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  • when i saw planet of the apes
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    when i saw planet of the apes

    July 28, 2001 /

    I just got back from seeing Planet of the Apes. It was a lot of fun. I’ve never actually *seen* the original so I really have nothing to compare it to. But… despite the slightly different story… I kept wanting to sing, Oh my god! I was wrong! It was earth, all along! Oh they finally made a monkey out…

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  • when i saw planet of the apes
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    when i came home from my grandparents

    July 27, 2001 /

    ah, finally, I’m home for good! now I can maybe try to get some work done before school starts? I did have net access all week, but it was hard to function on that slow little laptop. That, and I kept getting booted everytime the phone would ring, and then it took forever to log back on cause that silly…

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  • when i posted a disney pic
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    when i posted a disney pic

    July 21, 2001 /

    Fixing to leave again… Be good children while I’m gone. Or don’t. Whatever floats your boat. My dad, me, my mom in the Gilligan hat, Ash’s mom, and Ash at disneyworld. The only one I’ve scanned! (ash’s dad took the pic)

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  • Art Post: Mermaid
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    Art Post: Mermaid

    July 21, 2001 /

    I drew this in the car on the way to NC, then did it’s colouring while there. We had a nice, enclosed sunporch there, it was my favourite place to sit and colour. It didnt have a nice view or anything… just the boat canal in the backyard and the empty lot on the other side… but it was nice…

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  • when i saw planet of the apes
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    when i had a family photoshoot

    July 21, 2001 /

    um… hi! uck, I still feel like crap… got off the plane (30 minutes late) with a massive headache and the urge to sleep for several days straight and was instantly told that we were going to go see a movie in an hour and a half, Jurassic Park 3, which I wasn’t all that interested in. I guess I…

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  • Art Post: The Super Freak Out 3 – Part 5!
    anime fanart,  Blog,  fanart from magical wizard series,  gifts for other people,  my art,  sundowner

    Art Post: The Super Freak Out 3 – Part 5!

    July 20, 2001 /

    More of my vacation sketchbook! Text: “funilukin” “In case I grow an extra arm” “independantly stupid” I know I misspelled independantly again… I misspelled it when I wrote it in my book, so I probably did it again. I doodled ocha at dinner, then decided to go ahead and finish it. I originally planned for Quidar to be in there…

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  • Art Post: Beatrix (ff9)
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    Art Post: Beatrix (ff9)

    July 20, 2001 /

    This is the best beatrix pic I’ve ever done, but then I went and screwed it up with a lame ass background. I took the background out when I scanned it, so now it’s just white and yellow. haha trickery!

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  • Art Post: Ruby Moon (Card Captor Sakura)
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    Art Post: Ruby Moon (Card Captor Sakura)

    July 19, 2001 /

    Ruby Moon from the SFO book!

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  • when i posted from the beach
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    when i posted from the beach

    July 17, 2001 /

    hahaha I’m posting from my uncle’s laptop! it’s hard to do. 2 more days and I’ll be back! having a good time thus far .. hardly any work done on sundowner, I keep wanting to colour 😀

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  • sketchblog: ruby moon
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    sketchblog: ruby moon

    July 13, 2001 /

    art reference for my ruby moon costume

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  • when i went to the beach
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    when i went to the beach

    July 13, 2001 /

    Bye bye people ^^/ I’ll be back Thursday. I forgot to tell Ash how to update the sketch blog, so that’s not gonna happen. I’ll be working on SunDowner, so hopefully between this trip and my grandmother trip I can get a good bulk of it done! (it’s at least 40 pages long, it’s a monster!) We’re going to be…

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  • when i saw planet of the apes
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    when we tried to do stuff but failed

    July 13, 2001 /

    Hm, well, I’m back home. We were going to spend the night at my cousins house since they’re out of town, and told me if I wanted stay over a couple of nights while watching the dogs I could. So Ash and I were going to stay over there, eat dinner, and watch Bladerunner. We got Chic-fil-a, went over and…

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  • when i saw planet of the apes
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    when i was preparing to go out of town

    July 12, 2001 /

    Even tho I’m going to be out of town next week, my sketchbook will still be updated! I’m gonna make Ash do it. If she can remember the HTML, it’ll be updated… otherwise, you’ll have to wait XD We went to Target yesterday and got me a nice big (purple!) bag to carry my clothes in, so I don’t have…

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  • sketchblog: ruby moon
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    sketchblog: utena

    July 12, 2001 /

    art reference for my upcoming Utena costume

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  • when i saw planet of the apes
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    when i found a ticket

    July 11, 2001 /

    Huzzah! I finally found a decently priced airplane ticket. From Myrtle Beach to Memphis, layover in Atlanta. Not too long a one, I’ll be getting home around 2 in the afternoon. $195. We tried to buy the ticket about an hour ago, but were stopped by a “Sorry, we are overwhelmed with requests at the moment!’ response ><; So we…

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  • sketchblog: ruby moon
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    sketchblog: juri

    July 11, 2001 /

    art reference for my upcoming juri costume

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  • Art Post: The Super Freak Out 3 – Part 5!
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    Art Post: The Super Freak Out 3 – Part 4!

    July 10, 2001 /

    More from my vacation sketchbook! I got a pretty little pin with a loverly Drew Struzan Indiana Jones poster pic on it. It inspired me to do an Indiana Jones pic. This is still in rough sketch status, but I hope to finish it… at the moment I’m not too happy with it, I may erase and start all over…

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  • sketchblog: ruby moon
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    sketchblog: beatrix

    July 10, 2001 /

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  • when i saw planet of the apes
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    the story behind spockmonkey

    July 10, 2001 /

    Would you like to know the story behind Spockmonkey? Well, too bad, I’m telling the story anyway! The story goes like this. Ash and I were at my cousin’s high school graduation last year. It was the same school I went to, and, like I’ve said before, it’s very, very small. Well, as they called each of the graduates up,…

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  • when tickets were too expensive
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    when tickets were too expensive

    July 10, 2001 /

    *shrieks like an upset ape* WHY can’t I find airline tickets for less than $500? ONE WAY!! $566 ONE WAY!! I want to go on this beach vacation with my aunt next week. YES I DO. But I’d have to come back before them for this family portrait we’re having done for my other grandparents’ 50th anniversary, so I’m trying…

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My Costume History Day 49 - Padme’s battle suit fr My Costume History Day 49 - Padme’s battle suit from Star Wars AOTC, for MidSouthCon 2004 Mom suggested I do this costume - and I decided it would be a good idea. By this point I was a Rebel Legion member and was doing a few local events a year - and neither my lake dress or my loyalist committee dress were ideal for events (I was mostly wearing loyalist back then - and I could not drive in it!) So an easier to wear costume was much needed! Headed to Hancock and found an off-white 2 way stretch fabric. I was pretty see-through though, so I had to get enough to double it. And I had to get some nude spandex too, because even doubled it was still a little iffy. Mom and I made the top without a pattern - the front panel with the stitching was a separate piece sewn on. I went at the bottom with a knife to tear it up, and added the rips to the back. The pants were just a basic pair of stretchy pants. The belt was the Rubies belt - though I did some updates later on, replace the base belt with a leather one and backing the pouches in foam. The armbands were originally just cardboard tubes painted silver - later on, my dad added segmented craft metal to them for me. Originally I just wore my Sailor Jupiter boots with this, and made the shinguard section for them out of layers of white vinyl painted and weathered. Not perfect but it worked for a couple of years. In 2006 I got new boots, and made new shinguards out of leather. They still weren’t perfect but it was a major upgrade. The hairpiece I made out of a clip-on ponytail, pipe cleaners and glue. It was heavy! In 2005 I added the cape - even though she doesn’t wear it with the ripped version, I wanted it for a layer of warmth for the ROTS events. Made it out of a blanket. I wore this a lot, until Leia kinda took over my life. In 2012 I decided to sell this (which I regret), but I did get it shot on the white backdrop before that. My plan was to completely remake it from the ground up to be more accurate, but of course I never did that, and probably never will now! Too many other things I’d rather make!
My Costume History Day 48 - Honda Tohru from Fruit My Costume History Day 48 - Honda Tohru from Fruits Basket, for Katsucon 2004 After just finishing that Arwen costume and working on that new Belldandy costume, I wanted to do something a little more simple and casual. I had gotten into Fruits Basket recently, so I decided throwing together a quick version of her uniform was the ticket. I bought the navy blue pleated skirt on ebay, and then took it to Hancock to find a matching fabric. Settled on a navy blue cotton for the top. I’m sure mom & I used some kind of pattern for this but I’m not sure what - it does button up the front. I again used my Sailor Jupiter collar as a template for creating this collar - though this one I just pull off and on over my head and it’s not attached to the top at all. The center front triangle section did have an opening at the side to make it easy to get on - it closes with velcro. Added the blue stripes using ribbon, and made the cuffs the same way. The hair bows were yellow ribbons I glued to barrettes and I had the socks and shoes. All in all a quick and easy costume. Had a lot of fun wearing it at Katsucon - especially running into an entire Fruits Basket group who didn’t have a Tohru!! I took it to a few more conventions that year - it was a great simple costume, didn’t take up a lot of luggage space and didn’t need a wig. It sat in my closet for a few years after that, and around 2012/2013 I decided to sell it. I got it and shot it on the white backdrop first - I did have to get new shoes for the photoshoot, because the original ones had died by that point. I do love how the photos turned out. So it went to a new home after that, which makes me a little sad but I hope it had a good life after me.
My Costume History Day 47 - Belldandy from Oh! My My Costume History Day 47 - Belldandy from Oh! My Goddess, for Katsucon 2004 I wanted to get some more use out of my Belldandy wig, which was to that point the most I’d ever spent on a costume wig. I thought the outfit she wore on the cover of 1-555-GODDESS would be a fun project to recreate! The base of this costume is a bodice — made it out of a blue fabric (can’t remember exactly what), with plastic boning and it laces up the back. It also has “straps” that I beaded that hang down the back. The white designs on it were done in suede and heat-bonded on. The shawl is made of some really cool orange and metallic gold fabric I found at Hancock - it’s got some heavy interfacing in it to keep the shape, and for the design on all of the streamers down the back, I painted the design on. I had to make up everything from the hips down, so I decided on skirt that was open in the front and flared out at the bottom. I used that same sparkly lingerie-like material I was obsessed with back then - I dyed it pink, and added part of a hoopskirt hoop into the hem to make it flare out. Also added some of the undyed fabric along the front edge to look like an underskirt, just because I felt like it needed something else. The headpiece is all built around a headband - covered in some light blue crepe fabric, with the two large pieces that hang down the front attached at the back. The white suede designs are heat-bonded on here too. The parts that stick out of the top have wire on the inside to keep them sticking out - I painted the designs on those, too. Reused my wig, bangles, gloves and socks from my first Belldandy. The necklace and earrings I bought - lucky finds at Claire’s! I was really proud of how this turned out! I wore it at Katsucon 04, and then later took it to MTAC 04 where I entered the costume contest, where it won Best Master Craftsmenship. Nice! I really need to get this shot on the white backdrop one day. I know it needs some repairs - like, I know I stole the hoop out of its hem at some point for something else so I need to figure out a replacement. Maybe I’ll get this one done for white backdrops later this year...
My Costume History Day 46 - Arwen (original design My Costume History Day 46 - Arwen (original design) from LOTR, for ROTK midnight show So as we were all anxiously awaiting to see the costumes from ROTK, there was a tiny little snippet of Arwen in her coronation dress in some promo image. It was just her head with the tiara, but I wanted to make it. So I designed something I thought would go with it - a wedding dress. Both parts of this, the dress and robe, are modified versions of Simplicity 9891. The underdress is made of a matte white satin, with fitted sleeves and I made it way longer and wider. I wear platform boots with this to be elf height, so it needed all that extra length! The neckline trim was from Calontir Trims, and I added some pearls to it. For the design on the sleeves, I copied a motif from one of Elrond’s costumes and painted it on with silver fabric paint, and beaded around it as well. The robe I made out of a silver stretch velvet; it has two sets of lower sleeves, one of the velvet and one of the white satin, and I beaded the collar. The hem was a happy accident - we put horsehair in the hem to give it some body, and it created this wavy effect, which I ended up loving. The belt is also made of the velvet, with the same motif painted on and beaded. My tiara was made by Atelier des Elfes and is still one of my fav pieces in my collection of costume pieces. I wore this to the ROTK midnight show, and then to several conventions throughout 2004 and 2005. I also did a photoshoot at our local art museum (and one of the photos ended up in a gag book I stumbled across at Barnes and Noble while wedding planning years later! Story for another time!) I actually wore this in the Dragoncon 04 parade - I made an extra skirt that was longer than everything else that the rest of the costume could sit on and not get dragged on the road. The laces of my boots got tangled midway through and I thought I was a goner! LOL Still have it - it’s not in great shape. The satin fabric is weakened at the sleeve seams, and some of the velvet has lost its stretch. Always thought about remaking it from the ground up with 20 more years experience - that would be fun!
My Costume History Day 45 - Padme’s Loyalist Commi My Costume History Day 45 - Padme’s Loyalist Committee Gown from Star Wars AOTC, made for Dragoncon 2003 My 2nd serious Star Wars costume for my 2nd dragoncon! For the top and skirt I found a iridescent blue taffeta at Hancock, and a sequin fabric for the inset on the top. The robe fabric is the screen accurate velvet burnout - but I used black, because that’s what I saw on screen - black and blue, more than purple. I can’t remember what Mom & I used as a pattern for the top and skirt, but I’m pretty sure the robe was a very chopped up and altered Simplicity 9891. I used that pattern a LOT! I added the trim to the edges, and the robe velcros to the top and skirt all the way down the front to keep them together. The appliques were all floral pieces I got at Hancock and dyed to match my fabric. The necklace is cardboard and gold lame, and my dad helped me with the headpiece - it’s craft metal backed in craft foam to help keep it comfortable, and I glued a hairpiece into it, so it all just sits right on top of my head. I had a disaster just a few days before Dragoncon when trying to finish this - I realized I was not going to have enough of the screen accurate velvet to finish the sleeves. I had to call the fabric store I’d ordered it from and beg them to overnight a yard to me. They were reluctant saying it would be very expensive and I just cried “I knooooowwww”. But they did and I was able to finish it. It was a beast to wear - just a lot of fabric to deal with plus the giant, heavy headpiece. I had to use around 40 giant bobbie pin to keep it on my head. This was the year they had the Dcon masquerade offsite, so when we got on the bus to go over there, I clanged my headpiece on the doorframe getting on the bus. That HURT! LOL After dcon, I did some upgrades - I painted all the trim a little darker, and biggest of all I fixed the shape of the sleeves of the top. I wore this to a few local Star Wars events over the next few months, but kinda retired it after I did my Leia. It’s not perfect but it still has a place in my heart. I haven’t been able to shoot it because I can’t get in the top - one day I’ll alter it so we can it shot on the backdrop!
Hadn’t updated this in nearly 2 years, so here’s a Hadn’t updated this in nearly 2 years, so here’s a new version - MOST of the costumes I’ve made 1998-2025.
My costumes that are turning 20 this year! My costumes that are turning 20 this year!
Easy video trend where I just get to plug in some Easy video trend where I just get to plug in some fav costume photos? Yes please!
My Costume History Day 44 - Teela from Masters of My Costume History Day 44 - Teela from Masters of the Universe/He-Man, for Dragoncon 2003 Since I’d done She-Ra in 2002, I really wanted to do a Teela costume too. And Dragoncon was the best opportunity I’d had to do a costume like that! I bought a white leotard and cut the sleeves off to make the lower arm gauntlets. Found a coppery sort-of crepe fabric at Hancock for the vest - I don’t think Mom & I used a pattern for this, I think we just kinda made it up as we went. It closes in the front with a hook and eye, and for the little “snake” chest details on the front, we made individual pieces and appliqued them together to create a 3d effect. Bought the wig online, and made the tiara out of some craft foam, leftover vest fabric and a red gemstone. It bobbie pins into the wig. Boots I had, added some fur just tucked into the top. Orko I made out of a little teddy bear, a bouncy ball, batting, duct tape, floral wire, paper mache, craft foam, and fabric for his little robe and hat. He attaches to my wrist with fishing line. Wore this at Dragoncon and had fun in it! I wanted to wear it again the next year to SDCC, but I didn’t like how the snake chest appliques weren’t obvious, in a lot of pics they just disappeared. So I went in with some watered down fabric paint and painted around the stitch lines to try to give it some more depth. And then after SDCC I had people making fun of me for painting the details on. Can’t win. Also had a guy come up to me in the Mattel booth, where I was taking pics in front of a big He-Man mural, and ask who I was supposed to be dressed as. I said Teela. He said no, you can’t be Teela, you’re too short. Ok like sorry I didn’t get leg extending surgery for my COSPLAY? WTF LOL I haven’t worn it since SDCC 2004, but I do still have it all. Several times it’s almost made the cut of getting a white backdrop shoot recently - in 2024 I even washed the leotard in prep for it, but it just didn’t happen. Orko needs some repairs too... so maybe I’ll get around to that this year. Fingers crossed.
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