Monday, August 24

Daily Art Weekly 31

The latest batch of daily art posted to Tumblr and Facebook. You can now buy the posted pieces here and in previous daily art posts! The price differs if you pick it up at a convention or want it mailed (mail price reflects shipment costs).

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Tuesday, August 18

Daily Art Weekly 30

The latest batch of daily art posted to Tumblr and Facebook. You can now buy the posted pieces here and in previous daily art posts! The price differs if you pick it up at a convention or want it mailed (mail price reflects shipment costs).

You can also order commissions here.

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Monday, August 17

DragonCon 15: Here's Frodo

Previous posts:
Making Frodo
First Try With the Frodo Costume
Making Mithril

Last time, I had sewn a Mithril base into a store-bought Frodo costume.



I let that sit and then applied glitter paint for the filigree. I used photo reference loosely, making swirls to cover the black threads. While that dried, I started on his shoes.


I took a picture of my own feet as they are fairly hobbity, and I drew them on the shoes with pencil.


I went over that with Sharpies and Pitt pens for the hair.





 He loves them.

We put the costume onto him and added the replica ring and the cloak broach we got off Amazon. You can see the final Mithril in the below pic.




The pants need to be hemmed almost to half, and I can do that tonight after supper. Otherwise, yeah, we're done.

He's dying to go to Atlanta to see all the other costumes. We found the listing for the Tolkien photoshoot for the convention, and we'll attend. He might not get in the official photos with his store-bought costume, but we'll get pictures on the sidelines with folks waiting their turn.

Friday, August 14

Daily Art Weekly 29

The latest batch of daily art posted to Tumblr and Facebook. You can now buy the posted pieces here and in previous daily art posts! The price differs if you pick it up at a convention or want it mailed (mail price reflects shipment costs).

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Tuesday, August 11

DragonCon 15: Making Mithril

Previous posts:
Making Frodo
First Try With the Frodo Costume

A healthy chunk of time has passed since the last costume update, but not much was done. By the absolute dumbest of luck, I found LOTR props in the local costume shop. Here's why that's amazing: First, my tiny town has a costume shop, and, second, my tiny town's costume shop had LOTR props that were at least ten years old. I got a bow-and-arrow set for my wife, who's going as Tauriel. I got her some elf ears too. I got a Sting sword for my son, and they are inseparable.


I thought about getting him the plastic Hobbit shoe-feet they had, but they were too big for him. He could never navigate the stairs and elevators at DragonCon. And he obviously can't go barefoot. Flip-flops seemed too flimsy and easily lost. So I bought him these:


I'll draw toes with Sharpies. I considered painting the soles as well, but they're rubber, and that gets complicated. I think the obvious sneaker feet are funny, and he seems OK with it.

The biggest development sine we last blogged is Mithril. We got him this Frodo costume from Amazon.


That yellow shirt is a bib/dicky meant to approximate Frodo's shirt. But my dude wants to wear Mithril and have it obvious. We are a simple cosplaying clan; we don't make everything from scratch. But we can customize well, and now I can help after learning to sew last year.

I cut out the yellow shirt bib and traded its outline on a piece of the Mithril fabric I found.


I do almost all my fabric work on the floor. I'm a very tall eight-year-old.

Then I got darker fabric to approximate the base of the collar and pinned it in place.


I bent the top of the collar fabric over the collar of the bib and pinned it. The wings of the bib will be attached to the inside of the robe so it hangs in front of his undershirt. I bought gray flecked shirts from Target to blend in behind it. Then I sewed the pieces together.


I made the vertical piece longer than necessary to extend beyond the vest. It will look like a large shirt on him. I used black thread because each knot and seam will be covered by the glitter paint for the filigree.



This paint lightens as it dries, and the glitter really pops. It's sturdy and light weight, so it shouldn't be a problem for him. I decided to get gold paint after this test. Also, I decided to apply the paint after the bib was attached to the robe. Then I sat down to get to work.



When I cut the yellow bib, I left the material sewn inside the robe. I used it as an anchor for the Mithril by looping the thread through and around it. It made for a sturdy connection on both sides. And the robe is dark enough to hide the black thread. Also, it will be covered by the hooded robe around his shoulders.

I showed each step to my wife for her approval as I am still brand new at this stuff. When I paint toes on his shoes and apply the decoration to the Mithrill, his costume's done. He can't wait to go.

Monday, August 10

Daily Art Weekly 28: Hulk Vs. A Wasp

For this week's worth of art, instead of a pin-ups, I made a serial based on an idea I had more than a decade ago: Hulk punches a bee.

I'm about to start a new comic, and this gave me a chance to limber up my script and layout muscles. This was just for fun. You can check my other Daily Art posts for work that's for sale. This one's for me.

But if you want to commission Hulk punching various animals, I won't stop you.

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New Wonder Woman Champion Print


I made a variant of my Wonder Woman Champion print minus the text for a local theme gallery show, and it's available now through the prints and commissions page It comes in letter and 11x17 size, and the prices include shipping.

Sunday, August 2

Daily Art Weekly 26 and 27

The latest batch of daily art posted to Tumblr and Facebook. You can now buy the posted pieces here and in previous daily art posts! The price differs if you pick it up at a convention or want it mailed (mail price reflects shipment costs).

You can also order commissions here.

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Original art doesn't have text.