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  • when i was preparing to go out of town
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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: utena
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    sketchblog: utena

    July 12, 2001 /

    art reference for my upcoming Utena costume

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  • when i was preparing to go out of town
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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: utena
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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 4!
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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: utena
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    sketchblog: beatrix

    July 10, 2001 /

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  • when i was preparing to go out of town
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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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  • when i was preparing to go out of town
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    when i found a funny website

    July 10, 2001 /

    Sometimes the altavista translator doesn’t translate so good. I just ran into a cosplay page named, “Preaching room of smelly monk.” That would make a great blog name.

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  • when i was preparing to go out of town
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    when i was a cosmic bandito

    July 9, 2001 /

    I… am a cosmic bandito. And you are not!

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  • sketchblog: utena
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    sketchblog: utena

    July 9, 2001 /

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  • when i was preparing to go out of town
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    what

    July 9, 2001 /

    Tiddeli-pom!

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  • when i was preparing to go out of town
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    when i was sick

    July 9, 2001 /

    I felt ok when I got up this morning, but the minute I walked outside I got so sick. It must have been the heat combined with my normal morning yuckiness… cause I got dizzy, had a headache, and felt like I was about to puke. I figured it’d go away, so I got in the car and started driving.…

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  • sketchblog: utena
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    sketchblog: little piper

    July 8, 2001 /

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  • when i was preparing to go out of town
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    when i planned for mtac

    July 8, 2001 /

    Ha, ha, ha! We went over to Ash’s grandparents and had dinner last night. Then we met up with my aunt and Kristie to see Cats and Dogs. It was cute… I liked the Ninja cats and the Russian cat. I’m going to reserve our room at the hotel for MTAC tomorrow. We learned some things at Animazement (and from…

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  • sketchblog: utena
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    sketchblog: britan

    July 7, 2001 /

    crayon Britan

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  • when i was preparing to go out of town
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    when i needed a reference

    July 7, 2001 /

    Does anyone know where I can find a decent pic of movie-Snape? A straight-on pic, not profile… all I can find are little blurry things that aren’t any good for references.

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  • when i was preparing to go out of town
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    when i was working on ruby moon

    July 6, 2001 /

    Urk. I’ve been so busy lately. Some summer so far. Actually, my parents took me to see AI again last night. It was a nice break from working all day. It was just as interesting the 2nd time around, and I noticed some things this time that I didn’t last time. We also went and bought fabric for my costume…

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  • when i was preparing to go out of town
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    when it was the 4th

    July 4, 2001 /

    HAPPY FREAKIN FOURTH OF JULY!!! *throws some firecrackers in and runs*

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  • when we saw the harry potter trailer
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    when we saw the harry potter trailer

    July 4, 2001 /

    Saw AI yesterday. Good movie. It was worth the $4.75 alone just seeing the Harry Potter trailer. Lord knows I’m not a big Snape fan, but… I have to admit… I was so excited when he appeared. I think Alan Rickman will change the way I think of Snape! Anyway, AI was good. It had two marks against it already…

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My Costume History Day 85: Wonder Woman (Alex Ross My Costume History Day 85: Wonder Woman (Alex Ross style) made for MidSouthCon 2007 I wanted to do a Wonder Woman costume for a few years at that point so I finally buckled down and started putting it together for MidSouthCon 07. I decided I wanted to do base mine on her Alex Ross-style suits. I bought the red pleather corset and blue/white star swimsuit bottoms on ebay, along with the boots! That was the easy part! For all of the armor pieces, I wanted them to be metal. My gauntlets are made out of silver craft metal and velcro closed at the wrist. The tiara, chest piece and belt are all gold craft metal which Chase patterned, cut and assembled for me. It all velcros onto the bodice, and on the tiara, we glued some craft foam onto the back to make it a little more comfortable. The red star was from the craft store. The lasso was some gold braided trim. I really love how it turned out! It felt so cool to wear, though I had to watch out for hugging people - the head of the “eagle” on the chest piece poked out and I could easily poke somebody if I gave them a hug LOL And the gauntlets could bite me if anyone grabbed my wrist (looking at you @kitkatmemphis LMAO) Despite the safety concerns, I wore this a lot over the year - having a super recognizable costume is always really fun. (I also wore it to an event at a school, where the velcro decided to peel off the bodice while I was standing in front of a group of kids. I had to quickly cross my arms to push the chestpiece back into place, and then basically keep that pose the rest of the time to keep it on LOL) Originally wore a long black wig with it, but after that wig got turned into my Ame-Comi Wonder Woman ponytail in 2008, I switched to a shorter wig. Never loved that wig, but that’s what I had to use when we got this shot on the white backdrop in 2009 (one of the first costumes we shot on the backdrop!) and I really wish I’d just gotten a new wig for it. Oh well. I sold this in around 2012-2013-ish after I made an updated version in 2009.
My Costume History Day 84: Random costumes circa 2 My Costume History Day 84: Random costumes circa 2003-2010 This post is to talk about some pre and post 2006 costumes that are just silly little things that don’t warrant their own post. Jubilee from X-Men, for Dcon 03. I put this together for my cousin to wear to Dcon, but of course I had to put it on too. Bought the yellow jacket on ebay, made boot covers out of blue knit, and spray painted a pair of sunglasses. Wig was my Yuffie wig. Dazzler from X-Men, made in late 04. I had bought this bodysuit for a project that didn’t pan out, so I turned it into Dazzler. Made the collar out of marine vinyl covered in silver lame, and the belt out of the same lame. Made the mask out of scraps and spray painted my childhood skates silver. I realized if I tried to wear this at a con with those skates, I’d break a leg LOL So I never wore it anywhere and these pics are all I have to document it. A few years ago most of it got thrown away when I discovered the skate wheels were crumbling into dust. Random Elf from late 04 - my parents gave me this purple velvet for Christmas, and at first I was going to do Arwen’s hope gown, but couldn’t figure out the sleeves, so I made a cape instead. I’ve worn this with soooo many costumes over the years, so I think that was a good decision! Spider-man swimsuit from SDCC 05 - I wanted a nerdy swimsuit. That didn’t exist back then, so made it with a Kwiksew pattern, red and blue spandex, and painted the lines on with fabric paint. Sadly the stretch has died in the fabric now and it’s unwearable. Village Belle version 1 from Dcon 06 - Quick change version intended for a skit that didn’t happen. The back was so ugly I never wore it. I think it eventually got thrown away. Casual Jean Grey from Halloween 09 - threw this together for Halloween at work. Sewed an X-Men symbol onto a black knit top I made. Wasn’t even hemmed, everything else from my closet. Kiss the Girl Ariel from Halloween 2010 - also for work Halloween, this was my Briar Rose bodice and shirt with my village Belle skirt and my Phoenix wig with my Britan. Entirely made of other costume pieces LOL Once day I’ll dig it out and take real photos of it.
My Costume History Day 83: Dorothy from the Wizard My Costume History Day 83: Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, for Halloween 2006 We had a cairn terrier named Kes at the time, and for a while we were going to do a Wizard of Oz group around her, even though she was wheaten cairn and not black. It never really worked out, but I eventually did decide to do Dorothy for Halloween in 2006. There’s not a lot to this — it is straight up the Simplicity Dorothy pattern with no mods. Got the blue checkered fabric at Hancock, used a white cotton for the blouse with blue rickrack. Bought the ruby slippers, basket and stuffed Toto at a costume store, and added more sequins to the slippers. Wore this Halloween night and it was fun and comfy. Of course took some pics with Kes. And then I didn’t touch it again for over 10 years LOL In 2017 I was like, I need to get this costume catalogued shot on the backdrop, so I got it out, gave it a really thorough ironing and steaming (it was sooo wrinkled). I also updated the socks - I bought some stockings at Spirit Halloween and dyed them blue. I also decided I wanted to do the braided look instead of the hair down I’d done in 2006, but I knew my own hair braided wouldn’t look thick enough, so I braided my Belle wig. I really love how the backdrop photos turned out! And it made me kinda fall in love with this costume. (It also FIT me way better in 2017 than it did in 2006.) After that it became a regular rotation for options to wear around Halloween. Most recently I wore it to visit my grandma at her nursing home - her birthday was in October, so I’d usually go in costume because she loved to see my costumes, and her birthday being close to Halloween made that a good excuse LOL. This one was a great option for that because it wasn’t large or unwieldy to wear in that enviroment, and it’s something everybody recognizes. Unfortunately after that excursion, as we were walking back to the car, one of my ruby slippers completely fell apart LOL. Guess you can’t count on 20 year old costume shoes to last...!
My Costume History Day 82: Leia’s Hoth uniform fro My Costume History Day 82: Leia’s Hoth uniform from Star Wars, for Nashville Comic Fest 2006 A few posts back I talked about my Cloud City Escape Leia costume - of course, that was the basis for my Hoth Leia costume, since they are the same suit. I had intended to have Hoth Leia done for a con in Jan 2006, but ran out of time - but I did have the suit done, so I wore it as Cloud City Escape for several months before finally circling back around to finish the Hoth elements. The vest is made out of some lightweight lining taffeta lined in cotton, with batting for the quilting - modified a basic vest pattern, adding the quilting stitching and changed up the collar shape. Added the pocket in the front - Chase made my badge and it just slides into the pocket. The boots I bought from Delia’s LOL and I made the upper part out of two different grey faux suedes. They velcro closed over the existing boots. The gloves were vintage I bought on ebay. This is one of my fav Leia costumes - it was one I was wanting to get around to doing for a while. It’s also one of my fav hairstyles to do. I’d wear this way more often - if it was more comfortable! I debuted it at the Nashville con in October 2006, and wore it to several more cons over the next few years, and some various Star Wars events, but it was never comfortable because of the suit. (Did an event on my own one night that I had to drive to and had to unzip the suit and take it off to the waist to drive there, because I couldn’t sit and drive with the suit choking me LOL) I did also finally get to do a SNOW shoot with it in 2021 - I was worried about the snow messing up these old boots (they are starting to make concerning cracking sounds when I wear them now), but I figured if they get messed up, that’s more impetus for me to finally remake this! And yes, one of these days I AM going to remake this from the ground up. It’s long overdue. But I have to get around to my rebel briefing room/Endor remake first, because it’s even older and in even worse shape. One thing at a time...
My Costume History Day 81: custom mandalorian from My Costume History Day 81: custom mandalorian from Star Wars, made for Dragoncon 2006 My 501st garrison (Southern Outpost at the time) had all started making their own custom mandalorian kits. Chase had one too, so I wanted one for myself. I made the vest out of some heavy black twill, with black pleather trim on the bottom edge, red piping, and red suede panels in the front. The undershirt and I pants I made out of a grey stretch knit which I weathered pretty extensively - I also added a bantha skull to the sleeve, and some more of the red suede panels to the side of the pants. The capes were my fav part - there are 2 layers, one of my leftover red suede, one of black suede, and one of a really cool distressed black chiffon. They are all attached at the shoulder of the vest with a button. Chase made all of the armor for me - the chest plates and shoulder pieces are all heat formed plastic and velcro on. I think the knee pieces he already had from something else. The “gauntlets” are repainted and weathered shinguards. The belt I bought - Chase made my belt buckle, and added a holster and some other little greeblies to it. The helmet we bought online - maybe from someone on the RPF? - can’t remember. Chase painted and weathered it for me, and also added some lights. Modified a blaster and added a blade to it and used some scrap fabric to add some wrapping to it. Debuted this at Dragoncon 2006 for the big mandalorian group pic we did in the bottom of the Hyatt (and right after, I changed into Huttslayer in the public bathroom right there for the Leia shoot in the same area LOL). It was a lot of fun — at one point while I was wearing it, two little boys came up and asked for a pic with me. After the pic, they said thanks and I said “you’re welcome” and they both screamed “IT’S A GIRL!” and ran away LOL. I wanted to do some upgrades to this after, but never got around to it. I did dig it up and clean up a few things in 2017 and did a photoshoot after a snow storm, but besides that and the white backdrop, that’s pretty much all I’ve done with this. The pleather parts are falling apart now, but maybe one day I’ll get it wearable again.
My Costume History Day 80: Corde from Star Wars, f My Costume History Day 80: Corde from Star Wars, for Dragoncon 2006 I loved that there were post-blast promo images of Corde from AOTC - & I thought it’d be fun to make THAT version. As mentioned in my 2004 Leia costume post, I started making the robe, decided I didn’t like the fabric & started over. Well I still had that half-finished robe, and that became my Corde underdress. I got the sleeves added & finished it up. For the outer robe, I got a white fabric at Hancock and white satin for the sleeve linings. Modified a robe pattern. The bulk of the work for the costume went into recreating the pattern all over it - I made 2 stamps, & then sat for days stamping the black and gold design all over the robe. It’s not 100% perfect but it’s the best I could do in 2006, and I’m still pretty proud of it. I made the appliques out of some black suede leftover from the mandalorian, and glued them on. Once the robe was finished — then it was time to destroy it LOL This was really hard to do after all the time stamping it! I wrapped my dressform in plastic, put my robe on it and took it all outside and started throwing dye on it. Once I had a base “dirty” color I started going in with black and red paints for burns and blood. The beaded neckpiece was actually a beaded shawl my grandmother had given me a while before - I added some onto it but it worked great as-is. The wig was a lot of fun - I built up the shape with foam, covered in fabric, and then heat-shaped the wig hair over the forms. The center was a cardboard tube I painted. The great thing was that if I messed up, that was fine, it was supposed to look messed up LOL I debuted this at Dragoncon 06, and used black and brown eyeshadows to dirty up my face, along with my fake blood from my battle Padme. I was soo happy with how this turned out! My plan was to next take it to Celebration... but we got engaged and realized with a wedding to plan, Celebration 07 was out of the question. So I ended up not wearing this again for a long time. Finally did the backdrop shoot in 2012. It’s still here - I had it out for a video not too long ago! Maybe I’ll bring her back to Dcon this year for her 20th anniversary LOL
I put together a simplified Starlord outfit for Ke I put together a simplified Starlord outfit for Kevin to wear on our Disneyland trip last month, but it ended up being way too hot for the jacket. So he wore it at @hsvexpo instead. I wore my Scarlet Witch - so we kinda sorta matched? Same universe anyway 😹 meanwhile, Chase was wearing Beefsquatch from Bobs Burgers and didn’t match at all! 😹 (but definitely got the most attention!)
Chase and I wore Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati at @hs Chase and I wore Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati at @hsvexpo this weekend as well - it was a lot of fun, though I think I got my knee armor on the wrong knees and I now have a rubbed raw spot on both knees 😹
Had an absolutely fabulous time at @hsvexpo this p Had an absolutely fabulous time at @hsvexpo this past weekend. So much fun getting to hang out with friends and wear some costumes! Big thank you to @ashleyeckstein for being so cool & kind to Kevin!
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