Finally finished the next one!  The Magician wineglass now stands next to The Fool ready to take a mortal blow.  I’m not sure which one to make next, but I suddenly find myself needing to get more wineglasses as I keep making things for Anime Iowa (and for our shop in general)  I sort of want to try The Emperor because my love for Kanji is strong but I also like the design of the Hanged Man.  I WILL do Fortune… someday, that design still sort of scares me to try and paint on a glass  ^^;;;

As always, check out the shop here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/snowtigra?ref=si_shop The Magician isn’t posted yet because I just finished it, but it will be soon  :)

Just one this morning, of THAT logo woodburned onto a coaster.  I swear, this logo… it’s going to be the death of me but I can’t seem to NOT make things without it on there because I’m so obsessed.  One day, I’ll probably make an elaborate wineglass then, as I’m painting, curse myself for even trying it  >.<

Anyhow, I wanted to do it in white, because woodburning doesn’t show up too well on black.  And the “Shin Megami Tensei” part is burned around the edge, too.

As always, coasters are always safe to use.  Check out the shop here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/snowtigra?ref=si_shop

This week I need to get back to working on things before going to L.A. for E3, so expect more pictures soon!  (I hope)

Shadow coasters!  Shadow Kanji and Shadow Naoto are, by far, my two favorite shadows in Persona 4.  Not just because of my feelings for the two characters, but because of how interesting I thought both of them were.  

Shadow Kanji’s coaster actually says, “Born this Way, so GET BENT,” because it’s part of my “Born This Way” set seen here:  https://www.etsy.com/listing/99962739/born-this-way-custom-coaster-you-pick on top of the whole “thug with a soft spot” the whole sexuality thing was thrown in there, too, which just added an entirely different, and interesting, dynamic.  I thought it was really powerful when his shadow was like, “I just want to be accepted." 

With Shadow Naoto, I really, really like how the anime did that whole scene.  That shadow seemed to get really uncomfortably close and pretty much drove Naoto to break down, which I loved, because that’s what the shadows are supposed to do, right?  Force you to face something you don’t want to admit to.  Not to mention that she had to face her shadow alone (everyone else was outside the door, watching from T.V. screens, which added to the, "I don’t want to be alone,” vibe)

And thus, coasters  :)  

I was really trying hard NOT to enter into this argument, but it keeps popping up, and I can’t help it.  

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Making progress on the next wineglass.  I still have to paint the base in the design as this one that I did for the first wineglass, “The Fool.” (http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3jx50xQ7y1rt1zjto1_500.jpg)

This one is actually taking longer than planned, at first glance I thought the design wasn’t too complicated, but as I started painting it I realized that wasn’t the case.  Glass paint is pretty thick, so I ended up doing the eyes like… twice, because I didn’t like how they looked the first time.  But I think I got it now  :)  

Which one should I try next, I wonder?  I was going to try “The Hanged Man” I think.  I really wish I could do the whole Investigation Team, but looking at “The Chariot” is a bit terrifying.  

This glass will be available for purchase when it’s done at our shop with “The Fool” (http://www.etsy.com/shop/snowtigra?ref=si_shop) and just like the other glasses, it’s completely usable and washable.  

Oh, by the way, ignore the geekery behind the glass (TV, Xbox, wii, there’s a PS3 somewhere, and the display case of Disney things  ^^;;;)

Oh sure, the Magician will be easy to paint, no problem, says the muses.  

LIARS!  >.<  

By the way, says the muses, you should take that big block of wood you have and do a woodburning of the end of the second opening to Persona 4, you know, when everyone is standing on the TVs.  It’ll be fun!  

FUCKING LIARS!!!  >.<  

Well you should definitely do something with new, older Naoto on it, they say.  And as soon as they mention her name I’m like, “YES!”  I’m so easy  -_-

Uh… seeing since the wineglass here has the most hits I’ve had on tumblr (http://brichibi.tumblr.com/post/22443320060/i-suppose-this-works-for-shin-megami-tensei-in) I should go ahead and make more.  Seriously guys, thank you so much!  I was honestly just messing around with an idea and it seems to have worked out great  :)  

This item (and others) are available on my Etsy page, and requests can be made (http://www.etsy.com/shop/snowtigra?ref=si_shop) I think I’m going to try and do the Magician next ^^

I suppose this works for Shin Megami Tensei in general, but this was inspired by Persona in particular.  This also works for people into tarot as a whole  :)  This is the first of what will probably be many wineglasses since I also want to do something for The Magician, Judgment, and some other ones (I really want to do Fortune but I don’t know if I can ^^;;;)  

The wineglass represents The Fool.  It is hand painted then there’s a protective gel on it that makes it safe for use.  It can also be washed.  This glass in particular is available for purchase right now so if you’re interested, feel free to let me know  :)

Oh, and also, thank you for all of the hits on the Shin Megami Tensei clocks!

Shin Megami Tensei clocks!  The first has Jack Frost on it, one of my favorite persona.  Jack Frost is painted on the glass with the Shin Megami Tensei logo behind him  :)  The second clock is just of the logo in black and white.  It might be hard to see in the picture, but there’s a small clock sitting on top of the big one (the person who made the order wanted the logo in both a big and small size).  

As always, feel free to ask about commissions ^^

As a friend of mine recently said to me and my partner, “I’ve seen some geeky rooms in my day, but never one like this from two girls.”  My partner and I bought a house last August and when we saw we have two extra bedrooms on the first floor we knew what to do.  One will be my office, for writing and art and things, and the second is… well, this  :)

Everything is hand drawn and painted by me and my partner.  She did the Sonic painting inside the closet and the Tetris on the side of it (which she decided to do a messed up game of Tetris instead of a perfect one since “this is what happens to me when I play).  She also painted Jack Frost on the side of the window, and we’re going to paint shadow Teddie above it since he looks so cool.  Meanwhile, I did the Konami code above the door, the Portal painting with Wheatley, the Starfox ship, and Katamari (she helped with the portal and Wheatley) in space, and the pac-man around the shelves.  The TMNT picture above the portal was also made by me.

Our ceiling is black, which we plan to paint a portal on the moon once we get the chance.  Portal 2 fans will know why  :)  We also are going to paint a MegaMan level above one of the windows because we got an awesome 2D MegaMan item from Anime Milwaukee.  Also thinking about getting the King of all Cosmos on the ceiling, too.

All of the figures, video games, manga, anime, blu rays, standees, and everything is a combination of all of our things.  Once we got out of the apartment we had much more room to spread things out.  There’s more figures in our living room, more of the "fancier” or high quality ones, like a lot of our comic book figures and such.  The living room is also where all of the game systems are (but we’re trying to figure out how to make room in the Geek Room – which this room is called – for the Magnovox Odyssey my dad just straight up GAVE me)

The Geek Room does NOT have all of our figures, there’s still some randomly in boxes that we need to get out  ^^;;;  Our next project is painting the bathroom next to the Geek Room in an underwater Mario theme.  We already have the walls painted blue and all of my little Mario figures are around the sink.  

So, in conclusion, my geekery spreads across everything, clearly.  I’m lucky to have a fantastic partner who’s just as geeky as me (she’s more anime while I’m more video games, but combined it makes wonderful things like this).