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straight guy geologist describing a vertically oriented igneous intrusion to his buddy: it’s a . well. i’m not sure i can reclaim this one just get over here

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I got my tetanus shot we can play polearms again

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i dont want any more emails

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idk who Jasmine is but she really went off with that rice

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i will die without routine. also this routine is killing me

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clownfish be like "i know a spot" and take you to a fucking deadly sea organism

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Sulu is (virtually) done! I still need to tidy some things up and of course the wig, makeup, and ear fins, but the bulk of him is done lmao. This project was a slog, I wanted him to look like a physical manifestation of my art style and follow his design close to 1:1, two things i didnt do on Pupet at all, which involved a lot of super clean, popping cartoony style crafting, which is not my strong suit.

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Oh god, why didn’t you just let him through?

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Hi Squeak! Do you have any tips/advice when sewing the collars for costumes? I’m making a jacket that has a collar similar to the one you made for stardust cookie, but I’m a little intimidated haha ;0;

oh heavens, to be honest collars are my least favorite thing to sew! So the collar on stardust is sort of a modified standup collar, one big thing to keep in mind is that if you want a collar like that to pop, you will likely need interfacing (especially if its very large or youre using a soft fabric). I used a medium weight iron-on interfacing for that collar.

outside of the structure, one thing that took me awhile to learn if you are drafting the pattern from scratch is that collars like that need to curve, you dont want a straight band...but you also dont want a full cone either, lest you end up with a veterinary cone look. For something that stands up, a shape like this works well. For cartoon effects I often give the edges more pronounced in a ""dracula"" sort of fashion.

Something important about collars is doing them in the right order too, which can depend on if your garment is lined or not. For stardust the cape was unlined, so I assembled the collar completely, interfacing and right sides sewn together with the bottom left open. since collars have a lot of points and curves, trimming the corners and excess fabric is pretty important. I love pinking shears for this.

the biggest issue with collars is neatness. I can struggle with fit and not getting things to pucker/bubble, but in theory so long as everything was measured before putting it in, all that would entail is maybe taking multiple passes at attaching the collar until things lay smooth/pinning the bajesus out of it. Usually with a collar, what I do is assemble both right sides/fashion layers/outside layers together first (so the inside layer of the collar is still loose at this point). and then fold the back layer over by pressing with an iron (you can even use hair straighteners for this sometimes! I do that for really small, awkward folds), and go back over the seam with a stitch in the ditch to catch the bottom layer and tack it down.

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Yeah but I only ever catch Squeak in like... cosplay. Didn't know you were a Shrimp tho, that's good to know, in case I need to krill anyone.

everyday im out on the streets repping shrimp fashion

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People liking your personal OCs is still such a crazy feeling, I've been doing this for years and ppl asking about them still fills my entire heart with warmth and idk how to handle it

You enjoy this fictional guy I made up for fun?? Whose only content is random artwork or writing made by me and a handful of other artists at most? They have no show/book/game with a large fandom, it's just one person with an art blog?? I love u

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i love gifs that don’t loop. they had a story to tell and now they’re done

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Sees a piece of media has SungWon Cho in it: It's prozd! my friend prozd! we went to tumblr posts together

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You can’t let this stupid ass evil world rob you of your vibe don’t let them do that to u