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50 Follower Special Surprise

Hihi besties, so I've officially hit 50 followers which may not seem like much but the fact that there's 50 of you that listen to my insanity is wild so first off, thank you all!!

Second, I promised a surprise, and I am following through. So for those of you who don't know, hi I am currently studying fashion. I have been for the past four years, and in my studies, one thing we've learned is how to do flat sketches. I found that I loved doing these, so sometimes I do them on my own for various ideas I have. One of these ideas that had come to me was to make gown concepts based on all of the BVB albums and eventually the EPs, so, that's what this is. You can view the full collection below, and under the cut are close ups of each gown and some insight into my thought process for each, enjoy!

First up is We Stitch/Re-Stitch These Wounds. Since these albums are companions to each other, I wanted to make one gown that combined aspects of both. Fun fact this was actually one of the last gowns I conceived because oh boy did I struggle with the silhouette on it. Anyway, to the gown itself, the most obvious motif is the lacing calling back to the idea of stitches, featured on the side panels, the neck, and on the corset belt. Then, on the detachable cape and matching choker are embellishments made to look like eyes, which relates to the eye motif found on the original We Stitch cover. The colors are then picked from the Re-Stitch cover, since by the point I did this gown I had already done quite a bit of black and wanted to go in a different direction.

Next is Set The World On Fire, or as I have lovingly dubbed this gown, Set My Computer On Fire because Adobe Illustrator crashed a grand total of three times while figuring out this gradient. Now my ORIGINAL plan for this one was to have the entire gown be one gradient from black at the top to fire colors at the bottom (think Katniss' Mockingjay dress but like mid-transformation). Illustrator uh... did not like that because each of those wing shapes is separate and complicated, hence the crashing. Instead, each wing shape has the fire-colored gradient which I ended up liking better. Obviously the wings are a reference to both Fallen Angels (obviously) and The Legacy ("on leather wings"). Then, the sort of tattered belt and choker are there to be callbacks to the acrylic paint the band wore on their bodies during this era.

Next is my beloved Wretched And Divine. For this one, I didn't take inspiration from the album cover so much as I did the Wild Ones' outfits, particularly the Prophet (to the surprise of no one). In those outfits you obviously see use of mainly black with a lot of asymmetrical elements. The collar of the gown, for example, references the collar of the Prophet vest in the In The End MV. The armpiece, on the other hand, is a twofold reference. It references both the strips hanging off of his belt in the In The End MV but it also references the feather armband Andy wore during I believe it was Download 2012 if I'm not mistaken. This one was very fun to play with the various elements and just kinda go nuts.

Next is Black Veil Brides from 2014. I will be the first to admit I struggled heavily with this one. I feel like this album is one of their most stripped back, so I was struggling on how to represent the different aspects. I eventually turned to the album cover again for inspiration. The tired skirt is a reference to the rubble pile that the gargoyle stands on, while the mesh sleeves and chest are reminiscent of the skyscraper ruins in the background, using a large, square mesh to evoke that building skeleton look. Finally, the silver belt with the circle clasp is a reference to the eclipse happening on the cover, and the color scheme is evoking the album's grayscale.

Next we have bestie beloved Vale. Now stick with me, this is the most conceptual of all the gowns. So with Vale, whenever I listen to it, I always get two kinda ideas from it: the idea of feeling like a ghost and the imagery of being chained down to something. It’s hard to translate into 2D but if it were real, it would be made of some really light and flowy fabric (something like a semi-sheer chiffon for anyone else who knows fabric) and each layer of fabric is a different color from the album cover (you can see it at the bottom there as well as on the open sleeves). This is where that "ghost" idea comes in, that weightlessness. Then, being weighed down is represented by the chain belt, with the sleeves are connected in the back to that top chain detail on the collar and I imagine there would be chains back there too. Essentially, I wanted to play with those dualities of feeling like you're floating away while still being chained down by something.

Finally for the full albums is The Phantom Tomorrow. This was actually the first gown that I made in this mini collection because I had such a clear idea of what I wanted since TPT has some of the most obvious visual motifs in the form of the scarlet cross. This gown is actually two parts, the gown itself and the cape/collar. The silhouette is based off of both the girl's dress in the TPT music videos and of Andy's jacket in the Scarlet Cross MV. You then obviously have the motif of the cross cutting through the center of the gown. The cape is then a result of me wanting to allude to the idea of wings (because of the Blackbird) without wanting to do something obvious like feathers. Then, of course, I needed to incorporate Andy's slutty priest collar as a crucial element. Finally, the rosary belt was added to both break up the red and to add a little extra blasphemy because we can always do with more (sweet) blasphemy (Get it??? Wrong album I know but I had to)

Now, onto the EPs. So I actually did not do these at the same time as the albums. I did the albums in October 2022, before The Mourning came out. Once I finished those, I didn't really have any ideas for the EPs so I just let them be. Then in March of this year, I had basically an epiphany about them, like I got out of bed specifically to do a janky sketch so I wouldn't forget my ideas. So, here they are.

First off is, of course, Rebels. Since this is Rebels, I wanted it to look different from every other gown so far, hence the silhouette. The asymmetrical skirt and sleeve allude to going against the grain and not being perfect (y’know, rebelling). The damask pattern on the top of the skirt and sleeve comes from the Coffin video, the women with the candles wear veils that look like they have a sort of damask (tbh, couldn’t tell exactly but they’re Ornate). The center panel of the bodice also has a distinct coffin shape, while the slashed stripes across the bodice reference the chest paint they all wear in that video, it’s sorta striped and almost looks like a ribcage. Hard to tell on here, but it would be almost sliced open with like a peekaboo black fabric beneath it. The colors of the rest of the bodice are then color picked from the jacket on the EP cover. Finally, the chain details come from the chains on the EP cover, and the upside down cross allude to both the crosses in the Coffin video and the fact that Unholy is a song on there, y’know the upside down cross being the opposite of a right side up one.

Next up is The Night, aka the first one I had an epiphany on in regards to this set. The purple comes from the EP cover and the videos, obviously. The chains are a part of Andy’s outfits in both MVs, which is also where the crosses on the hem come from, both are on his jacket in both videos. The neck piece is a callback to the streaky paint/makeup Andy has on, and then the X on the bodice is a reference to Lonny’s makeup since it was his first record with the band, I wanted to ensure there was a reference to him. I wanted the X to be a little sharp and almost look painted on. This whole EP has always sounded very sharp to me, so I wanted to channel that in this gown. Kinda just went with the vibes on this one, ended up with this gothic armor sort of look for the neck piece, but it slaps so we're sticking with it.

And last but certainly not least, The Mourning. I wanted this to be a very big and ornate gown, almost looking heavy. The color scheme, obviously, adheres to the grayscale of both the cover and music videos. The skirt is made to look like panels or pieces of a stained glass window, referencing the rose window in the Saviour II video. The neckline is a modified sweetheart, with the two extrusions made to look like devil horns (cause, Devil, get it). Then the sleeves are twofold- they are reminiscent of angel wings (both Better Angels and the angel on the EP cover) and they represent Saviour II because they’re meant to be big and sweeping, like the song is. Finally, the studs are taken directly from Andy’s jacket in the Saviour II video

And that's it! I hope you guys enjoyed these. I am very proud of how these all came out, definitely one of my biggest projects to date but one that I'll always love!

#black veil brides #bvb #black veil army #bvb army #we stitch these wounds #re stitch these wounds #set the world on fire #wretched and divine #black veil brides 2014 #vale #the phantom tomorrow #rebels #the night #the mourning #maeve.png #this is my first time sharing my designs to a wider audience so be kind to them #i put a lot of effort into these so

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Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: A New Dawn - John Jackson Miller, Star Wars: Kanan (Comics), Star Wars: Rebellion Era - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Depa Billaba & Kanan Jarrus & Mace Windu, Depa Billaba & Kanan Jarrus, Depa Billaba & Mace Windu, Kanan Jarrus & Mace Windu, Depa Billaba & Ezra Bridger & Kanan Jarrus & Mace Windu, Ezra Bridger & Kanan Jarrus, Depa Billaba & Ezra Bridger, Ezra Bridger & Mace Windu, Ezra Bridger & Chopper & Kanan Jarrus & Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios & Hera Syndulla & Sabine Wren, Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla, Okadiah Garson & Kanan Jarrus, Depa Billaba & The Ghost Crew, The Ghost Crew & Mace Windu, Kanan Jarrus & Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios, Bail Organa & Mace Windu, Ahsoka Tano & Mace Windu, Kanan Jarrus & Ahsoka Tano, Depa Billaba & Enfys Nest's Mother, Depa Billaba & Enfys Nest, Quinlan Vos & Mace WIndu, Depa Billaba & Quinlan Vos, Depa Billaba & Jacen Syndulla, Jacen Syndulla & Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Mace Windu, Depa Billaba & Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Quinlan Vos, Aayla Secura & Quinlan Vos, Mace Windu & Yoda Characters: Mace Windu, Depa Billaba, Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, Hera Syndulla, Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios, C1-10P | Chopper, Sabine Wren, Bail Organa, Enfys Nest's Mother, Enfys Nest, Ahsoka Tano, Quinlan Vos, Cal Kestis, Luthen Rael, Jacen Syndulla, CT-7567 | Rex, Alexsandr Kallus Additional Tags: Mace Windu Lives, Depa Billaba Lives, Jedi as Found Family (Star Wars), Jedi Appreciation (Star Wars), Mace Windu Appreciation, Reunions, POV Alternating, POV Mace Windu, POV Depa Billaba, POV Kanan Jarrus, Post-Order 66 (Star Wars), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Shatterpoint Lineage | Mace Windu's Lineage, Theater Nerd Mace Windu, not a focus but it's there, Grief/Mourning, Kanan Jarrus Lives, Blind Kanan Jarrus, Mentioned Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mentioned Yoda (Star Wars), Mentioned Aayla Secura Series: Part 1 of No time to rest, I'm gonna find me a life, baby, way out west Summary:

Mace Windu survives his fall from the Chancellor’s Office, and Depa Billaba was not as dead as the clones thought she was. Organa’s budding rebellion seems like the best place to go to cause problems for the Empire, and to hold the fractured elements of the Jedi together. They’ve lost so many to the Empire (including Caleb) and they’re not about to take the Empire lying down or let the Jedi Order die – no, they’re going to make Palpatine’s life as much of a living hell as possible. But who is the strange Jedi in Phoenix Squadron? The name Kanan Jarrus doesn’t ring any bells.

Or: On family, finding those you thought you had lost, and the Jedi ability to bend but not break.

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