were made and attached by hand. On the loincloth, the dark green was appliqued on, gold trim sewn on, and beads attached to the trim from there. The garters were also hand-made.

Only thing I didn't make? The boots. I call them my hooker boots, as they have hideous leopard print on the inside of them.

And that's Rydia!

Myself - Rydia
Etaru - Rosa
Darkain - AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHER MAN!

Colors and Textures

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:45:42 PDT

I loved the colors that happened in this photo and I wanted to take them a step further. Therefore I added some texture and different color layers to give it the extreme opposite of the predominant colors showing in the original photo.

I really like the result, and the contrast of the environment, the way the model is posed, dressed and seemingly preoccupied with something one can't quite make out just all the more add interest to the piece.

Taking Chances

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:26:08 PDT

Taken with Canon XTi, 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

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I don't remember where I got the texture. My apologies! I save the images in a file and don't remember to label where I got them. If you recognize it as yours, please comment/note me so I can credit you!

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From the series White Shores and Beyond

“According to greek mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms, 4 legs and a head with two faces.

Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.”

What else is a best friend - your support, your confidant, your sister - than your other half?

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Pictures from this series:

Taking Chances
White Shores
Glimpse
Forever and a Day
A Far Green Land Under a Swift Sunrise
These Golden Days
Soul Sisters
Memory’s Golden Casket
Balance, Opposites
A Gift
From Then to Now
Two Bows, One Target
5, 15, 50

Click to see all the photos on flickr: White Shores and Beyond.

Bride are you afraid

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:09:34 PDT

Aerith: Crisis Core

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:29:46 PDT

Miracle of miracles Im slightly active during the day >.>

GAH! Ben's photography is always so gorgeous ;A; you can see the textures I used for each fabric. I just. asdfghjkl. Love it. Ben, let me elope with your camera. We shall be married by noon.

I originally made this for Fanime '12 but didnt get to wear it for much time. At the Spring Norcal Gathering my boyfriend and I decided to wear our Zack and Aerith cosplays. I'll probably post a picture of us both next eheh~

Aerith by
Photo by

Hold Tight Re edit

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:27:20 PDT

Texture thanks to-->
The rest of the textures: swirls and bats in the tree i do not have the link to so if you recognize your work then please tell me and i will credit you.

Original--> [link]

Scaled Seduction

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:46:09 PDT

Class II: The assignment was to take something ugly or mundane and turn it into something beautiful. Photograph it and then do a photo realism painting.

I applied a sea weed clay mask to my face and neck letting it dry and crack to give my face a jagged texture. Using the complementary color of Green I of course went with Red Lipstick, then photographed myself with my favorite faux pearl necklace in my mouth. The picture was erotic, strange, and at the same time beautiful. I later learned that many artists have done these types of pictures and paintings.

At times I dont feel very original with this piece, but it is so far my most notable and favorite work of art I have done yet. I feel there is a tragic energy within the photograph and I can easily relate to the art on a personal level. I personally feel at times scaly and ugly, but there is always that glimmer of something beautiful.

Nikon Digital Camera

2007

Earth Angel.

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:33:33 PDT

~ * ~

Model: T.
Shoot Assistants: Cat & Gravy
Costume/Hair/Wings made by:

Made them (the wings) out of cardboard and used - bet you never would guess - those plastic grass hula skirts for texture, as with our budget, feathers were out of the question. They look pretty good, even in person.

Will post more shots that display the wings better as I get them edited. They are HUGE, about eight feet. The model is standing on several boxes. o_O

I have such incredible procrastination skills...I needed the wings for a photoshoot on Thursday. So 10pm Wednesday night, I finally start working on them. XD Finished them at 5am.

But they looked awesome, and were done in time for the shoot, and that's all that counts, right? ^.^;;

Amphetamine

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:07:33 PDT

okay - first off i admit - i didn't take this pic
for reasons ppl all know - i don't have a camera

but due to hormone driven madness i on occasionnally surf pron sites and find these stunning girls
god knows why they do porno...
they're so beautiful - they could get any guy they wanted....
but as fun as it is to look at their beauty, i usually end up thinking about it....
like "the contrast is off - the brightness sucks..."
porno photographers don't really give a damn about the quality of their pics
so i tend to mess around with them a bit on photoshop to make them look a little better
this one turned out rather stunning to my surprise...
i think i'll take this photo editing thing to heart sooner or later
i usually draw anime girls based off of these same models

i made the pic black and white, adjusted the levels to make it darker [the original pic was way light and it bad emphasis on texture]
this girls' eye color was originally gray.....strange....
so i drew in green eyes
and i added black in some places to bring out the light parts that need emphasis
it was a easy job - took me some time though to get it right....
i think the eyes still need work - green eyes are hardest since they usually are green with hazel patches o.0
i made them green because it reminds me of a song i like [Everclear - Amphetamine]
and it's about this beautiful girl whose a prostitue - so it made me think of this.....

Revisited revisited

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:35:35 PDT

So, this is a case of Revisited revisited! Sari liked my modification of her 'Revisited' pic, the colours of which she'd been unhappy with, but I was sure I could do better with the source material. With access to the original photo kindly granted, I started photoshopping all over again - mostly while listening to PMMP, boosting the Finnish ambience very nicely. In this comparison image you see a reduced snippet of the photo and of the eventual result, now replacing Sari's original version.

As I was working with the source material this time, it was worth taking a lot more care with things, and I did. The photo was quite underexposed as you can see, and the worst aspect of that was Sari's green top which was almost washed out completely. In fact the only colour left there was a trace of light turquoise. And indeed, turquoise is pretty much all you got in Sari's original picture and my modification of it; I actually thought it was a blue top before! The restored top is basically a combination of boosting what was left of the original detail, adding extra shading very carefully to try and bring out more definition, and getting things the right shade of green. Sari had some input for me on that last aspect, and eventually my green got the official seal of approval. Yay!

The white socks were heavily overexposed too, but at least they're not so prominent. I boosted what little was left of the original detail, added a touch of shading to try and compensate for what the camera had lost, and reduced the glare a bit. At one point I experimented with overlaying some texture from a googled photo of white socks, because Sari's were mostly just blank white. But eventually I decided against that approach, to keep truer to the original photo and to Sari's actual outfit.

Sari was keen to have a good warm glow to her skin, so that's what I went for. It's a touch more orangey than last time and I cut down the strong skin glare a bit. Actually the skin was quite a job because of how underexposed it was. As for the rest of Sari, I coloured things fairly similar to my earlier modification except for her hair. It was really too dark before (with a slight greenish tint as well), and I made it more vibrant this time. Much nicer.

As for the scenery, my old version had way too much of a green cast and now looks quite bad to me! The mistake I made there was in judging it too much against the original. The heavy green cast of the original had made my toned-down scenery look fairly natural, but when I looked at it afresh, I realized that it really wasn't. It still had a green cast. Useful lesson learned! The actual photo gave me better colours to work with - albeit underexposed - and I think I've got a good result this time. More natural and more vibrant. A pleasing backdrop for Finland's finest.

Note: If you want to also compare things with Sari's original picture and my old modification of it, open my old comparison page in a separate browser tab and switch back and forth between the tabs. I've made my new comparison pic the same size so things match up. Have both pics zoomed to full size, to see them sharpest.

Grid

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:50:43 PDT

_{So originally I did this crazy fairy makeup, that may or may not have been heavily inspired by Navi, but unfortunately everything I planned went wrong. As soon as I stepped out the back door, eyeliner was running down my face, I realized that contacts really aren't goof for close up pictures when they are blue and your eyes are green, it was just messy.

I did however get this picture out of the mess and I like it. it caught my attention because you can see the texture of the contact. I thought it was kind of fun. So I attacked it with iPhoto, like one does, and here it is!

I would love and appreciate any constructive criticism, tips, and suggestions.
I'm here to learn. If you're willing to share knowledge I'm here to listen.}

Coming-of-age

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:56:13 PDT

I absolutely could not wait to post this. I bought a furisode (coming of age kimono) at [link] yesterday afternoon after trying on a couple and resting on this one because it's sooo comfortable. Very flexible and easy to breath silk. I got the whole ensemble for about $195 and was very pleased.
The inside of it is dyed "ombre" style (a trim of dye that fades into the white, seen at the bottom center) and the outside is a "shibori" style (or tie-dyed) to make the flower pattern and the little blue dots that are all over the kimono (though impossible to see except on the detail shot in the upper right hand corner). This style is done by tying white thread to the silk so that, when it is dyed, those areas maintain their original color (white). It also makes the silk a very nice, breathable "seer suckerie" texture which can be better viewed here: [link] I'm tentatively dating it back to the Showa period (1926-1989), possibly the earlier years because of the style of this furisode here: [link] since the dying techniques are the same for both kimonos. But I dunno; I'm no expert, and neither is the internet.
The obi has two different sides, depending on which way you wear it (one is seen on the back picture of the kimono and the other is on the closeup of the obi). The original weave was done with the "warp ikats" technique (if vision serves me correctly) to get the really nice blue-green blend background on the edge (only 1 corner is decorated, the rest of the obi is a plain navy blue) and then embroidered to make the cute little thread knot design that, subsequently, matches the knot of the obi-jime (which helps me know I'm tying it right ). My obi is done by machine rather than by hand, like the kimono has been done.
If anyone wants any larger pictures or closeups of particular places or whatever, go right on ahead and ask. I have tons of this.
And guess what I'm doing for my 20th birthday?

Aikido

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:08:18 PDT

Please contact me if you would like to purchase the original size image.

MC Novanta9

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:20:37 PST

MC - Novanta9

Spelunking

Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:00:20 PDT

This photo was taken by my boyfriend's friend. I only edited it. Originally, it was taken with a 2 MP digital camera, so the texture was quite grainy and there was a moderate amount of noise in it. I think I fixed that quite nicely.

Creeping on Me

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:33:11 PST

Fourteenth in my series of self-portraits.

Skin texture made with flour, dried then cracked; creating an illusion of weathered skin and age.

Now get this - see that? My eye? I did nothing to change the color from the original. I used a yellow lamp to help light up my face in a softer way; in contrast to the yellow, my eye looked green. When I took away that contrast, it looked like amber.

Daenerys cosplay

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:37:37 PST

Daenerys cosplay
Eyes color retouch (my eyes are blue-green)
Texture pixlr.com

Como nota curiosa originalmente éste no fue un cosplay de Daenerys. Esta foto es de una fiesta temática por el cumpleaños de una amiga, el tema era disfrazarse de super heroínas y super villanas. Yo me disfracé de Evil Lynn (He-Man) y una amiga de Catwoman, ella me prestó su peluca y me tomé varias fotos sólo por jugar. Luego me di cuenta que tenía un parecido a Daenerys y me retoqué el color de ojos.

As a curious note originally this was not a Daenerys cosplay. This photo is from a themed party for a friend's birthday, the theme was dress as super heroines and super villains. I dressed up as Evil Lynn (He-Man) and a friend of Catwoman, she lent me her wig and took several photos just for playing. Then I realized I had one I like Daenerys and retouched my color eyes.