Lita cosplay #1

Starting updates early this year X3 Main reason being is that I needed to know if what I wanted to do would be alright. So I emailed Granny Gertrude (Joe. He's awesome >D) and got a reply this morning ^^


"Ah, interesting. The short answer would be that this would be at the discretion of the judges, as ultimately how they choose to apply the rules and criteria is their decision and we respect that.

However, I suspect having the original artwork and and illustration of how you were blending them would probably go down quite well with most of the people we have serve as judges."

 

 

So it's looking to be quite likely I'll mix the two designs together.

 

 

  The design I want to do

The design I'm gonna get elements from to mix together

I'll be sure to post finished designs when I've got them ^^ Got some initial designs sketched, just not completely finalised yet.

Also gonna make her weaponry. She uses claws.

These claws, to be precise :3

Largest reference I can get, unfortunately ^^; But I've worked around it and drawn up a full reference for how to make it =D

So wish me luck, everyone! It's not the most elaborate cosplay, but I've only seen 4 or so other Lita cosplayers and I'm determined to do her justice next year <3

Cosplay progress #4

So I posted pics of the glove I was working on a couple of posts ago. Things with it...really didn't work out well ^^; So I decided to try the left glove with a new technique and hoped it'd work :D

Here's all the messy bits from the glove you didn't see before.

Emphasis on messy. Here's a close look.

Yikes. The type of material I'm using is perfect in that it stays cool so I can wear these gloves for longer, but boy does it fray! I tried reinforcing the stitching with my sewing machine, but it wouldn't track it along properly and made horrible thread clumps and loose stitches. I think it's safe to say this one's a right off. Until I figure what I can do with it, anyway.

So! Glove #2's turn, and I came armed with new ideas to stop the icky fraying and weird wrinkling on the previous glove. PVA glue! XD Well, not really. I mean, I tried it on the edges and it works, but it's rough too. Not the best solution for something on your hands all day.

So my next idea was the good old blanket stitch. And you know what? I works pretty well. Only problem here is that it bulks up the seams and makes the fit tighter, something I never had a problem with in the previous one. Sacrifice one to gain another, huh?

I've only sewn the fingers and thumb on, not the sides, but here's the fit. A lot neater looking overall.

But of course, there's the problem of having it a smaller fit. My poor index finger D: Good grief is it tight on the poor thing!

Practically stuck to it, there's no space to bend it or let it breath X_x

Naturally, I can cut the seam a bit, but that brings back my problem of resewing the blanket stitching to avoid fraying again. With 3 weeks to go, I should be able to do it, but I'll have to tweak the right one to fix this, that's for sure.

That's it for my random glove ramblings. Here's hoping soon I have some good results to share with you all :D

Art: The Atoshi Twins

After trying to find a more interesting look for my next Manga Jiman contest, I decided to mix up my usual anime style with my 'TrickSong' style and really liked the result.

...Which got me into a drawing spree XD So I tried drawing some of my old TS characters in that style and decided to make a proper shaded picture out of the doodles I did for Mana and Celes.

Gotta say, I really like how it turned out, it was a nice simple but fun pic to work on ^^

Hope you guys like it!

'Musical' colour tests

Carrying on from the WIP I posted a few weeks back, I decided that her outfit'd probably follow one main colour, so I started seeing what colours worked best.

Still not sure which one just head, but I'm sort of leaning towards the grey one, like a stylised school uniform, but adding some colour to it. Might go with the red hair aswell to give it some more spark.

What do you guys think? :3