Happy Birthday to Bre~!  Tornshipping inspired by Taylor Swift’s “Red”.

I also just really wanted Ryou in that shirt 8D *confetti*

Second concept doodle for Bakura dakimakura that I want to happen for Otakon’s art show.  I don’t even know if they’ll both fit, but we’ll make it work.  The question is should I go canon or askblog AU?  Hm… thoughts, guys?

I guess if I *really* wanted bids, I’d go thiefship.  But gotta draw for yourself first, ya know?  Anyhoo, this was a quickie, so the anatomy has a ways to go~!  Also the clothes.  That’ll be decided by canon vs DHB.

… a thiefship one could make a good pair tho.  But quite expensive.

Boop, I suppose a lack of progress is as worthy of documentation as progress.  The top photo is the most recent one.  I was trying on the wig to make sure I didn’t shrink the wig cap with sewing.  Anyhoo, wig status update!

I’ve never tried styling a wig before so I knew it would be challenging, but the slowness of wefting (and detangling) certainly caught me by surprise!  I’d bought two Jareth Longs in silver from Arda Wigs to sew together for maximum fluff potential.  I’m about halfway through the back right now, slow but steady!

My hope is that after I increase the wig’s volume, I’ll have enough to construct some fluffy spikes.  First, I’ll make a mock up with card stock, then use the card stock as templates for the stiff felt, then attach hair to felt… ??? PROFIT  Oh yeah, and also sew in some wig clips to the front, before any spiking.

I’ve also ordered the Gekkuokan outfit from ebay!  But in the meantime I should buckle down and really get into Artist Alley mode for AnimeNEXT TT^TT  Otakon cosplay can wait.

Played around with filling the sketch with 10% grey first before placing in other shades.  It’s subtle but I could definitely feel the markers blend more together if I pre-treated the paper first.

I seriously need to get back to life drawing practice, I’ve been very bad all of spring!  I’m not sure if summer will allow much time though, with all the con circuit and all.

Frustrated with the slow progress that’s been wefting, so tonight I doodled some heads of more characters who have yet to show up on my askblog, lol.  I *really* understand why most blogs only focus on one or two characters now.

I imagined they were both in the middle of conversing with Bakura, different convos.  Well, Malik’s in the middle, Yugi’s technically more post-Bakura-flip-off.

Hey y’all! I’m feeling another livestream tonight~! Sometime around 8PM EST, as usual? There’ll be Bakuras or commission work, who knows.

EDIT: Livestream ended, thanks for coming guys.

A CHALLENGER HAS APPEARED!!!

… Good thing I announced pseudo-hiatus on Dark Hour Bakura.

I’m so scared guys, you have no idea.

Final photos of my Millennium Ring cosplay prop~!  It’s been a slow but rewarding journey.  Since my progress photos two weeks ago, I added an aging effect with watered down acrylic and applied another coat of glaze to give the ring an overall reflective quality, thus enhancing the metallic illusion.

I’m super happy that the final two steps turned out so well, especially since I was running on pure instinct.  My fear of the acrylic being resisted by the oil-based spray paint wasn’t nearly as bad as I’d anticipated.  I had been referring to Meep’s Ring tutorial as a guide.  (Tho tbh, I really only followed the steps for spray painting the Ring XD;;)

I chose to go the antique route despite the shiny gold that’s in the canon for a few reasons:

• To both hide and use the imperfections of the surface to my advantage
• After looking at other cosplay Rings, I was mildly bothered by how most didn’t portray the black details within the eye of Horus.  It was a small detail I became very particular about.
• Adds realism to the 3,000 year old age, me thinks!

Anyway, I’m super happy with it, and should stop using the Ring to justify procrastinating on my wig ^^; Just gotta find my misplaced leather cord and then we’re done!  Victory cream puff, muwha!

“And just what is so funny?”

“You,” and somehow the boy still managed a snicker, despite Bakura’s clawed grip on his throat.  Still managed to sneer down at him, all calm and hauteur.

“You’re just such a strange shadow…Tell me, why do you protect the main personality?”

Post not-answer art on my ask blog.  Post could’ve-been-answer art on my art blog.

Must. ween. off. fanart. temporarily. for. Artist. Alley. and. personal. branding. ugh. ಠ_ಠ

Not gonna lie though, drawing Amane was good for little kid practice and head canon development~!  So productive midnight doodles?  I think so.