#leaf motif skirt

[stabbysticks]

WIP Wednesday

Caught my partner's cold so doing some test swatches trying to work out this leaf edging.

I have a few variations I'm planning on going through to work out (like do I want lace leaf edging on a waistband? Is all this weird gartery bits necessary? So on...)

[kagrenacs]

What would clothing typical of a Saxhleel living in the deep marsh look like? Scalies please give me inspiration

[poorly-drawn-akira]

MAAM MAAM YOUR HAND IN MARRIAGE MAAM-

>Puts her in one of my outfits bc I can

[sare11aa11eras]

Catelyn and Ned for @salialenart’s dtiys challenge!

[Image Description: full length colored drawing of Catelyn Tully and Ned Stark in front of a weirwood heart tree. They are standing facing one another, in profile to the viewer. Their hands are laid over one another between them, bound with a golden ribbon.

Ned wears a high-collared tunic, a long vest, trousers, boots, and a hat. His clothes are grey. The vest, boots, and hat are trimmed with white fur. His inner layer has white details at the collar and cuffs. His vest and boots have details in red, white, and silver, including a red weirwood leaf motif going down the side of his vest. His hair is partly pulled back with a half braid down the back, secured by two silver ornaments with red details. He has a scruffy beard and looks somber. His right hand is extended to meet Catelyn’s and a red and blue striped cloak is draped over his lower left arm.

Catelyn wears a long gown. The skirt of her gown has vertical red and blue stripes. Her blue sleeves have two puffs in the upper arm, both slashed with red. The lower arm is a lighter blue with a wavy trim at the cuffs. Her bodice is mostly blue with a pseudo stomacher of horizontal white and silver stripes, trimmed with pears. She wears a string of red beads as a necklace. Silvery-white lace covers her throat in a high collar. She wears a Stark cloak, white with grey fur and a silver fastener. Her hair is worn in a single braid going down her back. Her braid, earrings, and the brooch at her throat are all silver with blue stones. Her left hand is extended forward to meet Ned’s. She appears calm.

The rest of the picture shows a large weirwood heart tree behind them, grassy ground interspersed with fallen weirwood leaves below them, and a light blue background. / End ID.]

[sgthebee]

Resources

Most (but not all!) of what I use in my Sims 2 game, in case anyone's curious! I'm sure it'll change 😅

CAS Defaults

Skins: Party of One by DreadPirate

Eyes: TresureEyes by PralineSims, converted by Hazelpuff

Hairs: 4T2 Hair Defaults + 4T2 Eyebrow Defaults by PlatinumAspiration

Makeup: Dreadpirate's defaults

Glasses: Rudhira's defaults

Clothes: mostly from ello-sims, Loosia P, vegan-kaktus

Other CAS

Skins: Rainbow Party, my unpublished recolors of Party of One

Eyes: ELF Alien Eyes by datapeach, Beetlejuice Alien Eyes by Hazelpuff edited by Dreadpirate, Bad Dream Dolly Eyes by bugjar, Confutatis Pearl Eyes by Rensims converted by oktober-sims

Hairs: Hazelpuff, minicule, PlatinumAspiration

Makeup: Angela Pleasant, BerryNooboos, Cress, falkii, futile fairy tale, Gryning, PineappleForest, Pooklet

Clothes: DeeDee, janika31, kaluxsims, kayleigh83, keoni, kestrelteens, Lucilla, Moocha's Muses, moyokean, nonsensical-pixels, PlatinumAspiration, RascalCurious, Rented-Space, Skittles Sims

Accessories: celestialspritz, Diamond Eyes Universe, Luver of Ralts, nonsensical-pixels, PlatinumAspiration

See "Other Objects" for more creator links

Object Defaults

Clear Glass by Corax

Clear Door/Window Glass by slig

alienpod (link below)

Epi

HugeLunatic

PineappleForest (link below)

Tvickiesims (link below)

vegan-kaktus

Other Objects

I use a lot of 4t2 conversions, especially from Maxis, Myshunosun, Peacemaker, Syboulette, Kiwisim4, Charly Pancakes, Leaf-Motif, and Harrie/Felixandre/House of Harlix

alienpod (4t2)

autumn-rosesims (Maxis 4t2)

buggybooz (original meshes)

cozy-sims (Maxis 4t2)

DeeDee (repositoried add-ons)

hafiseazale (repositoried add-ons and edits)

Honeywell (Bespoke Build Set)

i07jeuu (4t2)

Jacky93 (4t2 and lots of food and functional items)

Jinxy (Maxis 4t2)

kaluxsims (4t2 and original meshes)

kayleigh83 (Maxis 4t2)

keoni (4t2, recolors, and edits)

kestrelteens (4t2)

limonaire (4t2 and mashups)

linacherie (4t2 and recolors)

littlelittlesimmies (Maxis 4t2 + repositoried add-ons)

LordCrumps (Maxis 4t2)

MegaMassikaLove (Maxis 4t2)

Michelle (recolors and Maxis 4t2)

Monsieur Oshima (add-ons and original meshes)

Moocha's Muses (recolors)

morepopcorn (Maxis 4t2)

neosimi (4t2)

Nixed Sims (add-ons and original meshes)

nonsensical-pixels (4t2)

PineappleForest (repositoried add-ons)

PlatinumAspiration (Maxis 4t2)

Shasta (recolors)

Simsco (4t2)

Sims in Low Space (4t2 and recolors)

TheNinthWave (Maxis 4t2)

thimblesims (4t2)

Tvickiesims (Maxis 4t2)

Veranka (4t2 and a few 3t2 items I like)

Vix (functional food stands/vending machines)

Lighting + Terrain

Lighting Mod by spookymuffin

Shader Fixes (just Deastrumquodvicis's roof shader and Moi's water shaders) by DreadPirate

Extended Material Shader (for DreadPirate's Shade Fixes + edited lot skirt) by Crisp & Kerosene

Accurate Hood Terrain Lighting (soft) by simNopke

Sim Shadow Fix (0.3 really not misty) by simNopke

Blurry Skies by simNopke

Lush Terrain Default by curiousB, edited by siletka

Lowedeus's Skies, Optimized by celestialspritz

UI Mods

Clean UI by greatcheesecakepersona + various extras

Colorful UI by simmer-until-tender

Minimalist Loading Screen (black) by osab

Colorful Loading Screen (simlish, minimalism) by A.D.Inc

No Useless Town Buttons by ePSYlord

No Pause Frame by simNopke

Gameplay Mods

Epi

MidgeTheTree

simler90

simNopke

Misc

The Sims 2 Starter Pack

Various Utilities by Pick'N'Mix

ReShade via reshade-linux

Bottles to run TS2 on Linux

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

Niffty Redesign🐛

Made my own take on Niffty for Fun!!!!!!!!💖 I def thought a lot on what to try with her!!!!

Pushed for a more 50’s Housewife aesthetic/hotel maid vibe. She’s wearing a pinafore apron which was very popular during that era and I took the poodle skirt idea and reworked it into the apron, but rather than a poodle it’s a bug 🐛. Also brought back warmer colors like the pilot look had. Pastel yellow was def a pop color!

Also added a name tag as to show she works for the hotel 🏨

Added more splotches and made them bigger on her apron. Polkadots were popular in that time and I think are cute(lot of her concepts had polka dots on her) plus I can see her wanting people to assume she’s a ladybug or Asian Lady Beetle 🐞 (@peeperscreeperz made a take of Niffty being that which is AMAZING and I considered making her that too but I ended up going a different route). I can see her also wanting them to give off flowers…only for most people to see them as blood stains.🌸🩸

Also gave her those iconic cleaning gloves 🧤. Shes the Hotels maid AND cook afterall 🧽 👩‍🍳

Gave her a bandana bow for the housewife and maid look and because I think it’s cute and lowkey gives off antennae. I LOVE the idea of her being a bug demon so I went with that. I was going for a subtle ambiguity of what she’s suppose to be(she’s hiding what she is).

Gave her warmer eye color back! Also made the pupil more leaf shaped 🍃.

Added gradient for her limbs.

Added extra limbs. Great for extra cleaning 🧹 🧼

Her hairs actually antennae…and extra legs 🦵

Gave her three fingers.

Made her eye bigger(bugs often got big eyes! Or for her case eye 👁️)

Added a lil bug instead of a poodle for her apron!🪳

For her color motif, went back to warmer colors and because for mine I’m going with a rainbow motif she’s Yellow💛🌈 the color known for its positives such as joy and friendship…but can also mean negative things such as Deceit, illness and often used as a warning color⚠️ it was also a popular color for Sci-Fi posters(she was based on B-Alien Movies)

Made her skin a kinda warm pastel orange🧡 I missed her having a warm palette but I also get why they changed it due to her roots 🇯🇵. So I went with orange!!!! Her hairs also a more brownish red-orange.

For her bug theme,

I went with something that I figure would connect her both to her ability to take down pests so well and Japanese origins. The Japanese Centipede! Centipedes are great for pest control but apparently to Japan they’re considered symbols of evil and rottenness, plus with how they look they often scare people even those they don’t pose serious threats to humans, which I think fits Niffty’s whole desire to be loved only to accidentally scare people away…shunned & unloved by a world she can’t seem to fit in💔

HUGE Spoiler alert!!!! Hazbin Hotel

With the reveal of Husk being once an Overlord I like to believe the same with Niffty but rather than souls(talked about this with @a-sterling-rose, she was an immensely powerful sinner like Alastor, but alas her form was far too big and scary for people to want to get close to and she was alone…until Alastor offered her a deal he’d provide a more approachable form in return for her eternal service)

A lot of her looks meant to be hiding what she is. Disguising her extra limbs as hair, her body’s color scheme based on a centipedes, poofy dress that could cover extra, even the bug design could be Interpreted as a long centipede. I was also going for a subtle sharp, mini legs for her apron ruffles, giving off her trying to look sweet and soft but could also be interpreted in another way…

I read and learned from a @lovesart23 redesign vid for her that, she was meant to be based on B-Alien Movies. LOVE that and I tried it myself(hardest part was figuring out what bug to make her and what themes to go with) but I ended up going for another Sci-Fi route. Kaiju/Giant Bug monsters. Creatures like Godzilla or those giant bugs creatures like “the Tingler” 1959(which was a centipede monster I read). I figure it’d connect well to both her struggles of fitting in but also her Japanese Roots.

Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy. They do not attack people because they want to, but because of their size and strength, mankind has no other choice but to defend himself. After several stories such as this, people end up having a kind of affection for the monsters. They end up caring about them."

— Ishir⁠ō Honda The Director of Godzilla

Plus some certain Kaijus could qualify as Aliens!.

There’s even a Yokai/demon based on the centipede know as the Ōkumade!

CW freaky Pictures of centipedes and Mice

What do u think? I’d love to know💖

I’ve also done Charlie, Vaggie and Angel🍎🦋🕷️

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode illustrée, no. 11, 15 mars 1896, Paris. Robe en lainage liège. Robe en lainage gris-acier. Modèles de chez Mme Gradoz, rue de Provence, 67. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

Robe en lainage beige.

Cette toilette, en lainage beige, est ornée de dentelle crème et d'applications de dentelle, qui entourent le bord inférieur de la jupe en formant des palmettes isolées. Le corsage est garni d'entre-deux de dentelle posés sur de la soie beige. L'entre-deux du dos se prolonge en pointe jusqu'à la taille, et devant, jusqu'au milieu de la poitrine. Les deux côtés du corsage sont garnis au bord inférieur d'entre-deux en dentelle. Les manches larges, fendues au bord supérieur, laissent voir des entre-deux de dentelle; on garnit leur bord inférieur avec deux mêmes entre-deux. L'encolure est garnie d'un col Médicis formant deux pointes sur les côtés, et de rosaces de ruban.

This dress, in beige wool, is decorated with cream lace and lace applications, which surround the lower edge of the skirt forming isolated palmettes. The bodice is trimmed with lace inserts placed on beige silk. The middle of the back extends in a point to the waist, and in front, to the middle of the chest. Both sides of the bodice are trimmed at the bottom edge with lace inserts. The wide sleeves, slit at the upper edge, reveal lace inserts; we garnish their lower edge with two same spacers. The neckline is trimmed with a Medici collar forming two points on the sides, and ribbon rosettes.

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Robe en lainage gris-acier.

Cette robe, en lainage gris-acier, est garnie avec de la soie blanche et du lacet noir. On pose sur le corsage un plastron en lainage terminé par une bande de velours, auquel se rattache sur les côtés une draperie plissée encadrant les bras par devant, et se terminant en pointe au milieu du dos. Le plastron est orné d'un motif de feuilles en soie blanche, bordé de galons. On fixe des motifs semblable au bord supérieur et au bord inférieur de la jupe; on les réunit par du lacet au bord inférieur. Les manches très larges sont ornées de motifs semblables; le corsage est complété par un col Médicis orné de galons; recouvert en velours à l'extérieur et par une ceinture de velours.

This dress, in steel-gray wool, is trimmed with white silk and black lace. A woolen bib finished with a band of velvet is placed on the bodice, to which is attached on the sides a pleated drapery framing the arms in front, and ending in a point in the middle of the back. The bib is decorated with a leaf motif in white silk, bordered with braid. We attach similar patterns to the upper edge and lower edge of the skirt; they are joined together with lace at the lower edge. The very wide sleeves are decorated with similar patterns; the bodice is completed by a Medici collar decorated with braid; covered in velvet on the outside and by a velvet belt.

[15-lizards]

As the fandom’s resident fashion historian, do you have any thoughts about wedding dresses/apparel in Planetos? Personally, I weddings are a great place to showcase the differences between the regions especially with traditions, superstitions, economy, and skills. For example, IRL there is a superstition, if a bride makes her dress, each stitch a bride makes is the equivalent to the tears she will shed during the marriage but I can’t see that translating to Westeros where the small folk or even every member of house Frey or house Reed aren’t getting a custom dress. Maybe it’s traditional to wear colorful dresses in Dorne and heavy jewelry made by talented blacksmiths in Westerlands and trading cities use dresses with pearls (because in Meereen pearls=fertility) and myrrish lace to flaunt wealth but the North cause practically and reusability over fashion and maybe they pass down dresses, the Reach probably produces cotton so I imagine they would have more stylish and intricate designs, Qohor might have headwear with religious figures hanging from the fringe... I’ve thought about it a bit but I’d love to know your thoughts! 💚💛🖤💚💛

This will also include the other wedding asks I got and will probably be a two parter since there’s a lot to cover!

Wedding fashions part 1!

I’ve mentioned it before, but I like the idea of a Dornish bride “wearing” her dowry. Usually this consists of a veil made out of coins, or stitched into her gown, or placed into her headpiece. The fabric of the gown itself is also the finest the family can afford, and is expected to be sold if necessary (though noble families don’t usually do that). This practice isn’t only a tradition to show the groom’s family that he is not being swindled out of the agreed upon bride price, but is also a way for the family of the bride to show off their wealth. If a girl is especially wealthy, she may not even be able to wear the entire dowry, so her maids, ladies in waiting, animals, and every other thing she is bringing with her is decorated in wealth as well and presented to the groom

Stormlands women tend to be both proud and practical, so their dresses are made from the best materials they can afford, but practically cut and layered for the constant rainy weather. They’re also sacklike and large with very few adjustments so that the fabric can be repurposed later on. Most new gowns look like this anyway for the same reason, and wedding gowns are usually new. A woman’s dress will usually be in her family colors, and be patterned with their symbols as well, or maybe quartered with the grooms symbols and colors. If it’s not repurposed for other things, a gown might be reworn many times for social events, and even refashioned into a more stylish silhouette.

In the Riverlands, there’s no one type of wedding gown, as it’s so large and many of the brides will just wear one of their nicer gowns they already own, but the typical long flowing sleeves and loose overdress are common. Flower, vine, leaf, and other nature motifs are incredibly popular due to their connection to the fertility of the riverlands. So many girls will take a dress with a pattern, or embroider flowers onto it, or maybe pin real flowers onto their gowns, if they cannot afford to embroider or have a patterned gown. There’s a superstition that a bride with not enough flowers will not have any children, only have sickly/weak children. So the small folk especially incorporate as many flowers they can into their weddings

The Reach women’s favorite wedding tradition is seeing who can have the most expensive dress of the season. They’re even more ostentatious than their regular fashion, if that’s even possible. The puffed and slashed sleeves are made from the finest tulle and softest silk. Bodices trimmed in Myrish lace, patterned skirts that took months to make. Gold jewelry and hairpieces imported from the westerlands. Heavy wedding cloaks that are more pearls and thick embroidery than actual fabric. The cost of the yards of fabric used to make the gown is enough to make a Pentoshi merchant swoon. Essentially reach wedding gowns are just upping the ante of their regular dresses.

The wedding gowns of the westerlands are a bit less openly ostentatious than those of the reach, if only because someone doesn’t want to embarrass themselves in front of Tywin or Tywin-adjacent lords, who think to be too showy is a sign that you’re trying too hard. However the overdresses are still made of detailed brocade, necklines are decorated with pearls, and the lower sleeves are still big enough to drag. They still clearly rival the reach, but are also clearly having far less fun with their clothes. It might be a tradition for a woman to start wearing a type of hood on her wedding day, as a way to honor the mother and start promoting herself as lady of a noble house instead of an unwed girl

[eolewyn1010]

Downton Abbey Fashion 72 - outdoors fashion in 1925

Cora is here to rescue me from the depths of grey fashion, and then Rosamund kicks it out of the park with her bohemian styles. Finally something nice to look at!

Starting with this brown beauty in damask with a leaf motif. Cora borrowed a page from Mary’s book with the asymmetrical collar, but sticks to her roots when she brings back the pheasant feathers, with the pretty brooch adding a touch of gold and orange to the outfit. No further notes; this outfit is killer and this coat lovely.

Different pheasant subspecies, but a pheasant-feathered hat nonetheless, and we go from brown to my beloathed beige. The piping adds a little interest to the sleeves and lapels, so it’s not really this coat’s fault, but I’m overfed on beige this season and would really rather look at something else.

Chestnut velvet for the wedding of Carson and Mrs Hughes; I find this piece pretty interesting because, if memory serves, this is the first time Cora decidedly puts on a jacket as outerwear instead of a coat, as in, a thing that does not reach beyond her hips. She adds a fur stola to it so it doesn’t look proletarian, and a hat with a purple ribbon that we’ll see from its prettier side in a later post.

The Crawleys embrace some serious golden lamé this season, and since Cora has to write off the dress she’s wearing as pretty thoroughly blood-mottled, she can at least have a sweet coat with some swirly pattern in brown lines. And more lamé as either the lapels or a matching scarf; I’m not sure. So shiny. Is this tiara damaged? One of the prongs is lopsided.

Listen, I like this outfit. It’s one of the best looks Cora delivers all season. Only, since when do they not get new outfits for weddings anymore? She just repeats this when Mary and Henry get hitched. Which is probably a blessing – I mean, look at what she’s wearing under it the day of the wedding. A white shirt with a little lace that doesn’t pop at all on a beige skirt. Thank heaven for the dusty purple coat with the squiggly checker; otherwise, the nice flower hat would have to do all the work. I like her outfit at the race better when she pairs the coat with a beaded coral shirt, and we also see that, like the cuffs, the entire back has this wild print, done up in knife pleats. The hat is less flattering than the one for the wedding though.

Hey, the pretty lace trim hat from last season is back! And we’re ending on a dress that Cora wouldn’t wear on its own when going out, but the coat she wears to this is a repeat while the dress never comes up again, so let’s take a moment for this relentless amount of print and the embroidered flowers practically fusing into it. Once again, I could’ve done with a little more color, but this is a nice dress.

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I’m not entirely sure if Mrs Pelham stepped into the footsteps of Rosamund in regards to wearing other people’s old clothes, but I couldn’t really identify this coat in my archives. It’s black with a lot of squiggly brown piping, and it has one of those fugly standing fur collars that make the wearer look like a turtle. Oh well, at least she didn’t try to outshine the bride at her son’s wedding. I do like the hat; both the velvet wrap and the flowers are quite nice. Fun fact: The two ladies behind her are the same extras who ate with Mary at the Criterion earlier the same season. One of them has a sweet print, but they still don’t get more to do than smiling placidly.

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Speaking of sweet prints, here’s Rosamund! Although her first coat of the season may actually be a damask rather than a print; I’m not sure. In any case, it’s black and golden and wild, and because Rosamund is my fashion queen, she pairs it with red bead jewelry. I do appreciate the look, darling.

I appreciate this one even more. Rosamund’s coats, man. Yellow and brown and spirals and zigzag and checker ornaments; give me your all, it looks fantastic. Some black fur for the cuffs and collar, but what really gives this outfit the extra bit is the hat imo. Do you see how these feathers were cropped into yet more zigzag? I’m in love.

Rosamund, nooo! Don’t give in to the beige curse! This is by far her most boring coat. Did she borrow one from Isobel? The dress is okay for a beige one; it is working with several prints and a kind of wild patch look which is nice, and the hat we’ll see again in a moment in better quality.

It is a nice hat; love the pleating of the ribbon. And Rosamund returns to form pairing a cream coat with a lovely contrasting red shirt. Also, the coat? Beautiful print. It starts with these floral elements in light brown, and then the trim band just goes wild with the colors.

Only now, it’s dawning on me that for all her fashion affinity I have never seen Rosamund wear an actual cloche. Huh. Probably for the best; her usual hats compliment her face better. But I’m here to talk about the coat she wore for Edith’s wedding. This coat? Honestly deserves more screen time, a shot of its full length, better light. This is funky, and glorious. This print is a whole amphetamine trip.

[sparrow-ceiling]

OK SO CAN WE TALK ABOUT CHARLIE'S WEAPONS AND HER FINAL BATTLE DESIGN

ik i already made a whole post abt everyone's final battle designs (if you want to see it check under my hazbinposting tag, its literally just me gushing), BUT I wanted to make a new one for Charlie because UGH

OK. So her costume stays fairly the same throughout the battle, the cute little dress with the heart on the front, which is so real of her. I mentioned this in the other post also but I thought it was really cute how Charlie usually wears pants, and Vaggie usually wears a skirt, but it switches for the battle. Idk if that has any like. Metaphorical meaning but i think it's cute.

For the weapons, we start out the battle and we see Charlie with her shield. Which yes is a very Charlie thing to have: she's a very protective character, all she wants to do is keep her people safe.

But if you LOOK AT THE shield. GOD, look at the shield. First of all, it's so pretty. Everything in this show is so aesthetically pleasing guys. BUT. There are literally FOUR visual motifs on this shield, plus colors (which are mostly just the normal color palette, but also relate to her and her father). SHIELD MOTIFS. It has (1), the wings. She's angelic & she's powerful (since Angels are kind of a symbol of power and heirarchy.) She has angelic blood from her dad, it doesn't seem like she has actual wings, but she definitely does hav the power that is associated with those wings. The wings also might be a nod to Vaggie's wings.

The shield also (2), looks like an apple. It has the little leaf in the back, and the core in the middle. Lucifer DEFINITELY also has a lot of apple imagery, so that's something she gets from her dad, to, another nod to where her power comes from. We also have (3), the snake. This might be a bit of a stretch but I'm pretty sure that part around the core of the apple that goes down into a point is a snake, which is also associated with Lucifer. Most of the motifs on the shield are a nod to her dad, to her power and where she gets it from. Also beyond physical power, she gets emotional power from her dad. She looks up to him, idolizes him, and she gets confidence from her connection with him.

The fourth and probably-not-final thing that the sheild has is its shape. This was honestly the fist thing I noticed about the shield, and you can really see it well in the above image: the shield is in the shape of a heart. As a Stranger Things fan, of course I am partial to heart shields. Just like Mike, Charlie is the heart of her party. She's the strength, she's where the love and the joy and the connection comes from. Sir Pentious, for example, only gets heart motifs in his design once he gets his heaven redesign, but Charlie has heart motifs in her design from the minute she steps on the battlefield. Look at her dress. That heart, that love, is a part of her. Love is so intrinsic to her personality and to her character that she can defy hell which honestly. She's so real for that (Also can we talk about how she looks at Vaggie in these pictures. I would die for her.)

So Charlie's heart/wings/apple/snake shield is not only a show of power because of her connection with Lucifer (with snake and apple) and her angelic blood (with the wings), but it's also an expression of her personality (with the heart and the fact that it is a shield in the first place). Her character development kind of comes to a peak here: she's learned to be confident in herself while still being that kind, loving, wonderful, dreamy Charlie, and the shield emphasizes that so well.

BUT WAIT. This isn't just a Charlie's-shield-appreciation-post (although it could be.) She literally gets THREE outfits in one episode (standard, the one with the shield, and the post-magical-girl-transformation one)

After Pentious dies and she tranforms, her appearance and her weapon change. Her physical changes are her horns, the inverted, glowing eyes, the tail (with the little heart on it!!), and her hair coming untied (so magical girl of her, but also look at the shape language! She becomes angrier more violent, and instead of that typical, soft, round bubble ponytail, her let-down hair is full of angles, especially in the picture below). We've seen her demon form a couple of times previously in the series I believe, and it happens when she experiences severe emotion and/or wants to show her power, both of which are happening right now (Honestly I love how it shows how much she loves Pentious. She's so sweet and I love her. He means so much to her.) HOWEVER, her physical appareance isn't the only thing that changes after her magical girl transformation. She also has (surprise, surprise), a new weapon!!!!

The trident doesn't have as many strong motifs in it as the shield did, but it's still fuckin. Crazy. So first and second of all we have the apple and the snake, which repeat from the shield, and still represent Charlie's power that she gets from her dad. The third thing about the trident is color scheme: The shield was red, gold, and white, will the trident introduces another color to the mix: black. I dunno what to say about this, but it's interesting to note. Something something her emotions get darker? There's probably a way to read into it but idk. lmk if anyone has thoughts on it.

Although there is the addition of the heart on Charlie's tail, this stage of her design also loses the heart on her weapon. Similar to the addition of black, this probably represents the darker turn in her design and emotion, and the darker turn in the battle. She's not completely out for love (haha see what I did there) anymore, she's also out for revenge (as an extension of love, but what she's really feeling and fighting from right now is anger, as opposed to the joy/hope/love from the start of the battle).

Anyway, the fifth and final thing about the trident is that it's no longer a defense weapon, like the shield was, it's now an attack weapon (also a very similar on to Vaggie's, which could be another nod to her). We also notice this in her demeanor! As opposed to the repeated sorries from before her tranformation, Charlie is now unapologetically violent. She charges right into the battle with Adam. She's no longer just trying to defend to protect (shield) her people, now she's going with the whole best-defense-is-a-good-offense ideology. She's on the offense in order to protect her people.

That's why I enjoy Charlie's character design and weapons in this episode so much. There are so many layers to it and UGH. THANK YOU for listening to me ramble, and lmk if you have any more thoughts on this because I would LOVE to hear them! As you can see I am totally normal about this show.

[neechees]

rosy maple moth c:

[image description: digital drawing rendering in a semi realistic style of a fair skinned, fat, tattooed fancy shawl dancer. She has blonde hair with brown roots, and her tattoos are of a sleeping lion under her right arm, and a red octopus on the other. The dancer looks down with their right arm folded up over their head, holding a shawl behind her back, while her left arm rests lazily just over her abdomen. her regalia is pink, magenta, and yellow colored. Her skirt is pink satin with a golden ivy motif pattern, with ribbons of dark purple, dark orange, magenta, and yellow sewed at the sides in a triangular shape pointing upwards. a geometric design of triangles resembling the moth sits in the ceneter, with red maple leaf patterns in the yellow fabric, and a pink rose at the center diamond of the design. She wears plain, light tanned hide moccains, and a magenta vest with similar designs as the skirt. The shawl is hidden behind her back but has dark purple fringes and the shawl is colored yellow and pink. end description.]

(send me a moth or butterfly species and I'll draw a fancy shawl dancer inspired by it series)

[stabbysticks]

WIP Wednesday

Solid leaf pile for January.

Would you beleaf I'm up to 62 (and change) leaves? (Sorry not sorry.)

Project Page: Leaf Motif | Pattern: Leaf Motif Skirt

[malewifehenrycooldown]

Some more random lore bits about my Dead or Alive Self Insert, Ridley Rosé, that I’ve never gotten around to posting about for some reason.

previous posts about my Dead or Alive Self Insert can be found here and here. New details are under keep reading!

Ridley Rosé has tattoos, most of them are flower based (not just roses, but tulips, snapdragons, lillies etc). However, there are other miscellaneous tattoos like blue rens or foxes. Although these tattoos pale in comparison to her most prominent and recognisable tattoo, is a cute demon character/emblem tattooed on her arm. It’s the equivalent to how CM Punk has the Pepsi logo on his arm.

The reason for the Fox motif being assigned to Ridley Rosé, is to follow in the footsteps of the series as many other characters in DOA are associated with animals/mythical creatures: ie: Jan Lee and the Dragon, Hayate and the Owl, Christie with Snakes, Hayabusa with the Hawk, Ayane with the Butterfly etc.

Fox motif kinda fits with her Wrestling Persona because she’s both of a mix of a Heel and a Babyface. Foxes are sneaky, they can betray you. But they can be… somewhat helpful.

Ring Gear Colour Palette most varies, but predominantly uses blue, lime green, yellow, white or black.

Notably stretches out just like Cammy White does in Street Fighter. Yes that stretch, you know the one. Often does this to fluster people. It worked on Ein/Hayate like a charm.

Uses she/they pronouns.

A hobbyist in motorcycles. Has a tourist bike model and a sports bike. Usually goes out for a spin to clear her head, and it’s usually around the crack of dawn or later at sunset/nightfall.

She particularly loves driving on the open road, or in more rural areas.

Prefers practical clothing wear that can’t get caught on things, so she doesn’t really wear skirts or dresses.

This isn’t to say she hates ‘girly stuff’, she’s more than comfortable with wearing girly accessories, just not necessarily wearing extremely feminine clothes.

What I’m saying is, If you asked her out to an extremely posh event, she’ll rock up in a suit. 

In an in game sense, her Post Match animations consist of her either sitting down cross legged like when CM Punk does when he’s about to talk, or she knocks the camera out and stands over it with an almost menacing grin (for intimidation and entertainment purposes). Probably cuts a short promo or something.

Pre-DOA1, If you asked any other pro-wrestler about what Ridley Rosé was like to work with and as a person, they’d give you mostly positive answers that she’s a good workhorse, but would have extremely conflicting feelings about her as a person. 

This is due to the eventual blow out when she went off script ON AIR and decided to do a Shoot Promo on Tina for ���Selling out’ (she left wrestling wanting to persue an acting/modelling career but also she’s burnt out by wrestling.) more about this [here] and [here].

When Ridley Rosé gets knocked on her ass at the first DOA Tournament against Tina, she tries to keep it together and she does think about lashing out at Tina, but thankfully Tina recognises Ridley’s emotional turmoil, lends an olive branch out to her instead

Tina knew what Ridley was going through, and her heart could not stop breaking at the sight of a fellow wrestler who’s at their lowest point imaginable. Let alone it be a former tag partner, and co-worker. So she lends a hand to Ridley and gives a pep talk about how she is not alone in her feelings and that the best option for her is to channel her energy into working on herself to be a better person. There is a lot more nuance to the pep talk but that’s just a small idea of what Tina talks about.

After the pep talk, Ridley takes Tina’s hand and just hugs her and cries, she also apologies profusely- Tina accepts and they kinda raise each other’s hands at closing minutes of their match to signify a new leaf is being turned over.

After Ridley takes the time to self improve personally and work wise, she gets back into wrestling by signing a contract with a Japanese Wrestling Promotion, as after she quit/was let go from her contract at  her previous promotion, other wrestling promotions pounced on the idea of having her on their roster of talent.

After DOA2-3, Pro-Wrestlers who have worked with her have more positive and empathetic recollections of working with Ridley and her as a person.

BONUS!: Some cool ideas/details IF Ridley Rosé were an actual character on the Dead or Alive roster:

Not exactly the most played character, however those who do play her are known for being an absolute nightmares to encounter online. It gets so bad that she gets a reputation like King from Tekken where counter tools and strategies are made and distributed in communities just so people have an easier time going up against her in game.

Gameplay wise, Ridley would play like a mix between Tina Armstrong, La Mariposa and Hitomi. She has a wide variety of moves inputs, so she’s not limited in her combat options - usually around say at least 140+ moves overall. 

Her strikes are quite powerful, has a good selection of throws and holds, however her speed is reduced to help balance her wide versatility. Additional this means it’s easy to punish her moves if she whiffs one of them.

Her character is considered to be ‘Middle weight’ in game, meaning it’s possible to lock her into juggle combos.

Opening dialogue to a match range from “This better not be a waste of my time,” “You better take this fight seriously”, “Just because you challenge me, doesn’t mean I’m going to go easy on you.” + amongst others.

However if facing Hayate or Ein, her opening match dialogue is a lot less serious, going from affectionate to a somewhat upbeat but not exactly playful tone of voice which impiles she’s let her guard down around Hayate specifically.

In Tag Team Mode, the characters Ridley can be partnered up with that contain their own unique intro and victory outros are Tina, Hayate, Ein, Hitomi, La Mariposa and Ayane.

If she is paired with either Hayate or Ein in tag team mode, and are victorious, they have a unique victory pose and dialogue.

When winning a tag match with Hayate, their winning pose animation has Ridley collapsing to her knees, exhausted, while Hayate comes over, and lends her a helping hand to stand up, and when she gets on her feet, she’s a little too close which immediately they both let go of each other, both clearly embarrassed the display of public affection especially when they are trying to keep the relationship a secret.

There’s one with Ein, where both parties are a little more open to showing PDA, but it’s nothing more than Ridley just moving a stray strand of hair out of Ein’s face.

With Tina, their victory pose is a high five, however Ridley retracts her hand causing Tina to miss and be left hanging, while Ridley laughs amused, and eventually Tina gets a crack at it too.

Cant exactly think of what interactions she’d have with La Mariposa, Hitomi and Ayane atm, but know that they do have a unique victory pose/verbal exchange after winning a match.. 

Compared to a lot of the female cast, Ridley Rosé has pretty much a lower amount of ‘fanservice-y’ costumes, simply because the character isnt keen on restricting her movements in a fight. She does however have as one piece swimsuit and a wetsuit.

One of her more casual costumes has a denim jacket with lots of stitched on patches, and one them is Hayate’s Owl Symbol that is featured in some of his costumes.

The closest thing to a fanservice-y costume she has is an overall bodysuit type outfit in which is worn over a neon green mesh top. Let’s just say it certainly shows off a lot of leg, but also the overall just barely covers her front. Bodysuit reference here, just imagine the pink parts with green colouring.

Has a Halloween DLC costume that’s a two-way homage to slasher flicks and to Hotline Miami. The costume is a stylish bomber jacket with ripped and bloody jeans and a hyper stylised fox mask, although this can be toggled off. 

There’s probably a cryptid inspired costume somewhere for her character for yet another Halloween DLC costume.

Of course she’s unfortunately in the first two DOA Xtreme games, but never got included into Venus Vacation due to ‘personal reasons’ (read: being in a committed relationship), but if you pay attention to certain dialogue scenes with Ayane you can get a second answer: which Ayane is quoted along the lines of as saying: “you (the owner of the resort in the Xtreme series) give her the creeps’.

[soulspeaksfashion]

Robert Wun "Time" FW24 Couture

view collection here.

this review is being converted from a short form instagram story segment on my close friends. i’ll be adding more of my opinions tho ;)

the collections description: (this was taken from this vogue article) Robert Wun celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his label with a couture show called Time today. He said he wanted to reflect on “why I’ve been doing this for so long, why I still want to keep doing it, and for how long.” He used these questions as a starting point for a collection of one-of-a-kind extravagant showstoppers. “I asked myself why I do fashion, and what does time mean?“ Did he find an answer? “Yes, I did. The answer is to accept that one day everything ends—and that’s okay.”

my overall rating: 9.7/10

i watched this show months ago at this point and honestly the mere thought of it brings tears to my eyes. this show is gorgeous. the pieces are beautiful. like beautiful isn’t a strong enough word. i truly envy the people who were privileged enough to see this in person for the first time. you can watch the show here! i deffo recommend it. it’s actually sickening. the textures, the colors, the concepts, the weathering that comes with time. its all done sooo well. this is what i want in fashion. especially when it seems like everything has already been said and done, robert has a beautiful perspective.

(click keep reading for all images i included!)

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loved!!

im not even exaggerating. fireeee (its ice -keyboard spam-). i love the texture of this orange-red dress, the way the gold parts catch the light. the leaf motif is sooo perfect. cherry blossoms!! i actually really like the construction of this particular dress. the sheer pink. its almost symbolic! (it deffo is).

category: cunt. i love the veil/shawl/cape situation on the white look. not the hugest fan of the draped skirt but, it works here and i like the black silhouette at the top. i love velvet. i have nothing more to say. this colorful number. god the back of this is actually giving me peacock vibes. i love the gradient of the shoes/tights. very pretty.

show stopper. this is probably one of my favorite looks to ever walk a show. its so gracefully. like the physical manifestation of a deity, of the universe. it's sooo graceful. beautiful.

not my favorites (being very nitpicky)

i do enjoy green screen queen. ms. shigo. mother earth if you will. this section is just a wee bit boring. still very elegantly made. i'm pretty sure i understand the concepts. i just think they could've been a bit more hard hitting, the skeletal look especially. compared to prior looks, i'm not as wowed.

again, not too wowed. very basic pieces. nothing screaming couture here.

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moving into my thoughts while watching:

transcript of my story: “i absolutely hate to be that person [shakes head no] i’m gagged. first of all his mind. the creative director (rbert wun) whoever’s creating these designs, this is gorgeous. these dresses are gorgeous. gorgeous. why do i not see more of him on the red carpet? this is what we need.

even if i was exaggerating, who’s going to stop me!? like this is handmade {just based on my knowledge of how beading works, i could be wrong}. this beading, a machine couldn’t do that. i think that’s really what’s getting me, probably thousands of hours probably went into making this and its so beautiful, you can tell that someone really loves their craft. this is gorgeous. the pictures are not doing it justice. y’all need to go watch this for yourselves. beautiful."

venue: 2.6/5 the venue is pretty basic, though i did like that they used projectors/screens to emulate/display snow, fire, butterflies. that was a nice touch that really immersed me in the video. though i'm not too sure how it was in real life.

casting: 5/10 i think some models were better than others. but there was not a jarring difference in walks or anything.

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SUSTAINABILITY:

my sustainability rating is currently based on transparency and accessibility of currently available information: 1/5

there is no information about what the maison is doing to practice sustainability.

[callemodista]

MIRAMOOZLE' DRESS, 60s Mini Dress This delightful late 60s, early 70s style summer hippie dress is handmade in a lightweight viscose fabric with a paisley motif in pastel shades of grey/mauve, green, cream, pale blue and black with shots of red and silver glitter sprinkled throughout. The paisley is large and dense with a floral leaf detail. ( NB: I could not get the glitter to show up in the photographs, and please see the close up of the fabric for an accurate view of the details and colours). It is made using a 1960s 'New York Designer Fashion Collection' pattern by Rudi Gernreich, and is seen on the picture modelled by Peggy Moffitt so has true 60s credentials! - Classic Baby doll dress style - Low wide square neck, designed to sit on the crest of the bust and shoulder tips - Elasticated circular neckline and sleeve head - Elasticated under bust * please check measurements - Assembled with a yoke lined in cream polyester and a skirt which is loose fitting - Designed to slip over the head - The breathtaking sleeves are an Angel /Bell shape with a very wide hem, and the inside hem is edged in cream lace so it will show as the sleeves fall open. - It is a bottom skimming mini length, ** please check measurements - 💕 RARE only one made 💕 - Would look perfect with sandals or gladiator boots, ideal for boho festivals, or travelling to the beach, or simply looking and keeping cool!

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

Put my take on Kitty in her OG look. For mine I wanted to keep the punk vibe it had but also mix in a 80’s party girl vibes with the extra accessories to give off Kitty as a girl who wants to still enjoy the mortal world and have fun!

Biggest change I made was changing the ripped shirt and red skirt to a black dress with belt. Another big change was that for my Kitty I’m going for her having good luck powers in contrast to Johnny having bad luck powers so I changed her necklace into a clover symbol and pushed her green colors to be connected with that for the good luck/four leaf clover motif🍀

I also made her hair shorter and was going for dreadlocks. My version of Kitty's Black!👩🏾‍🦱

What do u think? How would u want Kitty to look like? I’d love to know💖