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How far I've come!

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Today my Time Hop told me today that I started my first facebook page 3 years ago, a group page with my bestie Smell Bear  (She does awesome commissions and make amazing shoes check her out). Now that I have recently started my own page I thought I'd write a post on how far I have come in the last 3 years. The first cosplay I decided to make was Anya Stroud from Gears Of War. People were making jokes that I look a little like her. I was awful, made of cardboard and badly painted. Look at it.... My God.... Next was the Batman animated series, Harley Quinn.  This was my first attempt at sewing so I hindsight it wasn't too bad. However, I do need to remake this. The next this I decided to make was Daedric armour. This was a bad idea I should've tried something a bit easier. Next, I tried some sewing this time I used a pattern. I did Rogue from X-Men. It started fairly simple but I did update it recently. I updated too. I...

Steam Punk Evie Frye

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Hi Guys I'm back (in the voice of the creepy kid from Poltergeist) Lets see how long this will last... Right this post is on my Evie Frye which I finished a few days before MCM London. I cut it bit fine as I always do but she turned out great. This will be a cosplay I will wear again and again. So here is the reference art I started with... Now I know some of the colouring is wrong and parts I couldn't do due to video game logic but overall I am super happy with how it turned out. I started by making a pattern for the top, I had never done this be for so I looked through Youtube and found this really helpful video . I adapted it obviously as I wasn't making that type of corset (in the end I didn't make a corset at all more on that later). So I ducked taped my mannequin and drew a pattern on. One side I used for Evie the other side I used for Bombshell Flash, there will be a post about her soon enough. I cut the pieces out and transferred t...