#wig style

[ex-sanguin]

I put together a costume of lady justice. The theme for this event was "divinity". I thought of the American worship of police, vigilantism, the wrongfully imprisoned. This character has no eyes of her own, so I believe this is part of her motivation. An eye for an eye truly does make the whole world blind.

In order:

1. Prop detail: 3 live 9mm rounds on one side of a Libra scale with a sculpture on the other side representing a pile of gore. The scales are at the same level, showing equal importance between the bullets and body parts.

2. Progress photo of the hand-sewn (!!!) hem. I bought the dress online, but I would like to note I patterned, cut, machine-sewed the lining myself. Only did the hem by hand but it felt like it was a mile long.

3. Shoe detail. Hand-stoned. This is actually an unfinished version. I never got a photo of the complete ones. More blood drippings along the sides. I kept it somewhat subtle.

4. Wig styling. Also me.

5. Makeup detail. The bloody tears were a last minute decision. Literally sprayed myself in the eyes with fake blood. When it started to burn I remembered I didn't check if that was a safe thing to do. Not blind so that's a W

6. Smiling proudly with my fangs and handmade tulle blindfold.

7 and 8 are shots of the completed look!

I learned a lot through making this piece. It also is my first costume that serves as commentary. I am so proud of the outcome, and if you read this far in the post I can't thank you enough for sharing it with me

[lazylittledragon]

here's to self indulgence and cosplaying your own bg3 character

[vaimetanyx]

@themolluscasometimes said she wanted a Skinhe plush and now this skin creature lives in her home because I asked 'how much do you want one?' and everything spiraled from there. The most interesting part of all this has been explaining who and what he is to people not in the know - stay insane svsss fandom

[fangrurin]

Fashion of the Great Houses of Westeros: House Tully of Riverrun

[vinceaddams]

Early 18th (and late 17th) century fashions are so under-utilized in vampire media and I think it's a damn shame.

I don't actually think I've ever seen a single image of a vampire character in an early 18th century suit. Hardly any movies set in that era either, and hardly any historical costumers who do it. (Even my beloved gay pirate show set in 1717 takes nearly all of its 18th century looks from the second half of the century. Not enough appreciation for baroque fashion!!)

Yes I love late 18th century fashion as much as anyone, and 19th century formal suits are all very well and good, but if you want something that says old, dead, wealthy, and slightly dishevelled, then the 1690's-1730's are where it's at.

(Retrato del Virrey Alencastre Noroña y Silva, Duque de Linares, ca. 1711-1723.)

There was so much dark velvet, and so many little metallic buttons & buttonholes. Blood red linings were VERY fashionable in this era, no matter what the colour of the rest of the suit was.

(Johann Christoph Freiherr von Bartenstein by Martin van Meytens the Younger, 1730's.)

The slits on the front of the shirts are super low, they button only at the collar, and it's fashionable to leave most of the waistcoat unbuttoned so the shirt sticks out, as seen in the above portraits.

(Portrait of Anne Louis Goislard de Montsabert, Comte de Richbourg-le-Toureil, 1734.)

Waistcoats are very long, coats are very full, and the cuffs are huge. But the sleeves are on the shorter side to show off more of that shirt, and the ruffles if it has them! Creepy undead hands with long nails would sit so nicely under those ruffles.

(1720's-30's, LACMA)

Embroidery designs are huge and chunky and often full of metallic threads, and the brocade designs even bigger.

(1730's, V&A, metal and silk embroidery on silk satin.)

Sometimes they did this fun thing where the coat would have contrasting cuffs made from the same fabric as the waistcoat.

(Niklaus Sigmund Steiger by Johann Rudolf Huber, 1724.)

Tell me this look isn't positively made for vampires!

(Portrait of Jean-Baptiste de Roll-Montpellier, 1713.)

(Yeah I am cherry-picking mostly red and black examples for this post, and there are plenty of non-vampire-y looking images from this time, but you get the idea!)

And the wrappers (at-home robes) were also cut very large, and, if you could afford it, made with incredible brocades.

(Portrait of a nobleman by Giovanni Maria delle Piane, no date given but I'd guess maybe 1680's or 90's.)

(Circle of Giovanni Maria delle Piane, no date given but I'd guess very late 17th or very early 18th century.)

Now that looks like a child who's been stuck at the same age for a hundred years if I ever saw one!

I don't know as much about the women's fashion from this era, but they had many equally large and elabourate things.

(1730's, Museo del Traje.)

(Don't believe The Met's shitty dating, this is a robe volante from probably the 1720's.)

(Mantua, c. 1708, The Met. No idea why they had to be that specific when they get other things wrong by entire decades but ok.)

(Portrait of Duchess Colavit Piccolomini, 1690's.)

(Maria van Buttinga-van Berghuys by Hermannus Collenius, 1717.)

Sometimes they also had these cute little devil horn hair curls that came down on either side of the forehead.

(Viago in drag Portrait of a lady, Italian School, c. 1690.)

Enough suave Victorian vampires, I want to see Baroque ones! With huge wigs and brocade coat cuffs so big they go past the elbow!

[hylianane]

The most homoerotically charged scene in the Death Note franchise is not the feet washing scene you guys, you freaks and fools, it’s this moment from the musical

[spoiledbratblog]

IG: Leilani_Capalot

[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

Four NO

From this post by @crazylittlejester

[satans-knitwear]

Split me in half??? Yeah, let's go with that.

Treat me ~ Tip Me ~ More of me

[shannananan]

i hope we can all at least agree that the MVP of the season was blackbeard's wig. girl was putting the work in like rent was due and she deserves all the awards

[arsenicflame]

shes finally coming together!! still got a bunch of hand work to do on the blouse and corset, and of course, style the wig, but annes gonna be ready for mcm next weekend!

[neon-glowing-rainbow-stims]

ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆ D r e a m l a n d ☆༻ੈ✩‧₊˚ (heahair)

(Credit this post if you use!) (ko-fi)

[silhouette-cosplay]

One of my absolute favourite techniques for getting synthetic wigs with depth and realism is to go at them with alcohol markers (copics if you can afford them, but store brand also work!)

Light-coloured wigs give the most possibilities for dramatic alterations, but you can add depth to medium-darker shades as well! By adding roots and lowlights, you can get really beautiful blended shades, or you can even change the colour completely. You can also tint wigs warmer or cooler depending on your goals - a blonde wig for example could read more platinum if you blend in a cool grey, blue, or purple tone.

For most of the work featured here, I literally just drew on the wig strands with markers, and heat-set with a hairdryer after! You could also do alcohol inks mixed with isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle if you need more coverage.

Basically, I always encourage folks to look at wigs (and any materials tbh) with an eye for not an exact match, but what they COULD become with a little work behind the scenes! Happy wigging!

(Oh and to add!! The one thing you have to be careful of is hairspray! Wigs that are lightly markered are usually okay, but the more ink you add, the more likely it will be reactivated by the alcohol in hairspray cans, so keep that in mind for your projects!)

[spiritthemoron]

[Hazbin Hotel Redesigns Pt.6] Velvette

Just doing these for fun!

The method to my madness is a mystery, so instead of having the rest of the main cast why not a villain!

Velvette is certainly my favorite of the three and I especially like how many different looks that she has throughout the show, which makes sense for a fashion designer, so I may doodle her with a variety of different out fit and hair styles. Anyhow like a lot of the others I quite like her original designs so I just sorta drew her in my style lol, I gave her doll joints since I believe she’s based after one, but the outfit I chose for her doesn’t exactly put those details on display too much, I also gave her a nose as I-personally-think too many characters don’t have noses, sorta like bow ties in this show, so I have her one, I also shifted the blue coloring in her palette to more purple just to make the overall palette more cohesive.

I’ve also cooked up another redesign I’ll post in a few days, Mayhaps a certain designers rival 👀

[literalite]

non hsr friends all i want u to know about this character is that he's canonically a ptsd having war veteran and also we watched him make someone else shit their pants in broad daylight in front of us

[dont-offend-the-bees]

Have covid :( sketchin' cats I guess.