I finished the handpainted patch (inspired by toughtink’s Tough Tink cosplay!) and got everything sewn on the denim jacket for modern Jester! Now all that’s left is adding the zipper to the skirt and this costume is all set to debut at Japan Weekend in Madrid.
2020-02-06 05:42:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Just wanted to share the full gallery of images from my Valentine's Day Jester shoot the other day! All I really needed was one image for the postcard, but I wasn't sure which one would work best in terms of graphic design, so I shot a few different concepts.
This is my Nurse Joy dress layered under Jester's skirt! Nothing special, just a pink twist on our favorite blue girl. 2020-02-05 17:06:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm doing a special offer for Valentine's Day: Every Patron pledging $5 or more will get a Jester postcard valentine in the mail! Here's how it works:
I shot some very pink Jester photos tonight for a Valentine's Day special offer coming later today and Chaucer decided to come investigate mid-shot!
I found this especially funny considering that I've always found the faces of the girls in the pin-ups I recreate to be very unrealistic, and yet I made this face completely by accident, haha!
2020-02-04 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey friends, it's time to schedule the Patron exclusive livestream for this month! Please mark any and all dates/times that work for you. Note that all dates are in Mountain Time!
2020-02-03 19:58:58 +0000 UTC View Post
New early access video for you, going up this Wednesday: I unbox my silver award, possibly ill-advisably mention Not Literally, and then show off my tiny but jam-packed workspace!
2020-02-03 19:49:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Got about halfway through painting my “chaos crew” patch for the back of modern Jester’s jacket! This technique is inspired by the patch toughtink made for one of her cosplays!
2020-02-03 02:47:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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When the random generator gods selected Jobie as the January Patron Spotlight, I was super pumped — mostly just because it gave me...
2020-02-02 16:40:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The first month of 2020 is over, and with it my first costume and music video of the year! I couldn’t have made this Jaskier costume, recorded my “Toss a Coin” cover, or made that music video without your support here on Patreon. Thank you for pledging during January and making these things happen! Now let’s tackle February! ❤️
2020-02-02 06:44:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Just unboxed this beauty for next week’s YouTube video!! $15+ patrons will get early access to this video (which is both an unboxing and a tour of my workspace) in the next few days!
2020-01-31 23:46:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends! Doing a productivity stream in about 5 minutes, probably for 2, 2.5 hours ish! Come hang out with me while we all quietly work!
2020-01-30 19:09:52 +0000 UTC View Post
IT'S HERE! This is going up tomorrow around noon.
I've been working so hard on the editing for this over the last few days. I've been doing solo music videos for years now — where it's just me and a tripod, or me and one helper, in a backdrop or a constructed set, making the most of it. As I grow, the bar for my music videos keeps rising, so I have to work even harder if I want those so...
2020-01-29 02:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I made the shirt yesterday for my modern Jester look! I wanted a cropped graphic baseball tee in a petal pink color, which is... obviously not something I could easily order online, haha. But I also hate how iron-transfer letters react to machine washing (i.e., not well) and I plan on this being my comfortable Jester look for cons, so I expect to wear it a lot!
To solve all this, I ordere...
2020-01-28 15:37:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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One of my all-time favorite things is when I find a cosplayer, artist, or creator who is making incredible Critical Role fan works, and they tell me that my Jester cosplay got them into the show! This communi...
2020-01-26 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Just wanted to show off a quick before-and-after of some of the visual effects I'm using in this video! The world of The Witcher is very grey and grim, so the first thing I did was add an Adjustment Layer in Premiere Pro to pull down shadows and highlights, cool down the image temperature, and desaturate everything. Then I masked some color adjustments onto just the iris, and keyframed that mas...
2020-01-25 23:17:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Come join me in about 25 minutes on YouTube for the first Patron livestream of the year! Today I'm gonna talk about my plans for the year, my music video coming next week, and I'll show off my new merch designs for Redbubble!
If you missed it, you can use this same link to watch it back later.
2020-01-25 17:35:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Filmed a bunch for "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" today, and now I'm hard at work editing! It's getting really close to done, I'm just doing a bunch of color editing and effects right now. I'll have a more substantial update soon!
2020-01-25 06:43:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Phew, I was actually so nervous to make this video! I've never received any sort of formal sewing training, which is one of the reasons I was so hesitant to start patterning my own clothes at all. But thankfully, it turns out that it's much easier than it sounds. That's why I wanted to make this video, even if I'm not an expert — because I wanted you to see how totally doable it is!
2020-01-24 06:28:03 +0000 UTC View Post
January Di-ety Patrons will be receiving prints of Jaskier and this little femme!Jaskier die cut sticker that I drew yesterday!
If you love Jaskier in particular and want this print & sticker bundle, all you have to do is increase your pledge to $35 for the month of January. (You can decrease it back to your previous level again immediately afterward, which will prevent you from being...
2020-01-22 18:09:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Toss a wallpaper download folder to your Patrons, O valley of... oof. Nevermind, some "Toss a Coin" parodies should never be brought to life! Anyway, you can download your mobile and desktop Jaskier wallpapers here.
2020-01-21 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
IT'S DONE! This song is so cool, I'm not at all confident that I'll be able to create a video that's cool enough for this song (but darn it, I'm gonna try!) I'm always happy when one of my tracks allows Blake to flex his badass rock n' roll star muscles, since I'm mostly asking him to create fantasy historical stuff or commercial pop music, haha. Hope you guys enjoy it! I'm aiming to have the v...
2020-01-20 22:42:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Ta-daaa! Couldn't wait to edit the stills from my music video shoot today. Have any favorites? I also included a blooper that doesn't feel totally out of character for Jaskier, haha!
2020-01-17 17:29:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This is only a "first look" if you don't follow me on Twitter, because I felt I owed my Twitter followers a conclusion to the high stakes drama of my work-in-progress thread yesterday!
Here's what happened: I had been in talks with a local gaming store, The Gaming Goat, about filming part of my "Toss a Coin to You...
2020-01-17 02:07:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I collected a few bloopers from the Vicious Mockery filming that my mom helped me with, and I now present them for your enjoyment 🙏
2020-01-14 05:14:36 +0000 UTC View Post
FINALLY... my video to celebrate 100,000 YouTube subscribers is complete! This is scheduled to go live on Wednesday. (If you notice any issues or mistakes, including/especially in the credits list, speak now or forever hold your peace!)
2020-01-13 06:22:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some selfies of the outfit I put together for my "bard" character for it! That's an old Renaissance festival chemise and skirt, my Esmeralda corset, Arya's belt, Ciri's pouches, and a hat that I made in about 10 minutes for this video! (Anybody want a quick video tutorial for a "muffin" hat like that? It's super easy!)
Meanwhile, I just wanted to check to make sure my credits lis...
2020-01-10 01:52:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Phew, I filmed this video twice, and editing it took over a week (the first cut was 45 minutes long!) Anyway, I hope it's informative and/or entertaining!
2020-01-08 20:08:31 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the new year! It's time to schedule our very first Patron stream of 2020! Some quick reminders:
I'm starting off 2020 with everyone's favorite bard! No, not Scanlan... okay, second-favorite bard.
I was planning out my "Toss a Coin To Your Witcher" cover music video and just couldn't get around it... I needed to cosplay Jaskier! The more I thought about it, the more it appealed to me. I'm not really a crossplaying type, but I figured Jaskier's outfit would just as well on a woman as ...
2020-01-07 23:03:28 +0000 UTC View PostHello, friends! I just wanted to thank you all for your patience with me blundering through this first, extremely messy and flawed attempt at a Patron Secret Santa! Here are some lessons that I learned: