#artvsartist2023
🎨 hello!
it was an insane year! I changed jobs, moved into the house I renovated myself, and did a ton of art commissions & photo gigs! I’m shocked I drew as much as I did tbh
light on the finished pieces this year, but already excited for the coming year :)
parents be like 'online and con friends aren't real friends' and then you go to a wedding where people go 'so how do you know the couple' and your answer is 'cosplaying gurren lagann in 2009'
Figured out basic heights for the
#KH
trios based on renders and checking cutscenes for variants like proportion of head/body:
Sora: 5'3" (confirmed)
Riku: 5'10"
Kairi: 4'11"
Terra: 6'2"
Aqua: 5'7"
Ven: 5'4" (a hair taller than Sora, adorable)
Lea: 6'4"
Roxas: 5'3"
Xion: 5'0"
I think the coolest thing about cosplay is the things you accidentally become by necessity: jeweler, metalworker, hairstylist, 3D fabricator, embroiderer, cobbler, tailor, woodworker, sculptor
cosplay packing hack that's helped me the past few cons--sorting things so you can grab them based on a very high-level knowledge of what you're bringing
no male chars? no male char bag.
eyelashes needed? good to go.
the inevitable WHO HAS BOBBY PINS--spot that bag, ur good
Cosplay hack: make tops into leotards with crotch snaps if it gets tucked into other stuff. It will save your life and stop stuff from riding up
(Bonus: buy a pair of snap pliers, it's basically a hole punch to instantly insert snaps into fabric, I handsewed them for years 💦)
some WIP on Aqua for
@MicaBurton
!! the leotard and corset are pinned roughly onto the front of the form bc the shoulders prevent me from putting them properly on it, but WE GETTIN THERE 💕 (3D print by
@dangerousladies
!)
Aqua is finished for
@MicaBurton
!! This was so much fun 😭 everything is built to stay in place invisibly (elastic inside the sleeves, powermesh to hold up the thigh highs),
@shinjaninja
did 100% of the materials research/purchasing and 3D printed parts are by
@dangerousladies
!
please. 🙏
in addition, please be mindful of the condolences you are leaving on his memorial page. it’s okay to have been a fan but his family does not need to hear about your fixation with a character he played. please keep this about Billy and his loved ones, not your fandom.
Alongside the incredible outpouring of love for
@BillyKametz
, we’ve started to receive questions from fans who would like to attend this week’s various Pennsylvania memorial services in his honor.
If that's you, please read:
silence about a tragedy gets construed as lack of caring while speaking up about a tragedy often gets painted as making it about yourself. participate in public sadness to your comfort level, this isn’t the grieving olympics, your way of coping is valid
Every time Pidge herself uses female terms, an angry teenager steps on a lego
The potential progressiveness of a NB char doesn't undo the equal progressiveness of a nontraditional, unapologetically female action hero in a show aimed at young kids
a reminder that we left “guilting people you didn’t end up seeing in a 20k-person convention due to lack of spontaneous running into each other or independent schedules long after the con ends” in 2008, thank u
finished Organization XIII jacket, from a pattern I drafted by hand in 2015 (darn those III updates!) with functioning pockets, and 3D printed hardware by
@dangerousladies
!! 🌒✨🗝⛓🗡💛
Hey new proposal for 2018
Don't take photos of a cosplayer if you're never going to return them, edited or raw or in any form
There is only one purpose for someone standing in front of your camera for a cosplay pic and it's a resulting image
Don't be a withholding jerk
at least in this capitalist hellscape kingdom hearts gives you the base human pleasure of lightly despising m*ckey m*use because he's a flawed person who left a woman for dead for 11 years and is deliberately obtuse
adulting tips: mOST things that say 'dry clean only' can be flipped inside out, put in a soft garment bag, and washed on delicate/permanent press and hung dry, rt to save a life
🩸🫒💀🌒
[ blood & darkness ]
#persephone
cosplayer seeking
#zagreus
cosplayer to possibly get pics on fri or sun of otakon 👀 (no but actually do i have any moots who cosplay zag, are u in need of a mom, hmu)
excuse to post more gorgeous photos from 📸
@CHEZPHOTO
#hadesgame
also, a challenge for the coscrunch community:
stop at 11. no matter what's done or isn't. stop at 11. either go to sleep, or pick up your space and be in bed by 12. you can still get a passable amount of sleep and won't make motor skills-related mistakes.
I'm looking to take on an additional summer cosplay commission to help glide through a hectic spring! I have made over 60 costumes for happy customers and would love to tackle your project. I specialize in all kinds of garments, worbla armor, and custom painting! RTs appreciated!
“and you will find me, friend. no ocean will contain you then.” ✨it took me 9 years to be absolutely sure this was something I’d want to remind me daily that my friends are my power and that every step forward is a step closer to home (thank you Vince Maximin!)
most normal people: cinderella is great :)
anyone who's played the command board in Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (2010): CINDERELLA IS A CHEATING BITCH DO NOT TRUST HER
tapping Cole Sprouse's shoulder in a footpath between two booths at E3, blurting out that I've watched him on TV since I was a kid, and he pulled me into a bear hug
Hey did you miss
@MicaBurton
@shinjaninja
and yours truly explaining KH to you the first time at Colossal Prime 2018?? FEAR NOT!! Catch us on Saturday 1-3 in Events 2 at Colossal East this weekend!! 💕🔥✨ (this time with lots of KH3 screaming)
I wanted to share my two holy grail sewing books with y’all—one with detailed info about fabric composition and application and one with clear diagrams of how to do basically every type of technique, notion insertion, or hem!! 🪡 🧵
hey guys
when something is entertainment
you are not obligated to listen to any takes on it that cause you to become upset or enjoy it less
it’s entertainment, not current events or your high school book essay
it’s a voluntary thing pursued for pleasure and happiness
thank u
if you're older than a teenager and still get anxious and angry any time you see a good thing happen to a friend, or something reflecting a nice daily life, i honestly don't know what to tell you
please don't be discouraged if you try to get into KH today and you're having a hard time grasping the appeal
half of the attachment comes from the story being seasoned in your childhood over the course of a much longer period of time than what we have until III's release