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2019 Pin-Up Shoots Have Begun!

I've officially started shooting photos for my 2019 pin-up calendar! This calendar will be themed after Game of Thrones (which has not been announced publicly yet, so please keep that quiet for now!) and I've been making a dozen new costumes for it — no exaggeration!! So far I've completed four new costumes, and I shot the first three pin-ups this past weekend: Daenerys, Melisandre, and Arya.

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Payment processing issues!

Hey guys, Patreon is having some weird payment processing issues right now: more payments than normal are being declined, and some patrons have been hearing from their banks saying that their Patreon payments are being flagged as fraud. If your payment has been declined, it may be worth contacting your bank about it. <br><br>Meanwhile, I’ll let you know when I know more! So far, all ...

June Wallpapers: Kaylee!

These ones are a little scant because the photos from this set aren't too varied, but hopefully they can still make your desktop or mobile device a little Shinier! Download wallpapers here. 

a Sad Girl

Some more of the Neopets Grey Faerie set!

I've started to build up a bit of a photo editing backlog lately — and as much as I'd love to tackle it, I'm shooting the first of the 2019 pin-ups this week, so those will definitely have to take priority! For now, sad faerie photos will sit sadly in a dark f...

June Tutorial Poll

Hey friends! It's time to vote on which tutorial you'd like to see for June's rewards. (And of course, I welcome suggestions in the comments!) Here are this month's options:

Greenscreen Video Editing

This would be a basic tutorial for filming & editing greenscreen footage in Adobe Premiere! (To follow this tutorial, you would need a greenscreen or similar, and some ver...

Updates!

HI FRIENDS! Things have been pretty crazy, and I realize I've been quiet on here lately! A few big things are happening right now:

DragonCon is Upcoming!

As DragonCon races towards us, I'm trying to put together a Jester cosplay, from Critical Role! (You can see her cloak in the featured image here.) You can check out some work-in-progress images on my 2018-07-30 05:30:53 +0000 UTC View Post

July Livestream!

IT'S TIME! Head on over to YouTube for this month's livestream, starting in about 10 minutes. (You can also use this link to watch the stream back if you miss it when it's live!)

Quick reminder: You need a YouTube account to participate in chat! Please put questions/comments into the YouTube chat feed, because I ...

Save the Date — July Livestream!

See you tomorrow at 10:00am Mountain Time! (More of you voted for today but I SUCK and got sucked into cosplay work and didn't check the poll until it was too late!!)

I'm planning on working on Jester from Critical Role during tomorrow's stream, but we'll probably be mostly talking about my calendar stuff! Anyway, we'll play it by ear. S...

May Behind the Scenes: Samson's Tale!

For May's video, we're going behind the scenes on my Samson's Tale music video!! This was a pretty simple shoot and I had a pretty big crew, which might explain why this behind the scenes is more fun and less stress than usual, haha! Check it out on YouTube. 

July Hangout Poll

Hello! When do you guys want to do this month's Patron livestream? Vote for the dates/times that work best for you! All times are in Mountain Time.

May Tutorial: Vallaslin Makeup!

go get elfy with your bad self 👌

New Rewards!

Hooray, new rewards are officially in place! Here are the changes:

Titles

I have retitled my tiers! All Patrons are now di&di players, and subsequent tiers are named after tabletop dice (d20 = 20-sided-die), with the $50 tier taking the ultimate title of diM. If you aren't familiar with tabletop stuff, try not to stress! The titles don't actually have a purpose. 😜

$1 — di...

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DISCORD!

The Ginny Di-scord is officially launched for all tiers!

What is Discord?

It's basically our own little Patron-Only chat server! I created it as a place to connect with me and with your fellow Patrons. I'll also be introducing various activities & events for Discord over time! (For example, we're starting a Game of Thrones weekly watch party there! Look out for another...

Makeup test complete!

I think I can safely say that my makeup test for Jester was a success! I learned a lot about how NOT to use water-based face paints, and I have a list of things I want to improve for my next attempt. Overall, though, I'm surprised by how well it turned out for my first attempt at face paint!

Here's the ...

May: Ginny Rants #1!

For May's $10 early access video, I give you a (kind of emotional) mini-rant video based on a Twitter thread that people seemed to like! I've been wanting to introduce a little series like this for a while, so please welcome "Ginny Rants," where I will express some of the opinions and thoughts that I normally reserve for Twitter, in video form!

May Tutorial Poll

For May, I want to do another makeup tutorial! Which look would you like to learn to do?

Esmeralda – This unique makeup look has bold brows and a striking eyeliner style.

Grey Faerie — A grey smoky eye and some cartoonishly emphasized "sad brows" make this loo...

April Tutorial: Selective Color Editing!

April's tutorial shows you how to change specific colors in Photoshop! View it here. 

June mp3: The Ballad of Serenity

June's mp3 is "The Ballad of Serenity," the Firefly theme song cover that I debuted at Denver Comic Con! You can download the mp3 here.

IMPORTANT: Patreon reward changes!

Hi friends! Those of you who were at my stream this past weekend already know about this: I'm updating my Patreon rewards! I'm doing this because I want to build a stronger community here, and because I want to give you guys more rewards while reducing waste. 

I'm also renaming the tiers, since the Star Wars themed ones (while adorable!!) d...

T-shirt photos!

I shot "in character" t-shirt modeling photos for Lavellan, Officer Jenny, and Arya today! Hopefully I'll launch the shirts publicly this week. I hope people like them, because I'm really proud of these designs! (This one's my favorite, though!)

By the way...

Those of you who were on the stream heard all about my dumb high school emo band, "By the Way, My Mom's a Reckless Driver" 😂 Here are some embarrassing photos that my brother wishes would be permanently deleted!

Pictured above: My brother Mike (drummer), Becca (bassist), AJ (guitarist) and me, the singer! We're wearing iron-on shirts that I made with the logo I designed, which is supposed to ...

June Livestream!

See you guys in ~20 minutes at the June livestream! Quick reminder that you have to visit the YouTube page for the stream in order to participate in chat, as I won't be keeping up with comments posted here on Patreon during the stream.

Once the stream is over, you'll be able to watch it back through this same lin...

CSI: KANTO

Remember how I said that the early access videos for the Padawan and Apprentice tiers were about to get more diverse and interesting? I hope you guys know that you just accidentally gave me permission to film 2 minutes long videos that are just two straight minutes of puns 😜

Here's Officer Jenny from Pokémon making a bunch of bad puns!

Just the tutorial and the mailed rewards le...

Thank you for your June support!

YIKES, June is nearly over! I just wanted to take a second to thank you for pledging in June. I don't know if I talk enough about how grateful I am for your pledges, but your contributions make my work possible and I never, ever forget it. ❤️ I have some exciting stuff headed your way in the coming months, and some ideas about how to make your Patreon experience even better, so keep an eye out...

April Apprentice Video

Hey friends! I got stuck on the April Apprentice video because I didn't want to do something redundant, but all my Officer Jenny ideas were too big. Just recently I had this idea for a little comedy sketch, plus I just got a greenscreen, so I decided to combine them and try out a cartoon background for the sketch!

Turns out... greenscreening is super easy?? I fiddled with the settings for about ...

The first Grey Faerie photo!

Here's the first photo of my Neopets "Grey Faerie" cosplay!

This is one of the photos we shot on the black backdrop. We experimented with a few different colored gels for the Grey Faerie, but ultimately found that it looked best without gels, to really make the wig and wings glow.

Shirts are Available!

Heyyy, remember me talking about designing shirts? I have a few designs live on Redbubble! I'm still working on my release plan for these, so while they are publicly available now, I'm not officially launching them yet. But you can order them now as shirts, hoodies, journals, tote bags, clocks (?!)...

Patron-only stream next Saturday!

Save the date! Our June Patron exclusive stream will be Saturday, June 30th, at 3:00pm Mountain Time! Check back on Patreon for the stream link the day of!

Grey Faerie costume breakdown!

Just let me know when it's time for a "Ginny decided to put together a costume in 24-48 hours" intervention, okay??

When Ginny Liz (affectionately known as "Other Ginny" around my household) came to visit for Denver Comic Con, we made plans to collab a little. Other Ginny had recently finished a Space Faerie cosplay from Neo...

Full Kaylee Gallery!

I've edited the full Kaylee photoset from my Firefly shoot! Check them out below.

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