The Goodnight Girl.

Bleach: Ishida Uryu

2007-12-25T16:04:21Z

People who ridicule Ishida for being both four-eyed and rather handy with the needle, often do not get the opportunity to do so a second time.

Ishida Uryuu picture has now been added to the Cosplay Crochet - Anime category.

Ishida was commissioned by Dang, who also bought my Ichigo Kurosaki doll. :D Glasses were bloody hard to do, just to let you know.

keychain + 4 inches high + nondetachable bow + nondetachable glasses + black eye beads = quincy archer hates you. <3

And a very Merry Christmas, all! :D

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Ragnarok Online: Priestess Cloudmist

2007-12-21T04:01:45Z

Prayer, and the love of her parents Solaire and Syl Cerulea, helps young Cloudmist get through the day.

Made for Jac!

My first attempt at making a customized Ragnarok Online character. I have about a High Wizard and High Priestess still pending, but figured I should make this first, because the priestess was a relatively easier class to crochet. And as much of an agnostic as I am, I like Cloudmist's picture by the cross. :)

Work just about pwned me. Am hoping that the holidays and a brief week's respite from work will help me catch up to all my pending crochet orders.

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Crochet: Echizen Ryoma (Prince of Tennis)

2007-12-07T09:44:26Z

Orange juice, Ryoma feels, is always the better alternative to Inui's juice concoctions.

4 inches high, and removable cap. keychain is attached to the back of Ryoma's neck, instead of at the top of his head as is normal. Created for mao. :D Which means, I have about two more dolls pending for him, which I hope will be done sometime this week or the next.

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Alice Nine: Hiroto

2007-11-23T06:00:42Z

Christmas is just around the corner, and Hiroto is doing a pretty good job as a visual kei angel.

Photo uploaded to the J-Artists album. Bigger images right this way.

This version of Hiroto has little wings attached, non-detachable, as per the photo that I was basing him on. The pictures don't show it well either, but Hiroto has some gold abstract designs running down the sides of his pants, and a little funky belt with rings.

Hair is also predominantly blonde, but with black roots. Took me awhile to figure out how to make that realistic. :D

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Valkyrie Profile: Freya

2007-11-23T05:52:14Z

Though powerful in her own right, and only second to Odin in ability, Freya hides a soft spot for all things beautiful.

A photo uploaded to the Cosplay Crochet - Video games album. If you'd like, you can find bigger images here.

Non-detachable hat. It was a little hard trying to get it to conform to the actual character's hat, whichis slightly dented and bloated at the top part, but at least it's not a bad try. I also added some minor details to the hat, so some of the photos were reuploaded to show it off. :D

Requested (and paid for) by mao!

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Japan Crochet #3 (0009): Kanon, Antic Cafe

2007-11-16T03:25:17Z

Life may not always be a bed of roses, but Kanon seems to be doing just fine on his own.

Blue lace gave me a harder time than is normal. It kept on going off in all directions, so it took awhile for it to settle down (at the time of the picture, I hadn't used anything to settle the ribbon lace yet).

Also, some funky blond highlights for Kanon! I actually did enjoy making his costume, since it's quite different from what I usually see Japanese musicians wear - it makes him look like a wind-up toy of sorts ^^ I can see why a lot of people find him adorable. XD

Kanon, by the way, is from the same band Bou as formerly in - Antic Cafe. Have not heard their music yet (I don't usually go out of my way to find and listen to J-music, but I do fall in love with a lot that do come my way)

A photo of Kanon that I used for basis:

AnticCafe10

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Japan Crochet #2 (0008): Kyo (Dir en Grey)

2007-11-12T10:25:48Z

Kyo might consistently shock his fans with his infamous live performances, but when he takes the stage, you know he'll own it.

4 inches high, set as keychain. beard + arm 'tattoos'. blonde highlighted hair with growing black roots.

I always get a little nervous when I make J-rock dolls. It's a lot harder to make a likeness of them, particularly because they sometimes go for really flashy outfits or distinct looks. With Kyo, it was his blondish black beard and his tattoos on either arms. And his T-shirt logo, which was a bit grainy in the actual photo, so I improvised for the most part.

Created as ordered for Liv! <3

For anyone who'd like to see the comparison, actual Kyo photo below:

Kyofrontuh0

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Cosplay Crochet - Anime #3 (0007): Athrun Zala, Gundam SEED / Gundam SEED Destiny

2007-11-05T05:47:03Z

Don't tell anyone, but as tough as Athrun is, he doesn't go anywhere without a trusty light handy. You never know what kind of things go bump in space.

For pionna <3 :)

This was actually something of a rush job, finishing Athrun the day after I finished Bou, so I'm still happy with the end product. The patterns on Athrun's ZAFT costume stumped me at first, because I wanted to get it as accurately as possible. This was probably one of the few dolls were the clothes were much harder to do than the hair! And I liked the dark blue hair and green eyes contrast that came out - no wonder Athrun's fairly popular with the girls :D

I'd make a little Gundam to go along with Athrun if I could, but I'm afraid I'm still too inexperienced to do something of that magnitude. That, and orders have been piling up a bit, so not much time to go off and experiment on one's own. Maybe in a year or so?

crossposted to deadcraft lj

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Japan Crochet #1 (0006): Bou (Antic Cafe)

2007-11-01T09:12:12Z

Though constantly surrounded by the very best make-up and fashion accessories, Bou still looks good without these vanities.

4 inches high, set in keychain. Black eye beads.

Bou, pretty member of the J-rock group Antic Cafe. Visual kei fans would like this, I guess. :3

Also one of the slightly harder dolls to make for me, just because there were a ton of details that I needed to make the whole thing work well. Here's a photo of the actual musician I based the doll off:

Bou

Hopefully, I got all the essential details down. :3

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Original Crochet #2 (0005): Ninja-tan!

2007-10-25T06:33:37Z

Meet little Ninja-tan.

Ninjas like to hide out in the oddest places, in the hopes of staying invisible. Little Ninja-tan, while dressed for the part and with shuriken at the ready, still has a long way to go.

4 inches high, set as a keychain, mercerized cotton. Comes with non-detachable shuriken, but weapon can be removed from doll upon request.

I actually enjoyed making this little fella, and the name "Ninja-tan" just popped into my head while making him. Shuriken was delightfully easier to make than I had originally expected, which is always an added bonus.

For those in the Philippines, I'll be selling a little stuff at the Cosplay.ph booth over at New Worlds this October 27 at the Glorietta, so do drop by! :D Just, um, look for someone in an Inara Serra costume by the cosplay.ph stall.

Speaking of Inara Serra, extremely happy to have found a dress that, while may be of a slight color variation than the original, is almost a good copy of Inara Serra's clothes. Making the belt and a few of her bangles (and dolling up the hair and face - I'm probably going to wind up feeling like I'm going to a debut or something) and I'll be good to go!

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