Dream Eater Jacket

Admittedly this idea has been in my head for a few years now, since I came across this almost-new jacket at a Savers when secondhand stores were still, you know. Affordable and not super trendy. (That's not even old person talk, that's just a thing that's happened the past few years.)

REGARDLESS, I'd wanted to smack a Dream Eater symbol (ala Kingdom Hearts) on the back of this beautiful soft dark maroon-ish microsuede, but didn't quite know... how. I finally decided on "holographic dot (polyester) velvet", which was incredibly stupid. These are two very thick, very tightly-woven fabrics, one stretch and one not, so I decided it was going to be "easier" hand sewing. Maybe it was, I couldn't say for sure, but I didn't break a needle, so... success! Such as it is. The symbol got sewn in place with regular black thread, then I decided that I really wanted it to pop (yeah,I know) so out came the rainbow "holoshimmer" thread. For obvious plastic thread, I have to say, it actually holds up incredibly well and doesn't knot or kink too dramatically as long as you take your time... so I had mostly no problems.

Of course, patches were necessary. The official Loungefly Oblivion Keyblade patch was admittedly from Hot Topic, oh... I have no idea how many years ago. Many, unfortunately. The"press triangle to Sora" patch made me laugh, so I had to buy it from Dead Cute Pins.

And now we will all sit back and pretend that I'm not seriously tempted to embroider a particular phrase along the bottom in Scala ad Caelum text.

Elegance and Expletive

Naturally, the moment I found out that the Kingdom Hearts fan community had actually cracked the Scala Ad Caelum language/font, and it was based on the English alphabet, I knew that what I really needed to do was take this elegant writing (based on the font openly available here) and use it for a beautiful expletive. It started some experiments with stenciling, and while the result here is a little rougher than intended, it is obviously human-made and I liked the look of it enough to follow through and finish it in... a relatively simple way.

Yes, the word is all-caps "FUCK" because I am predictable and in "Riku colors" because I am always mentally in the "Let Riku say 'fuck'!" space while I'm playing the games.

Available for Sale

Elegance and Expletive

Naturally, the moment I found out that the Kingdom Hearts fan community had actually cracked the Scala Ad Caelum language/font, and it was based on the English alphabet, I knew that what I really needed to do was take this elegant writing (based on the font openly available here) and use it for a beautiful expletive. It started some experiments with stenciling, and while the result here is a little rougher than intended, it is obviously human-made and I liked the look of it enough to follow through and finish it in... a relatively simple way.

Yes, the word is all-caps "FUCK" because I am predictable and in "Riku colors" because I am always mentally in the "Let Riku say 'fuck'!" space while I'm playing the games.

Available for Sale

Heartless Tag Pendant

I couldn't make a Nobody symbol without making a Heartless symbol.  That's just not done.

Made up of 213 glass beads individually woven together by hand, then backed in such a way as to make the panel itself sturdy but still flexible (so there are no hard edges).

(For Sale)

Nobody Tag Pendant

After the successful Shadow Portrait experiment, I wanted to try something a little simpler... and what better than a classic symbol of both magnificence and hilarity?

Made up of 213 glass beads individually woven together by hand, then backed in such a way as to make the panel itself sturdy but still flexible (so there are no hard edges).

(For Sale)

Shadow Portrait

Well, I've been wanting to bead this particular thing for a long time now.  Unfortunately the "extreme light and shadow" colors I chose only work at certain angles... but I still like it, so yay.

Made up of 766 glass beads individually woven together by hand, then backed in such a way as to make the panel itself sturdy but still flexible (so there are no hard edges).  I am proud.  Let me have my moment.

(For Sale)

Heartless Tag Pendant

I couldn't make a Nobody symbol without making a Heartless symbol.  That's just not done.

Made up of 213 glass beads individually woven together by hand, then backed in such a way as to make the panel itself sturdy but still flexible (so there are no hard edges).

(For Sale)

Nobody Tag Pendant

After the successful Shadow Portrait experiment, I wanted to try something a little simpler... and what better than a classic symbol of both magnificence and hilarity?

Made up of 213 glass beads individually woven together by hand, then backed in such a way as to make the panel itself sturdy but still flexible (so there are no hard edges).

(For Sale)