#hawberry

[thebotanicalarcade]

n58_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: The Garland of the year, or, The months: their poetry and flowers : London :Marcus Ward & Co.,[1873]. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58434938

[hawberries]

is this that husky and his white cat something or other

[wishthatiwasnessiesgirl]

thank you @hawberries for this incredible nie mingjue portrait!!! he’s so beautiful and i love him so much!

[team-chai]

The second member of Team CHAI has arrived!

Name: Blaine Hawberry

Species: Faunus, Field Mouse

Age: 17

Pronouns: He/Him

Occupation: Student, Haven Academy, First Year

Birthplace: Mantle

Aura Color: Yellow

Semblance: Spark. Blaine is able to unleash electrical energy from any point on his body or a large discharge all at once. Lightning Dust can be used to increase the voltage.

Weapon: Deliverance and Refuge, a spear that transforms into a taser and a grappling hook, and a standard round shield. A Lightning Dust Crystal is located in the butt of the spear.

[vaimetanyx]

Every time I put this thing on I'm scared I'm going to take someone's eye out with these spikes. However with this much glue in a wig it means I have to do very little upkeep between cons!

(Full process under the cut)

[Skull pauldron] [Belt] [Greaves] [Toga + sash] [Wig + Laurels] [Armbands] [Flaming feet] [Satyr Sack] [Stygius v1] [Stygius v2] [Nectar]

This was my first time ever styling a wig beyond some brushing and hairspray as I did for my Snufkin cosplay. The base wig I used was Apollo in black from Epic Cosplay Wigs, and it was really good to work with! I probably should have shaken it out and used the hair dryer to make it more fluffy before I started, but I made it work in the end

To start off - gather reference images, and section out all the main points!

Then get your sister to teach you how to shape a spike. Don't fuck it up. Repeat this for all the other major spikes using the hairspray you bought 3 years ago, your mum's hairdryer because you don't own one, and PVA glue to keep those spikes sharp and everything together because you still don't know exactly what you're doing.

Then it's time to make a bunch of little spikes for the back, most of this will be covered up by the laurels. But damn, there's gaps, because a bunch of these spikes go up when the wefts go down! A smarter and/or more experienced cosplayer would have bought more wefts to sew in to thicken the hair and cover gaps. But who needs that when you've kept all the hair you cut off when making the spikes and you can hairspray and glue that into place to hide your mistakes!

While praying that no one notices the half kilo of glue that is now your wig, time for the laurels! I actually went through three versions - the first version I discarded straight away because my wig wasn't done when I started, and as a result of not being able to compare it was WAY too bulky, heavy, and didn't cover the right area. It did look pretty though. The second was what I wore to my first con - wire and some mesh material with the 'leaves' glued directly on. The leaves for both these versions were made of 3 layers of cheap fake material petals glued together, folded and painted - honestly too much work for the end result but it is what it is.

The third laurel's leaves are made of a thin wire covered in plastic laminate, left over from years ago when we used to cover our school books in it. Cut into the right shape, I then painted them, making sure to paint in the direction of the leaves 'veins' so when held up to the light they'd look more realistic. After that they were wrapped around a single thick bit of wire and a few sections hot glued for security.

Finally it could be attached to the wig! I just used a bit of thread and sewed them on in a few places, then adjusted the leaves to sit right. For an extra touch - some of the official art has embers tailing up off the laurels, so I added a few of my own. These are just some spare painted laminate glued to wire, the wire twisted and inserted into the hair.

Part of me wants to try and remake the wig from scratch so it's not such a glue soaked mess, or to go for a more natural look that I could actually brush my hand through like the Studio Grackle trailer, but I wanted a stylised look and I sure ended up with one!

[quotablefanfiction]

It amuses Otabek that it never occurred to Yuri to just ask, but that doesn’t seem to be how the fae do things. Nothing so straightforward. What they want, they win.

Otabek finds that the Fae have some blind spots (chp. 1)

hood & glove by Fahye, hawberries (AO3) Yuri!!! On Ice – Teen – Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov #Alternate Universe #Fairy Tale #Fae

“I don’t mess with the fae,” Otabek says.

“I’m not asking you to mess with them,” JJ flat-out lies.

[augment-techs]

[claitea]

not done with the con yet but i am done buying things, here is my haul :)

[ufolily]

[gurinn]

SOLD adopts

[aceofbooks-creative-anthologies]

-> koushi sugawara's camera roll

Notes:

Koushi is constantly on pinterest looking for new teaching tools and aesthetics for his classroom.

There's nothing he loves more than candid photos of me and Daichi.

He's always sending "polyship" memes to us.

And searches for "polyship" fanart poses and saves them to have the three of us recreate later.... in various states of dress/undress.

I mentioned it in our insta feed, but we all play volleyball in a community league together. He's not always the setter, but he has fun learning other roles and honing his skills.

(Someone had left a screencap with Daichi, Tanaka, and Noya in the comments under the top right photo on pinterest, so I got rid of a photo of the three of us to include it. How could I not?)

[thebotanicalarcade]

n140_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Revisio specierum generis Crataegi imprimis earum, Kjøbenhavn,Lehmann & Stages,1897. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15302960

[hawberries]

dendro men and their little friends

[thecreakingdoor]

Bleak light and misty rain today with some signs of autumn moving into winter on the dog walk. I’m wishing the days away until we get to December 1st and then the festivities can begin. . . . #pinecone #autumnvibes #christmastree #fatsiajaponica #hawthorne #hawberries #bleakweather #wishingthedaysaway #winteriscoming https://www.instagram.com/p/ClJfFxIoi9u/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[yuri-puppies]

an inventory of labru and farcille double dates

with thanks to this fanart by @hawberries for the inspiration and to @holmsister for the park date idea

art museum: the toudens wandered off when a local moth flew by in the courtyard and they realized there might be a nest nearby. several people comment on what a handsome couple kabru and marcille make, why, they could be one of the portraits.

theatre play: both toudens are asleep before the intermission. kabru and marcille can't stop shit-talking everything from the acting to the set design out loud and are about to get kicked out.

park: marcille is so ready for a cute picnic under the trees, and she gets it… with kabru. the toudens are rolling in mud with a stranger's dog. this is not even a dog park.

gym: marcille is the only one who thought this was a date.

beach: see daydream hours sketches. marcille came here to look cute and have a good time and is now chasing the other three around with a sunscreen bottle.

science museum: marcille has her lowest-cut top and is planning to Cling TM throughout the grosser exhibits. she underestimated: a) how many children there would be around b) how grossed out she'd get c) how much more interesting the mating rituals of the greater sage-grouse are than her tits. at least kabru isn't there to make fun of her, since he became entranced by evaluating the effectiveness of the various knowledge translation strategies at the anti-pollution exhibit. laios has started giving an impromptu lecture on the dangers of exotic pets in the reptile exhibit to several transfixed children and their baffled parents. the staff has gone from trying to stop him to calling for the volunteer coordinator to recruit him.

[quotablefanfiction]

“Don’t be so dramatic,” says Victor, which is enough to make even Yuuri stare at him. Heedless of his deep hypocrisy, Victor goes on, “This kind of exchange-magic is all about willingness. I’m sure it can be undone, if you really want.”

Viktor to Otabek (chp. 1)

hood & glove by Fahye, hawberries (AO3) Yuri!!! On Ice – Teen – Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov #Alternate Universe #Fairy Tale #Fae

“I don’t mess with the fae,” Otabek says.

“I’m not asking you to mess with them,” JJ flat-out lies.