Hey, yall! Long time, no post!

It's not like I've been really busy or anything, I just didn't have much to blog about. Anyway, I just celebrated my 23rd birthday (Nov. 27th!) and I've got a new hair-do/color to start off anew.


I haven't had bangs in years, but I'm trying to get used to it. Actually, I haven't had a salon cut for two years! The last time, I had a pixie cut which looked terrible so, traumatized, I refused to cut my hair. Anyway, as usual, the stylist made my hair look pretty decent in the end. Yet once out of the shower and any attempt to to style it myself has proven to be difficult. Darn. Oh well, this change was a bit needed :)

L.A. for dim sum--my first time ever. Quite a new experience...



 


(the guy placed the eyepatch, a hat and two swords + 3 parrots because i was drawing in a crowd. i think the coat gave him the pirate idea -__-)

santa monica pier :)

Happy (belated) Halloween :)

My costume, sans the mask:





Welp, that is all the photos I want to publish on here. I didn't really follow the original Batgirl costume, obviously, but I'm still rather proud of it. Shooot, I thought it'd look too much like the, um, risqué, Halloween knock offs, but I tried my best to avoid that. I was initially going for the classic Barbara Gordon getup, but no yellow boots nor gloves in sight. Anyway, thanks to Katrina (the one dressed as Padme--her DIY costume is amaaaazing! No sewing, no nothing! Just the right pieces) I didn't have to go on a hunt for black boots to finish the deal! #win

Hope yall liked it!

So all that talk about being Cleopatra is all nil because at the last minute I decided to be Batgirl. I bought the material yesterday and just finished it an hour ago. Not bad, I'd say! It isn't traditional Batgirl and actually leans towards the usual skimpy Halloween get up.

I wanted to kick myself because I didn't buy material that was stretchy/elastic, which made everything 100x harder. I didn't even know how to make a body suit or pants so I went with a "simple dress." Unfortunately, it wasn't "simple" and I had to adjust the one piece (dress) dozens of times! In the end, this is all I can muster up!

from this:


to this:


I haven't really got tutorial photos for you (because it was just a jumbled mess in the making), but here are random pictures that should give you some sense of how I went about it:











The experience? Let's just say I don't ever want to work with this material again for a very, very long time.

I mean, I think it turned out decent, but it was very troublesome. My seamripper is both my best friend and worst enemy.

Materials:

• Costume pleather (I used 2 yards)
• Yellow foam and felt
• Simple, black masquerade mask (luckily, this one had a kind of pointed shape, somewhat resembling "bat wings") 
• Sewing machine or needle and thread + pins + scissors
• Tacky glue :)