How I’ve been spending my weekend. Also known as, “That moment when you have three cons (so far) in the span of four months.”
Yeeeeeeeeeeeah!
Fun story time! So that quote I posted from Whoopi Goldberg about Star Trek and seeing a black lady on T.V. who wasn’t a maid? Here’s my moment like that.
When I was a kid I watched a bunch of cartoons (when I was a kid, lol I still watch a lot of cartoons). Then I remember hearing about this new show called “X-Men.” I wasn’t big into comics at the time (just the occasional Sonic the Hedgehog one), but I just thought it looked like a cool show.
Then I saw Storm and flipped out.
I couldn’t believe she was black! And just as powerful as everyone else, and intelligent too! Before that the only black lady I remember seeing in my cartoons was the woman in Tom and Jerry that showed up sometimes like, “Thoooomas!” You never saw her face. Ever. You saw her from the waist down, and she carried a broom around and would like, swat him with it if he was acting up. That was about it. I mean there were black men like Fat Albert and stuff, and even some random sports cartoon with Michael Jordan (before Space Jam, it was some random sports superhero show?) and even MC Hammer had a cartoon (no joke, look it up). But a woman? A black woman? With powers too? Who would fight too?
I just stared at the T.V. for a long time.
I mean growing up, I didn’t really realize how much I wanted a black girl in my geekery until I saw Storm. I had this huge WOW moment, then kinda went, “… wow wait is this the only one in my geekery?” And it really was. Like I didn’t think about how that made me feel until that first episode when they’re in the mall and the Sentinels show up and she transforms into Storm, it was like, “Holy shit no way, no way! She’s not just a background character shopping at the mall?!” Then there was this moment of, “… wow this is the first time I have seen a black woman be something important in my cartoons.”
I think this is why I love Tiana so much (besides other reasons of her just being a great character). But now I’m old enough to appreciate how her presence effects people. Like now some kid is going to go into the Disney store and see her doll like, “WOW,” like I did with Storm all those years ago. Like now when the family goes to Disney world and sees the princesses, she’ll be there :) I mean I love all of the princesses, you know, but that just hits home. Like, “Hey sweetie, there’s one that looks like you, and she’s just as special as all the other ones."
O.K. sappy moment over now.
Wow hey look at all of the hat sketches! This means… NEW PRODUCTS FOR 2014!
All right, so my wifey already makes a few different character hats, but she came upstairs this weekend with a bunch of patterns and said, “Sketch some for me to make.”
And… ta da!
These are just examples, but we can do any character you want, whether it’s a hat they wear or an idea to make a hat in their image (like the Death the Kid one). We can also alter what the hat looks like (like if you want the Charlotte hat to be made in the style of the Titan hat, ect.)
I hope to create the listing for it soon so people can purchase them. And just like with the hoodies, if you have any character ideas, tell me.
Here’s what the sketches are from top left to bottom right:
1. Kuriboh themed hat from Yugioh (completely with his little arms as ear flaps)
2. Sailor Moon themed hat (interchangeable with the other scouts)
3. Free! Iwatobi Swim Club (with a bonus Iwatobi-chan pin for extra)
4. Dark Magician Girl themed hat from Yugioh
5. Death the Kid themed hat from Soul Eater
6. Attack on Titan themed hat (yeeeeeeah)
7. Eternal Sailor Moon themed hat
8. Puu hat (with ear flaps)
9. Charlotte from Madoka Magica hat (again, yeeeeeeeah)
Thank you to tumblr user alydra for the tip about the hoodie listing on Etsy, I actually got it to show that the prices vary :)
And even more hoodie sketches done! Some were requested, some were just ones I wanted to do. All of these are hoodies my wifey could make for you! Or feel free to make a request There’s more details on the listing here,
1. Tardis hoodie: With the sign on the front and the door pattern on the sleeves. The back would be all blue. The pocket on the front finishes off what the rest of the sign says. This one would take a bit of research on how to get letters onto fabric, but my wifey is up for the challenge
2. Death the Kid: Made to look like his outfit with the hood made to look like his hair.
3. Knuckles the Echidna: With the spikes on the back of the hood and his glove as part of the sleeve. The little trim on the bottom is made to look like his shoes.
4. Princess Tiana: Made to look like her green dress with leaves on the bottom and on the hood. There’s also a little flower, too.
5. Mario Question Block: A brick pattern for the sleeves and the bottom trim, with the question block in the center (also would be on the back) with a brown hood.
6. Charlotte hood: From Madoka Magica, based on a really cool Venom hood I saw someone wearing. It zips all the way up to cover your face, with Charlotte’s face now covering your own. The tongue would hang out of the mouth as well. The hood itself would be all black with red polka dots.
So that’s all of them As far as these being made, they would be made to order. We would ask for your measurements so we could make it to fit you perfectly ^^ You can also make requests, as in, maybe you want the sleeves shorter or no sleeves at all, or maybe you don’t want a hood. It’s up to you, we would make it to your tastes ^^
All right, everyone, my wifey and I want to start taking commissions on hoodies. This idea came from my desire to have hoodies but never being able to find one in my size. These are some drawings to start with, but we’d take commissions on any character or series or whatever :) We’re still working out the details, but I wanted to share this set of pictures for now ^^ What I’m thinking is if someone had a request, I’d sketch it out first to make sure it was to your liking before my wifey made it. Unless, of course, if any of the existing sketches are what a person wants <3
Feel free to ask us questions on tumblr or on the links below! Pricing would vary depending on the hoodie (for example, Eternal Sailor Moon wings and all would be more than the Magician, which doesn’t have any extra bits like wings or hair pieces and such)
Reblogging for the morning folks. Also, here’s an example of what a finished hoodie looks like with a side by side comparison of the hoodie and the character it’s based on :)
All right, everyone, my wifey and I want to start taking commissions on hoodies. This idea came from my desire to have hoodies but never being able to find one in my size. These are some drawings to start with, but we’d take commissions on any character or series or whatever :) We’re still working out the details, but I wanted to share this set of pictures for now ^^ What I’m thinking is if someone had a request, I’d sketch it out first to make sure it was to your liking before my wifey made it. Unless, of course, if any of the existing sketches are what a person wants <3
Feel free to ask us questions on tumblr or on the links below! Pricing would vary depending on the hoodie (for example, Eternal Sailor Moon wings and all would be more than the Magician, which doesn’t have any extra bits like wings or hair pieces and such)
Hey everyone! We’ve got some Christmas stockings leftover from the holiday geek expo that we now have for sale on our Etsy page. I thought I would share them here since we’re getting closer to Christmas <3
- TMNT stocking purchase link (we have 2 of each turtle available at the moment)
- Colossal Titan purchase link (we have 2 available at the moment)
- Survey Corps purchase link (we have 2 available at the moment)
Thank you for taking a look!
Finished Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle stockings. For sale in time for Christmas. If you’re interested send me a note or a custom request through my shop:
So my wifey took the TMNT stocking sketch I had and brought it to life <3 All four turtles are done and available for purchase in time for the holidays :)
So we’ll be going to a Holiday Geek Expo here on December 7th and 8th, which means we’re going to be offering holiday themed items. Yesterday I finished sketching 6 Christmas stockings that will potentially be made for the Holiday Expo. Essentially, my job is to sketch ideas that my wifey can make. The top picture is my sketches while the bottom picture is an example of what the finished product looks like (it can come in a smaller size, this particular person wanted it bigger).
Going left to right from the top:
1. Harley Quinn
2. Sailor Moon (and of course it can be made into the other scouts ♥)
3. Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians (seemed appropriate for the time of year)
4. Nagisa from Free! Based on the outfit from the ending sequence.
5. Yoshi! ♥♥♥
6. Death the Kid from Soul Eater.
We also can take commissions on these, all you have to do is ask for a character and a stocking will be made for them. You can either go to the listing or message me or my wifey here on tumblr.
