sketching, a dream of what may be.

I have currently lost 13 lbs, and none of my clothes fit. Go me! I'm aiming for 15-20 now, we'll see how that goes. It almost means I can't quite start sewing yet, which is a shame. But it gives me time for planning, which is good!

I've been looking around the internet recently, seeing how other people have attempted this costume. I'm kind of worried because while some people have done really well, no one has 100% NAILED this costume. When I did Lina Inverse, there were 3 or so people on DeviantArt who had done an AMAZING job, and what I wanted to do most was catch up to them. When I looked at Daitenshi Finn (which I still want to do) there was a girl in...france, possibly? Who just looked phenominal. I'm not sure what that says about the Rock Star Haruhi costume, but it's worrying.

I've started doing sketches so I can figure out the best proportions of things for my body.



The top I can kinda figure out, the bottom...well, that's a bit more haphazard at the moment. In reference pictures the sheer layer is half as long as the top layer and the bottom layer is shorter in the front and longer in the back. That looks weird to me. I'm thinking about doing a skirt that looks more like this:



in terms of proportion, I think having all the tiers longer in the back will look more flattering to my ass. It will also make it harder. See the things I do for cosplay?

I'm studying up on ruffles too, for the skirt. I haven't done much (read: ANY) gathering/ruffling in previous costumes so this is all new territory for me. Horrifying, really. I think I need to make a double (at least) circle skirt for all the layers. That will make ruffles. I am worried about making them bounce and lay right and have volume....perhaps some kind of stealth tulle petticoat/crinoline between each layer. But how do I make it invisible? Or will it just look weird? I don't know yet.

The good news is that I managed to find a cheap honest-to-god Italia guitar. Victory! But it's like, really heavy. Much heavier than I can carry around on a bare shoulder for any length of time. I'll talk more about how I intend to deal with that next time. This weekend my boyfriend's out of town, so I've got a whole weekend to work on this!

(naturally I'll probably do something else entirely.)
~Raiphin