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O.K.  I got terribly distracted with writing and things so I haven’t worked on this in a while, but with Anime Detour coming up soon it’s back to crafting I go  :)  The insane woodburned coaster project commences!

The goal is to get the arcana from Persona 4 (and technically Persona 3) and Persona 4 Golden done in time for the convention (hence why some numbers repeat, like how Souji and Adachi have the 0 slot, ect.) There’s only 4 left to sketch: The Devil, The Sun, the Moon, and the World (I believe that’s what it’s called?)  Then I might do the back of the card as one since I like the way it looks.  So 25 (+1) coasters.

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I’ll be selling these individually since I don’t really expect anyone to buy all of them at once, lol, but Detour is April 19th, so I hope to have a finished picture posted by then of ALL of them.

The two pictures here are the coasters so far.  Ten are woodburned and done, the others sketched (since I sketch the image in pencil first then burn over it, everything is done by hand).  To think, this started with the Magician as a test… now it’s pretty out of control!

So um… enjoy?

Yay the insanely frustrating omg please kill me woodburning tarot card project is back in full effect!  Will post progress pictures later  :)  

I was going to wait until more of them were done, but the Fortune one has been most troublesome and I’m happy that it’s done!  So here’s a picture of it!  And here’s a picture with the Emperor because Kanji and Naoto 5eva!

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O.K.  Phew.  Here we go.

The giant arcana coaster project that I never intended to be a project, lol!  The first two rows are the finished ones that are woodburned and ready to go.  The next two rows are the ones I have sketched so that I can woodburn them.

From what I can gather (including Golden and P3 and such) there are… 25 cards?  (please correct me if I’m wrong)  I know Golden has 2 for Adachi, 1 for Marie, that adds to the standard social links.  And P3 has “the World” or “the Universe” and whatnot.  

So at the moment there are 7 complete, 8 sketched, which leaves 10 more to go.  I do plan on selling these individually, mostly because I don’t think anyone would buy a full set, BUT I DO want to have ALL of them available before I start posting them on the store/taking it to conventions.

From a Persona 4 standpoint (since that’s my current SMT obsession though EVERYONE knows that) so far the major characters are done/in-progress (Souji/Yu, Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko, Kanji, Rise, Teddie, Naoto, Dojima, Nanako, Adachi – times 2, Margaret, Marie, and the entire Investigation Team – judgment, or “Seekers of Truth,” if you will).  I’m not sure how long this is going to take, but our first convention is Anime Detour and I’d like to have them there?

Fun fact:  So far the ones that have been the most troublesome are Chie, Naoto, and Adachi (Hunger/Lust), but mainly Chie and Naoto, because of the crazy details.  

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So what does everyone think so far?

This is what the front of my laptop looks like these days. The first four are the burned, finished ones so far (The Fool, Magician, Empress and Emperor) and the five laying flat are the ones that still need to be burned (The Fool/Jester – thanks Adachi, Lovers, Chariot, Fortune – so far the hardest one to sketch – and Judgment – go Seekers of Truth!) Currently I have three blocks left and plan on doing The Priestess, The Star, and… I’m not sure ^^;;; I can’t decide between Lust, Aeon, or Hierophant. (or for the P4 savvy, Adachi’s second arcana, Marie, and Dojima)

So originally I hadn’t intended on making so many, I was just putzing around and did the Magician first, then moved on to the Emperor and the Fool, and just… I dunno, it just keeps going ^^;;;  I at least want the entire Investigation Team done, Adachi was a happy accident along with Margaret.

Don’t forget, you can order your own custom things from me!  These will be for sale, I just haven’t posted them on the sites yet, I think I want to get the rest of them done.

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Since everyone seems to like the woodburned tarot cards (thanks for the love btw!), I thought it would be cool to show the starting point.  I sketch the image on the wood with a pencil before burning it, so it basically… looks pretty plain ^^;;;  

I’ve been woodburning for like… two years now, I think?  I saw some really ridiculous amazing burnings at a convention once and one day, while on the way to the craft store, I thought, “I wonder if they have a woodburner.”  I figured that the method had to be something like, sketching the image then just burning it on there.  Over the years I started figuring out ways to do shading, how to make it darker or lighter depending on how much pressure I was applying, stuff like that.

Come to find out there’s burners you can buy with settings that change the heat, lol!  ^^;;;

I’ve been woodburning all day, I figured I would show off some of the new things I’ve made.  It’s time for Persona tarot cards!  I’m not sure if I’ll get through ALL of the arcana (especially since some of the designs intimidate me), but I’ll do my best!

Here we have the Fool, the Magician, and the Emperor.  Sometimes, I paint parts of my woodburnings, but I’m not going to do that at all with these and sort of let the shading and the wood speak for itself?

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Here’s all of the Shin Megami Tensei things I’ve made, not necessarily for just Persona, but for the franchise as a whole.  From coasters, to mirrors, to clocks, I love making things from this franchise because I love the games so much.  If you’re ever at a con where SewnTogetherReflections is, you can be certain that there’s going to be something Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, Atlus, whatever  :)

And, as always, if you like the stuff you see here you can send me a note, or make a request at our shop here:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/snowtigra?ref=si_shop

A coaster to match with these: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4y28mbFjY1rt1zjto1_500.jpg

Of course now I have the idea of woodburning the actual cards onto blocks, I may try with one of them if I have time  ^^

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 ^^