Ezekiell's Playground

Tag: costume

  • Comm progress. I’m really liking how the different fur textures are interacting on this piece. I also had to handsew parts as the furs are so thick my machine refused to take it along some seams.

  • There is truely no such thing as a ‘simple’ tail pattern. I patterned up a basic 3 colour design using the maquette method (where you pattern small then enlarge to correct scale) & still ended up with 16 pieces. This means the whole tail will have 32 pieces total, not including pieces for the gore…

  • My projects board. Pinning up all the fur swatches with their references for each project is really helpful to visualise how a project will come together colour wise.

  • Fur swatches organised on audio felt boards is the workflow & space saver tool I never knew I needed but now can’t live without! I am now a powerful designing, crafting machine!

  • Here’s the final design for the parasaur premade & this sheet will go with the partial. The final owner will be able to name them and I’ll add that to the sheet.

  • Parasaur tail core for the premade. The white is calico reinforcing & the end has a lovely wiggle to it.

  • I’ve now installed the pads and readied everything for final assembly. I’m now sewing in palm pads unstuffed then stuffing through a horizontal cut near the bottom seam; this gives all the benefits of an easy install & reduced annoying lump from the stuffing seam. The finger pads I will continue to sew in stuffed…

  • Some more progress on the commission paws. All the fur pieces have been assembled and the pads/claws are now prepped for installation.

  • A lot of modifications later and I’m pretty happy with the form now. The eyes are just placeholders until I settle on a colourway design – until then, this is being set aside.

  • Commission work. Although this is a simple 3 colour paw design, it actually requires 60 separate pieces.