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  • Sketchblog: Nabooru
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    Sketchblog: Nabooru

    March 27, 1999 /

    This is a back-dated post! In 2016 I went back through my old sketchbooks and “rescued” a lot of my old, lost artwork, and I’m slowly getting them re-added to my archives. Original description from my site: “Nabooru from Zelda! Spring Break Request, I wasn’t familiar with the character ^^; I kept forgetting to make a new layer and kept…

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  • Art Post: Ranma 1/2
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    Art Post: Ranma 1/2

    March 27, 1999 /

    My Visual Communications homework for this week! We had to do paperback book covers. I chose Ranma 1/2 for my covers. The third one turned out the worst ><

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  • Comic Post: SunDowner Issue 1
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    Comic Post: SunDowner Issue 1

    March 14, 1999 /

    The original first issue of SunDowner. This issue was rewritten, redrawn and reissued in print form in 2002. Here’s my original 1999 description: Er, hi! Welcome to my first try at an original comic. It’s rather crude, mainly because I did it in like, four days! IF I do another issue, I will do more shading and stuff. This is…

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  • Art Post: Britan
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    Art Post: Britan

    March 12, 1999 /

    A little Britan… too cute, eh?

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  • Art Post: El Enigma
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    Art Post: El Enigma

    March 6, 1999 /

    This is a back-dated post! In 2016 I went back through my old sketchbooks and “rescued” a lot of my old, lost artwork, and I’m slowly getting them re-added to my archives. I know this is Keiiii’s El Enigma character, Ayan, but I don’t have any other info on the original. 🙁 EDIT! I found it thanks to the magic…

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  • Sketchblog: Nabooru
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    Sketchblog: Lara Croft

    March 5, 1999 /

    This is a back-dated post! In 2016 I went back through my old sketchbooks and “rescued” a lot of my old, lost artwork, and I’m slowly getting them re-added to my archives. Original description from my site: “I did this one to make all you Lara fans shut up ! I dislike her, but this picture is OK… kinda boring,…

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  • Sketchblog: Nabooru
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    sketchblog: shaved ice

    March 5, 1999 /

    Britan and Miles eating shaved ice

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  • Art Post: Piper Huzzah!
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    Art Post: Piper Huzzah!

    March 2, 1999 /

    Piper!!!! Piper is my quasi-site mascot. She’s my oldest character. Here is Piper, cheering the fact that it’s time for Spring Break! I used real blocky CGing, trying to make it look a bit more cell-style, without actually DOING cell-style ^^;;

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  • Art Post: Tifa (FF7)
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    Art Post: Tifa (FF7)

    March 1, 1999 /

    Tifa attacking… eek!

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  • Sketchblog: Nabooru
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    Art Post: SunDowner

    February 27, 1999 /

    This is a back-dated post! In 2016 I went back through my old sketchbooks and “rescued” a lot of my old, lost artwork, and I’m slowly getting them re-added to my archives. I think this was initially supposed to be for issue 1, but I went a different direction.

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  • Sketchblog: Whirlwind
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    Sketchblog: Whirlwind

    February 25, 1999 /

    This is a back-dated post! In 2016 I went back through my old sketchbooks and “rescued” a lot of my old, lost artwork, and I’m slowly getting them re-added to my archives. I’m going to take a giant stab in the dark and try to match this up to an old description I have — “Anya’s character, Whirlwind, for the…

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  • Sketchblog: Nabooru
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    Sketchblog: Smokin’ Joe

    February 21, 1999 /

    I don’t know.

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  • Art Post: Evangelion
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    Art Post: Evangelion

    February 20, 1999 /

    My homework for Visual Communications this week was to design a CD cover… I chose Evangelion. I’m pretty pleased with it… I hope my teacher likes it v_v;

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  • Art Post: Piper
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    Art Post: Piper

    February 19, 1999 /

    Another old Piper drawing!

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  • Sketchblog: Nabooru
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    Art Post: Ylena

    February 18, 1999 /

    This is a back-dated post! In 2016 I went back through my old sketchbooks and “rescued” a lot of my old, lost artwork, and I’m slowly getting them re-added to my archives. Ylena was an original character who was supposed to eventually show up a side character in SunDowner, but she never did.

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  • Art Post: Utena
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    Art Post: Utena

    February 16, 1999 /

    This was NOT supposed to be the Utena pic I was going to CG, this was just a doodle. But for some reason I went ahead and finished it… it’s all right, I suppose.

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  • Art Post: Ken (Weiss Kreuz)
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    Art Post: Ken (Weiss Kreuz)

    February 12, 1999 /

    From Weiß Kreuz! I think Ken is my favourite, but I really shouldn’t say that since I haven’t actually seen the series… Well, in looks he’s my fav. ^_^

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  • Sketchblog: Nabooru
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    sketchblog: Aya

    February 8, 1999 /

    Aya from Weiss Kreuz. To go with the Ken and Omi I already did.

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  • Art Post: Shinji (Evangelion)
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    Art Post: Shinji (Evangelion)

    February 4, 1999 /

    An uninked Shinji, just since I had so few Shinji pieces… I did this to match the recent Rei one!

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  • Art Post: Yuffie (FF7)
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    Art Post: Yuffie (FF7)

    February 4, 1999 /

    This was a gift to Evey for 1355 hits!

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My Costume History, Day 183: Dolores from Westworl My Costume History, Day 183: Dolores from Westworld, for SFCC 2017 The first season of Westworld was incredible. I really wanted to make Dolores’ blue dress - headed to Joann to find something “close enough” and got to work. I found this lightweight blue cotton to use for the dress, and picked up some trim too. I altered a bodice pattern I had, change the neckline shape and adding sleeves - and I did actually do button holes and real functioning buttons here (if you’ve read more of these posts, you know I avoid real button holes LOL). Used some buttons I had and weathered them. For the skirt, I started by making a little bustle out of some quilted cotton I had - attached it to some bias tape and it closes with a hook and eye. I draped my fabric over that bustle on the dressform to figure out the skirt shape. Got it pleated the way I wanted and sewed it to a waistband and got it hemmed. The trims are 4 layers - one of a lace, one of a velvet ribbon I dyed, and two layers of rick rack. So it was a pain to sew on. The belt is from Tandy - Chase dyed it for me, made me a pouch and also made the buckle for me. Bought the wig online and dyed the roots, and wore some boots I had. I do like this costume. I did get the neckline shape wrong and that bothers me (it comes down too low in the back and should sit closer to my neck over my shoulders), but the big “meh” for me is that I don’t like this wig, and I don’t like how it looks on me. I always thought about getting a new one and trying again, but the interest in Westworld kinda died out, so this costume just kinda got shuffled to the side. I did wear it a few more times, to Visioncon and Dragoncon that year, and of course we did the white backdrop shoot. I still have it, and I’ve had it out for a couple of videos in recent years. But since Westworld kinda fizzled, there’s just not a lot of interest in it. I do still have a photoshoot idea in the back of my head, and if that even comes to fruition, I’ll get this out again and update that wig...
My Costume History, Day 182: Galadriel from the Th My Costume History, Day 182: Galadriel from the The Hobbit, for MCX 2016 So funny story - I have done 3 very lazy Galadriel costumes over the years, all using parts from other costumes. The first was back in 2001/2002, using my first Leia costume and my She-Ra wig, and just a ribbon I had for a belt. The second was in 2004, using my original Arwen costume and a long Godiva wig that tangled HORRIBLY LOL. But I got to wear it in a fun costume contest group at SDCC that year, and met some really cool people thanks to it. When I made my Elf Queen Aelsa costume from Thor in 2015, I realized... ooh I could do another lazy Galadriel costume with this too, if I make this chest armor removable. So I did - the armor ties on, so there’s no visible snaps or velcro or anything on the dress. I used my Edith wig this time, which was an upgrade from the Godiva wig. Still used my Arwen crown from 2003, made by Atelier des Elfes, and my Galadriel wig @kitkatmemphis gave me for Christmas a gazillion years ago. Wore this to MCX that year and then headed out to do a photoshoot at Kevin’s house - love how those pics came out. The bummer part is when we did the white backdrop shoot a few months later, I somehow managed to lose the full size versions, so I only have the small internet sized versions now (grimace emoji). Guess that means I need to redo it one day. And maybe one day I’ll do a “real” Galadriel costume. I love the silver Hobbit one and I’d love to do that one of these days.
My Costume History, Day 181: Tightrope Walker from My Costume History, Day 181: Tightrope Walker from the Haunted Mansion, for our Dragon Con 2016 As I mentioned earlier, we cut back on cons this year, and we only did Dragon Con for a day and a half that year. But of course I still have to make something new, and since we were also going to do the Disney Halloween party later in the year, I decided to do the Tightrope Walker so I could wear it for both. All my fabric came from Joann - I got a purple velveteen for the top, a matte white satin for the skirt, and this cool layered pink chiffon for the sleeves. Made the bodice out of the velveteen, lined with cotton, with spiral steel boning and a lace up back. I really like how it turned out. The sleeves were a take on the same Edwardian sleeve pattern I used for Edith (still had it laying out LOL), just smaller. I stuffed them with netting for shape. I made the upper white pieces out of some lace fabric from Joann, and the bows on top out of some leftover pink taffeta from my pink 18th century dress. The capelet I went through a couple of mock-ups trying to get the size and shape right on me. Trimmed it in some faux fur and it closes with a snap, hidden behind a more decorative cape closure. I made the basic skirt, gathered onto a basic waistband. (If I were to redo this I would’ve done this as a circle skirt instead of gathering it, I don’t like how it hides the flowers.) I made a stencil for the flower and used it as a rough guide for painting each on, but I didn’t stick to it exactly because I wanted them to look painterly. (I went with the earlier arts’ even rows of flowers look - another thing I’d change if I were to redo it). Styled the wig from Arda, made some straps for existing pink flats I had. When I wore this to Dragon Con that year, I just used my Jane parasol, but for MNSSHP later that year, I bought a cheap parasol online, stripped it, replaced it with my own fabric and trim, and made an extension for it. I was really happy with how that turned out. (Also restyled the wig so my side curls weren’t so huge). This was a fun costume and one I’d be glad to pull out again anytime - I dunno about MNSSHP again, it was still too hot for this there!!
My Costume History, Day 180: Edith from Crimson Pe My Costume History, Day 180: Edith from Crimson Peak, for our Megacon 2016 While in the theater seeing Crimson Peak the year before I decided I HAD to make something from it, came home and immediately bought a wig LOL So since I already had some money invested in it, I decided to do this Edith costume for our one day visit to Megacon in 2016. I bought a bunch of plain crepe de chine from Dharma Trading. I started with making the top yoke section - it’s a cotton base and supports the sleeves. For the sleeves I used an Edwardian era pattern I had on hand and made the big sleeves puffs, stuffed with netting for shape, and made the lower sections extra long so I could gather them. I trimmed the edge with some lace and added some faux buttons (they snap close). I took big squares of my crepe de chine and gathered them down to fit on each panel of the yoke and sewed them down - trimmed the edges to be the “ruffle” at the neck and bust line. It closes with snaps up the front. Then I took all that I had left over my crepe de chine, sewed it into a giant tube, and pleated it down to fit onto the bottom of the yoke, under the ruffle. Once I had that all attached, I hemmed it. Now it was time to weather the whole thing. I started with dip-dyeing the bottom hem - I tested out some dye mixes to recreate the “clay staining” and once I was happy with the colour, I set up a dye station and dipped the end of my dress into it. Well, I messed it up. I got it way too far down in the dye. One one side it came all the way up to the waist! I tried some dye remover but in the end, I had to just take it off, buy new fabric and redo it (grimace emoji). Second time dyeing, my husband helped holding up the top so I could pay better attention to how far it went in the dye. Then I weathered the top with dye and paint for the blood splatter, which was hard to do LOL. I also made some plain nude spandex gloves and bloodied them up as well so I didn’t have to paint my hands. I was really happy with how this turned out! It’s so floating and fun to wear. Got to do a cool shoot in a wine cellar later that year. I still want to do more Crimson Peak costumes... maybe one of these days.
My Costume History, Day 179: Princess Leia Disneyb My Costume History, Day 179: Princess Leia Disneybound from Star Wars, for our Disney trip 2016 So 2016 was a weird year, because we did less cons, only did Dragon Con for a day and a half - instead, we bought Disney World annual passes and went to Disney a whole bunch of times that year. But it didn’t mean I stopped sewing. I was inching closer and closer to a Leia disneybound on our trips years previously, buns, themed clothes, etc - so for 2016 I decided I wanted to commit and do a proper bound. I made 2 pieces for this - the top and dolman shrug. I bought the shorts, necklace and shoes. The shoes were my attempt to find white versions of some shoes I already had and loved (they were SO comfy) but I didn’t really love these as much. Ah well. For the top, I had this shirt at the time that I loooved and I basically wanted the same thing but Star Wars-themed. It was a white shirt with some white designs up the center front, so I recreated that with some very light grey/silver-y Star Wars symbols and had it printed on spoonflower knit. I also bought some of their plain white knit to use for other sections. I used my existing shirt as a guide to make a pattern, and assembled it from my spoonflower fabric. Easy! The I got worried about wearing all white to Disney LOL I thought I’d make a shrug to wear over it - something I could cover myself in while eating or sit on if I needed to sit on the ground. I found this thin grey knit at Joann that had silver metallic stripes running through and made this Dolman shrug - heavily based on a Captain America one I had from WeLoveFine. I added a big rebel symbol to the back using some scrap red spandex. I love how it turned out, and it entered my regular wardrobe rotation after this! And it was perfect for the parks - light enough to not be hot, and it protected me from the sun (I don’t tan, I burn) It was a lot of fun to wear in the parks - I wore it for several trips! It’s pretty much retired now, except the shrug, which still hangs in my normal clothes closet.
My Costume History, Day 178: Disgust from Inside O My Costume History, Day 178: Disgust from Inside Out, for MidSouthcon 2016 I really loved Disgust’s costume design - and green is my fav colour so the idea of being totally green was appealing LOL I used all fabric I could buy at my Joann, and I wasn’t completely happy with my green fabric I got for the dress - it was a tad more on the blue side of green, and a little lighter-weight than I would’ve liked, but it was ok. I started out with basic dress pattern but had to reconfigure a lot of it, the neck shape, fit, etc. Once I had the basic dress constructed, I started embroidering the little mid-century amoeba shapes. I got some blue and yellow-green embroidery floss and just free-formed them in a couching stitch. It didn’t turn out perfectly, but I liked the added detail vs buying a version with the design printed on. I made the leggings out of some scrap green spandex, the belt out of some pleather and spandex, and the scarf out of some pink glitter netting. Chase made the “D” belt b uckle for me. I bought the wig from arda and added in lots of strands of green glitter embroidery floss for some sparkle. I bought 2 pairs of green tights - one I used on my legs/feet and the upper ones I planned to turn into an upper body piece and reconfigure the foot sections into gloves. In the end I didn’t feel like messing with it LOL So instead of just painting my face & neck and having tights for the rest, I painted my face,neck, chest and arms and just used the tights for my legs. I still have those tights meant for my upper body around here somewhere. I’ve only worn this once - wore it to MidSouthCon and we did the white backdrop shoot right after we got home from the con that day. I’ve said for a while I need to just invest in a full body green suit so I can wear this and my Poison Ivy again sometime.
Morticia was a project that’s been on my to-do lis Morticia was a project that’s been on my to-do list for ages, and when we went fabric shopping in LA earlier this year I thought this would be the perfect project to shop for - I wasn’t recreating an exact costume, I wanted to do my own take on the character, so it’d be fun to just shop for neat black fabric. I’m really happy with how it turned out and it was a smooth sailing project. Can’t wait to wear her again - need fo find some Halloween event for her! #dragoncon2026
I’m not particularly happy with the handful of pho I’m not particularly happy with the handful of photos I got of my picnic Padme at dragoncon. Guess that means it’s time for a photoshoot 🤔 I’ll have my usual breakdown of the construction of this up in my blog in the next couple of days!
Buckle your seatbelts. We’re going to reach speeds Buckle your seatbelts. We’re going to reach speeds of 3! I decided I wanted to make a Dr. Lea Jansen/DOCTOR Lady costume for #dragoncon2026 earlier this year and was totally shocked and tickled when Chase he wanted to be Blast Hardcheese with me. (Please give me your fav BigMcLargeHuge name in the comments!) The first fabric I used for my leotard was cursed, it jammed my machine so bad I had to take it in to be repaired three times! I gave up on that fabric finally, and after that construction of these was smooth sailing. I picked up all the silver fabric when we were in LA, and I bought my wig online, cut and styled it. My belt buckle is my favorite part of the costume, you can’t really see it here, but head back a couple of posts to my reel showing these costumes up close and you can get a good look at it. I really didn’t think that many people would recognize or care about these costumes, it was just something I really wanted to do - so all the love and shares and people chasing us down at the convention made it really special, so thank you all 💚💚
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