Pokémon

Goldeen (gijinka)

Goldeen was planned as part of a massive "lazy Sunday" gijinka group for Anime North, but as these things go, it got made a few months too late. The whole thing turned out to be more labour-intensive than I had anticipated considering I decided to make the yukata (more or less) traditionally instead of using a costume pattern. Each piece of fabric had to be dyed the orange gradient (at which point I realized that I really should have just modified a pattern since the panel shape wasn't going to work with the dying), and trying to shape layers of voile and shiny organza and figure out a way to attach it to the obi was just a pain in the butt. Regardless, I'm happy with the result, even if I did accidentally ruin - err... change the dye job after washing the yukata and obi together.

The cotton candy is fake (made out of quilt batting which I dyed pink) and, in actuality, is probably extremely toxic.

Current status: sold.

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Events:
2008: Fan Expo
2009: Con-G
2011: High Park Hanami (Cherry Blossom viewing), Otakuthon
Awards:
Third place/"Best Tail" - Con-G

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More Pokémon...

Character hoodies are something that I love to design and make, and I started out with pokemon. Shown here are Dragonite, Dratini, and Turtwig. They're great for wearing at conventions when you don't want to go for a full costume. More hoodie designs are on my crafts and accessories page .

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Elemental: http://www.elemental-photography.net/
Solar Tempest: http://photography.solartempest.net/
Wojtek Zlobicki: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ender_mac/
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