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Calendar Voting!

Stephen was kind enough to remind me that I hadn't updated you guys on the results of the calendar poll yet, and that in turn reminded me that I have a bunch of new Patrons who might want to also vote on what cosplays I include in my 12-month calendar!

So if anyone hasn't voted yet and wants to weigh in, just check every cosplay you'd like to see in the calendar! The twelve with the most votes w...

One more photo!

Just finished editing another photo — this one might be my favorite, personally! <3 Getting excited (and nervous) about music video release. Just under a week now! AHH!

Photos are in your email inbox!

I sent out the first three finished Sally photos last night! Check your email inbox to see them all in high-resolution glory. I also am asking for your feedback to pick which of these images to use for my print this time! I will probably end up editing one or two more of this set, but I needed to get these out fast in order to give you guys one week of early viewing time and still be able to use ...

And that's a wrap!

The music video is totally done filming!! Now comes the fun part -- putting it all together!

Update on $20+ Patron rewards :(

Photobooth troubles mean I'm going to have to nix that reward and replace it with something else. :( If anyone has any bright ideas, please don't hesitate to suggest!

I could always print my own photobooth strips, but that sort of misses the point of the charm of having a one-of-a-kind, real photo strip. I suppose I could get a polaroid camera if you guys were all really into that idea, it would...

Sally dress is done!

Don't look at my makeup-less face, haha. I shot these real quick because I bought WAY too much fabric and decided to make 4 identical dresses (it took longer than making one, but definitely not four times as long) to sell on Etsy! So I took these pictures for the listing page.

Obviously I still have to do the blue skin and figure out the makeup look, so this is definitely not done, but it's gett...

I LIED TO YOU.

I was under the mistaken impression that pledges that were made or updated between my Sarah project's completion and the first of the month would be charged at the new level, but it appears that that is not true! You will be charged based on your patronage at the time of the project's completion, which was a few weeks back. If anyone has their heart set on Sarah rewards but was not a Patron at t...

Twitter shout-outs!

OKAY, I just realized I've been failing to reach out to new pledges and see who wants a Twitter shout-out! Basically, I'll tag you and publicly thank you for becoming a Patron. This is a perk available to every patron, so if you're interested in it, please comment with your Twitter username! (This doesn't have to just be new patrons — I just added this perk recently, so anybody can claim it!)I'l...

Let's Make More Music Videos!

One of the things folks suggested when I revamped my Patreon was to share my YouTube videos and blogs when they're posted, to make it easy for Patrons to keep up with them!

So here's my most recent video, dedicated to growing my Patreon enough to do more regular music videos!

Sally is in-process!

As usual, I thought I had given myself enough time and I TOTALLY HADN'T, so I need to basically get Sally done in the next week-ish. AHHH. 😬 Luckily, the process should be petty straightforward. Unluckily, it's going to be very time consuming. I have to hand paint patterns onto at least half the pieces, and every real seam will need to have decorative, messy stitching applied over the top wit...

First look at my Halloween video!

So for my cover of Sally's Song, I'm not just doing a direct movie recreation like I have favored in the past. Instead, I want to bring something new to the song, and create a music video that references but also goes beyond the original source material.

To achieve that, I'll be dressed as Sally for parts of the video, but I'll also be doing segments of the video as myself (well... a slightly mo...

Announcement: Next Cosplay!

As much as I love doing Halloween-themed cosplays during October, I've never tackled Sally because I have a deep, abiding aversion to face paint. BUT... I'm gonna get over it. But wait, there's more! I'm not JUST going to be doing this cosplay for my Patreon project: I'm also going to be doing a music video cover of "Sally's Song!" I'd like to start doing more music videos, so I'll be launching ...

Sarah is DONE!

*bangs gong* IT IS DONE! I officially need to pick a new dream cosplay! ;) 

$5+ patrons will find the photos from this shoot in their email inbox! Everyone else will get to see them starting next Monday. 

This is the "completed project" post, which means this triggers Patreon to charge all your pledges on on the first of next month, so October 1! That means you have a little unde...

First Sarah photo!!!

I have been wrestling with nailing down a color scheme and style for these images, let me tell you!! I think I finally worked out what I want, so here's the first shot: just a portrait I was experimenting on! Now that I've gotten an aesthetic handle on this shoot, it should be much faster to crank out some more finished photos!

Quick note!

Just a quick note that I'm sure 99% of you don't need: If you have been enjoying my posts and my WIP images and my polls for the last 2 months while I work on Sarah, but are considering removing your pledge, please don't do so until you have been charged for Sarah. It's just really crappy to give people access to exclusive behind the scenes content and then have them skip out right before their pl...