Quests for Glory

Behold! I am not DEAD!

I've been busy making plushies ^_^
Horray for deviantart! http://plushabilities.deviantart.c…

Interestingly enough, I've managed to sell internationally. I luv you snurkmaiden, thank you for adopting Greed. ^_^

Buh, I'm hyper. Maybe I should lay off the diet coke?.... nah!

I've finished my first plush using my new pattern! He's Greed and I'll post pics when I can.

I really like how the pattern turned out. THE FINGERS ARN'T ALL FUNKY!!! *dances*

Still working on commissions and fish-boy plushes ^_^

I'm also starting to puzzle over a monster!Envy prototype plush, 'cause who doesn't want to cuddle a giant, hideous, man-eating lizard-thing? If it turns out nicely, I might sell it/ a copy on eBAY! Whee!

I'm currently worker on the commisions I got at Otakon, but luckily most of them are for the same plush, so that should save some time.

Who'd a guessed that Envy was so damn popular?

Also, I'm working on a new pattern/new plush series. The pattern is less chibi than my usual one, and the series is an original one. A few days ago I started musing on partial-anthros and I decided that dogs/cats were over used and therefor unoriginal. So what do I do?

I make koi anthros =^_^=

Mind you, these don't actually have fish tails/fins. They're just characters that give the IMPRESSION of koi breeds. I'll post picks when I finish my first!

-Otakon Report-

Otakon '06 went well, even if we DID have money stolen and and managed to miss the FMA movie dub premier BOTH TIMES IT PLAYED!



Who is 'we'? 'We' was Heather, her mom, a girl named Sarah, and myself. Heather and I cosplayed and Haruko and Envy respectively, and Sarah went as a random cat girl.

Day 1- Thursday

We arrive in Baltimore for those of up who reserved tickets to pick them up. We unpack our stuff in the hotel and sleep.

Day 2- Friday

 We get up early and head down to the con to unload our Artist Ally table stuffs, and to sit in line with Sarah. Heather and I are in costume, both of us armed with inflatable stuffs (I had a green happy-bat, and Heather had a blue-with-flames guitar). We are photographed a few timesbefore we head inside. We spend most of the day in the Artist Ally, where my plushes litterally sell out within the first hour. 

We then wander around, eat dinner, and watch the LARP. The best fight was between two Kingdom Hearts characters (No clue who, I don't actually play the games) One kicked the other in the crotch, but was shoved out of the way by an AWESOME JACK SPARROW who stole the victory before walking around with his jar of dirt. He has to be the best Sparrow cosplayer ever, because he even did the hand motions and stuff.  

At some point we went to wait in line for the dealer room, where we run into a Greed ad a Lust. I am given food and we all sort of wander around together. Then we go to the rave.

Nuf said.

Day 3- Saterday

We wake up to discover that Heather's money was stolen. We don't care about the cash, but we're pissed that some ASSWHIPE went through our stuff. We report the thievery, with the help of fellow Artists, and go back to wandering. We head to a Walmart to pick up fabric, still in full costume, and buy some red gushers to hand out to homunculi as Red Stones.

We return to our Artist Ally table, where we are greeted by another Envy. We offer her gushers and she squees and runs off, only to return with a Wrath in tow. They reenact the scene from the anime where Wrath in fed stones by Envy and leave.

About an hour passes before we are met by two MORE homunculi. This time, its another Greed and possibly the most disturbing Sloth cosplayer ever. It wasn't so much that they were fat, but also that they were a MAN o_O. These too are offered gushers, but unlike the others they DON'T LEAVE. Instead, they start rambing about Naruto and DBZ. This goes on for 10 minutes before enough is enough and I literally beat them off with the Happy-Bat. This amuses them, so they hand Heather cameras to photograph the entire thing. A small crowd form to laugh and the stupidity, and the duo runs away.

At this point, Heather and I are now hyper, so we leave the table to wander about. He walk up the steps from the Art room and who do you think we find? Its the Greed again, minus the man!Sloth. He and I exchange in-character insults before I attack him again at the request of onlookers. Heather and I run away, only to discover that HE'S FOLLOWING US. We head into the dealer room and manage to lose him while still keeping him in eyesight. Thus begins the most pointless example of stalking in the history of the world. After a while, we decide to ambush him, only to have him ambush US. We again exchange insults, before I start attacking him. He slinks away, but only after yelling back at me "NINJAS ARE BETTER!"

We are now bored, so we head back to the Artist ally. After about two hours, we again have a run in with the Greed. We again lose him, and we decide to head to the FMA movie.

Only to discover that we've missed it.

We head back, pissed, only to get distracted by a CULT. They've found an empty water jug and are using it as a drum. We join them. I'll tell this story later.

We get back in time to pack up and leave for the night.

Day 4- To be continued

For years my parents have protested my choices for potential pets. I've finally won the permission to get something, er, "unusual".

 

Considering that I do not possess even a driver's PERMIT, I do a lot of walking. A lot.

It's actually pretty fun, and sometimes very rewarding.

I get to see people and places I wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

I get to wander off the beaten path, which is mostly illegal in an automobile anyway.

I also get to burn mass-calories, so food-guilt doesn't exist.

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Things That Have Caused Emotional Disturbance

Here is a shortened list of things that have given me brain damage in the past few days. Those friends mentioned: Please don't kill me! You know I luvz you!

Although, I do not fear the few who really ARE stupid. They deserve their listing.

1) When you're having a wonky day, the last thing you want is to go online and have your macho-man friend, whom you partially relly on for sanity, whine that he 'feels fat' o_O. I luvz you Al, but you're frightening after a few weeks of you living with your parents again.

2) It is not my fault that your icecream is melting. I'm sorry that it is, but I am but a lowly cashier and do not control the laws of Physics. Or the airconditioning. And noes, you saying 'I could be good at my job some day' is not helpful.

3) wait.... Broke-Back......... Red-Back? What? o_O;;;;;

4) Sorry, but I am not damned because I eat meat or meat-products. Lesson: Vegans ranting is less guilt-tweeking when said Vegan is wearing eight tons of bunny-tested makeup and eating gelatine-based foods.

5) Nick, you do NOT need to MOLEST my plushes. Exspecially the ones that I'm KEEPING! Just because its got big eyes and pink cheeks does NOT mean it 'wants it in the butt'! I luvz you too, but no more molestation of inanimate objects!

Plush Bunnies

Today I was attacked by the Plush Bunnies. What're plush bunnies you may ask? Plush Bunnies are a distant cousin to Plot Bunnies which attack people who sew fanplushes. They're small, white, and made of polyester stuffing and they smell like PLEATHER!

Anywho, here's the list. Any suggestions?

OMGLAWSUIT!Pride- My failier to download BBI (though probably for the better) infected me with the thought that making a chibi version of BBI!Pride holding an OMG LAWSUIT sign would be a good idea. Right now, his base-bady is done, as is half of his head. He needs hair, a face, cloths(?), his sign, and all the funky tattoos/arrays all over.

Hotstuff!Roy- An addition to the Censorbar series, I'm doing a plush of Roy, nekid of coarse, holding a a 'Hot Stuff' sign with an evil/sexy/perverted look on his face. He needs hair, a face, and his censorbar/sign.

Othersword!Cloud- Yet another Censorbar plush, this time of a faux-innocent looking chibi Cloud holding a 'Wanna See My OTHER Sword?' sign. This one's for the competition with Heather I've been putting off (not that Heather's any different, she's procrastinating just as much). His body is all thats done, he needs a head and beyond.

failedninjacenterfold!Naruto- A version of the Ninja Centerfold technique, except featuring an embarased-looking male Naruto. He's still in the planning stage.

And thats the list for tady. Sorry for the lack of photos, as my only camera also happens to be my phone. And, as tempting as it is, I refuse to ask Heather to borrow her camera.

Speaking of Heather's camera: Heather, if you're reading this, I need gonk!Sasuke and Lust back! We're very lucky that the purchasers live in town and don't mind the delay, but 3 months is a little long! Please! HHEEAAATTTHHHERRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *crys*

                                                                                 -Later

It's official, I will be selling plushes at Otakon '06.

I will be debuting a new pattern and crack!plush series, and will be sharing an artist ally table with a friend and her mum, who're doing drawings and beading respectively.

I think I might sell custom patterns at the con, because I don't really mind if others use my base patterns for their own gain. I myself learned to plush using pre-made patterns, and I'd like to give others a chance to learn. More on allowed usage later.



Here's the list of Plushes/Plush!series I'll probably be selling, though I might add a few, or remove a few:

Character Plushes
      Seven Deadly Sins- Fullmetal Alchemist
     

Crack!Plush Series
      Censorbar- misc series
                           Essentially, nekid chibis w/ censorbars, most holding signs

      Emotes- misc series
                           Characters from various series, comenting on plot twists, storylines, other characters, and their fandom.

       Buckets- misc series
                        Plushes of characters stuck in buckets. Double as change-purses.



Now I have to ask you, what else should I try to make? Plush props? Gaia plushes? I need more ideas!