#Project Planning

[iplaywithstring]

I want a lace weight top (probably short sleeve) and I have some handspun yarn

I don't have enough of either on their own, sp they have to go together (I've got another ball of the grey too). I should also probably weigh what I have and compare it to the sweater I made out of the grey just to be sure, but that's tomorrow-me's problem.

I flipped through this book

And like this pattern

And started a swatch.

I tried out some two colour rib (uses less yarn than brioche rib) and some stripes (one row each colour which works fine in the round) and then started the pattern (and messed it up a little because one row each colour not in the round is finicky) and then got bored swatching so this is as far as I've gotten

That doesn't show the striped bits very well

Much better.

I don't hate the stripes as much as I thought I would. I actually like how they play in the lace.

I'm going to cast off the swatch and block it and then do some math.

The pattern will probably be based on EZ's saddle shoulder technique, just because I like how that fit. Likely stockinette at the yoke and then lace starting just above the bust.

Maybe.

Thoughts?

[rthwrms]

i'm reeallly time-blind but need to and enjoy planning things. does anyone know of any good specifically non-time based planning methods or techniques?

[leonsleftbicep]

i went to an antique shop and got gifted some lace. so now i have stuff for my vessel cosplay!!!

i just need to buy the base stuff and get the mask made and then we will be ready for the rein fair in september :3

[wolfiso]

Picking away at that fanvid. Got the timings listed out for the lyrics. Making some rough notes of what feelings or themes I want illustrated at different points.

Would like some help finding a specific panel though: When did Gil first acknowledge Tarvek as Storm King? He was introducing Tarvek to someone, right?

[izicodes]

Tuesday 23rd January 2024

On my lunch break - I'm cooking up something but still unsure what exactly but something is happening and I'm happy :)

[bismuthburnsblue]

the other day i picked up fabrics for froggie senshi! most of the dunmeshi frog suits ive seen people make are made from fleece/onesies, but because im me, i wanted something that felt more like actual frog skin. i picked up these two fabrics from an abakhan by-weight bin of 'waterproof' fabric! i cant remember exactly how much i paid, but i think it was around £11 for both, which is a STEAL. (the colour reads a little more orange red irl i think, but either way, affordable fabric > perfect colour match)

i havent picked up anything to do the fingers & toes, but i think a scrap of leather/faux from my stash will be fine! im also planning to completely line the costume with another fabric to give it a bit more body & make it more comfortable, but im not sure what yet! i have a piece of fleece that'd be fine, but i worry about being too warm, so i may go for something else instead.

my general plan for the make is to follow a onesie pattern, but making seams where senshi has his (ie- the legs) ill make the hands and feet detachable for con floor convenience, and im thinking ill have front hair pieces be removable too, just for ease of cleaning etc.

other notes! im gonna have a rummage through my misc wigs to see if i can rescue any wefts for the front & moustache, im sure ill have something that works just fine.

im very excited for a super comfy costume!!! no wig, ill be able to wear whatever under the onesie, im thinking crocs as a shoe base, just generally!!! so chill so comfy!! its gonna be a delight :)

[behind-the-veil-of-sanity]

Once I’ve infiltrated the large-language-modelled artificial intelligence machine, every text spewed forth will be in iambic pentameter. Every stolen stanza encrypted — Satan put back in her box, and Pandora sitting idle, thumbing her little black book.

[marlo-miniatures]

Old process notes from my college sketchbook. Made a mini set as my contribution to the team project.

[leo-fie]

Ad Mech Mantua: Project planning

I plan to share more of this project as it comes together. Maybe that's hugely overconfident of me, but I want to try at least. I planned to do this for my last project, the Houppelande, also, but then didn't because I felt my stuff was not good enough to show people.

Screw that! Be the fandom you wish to see in the world!

So these are all the garments I need to make to have this project come together. It's historical fashion, I have to get the undergarments right.

A chemise, not really special. Made out of rectangles, with nice big gussets under the arms. I plan to smok the front, both for decoration, and because I'm not fully comfortable showing my boobs. I have 3 meters of a thin, black cotton laying around, so that's gonna be a nice stash buster.

Next of course the stays. The pattern I'm currently working with is from Clockwork Fairy on etsy, seems to fit me pretty well. Nice to see a pattern that goes up to 4XL. This is already halfway done, I'm currently waiting for some supplies in the mail. It will have a zipper in the back for getting in and out of, and lacing in the front. I'm making it out of plain black cotton twill, ridges to the outside. I want it to be nice to the touch.

Padding. More fluff! Also pockets, but I haven't drawn them. They are just assumed.

Here it gets ambitious. I love the idea of a quilted petticoat. Because I like quilting and because with a mantua the petticoat is so nicely framed. I want to do something pretty there that's not just rows of trim. And I have these nice grey bedsheets with geometric pattern (Thanks Aldi). So trapunto? And of course it can't just be some gears, it has to be a functional diagram. Though I'm pretty sure this one I stole from pinterest doesn't...

Star of the show. I found a nicely patterned red fabric, that would maybe work, but it's polyester. I dislike polyester to put it mildly, but it would be very AdMech. Of course they use shiny, synthetic fabrics. I'm pretty sure I read something like this in the Skitarius novel. It may clash with the pattern on the petticoat and the smoking on the chemise, but all the patterns are square, so maybe it will work? The trim is a classic smoked trim that I'll slightly modify to evoke the cog design.

Lastly my favorite piece, the stomacher! Purely decorative, and decorated it shall be! I have so many beads and sequins and pearls and stuff lying around, not to mention the skull beads I made for the Houppelande and then didn't use. This is the truly hybristic bit. The bit that ties everything together.

I have already cut out the fabric and sketched the design. Omnissiah help me...

[daneecastle]

Forgiveness

As we know, Aziraphale prides himself on the ability to forgive.

So what does that mean? Why bring it up?

We have probably already seen enough posts about his final forgiveness on the final scene at the end of season 2.

.... after this intense and desperate confession of Crowley's love for Aziraphale, why would he fall to saying that? Why would he be so stupid to ruin everything with a phrase that Crowley is so sensitive to ....

He was sensitive to how he was himself. He asked questions and was punished for it. He was sent to the pits ....

He did, and will never admit it to anyone but God herself, that he wanted forgiveness but not from anyone but her. (Now note, that didn't mean he wanted to return to heaven. Heaven and God to him were two separate things.) He felt like he was unforgivable because the one that mattered had abandoned him.

......

So when sweet Aziraphale kept saying it...

I bet his feeling "unforgivable" weighed heavy on him. Something you'd think Aziraphale would know about him.

But.... that scene was a series of mistakes for them. Crowley's first mistake was reacting with a kiss. A very intimate action and quite possibly Aziraphale's first one. Their first kiss, period.

So how did Aziraphale act? With the bases of his being, the soul thing he prided on about being good at.

And he ruined the phrase by using it incorrectly.

He did realise it after a long period of confusion and fantastic micro expression changes done by Michael Sheen. So the elevator ride was even more heartbreaking cause he knew that he now had to make it up to Crowley by doing the one thing he pushed for that Crowley didn't like in the beginning.

Going back up to heaven to make changes.

Yes, he is a dumb-dumb. But he truly does love Crowley....

I can't even express how hard of a final scene this was. I could go on and on with a screen full of text about every detail of that interaction, starting with the Meta-jerk's entrance with the coffee. To Aziraphale and Crowley going their separate ways.

But I won't.

Instead, during my busy start to August of 2023, I'm going to work on a visual story of expressions, emotions, connections, and possible thoughts they might be going through when it involves eachother through out their adventure of discovery on Earth.

I'm not sure what to call it yet or if I'm even going to get any satisfaction from it. Especially since I've experienced this situation before and had an unsatisfying result.

But I'm going to try anyways.

.... yes, it's 1:05am here, and I got maybe 3 hours of sleep, maybe less. I don't know what time I fell asleep but I'm guessing 9pm and I woke at midnight .... hopefully, I can get this fixed later today with my doctors appointment.

I'm going to go to planning this project, and I'll be posting very rough sketches for the next couple of weeks. As well as my digital painting of the kiss image I drew. Thanks for reading.

[bwabbitv3s]

Hmm, so, I uh, realized something about the constellation quilt. The cool ice dye pattern I was going to dye the fabric for the front with all the quilting is not going to work. It is a bit too busy and will make it hard to see all the detail. Which really I should have noticed sooner in all my testing, as the best one I had seen with that kind was the mostly dark one.

I still really love and want to do a big ice dye for this project. Just now it is going to be the back of the quilt not the front. Another example of why I like to swatch out and test things before committing to something this important in a project.

[iplaywithstring]

Is it crazy to want to weave myself fabric for a walking skirt?

Just something I'm pondering while browsing colourmart.

[gluevah]

I've seen so many moth customs with Cinna as a base and it inspired me to do my own! I already have a second Cinna, so I challenged myself to use only what I have on hand to make it.

I found some pretty fabric choices in my stash, from a project that just never happened, and I have just enough EVA foam to use for the inside of the wings and the antennae! The wings will be backpack style. I have sandpaper, acrylic paint, and gloss varnish for the eyes, too.

I may need to get masking tape, and I have a squeaker I want to use but it is really really loud so I might get a smaller, quieter one. But other than that, this will be a no-buy project!

And I might use the ears and tail I remove from spare Cinna to make my original Cinna a new and improved tail down the line (and a better butt patch where I modded his tail the first time).

So excited to get started! The spotted fabric is so soft and fluffy but I am, admittedly, not looking forward to working with it 😶 At least it'll be pretty and snuggly when I am finished. It's more of a mauve than a purple, in person.

[leonsleftbicep]

MY FUCKED UP PLANNING SKETCHES!!!!!

im really excited to do vessels because its going to be SUPER filigree filled

im thinking im going to start with IV because he needs a different pose, and possibly going to give him like 2 tufts of hair :3.

i do all of these with zebra mildliner’s and a bic cristal pen. im gonna do a bunch of break downs of the poses so i can find out how i want to build up from the skeleton.

edit: jesus my handwriting is SHIT

[wolfiso]

A Girl Genius Project

I have never made a fanvid, but I'm mulling one over. For this project I will need a little over four minutes of images (4 minutes divided by an average of five seconds per image... probably 50 images will do it) of Tarvek startling himself or others with his capacity to care about or be cared for by people in his life. Particularly Agatha, Gil, and Violetta.

I figure I'm starting with these panels I've stashed below and going from here. Of course I would absolutely welcome anyone else who wants to pass me more panels that fit the vibe, or fanart for that matter.