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For this month’s Patron Spotlight, we get to take a deep dive into the creative mind of Zavier Bates, published author, philanthropist, and TTRPG gamer extraordinaire! Zavier is so creatively accomplished, ...
2020-08-05 23:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Next week's video takes you behind the scenes on the making of Jolly Sailor Bold, including tips on how to shoot video underwater for cheap, what it's like to learn to swim in the mermaid tail, and advice on waterproofing your makeup!
2020-08-02 07:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm working on a behind the scenes feature for Jolly Sailor Bold, where I talk about how we filmed underwater, as well as my experiences with the tail, makeup, opening my eyes and holding my breath, etc.!
There was a lot to cover with this video, so it's shaping up to be over 20 minutes long... phew!! I'm slowly making my way through the edit, but I want to make sure to put in lots of beh...
2020-08-01 18:45:31 +0000 UTC View Post
I was holding onto this stuff because I wasn’t 100% sure this video would happen, but I’ve been musing on the idea of a D&D class aesthetics fashion video inspired by Rachel Maksy’s recent video, and I’ve been putting together a few quick pieces for it! This skirt is for “wizard academia” and the top is for “...
2020-07-30 04:34:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The evening edition of the July Patron livestream starts in half an hour! Remember to click through to YouTube to participate in chat. If you missed it, you can watch it back at this link!
2020-07-25 23:31:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends, the morning edition of the July Patron livestream starts in just under half an hour! Remember to click through to YouTube to participate in chat. If you missed it, you can watch it back at this link, or you can catch the evening edition at 6pm MT!
2020-07-25 15:34:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends! I'm gonna be in spotty cell range next Wednesday, so I've scheduled next week's video to go up automatically — which means I can't give you an early access link to YouTube. (Very silly that YouTube won't let you set a video to go Unlisted -> Scheduled, only Private -> Scheduled.) Instead, I've also uploaded it to 2020-07-19 01:47:49 +0000 UTC View Post
IT'S HERE.... my newest music video!! Shocking, I am nearly TWO WEEKS early getting this done (!!!) which means that y'all get the earliest of early access. This will be released to the public on July 29.
Hope you enjoy it!! It was definitely a learning experience, and I just know that I'm gonna get a bunch of comments on my bad mermaid form, haha... I'm learning!
2020-07-17 02:31:36 +0000 UTC View Post
I shot the last scene for my "Jolly Sailor Bold" music video the other day and took a few stills at the same time! This music video is so close to finished and I can't wait to share it. Hope you're ready for murder mermaids!
2020-07-16 04:58:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your early access to this week's YouTube video! To be totally honest, I'm still nailing down Aisling's personality myself, so these kind of exercises are actually really helpful to me. My group is roleplay-heavy in that we do a lot of creative problem solving and such, but most of the characters we play aren't that deep, so I don't get a lot of opportunity to explore Aisling's feelings d...
2020-07-14 18:07:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Just finished filming this week’s video, an interview with my D&D character Aisling! Here are some of the selfies I took while I was in costume 💕
2020-07-13 23:07:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends, you can grab your Suki and Vanellope wallpapers here! Hope you like them!
2020-07-12 19:13:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Ta daaaa, the final song track for my upcoming mermaid song, a cover of "Jolly Sailor Bold"! This song was popularized by Pirates of the Caribbean nine zillion: Stranger Tides, but is actually a real 19th century folk song. I decided to sift through the original lyrics and then rearrang...
2020-07-10 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Full disclosure, this look didn't come out nearly as well as I'd like. It was my first time doing white face paint, and it was much harder to get even coverage than I anticipated — especially considering how hot it was, so there was a real Sweat Problem 😰
Under other circumstances I would've just redone it, but I was already late on this week's video, so here's where we ended up, hah...
2020-07-09 19:07:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I'M SORRY this one isn't early access because I was already running soooo late with it... I literally just finished and uploaded it minutes ago!! But here's this week's video, hope you like it!
2020-07-09 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
(Actually it was very cold, haha!)
2020-07-08 23:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post
"What's that? Your breath is so bad it made my ears numb!"
This was one of those makeup looks that I wasn't sure was gonna work until I put the wig on, haha! It's like... aggressively cute. I think it came together!
This video has been taking forever because... IT'S SO HOT. Convincing myself to do makeup looks in my sweltering apartment is incredibly difficult. But it's finally film...
2020-07-08 05:07:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Did the outdoor portion of the mermaid filming today! The weather was unexpectedly windy and as a result, I couldn’t spend as much time in the water as I wanted (you could see me shivering in close-up shots, haha) but what we did get was really cool!! I’ll have a more detailed update for you soon, but I got up at 4:30am for this so it’s nap time now 😂
2020-07-07 15:51:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a quick selfie of my Vanellope makeup test from Wreck-It Ralph! More coming soon! 🍬🍭
2020-07-07 04:18:52 +0000 UTC View PostHey team! If you're the sort of person to mark things on your calendar, the July Patron update streams will be Saturday, July 25 at 10am and 6pm MT.
A few notes for those who are new to these streams:
Cut together a little spooky teaser with some of the footage we shot today! These are almost all my favorite shots, so many of these will be in the final music video.
2020-07-02 23:03:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We jumped into the deep end today (HEH) with the hardest of the three sets for my upcoming "Jolly Sailor Bold" music video — the underwater shoot!
This was a really new experience for us in a lot of ways, and I was super nervous about getting good footage. We did a little test shoot last week and learned a lot, and I'm happy to report that today's shoot went really well despite the chal...
2020-07-02 21:25:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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If you like dice, dogs, and D&D, you’ll love this month’s patron spotlight! Anna, better known online as Cosplanna, lives on the ...
2020-07-01 20:45:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's July's tutorial: A walkthrough of how I made my mermaid bra! I feel like all this practice is really polishing up my tutorials. Hope you enjoy!
2020-06-29 05:02:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry, I know I've posted a lot of updates on this one piece, but I shot some nice staged photos of the bra while putting together the tutorial (mostly just because I think this will do pretty well on Pinterest) and wanted to share them!
2020-06-28 15:53:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s the finished mermaid bra! All that’s left is to see how it holds up underwater. But I stitched everything down, so I can’t see any reason it would have problems. I like how organic it looks! I might still sew on a few more single pearls, but overall I’m pretty happy!
2020-06-28 05:40:32 +0000 UTC View Post
For those of you who missed the livestream this morning, the PM version is coming at you in about 25 minutes! Remember to click through to YouTube to participate in chat. And if you miss the stream, you can always watch it back at this link!
2020-06-28 00:35:31 +0000 UTC View Post
See you guys in about ten minutes for the AM June Patron Livestream! Remember to click through to YouTube if you want to join in the chat — I won't be checking comments here on Patreon during the stream. If you miss the stream, you can watch it back at this link later, or you can try and catch the PM livestream, which will be at 7pm MT...
2020-06-27 15:52:39 +0000 UTC View Post
This is just pins and ideas — sort of a proof of concept. When I settle on an arrangement, I’ll hand stitch everything down so I can trust it to stay together underwater. This bra will be next week’s tutorial!
2020-06-26 17:30:52 +0000 UTC View Post
♥ // I'm highlighting a Patron every month! Learn more and sign up here.
For this month’s Patron feature, I’m excited to introduce you to Mouse! This YouTuber and Twitch streamer lives near London a...
2020-06-20 15:54:06 +0000 UTC View Post