Making A Scholar's Cosplay PT 1: Scholar's Hat and Medals [EDITED]

Alvic Libretto of Excalibur aka Libra Fitzkhione Photo © LINK

EDIT: 3/2/17 - I created the costume pictured above for someone I was dating who attended the Las Vegas FFXIV Fan Fest in 2014. We are longer together, but since I am proud of the work I did, here is how I made a few of the costume pieces. Sadly, due to personal reasons, I never finished uploading the rest of the steps for the costume tutorial. 

I've mentioned this before, but my ex-boyfriend attended the FFXIV Realm Reborn Fan Fest in Vegas in October, and although I did not attend with him, I created his cosplay for the event. He entered the costume contest (which was pretty awesome) but he did not end up placing.

I figured I'd post a bit about the costume and the costume making process I went through. So today I have a few photos of the medals on the coat and the scholar's cap.

Sorry for the lack of posts lately

Cutest (and fluffiest) scholar ever!

I know every blogger says this, but things have been really crazy for me lately.

Costumes, podcasts, and pumpkins under the cut!

Precious Ambergris!

I love this show. Although I am still not sure who my favorite character is. I think I love Tina and Louise equally. I'm not sure if this is against inktober rules, but I ended up coloring her in with some pencils I had. I just couldn't resist, coloring is my favorite part!

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Uhhhhhggg Inktober 2 & 3

My next two doodles for inktober. Tina Belcher from Bob's Burgers in my style and my attempt at the show's style.

The art for this show really bothered me when it first aired and I avoided it because their chins (or lack there of) drove me nuts! Nowm I absolutely love it! Although last night's premiere was a bit on the meh-side, I absolutely love this show. (Then again I tend to dislike Gene-heavy episodes.) Next time, LOUISE!

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It Doubled in size Overnight!

Holy crap! This little pumpkin seedling doubled in size overnight! It's already outgrown it's tiny plastic Target pot, so I'll be picking up a larger one (and a bit of fertilizer) on my way home from work tomorrow. Other than growing my own green onions for cooking, it's been a LONG time since I've grown anything, so this seems like it's growing super fast. Is this normal?

I wonder how easy it would be to grown other veggies indoors during the winter. It seems like an interesting idea, but for now I don't have the room for an indoor or outdoor garden. Gah, I'm a plant mommy! I hope this little guy doesn't droop overnight, I'll get it a new pot ASAP.

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Accidentally Growing Pumpkins?

So there's this mini-aisle at Target that's filled with the most random silly stuff. (I'm sure a lot of you Target go-ers know what I'm talking about.) I think of it as the $5.00 and under stocking stuffer and gift aisle, but it has little themed items year round, so it isn't holiday exclusive. I'm addicted to that random aisle.

Inktober - October 6th

I decided to jump into Inktober (late, but better late than never), so here's my first little drawing. It's a little Halloween themed doodle on a scrap of paper, about 3" x 4.75. "I decided to be festive and doodle a little cat with some cliche witch-y items.

It was fun to doodle a little something. I hope I'm able to keep this up for the rest of the month!
(Also today is my birthday. I'm officially one year older. I tend to freak out and get really depressed on my birthday, but so far I am handling this year really well.)

Wow, I said "little" a record number of times in this post...

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Sign Designs from my Day Job!

This one was my favorite

Working as a graphic designer in a print shop isn't very glamorous, I rarely get the chance to be creative, so when I get a bit of freedom, I like to have a bit of fun with it. I got the chance to make a few lawn signs for the business, and here's what I came up with.