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Some progress on Snow White!

I've been working on the collar while I wait for the boning for my hoopskirt to arrive. This means a lot of hand stitching, which is not my strong suit.

But we are taking our time, and this will hopefully result in something nice 😅

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Finished Snow White's wig today!! I'm so happy with how she turned out!

Still need to make the flower accessory for the back, but that's a different task.

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This is your PSA to mark which side is up on your pattern pieces, lest you end up with something like this.

The fashion layer will be easier to take out so that's the one I'm gonna turn around.

(Also, I'm aware that my edges aren't finished. This is gonna be [functionally] bag-lined and bias bound, so I don't really need to.)

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Hi! I genuinely have no idea if anyone will see this. This account has been dead since 2018 😅

Let's see, since then, I've graduated from university and got accepted to an acting school so that's pretty neat!

I've been wanting to come back here for a while and figured now was as good a time as any!

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One thing they don’t tell you about sewing is that it is actually ironing

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Announcement

As you have all probably noticed I am much less active on Tumblr than I used to be. For all the support and love I've been given I feel it's fair to let you all know I will likely not be using Tumblr as my place to post updates on Cosplay and art anymore. I have taken a liking to using Instagram and all my content will be there from now on. I have an account set up for cosplay (@freewingscosplay) and will soon have one for art that will be added in an update to this post. Please feel free to follow me there if you so desire.

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I want to say thanks,

To everyone who is supporting me through this mess. I'm so grateful to have such loyal followers. I'm not letting this anon get to me, so don't worry! I'm still happy and healthy as ever! (To the anon that said they want to be my friend, feel free to DM me! I love making new friends!)

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This is true. Poseidon was known to get angry easily and it was said that Hades used to be afraid that the roof of the Underworld would cave in whenever Poseidon started a storm. Do. Not. Mess. With. Poseidon.

how to tell a god to fuck themselves without them smiting you

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Some more Antisepticeye drawings I'm finished/working on. I seem to be weaving some sort of story with this that I should probably write down at some point. I have a few more of these planned...then I might move on to something else @therealjacksepticeye

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The one about figuring out the ensing works so well for me! My Writing teacher told me to do that while I was stuck working on our final project that year (supposed to be a short story but mine ended up 17 pages long. Oops). She told me to figure out and write down the ending, so I did and was able to work backwards to how they got to that point. I was surprised how well it works and it's now my go to when I'm stuck writing.

Ways to un-stick a stuck story

Do an outline, whatever way works best. Get yourself out of the word soup and know where the story is headed.

Conflicts and obstacles. Hurt the protagonist, put things in their way, this keeps the story interesting. An easy journey makes the story boring and boring is hard to write.

Change the POV. Sometimes all it takes to untangle a knotted story is to look at it through different eyes, be it through the sidekick, the antagonist, a minor character, whatever.

Know the characters. You can’t write a story if the characters are strangers to you. Know their likes, dislikes, fears, and most importantly, their motivation. This makes the path clearer.

Fill in holes. Writing doesn’t have to be linear; you can always go back and fill in plotholes, and add content and context.

Have flashbacks, hallucinations, dream sequences or foreshadowing events. These stir the story up, deviations from the expected course add a feeling of urgency and uncertainty to the narrative.

Introduce a new mystery. If there’s something that just doesn’t add up, a big question mark, the story becomes more compelling. Beware: this can also cause you to sink further into the mire.

Take something from your protagonist. A weapon, asset, ally or loved one. Force him to operate without it, it can reinvigorate a stale story.

Twists and betrayal. Maybe someone isn’t who they say they are or the protagonist is betrayed by someone he thought he could trust. This can shake the story up and get it rolling again.

Secrets. If someone has a deep, dark secret that they’re forced to lie about, it’s a good way to stir up some fresh conflict. New lies to cover up the old ones, the secret being revealed, and all the resulting chaos.

Kill someone. Make a character death that is productive to the plot, but not “just because”. If done well, it affects all the characters, stirs up the story and gets it moving.

Ill-advised character actions. Tension is created when a character we love does something we hate. Identify the thing the readers don’t want to happen, then engineer it so it happens worse than they imagined.

Create cliff-hangers. Keep the readers’ attention by putting the characters into new problems and make them wait for you to write your way out of it. This challenge can really bring out your creativity.

Raise the stakes. Make the consequences of failure worse, make the journey harder. Suddenly the protagonist’s goal is more than he expected, or he has to make an important choice.

Make the hero active. You can’t always wait for external influences on the characters, sometimes you have to make the hero take actions himself. Not necessarily to be successful, but active and complicit in the narrative.

Different threat levels. Make the conflicts on a physical level (“I’m about to be killed by a demon”), an emotional level (“But that demon was my true love”) and a philosophical level (“If I’m forced to kill my true love before they kill me, how can love ever succeed in the face of evil?”).

Figure out an ending. If you know where the story is going to end, it helps get the ball rolling towards that end, even if it’s not the same ending that you actually end up writing.

What if? What if the hero kills the antagonist now, gets captured, or goes insane? When you write down different questions like these, the answer to how to continue the story will present itself.

Start fresh or skip ahead. Delete the last five thousand words and try again. It’s terrifying at first, but frees you up for a fresh start to find a proper path. Or you can skip the part that’s putting you on edge – forget about that fidgety crap, you can do it later – and write the next scene. Whatever was in-between will come with time.

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My mom gets so upset when my friends call me "Ken" instead of "Kennedy" for 2 reasons, apparently. 1- "It's a boy's name and you're not a boy". Great, that's a "rule" so to speak established by culture but there's nothing forcing us to stick to it. I don't believe in purely gender specific names. 2- "We didn't name you Ken, we named you Kennedy so they should call you that". I. Don't. Care. I like being called Ken. Not that I dislike Kennedy because it's a great name but it just annoys me that she is so weirdly against nicknames.

Sorry, the name thing listed above just sort of hit home and I wanted to rant

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Current project For/inspired by an amazing cosplayer I will tag in the finished version so she doesn't have to see this terrible first draft

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HEY GUYS I'M NOT DEAD. Just mostly out of paint. So my challenge has been discontinued officially as of now due to money needing to be directed at school stuff, as well as "the unforgiving nature of time" (CinemaSins, The Lego Batman Movie). In other news I am trying out a new drawing style so have 2 drawings I did recently of Antisepticeye because I am obsessed and it is SPOOKYMONTH. @therealjacksepticeye

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oooooooo crossover??

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Hey Guys

I normally wouldn't do this but a super sweet follower of mine recently started an art blog and even if there's not much, their art is beautiful and I can see a lot OF potential. So if you're like me and love some quality art go check out @artseaturtle

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Week 15 Here guys, have some Antisepticeye art! My relatives are still here so I'll try to get back on schedule next week @therealjacksepticeye

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Concepts for some Antisepticeye art. Hopefully the one with colour will be painted once I get more free time.

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