A demon warlock dressed as a nun gets all kinds of strange looks at the National Cathedral.
Up early for my shoot with the always spectacular @adoylible.bsky.social (extra early cause that body paint takes me forever to apply)
Oz-Con is almost here!
Friday 4/24
6-7pm - Intro to Foam Armor - Walnut Room
Saturday
10:30-11:30am - Embellishments Galore - Walnut Room
5pm-7pm - Cosplay Contest
Other hours I'll be at my booth, stop by to browse through my build books, watch a goldwork embroidery demo, or just chat!
I may not have a lot of equipment. But I was able to get the Dragon framed up well and up on the wall.
I do eventually plan on selling it, but want to see if it can get a few ribbons first.
The Trial of Soundwave('s patience)
BLUESKY IS A WEBSITE THAT TURNS (post by jay.bsky.team claiming that bluesky is made with AI) INTO (picture of bluesky not working)
Long time no see, how about a few fun pictures of Moissoneuse from #expedition33 ? I made the mask, combined two floral crowns I didn’t love into one I adore, and otherwise repurposed my Witcher 3 Whispess costume!
Yeah.... not gonna take advice from an AI
Wow! This popped off more than expected... so have some closeups I guess?
Took just shy of two months, but my dragon in goldwork and silk is done :)
Gotta paste the back and then get it framed still. But pretty happy with the stitching.
Next cosplay.... gonna be a mushroom. Got materials either from stashbusting or on their way, planning to start in May
Mayor Zohran Mamdani behind the counter of a bodega in The Bronx, flanked by various people. A journalist with a microphone labeled “Shop Cats” is standing in front of the sales counter, and holding the mic up to a black and white cat sitting on the counter next to bananas. The cat has an expression like in the famous “Sir, are you aware that you are a cat” meme
“Sir, are you aware that you are a cat, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani is standing right behind you?”
...maybe I'll do more silly fandom embroidery just for joy in the future.
Reminder, it's totally fine to share your art again. I don't produce "fast" enough for content. And slowly coming to terms with that.
Burnout be real.
Derpy embroidery in Silk Painting I did last summer after watching Kpop Demon Hunters and feeling an overwhelming need to make this a reality.
Another day, and more incremental progress...
With just a few weeks to go, it’s time to officially announce my cosplay lineup for Ozcon!
I’ll be bringing Chun-Li back and debuting a brand new cosplay: Soundwave. Sunday will be casual due to travel considerations.
Panel announcements are coming soon, so stay tuned.
Buckled down and got a fair amount of work done on my Dragon embroidery this weekend.
(I need the frame for cosplay, so I need to finish this piece before I can start on my next big build)
I have plans for the summer, but please excuse this page being quiet for a bit. I've been struggling with my mental health and just had to step away for a bit to focus for a while. I'm not 100% yet, but we're working on it. Thank you for your patience.
Just a hat and leggings to go here though!
New cosplay? More likely than you think 🤔
I went offline for a bit to make this Soundwave Gijinka. It was nice to just buckle down and make a cosplay rather than have to stop every step to document and take photos. I won't be entirely abandoning the WIP posts. But I needed the social media break
@attie.ai, for those who wanna press the funny buttons too
I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED
Don't fake deaths, don't announce pregnancies, don't imply you've broken/sold someone's things and don't erase someone's save data.
Be creative, not cruel. The prank is supposed to be funny for both sides. Otherwise it's bullying.
He is why Izzy is super pissed at me for kicking all cats out of the studio while working with resin.
Welp, a week long hyperfixation and I have not one but two #Soundwave figures for my studio. 1st is PLA and a statue, 2nd was resin and a big poseable Boi.
It's still a gorgeous design. Printed super smooth, 6 plates over 35 hours. Model by SolidAnimation. Design is the Transformers Prime version.
Thanks @swordlilycosplay.bsky.social for the vidoe of my walk! (Can you tell I timed it for the rehearsal length and not how long the actual reading took?)
Awww!! Thank you!!! 😭
Had a blast at AwesomeCon. Tyranny was so much fun to wear and people liked her!
Was a great chance to recharge my creative Battery (though now time to recharge my actual battery and sleep!)
And we're all done! This was a whirlwind of a build but I'm pretty happy with it. It's one of my cleaner sewing builds (with everything fully finished and proper) and I hope to have her in rotation for cons this year.
I'll be at #AwesomeCon with her this weekend, so see y'all then!
Last little detail before we're done is the arms!
I've done gloves before but never armsocks. But I didnt want to have to worry about makeup, so I did a very careful ombre dye before attaching nails. These gloves went through several trial and error experiments before we landed on the final glove.
Last few hand finishing steps for the cloak.
Doing some slip stitching for the backside of the bias tape, but also catch stitching in a piece of twill on the inside of the collar.
As a removable makeup guard, since I'll be painting my whole face hot pick for the cosplay.
For the armholes, I did a bias bound facing for them. It creates a very nice neat look while also increasing how durable the costume is.
I love taking my time to do all the steps with this costume. So lots of pressing and basting over the course of these, just to make everything lay nice and neat.
