Periodic reminder: I want to make it abundantly clear that I despise generative AI. If you use it, approve of it, or even just don't mind it, please do not interact with me.

Ice sword is on hold until I can replace my respirator filters so it’s back to finally finishing off the front embroidery for my bomber jacket 😌 (and then maybe sewing a tonberry after). I always end up starting cosplay stuff in Oct 😂

In case anyone ever had a passing thought of 'what cabinet would fit my doujins', this BESTÅ (60x20x38) with glass front door is 10/10 for fit (for the larger ones). I overestimated the height, so the shelf wasn't needed, but probably a good thing to have in case I repurpose in the future.

Help, he's so cute 😭 ❤️

Forgot I set this up to start a day before, but birthday sale is now running from 15th-18th Oct on Etsy <3! If anyone wants custom prints of any unlisted artworks, just shoot me a dm over there (prices the same as my listed prints, based on size).* cafeignis.etsy.com

My goal in life is to let Koho wear every pair of glasses.

Soon 👀...

YT ads: "You can build apps that do anything without needing to code if you buy and use our AI" AI-made code: *riddled with security vulnerabilities, broken, no support because the creators can't debug without AI* Sure 🤨

#ignisfashionweek artwork #2: FF Another batch of Ignises, this time featuring an assortment of my faves from the earlier FFs. ❤️ #Ignis 👓 #ffxvart 👓 #ffxv 👓

#ignisfashionweek artwork #1: Type-0 ft. disappointed tonberry vs the fire sword shinigami, an Ignis who constantly loses his glasses to chocobos and an Ignis who has a secret kitchen in the Crystarium. #Ignis 👓 #ffxvart 👓 #ffxv 👓 I had so much fun with this 😂

New monitor inspection 🥰

My dumb idea for #ignisfashionweek is happening 😂 I will have to post a few days after the event to hit all 7 days but my goal is to have fun and not care so much about making anything *perfect*. Some art can just be fun event sketches - I don’t need to polish everything 😤

🥕 with twitter: haha you will never figure me out don’t even try. 😎 X For You page: 100% SFW Spamtenna 🥕: 😓 Damn. You win this time.

I have to go out today but now all I want to do is get back so I can start my sketch idea of dressing Ignis up as a bunch of my favourite characters 😂 He would hate some of these.

Reminder that this event is running again! Any and all fashionable Ignises are welcome (old, new, sketches, finished pieces, fics, photos, cosplay etc.) Let's show some love to Ignis this week! 🥰

Another year, another #xvtober challenge! As always, all forms of creativity are welcome to show your love of FFXV! Make sure to tag works with #xvtober or #ffxvtober so people can find them! Thanks again to @kuukyoseijou on X for taking the time to translate it into Japanese! ❤️

When you hit Renzokuken just right and enter the blasting zone. Was able to get some pictures with Lionheart in cosplay that I’m super happy with! #ff8

On the off chance they follow me, I had a pre-order request for 2 Kura pins which never followed up to my e-mails, but that's the only method of contact they gave (starts in a, ends in y@gmail). I'll hold onto them indefinitely unless you don't want them, so please let me know!

Royal Mail is all ready to go with tariff collection, so I can ship again. Unfortunately Etsy's alt-pricing system sucks so it's UK/everywhere else, and I don't want to be charging US tariffs to people in Asia. For now, people may continue to buy as-is, and I'll cover any tariff fees.

This is a top tip for enjoying the creative process. I love to sit on my artworks for a while now after they're done, too. So I can be sure I'm really happy with it and there's no regrets when I do share. People will enjoy it whenever I post, but this way I have less self-doubt.

Yessss. Kupocon 2026 here I come. I can now work on fixing my older Kurasame cosplay (which I still haven't shown you guys) and set about making myself a tonberry sidekick 👀 After I work on coding/fashion week/xvtober list/job hunting and rephotographing my storefronts, ofc 😂

If someone made a dark world out of my house, the bonus boss would be my printer - without question. 🖨️: "Need toner" it says, as an inkjet. Waiting until I stand near it to print, even if I asked an hour ago. Skips pages to print on the waxy part of label paper. Shadow crystal energy for sure.

Time to write up another round of XVtober prompts🤔 Suggestions welcome if you guys have any ideas! Hopefully I can get a list together for tomorrow 💪

✨SHOP INFO FOR 🇺🇸✨: Just noticed as of today Royal Mail is not allowing us to ship to the US (temporarily) while they sort out the tariffs -- my ko-fi will still allow US customers (due to manual label setup), but please be aware I can't ship to you until the label system is back up and running.

This is a PSA for anyone who follows artists: Your comments are NOT annoying! I think I speak for many of us we are starved for praise on our work so please if you have something to say lay it on thick WE LIKE IT. I promise you it is not seen as cringe or a bother, we love the interaction!

#67 - Ignis with Chrysanthemums #Ignis 👓 #ffxvart 👓 #ffxv 👓 Here’s the original painting I made for the info cards, but full painting took too long so I went for something simpler in the end. Still going to finish the other paintings I started though!

Trying out foiling by hand with one of my info card artworks (since they work nicely without eating lots of printer ink). Still trying to gild without coming out of it covered in gold, but my technique is improving slightly! (I’m a bit less shiny this time 😆) #クラサメ ✨ #Kurasame ✨ #FF零式 ✨ #FFType0

Okay this one has officially moved to the top of my to-do pile. The only way for me to get art done for a deadline is to start it a month in advance 😂 and I’d like to get more than one posted this time 😤

It's already exactly a month before Ignis Fashion Week -- I need to start dusting off last year's unfinished Ignis & Kura artworks 🙌 *eventually* I'll get time to finish those kotr lanyards 😭 (...maybe at Christmas 😂)

Leftover pins now up! Quantities *aren't* spread across platforms (4 on both platforms = 4 pins), but the only time I can't update inventory is when I'm asleep so hoping it should be okay <3 ko-fi.com/he6oart/shop - Best prices, global shipping cafeignis.etsy.com - For those who like Etsy, Non-EU

Boxing and counting up all leftover pins today so I can try and list them on Etsy/ko-fi before the end of the day. Doing things a week early as US buyers might want to grab them before Aug 29th when the new import tax rules come in 🫡

Got back to Otakon to find a lovely little present waiting on my step! @he6o.bsky.social's Hanakotoba pins are such a lovely way to inaugurate the pin banner I picked up. Thanks a bunch, they're beautiful!!

I'm a bit delayed finishing packing/invoicing due to finishing info cards, so I'm going to share a sketch for them while everyone waits <3 (give me another day or 2 to finish the Kura ones!) #Ignis 👓 #ffxvart 👓 #ffxv 👓

Ignisesssss 🥰 They’re going through QC now so next time I update will be me receiving and grading them. Still working on 30s Ignis tie-in print. Would like to get them posted this weekend so that’s now my goal for the week 💪

It is now my life's mission to put any and all glasses I own on Koho plush. Maybe he just wants to understand Kazusa 😂 Found my Masaki Matsushima glasses (which I use for Ignis cosplay) in the attic after I lost them for *5 years* and I'm so relieved I didn't lose them in a con hotel after all 🥰

Hand-embellishing and sealing silver leaf on my first set of pin boxes (chrysanthemum Ignis for these). Still waiting for the other 75 boxes to arrive in the post 😂 I will have my work cut out for me 😅

Actually, I can at least share this pic for Ignis while you wait (I won’t share the current example photos with face screenprinting as it’s going to be changed) He’s perfect 😍

Can’t believe my pin manu has finished so much and I’m still fussing about with my first tie-in painting 🤣 what. I need to paint faster or I’ll only have one of each best boy done by the time I’m packing orders 😂 💪

PINS UPDATE: Kurax2: approved and complete. LE25 Ig22: being reprinted minus 1 colour because I didn’t like the result. LE50 Ig32: still being printed. Hopefully LE25. All pins ETA shipping in early-mid July so I hope I can start invoicing at the end of next month 🙌

Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Oracle Deck Interest Check I have decided to open my project to the fandom as I think it can be a lot of fun to work on. Please share this form to help me reach more people! Info in the description. Thank you #FE3H forms.gle/rX68BwVv6KNw...

This guy just *gets it*. Well worth watching if you have a few hours spare to reminisce. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOrC... (Also love to see the Ignis appreciation wrt his role in the narrative and a respectful treatment of Gladio 🥰)

Suffering in florals: chrysanthemum edition. Finally decided on a style, I guess, thanks to poking at that other Kurasame WIP (still unfinished btw 😂). It’s time for me to concentrate on Ignis for a bit 😌 so I’ll be finishing his companion artworks first 👀

Last day for the sale 🥰

Extending my Etsy store sale to encompass the entire month for anyone interested 🥰 (More info on pin production as it becomes available ❤️) Cafeignis.etsy.com

Took plush Kura to Ikea Nottingham so he could sit on a bunch of chairs (and sharks). (Don’t mind his half-finished uniform I didn’t finish it in time 🥲)

Yesterday marked the end of my 2019 MacBook Pro as it was submitted for recycling 😞 I’ll be partly migrating back to my 2016MBP for a few months before upgrading so my already poor efficiency may get a bit worse as I’m going to be practically living on my iPad 🤣

Deciding on the dates for Ignis Fashion Week this year. I'm thinking the 15th of one of these months. Leave your suggestions and I'll work out when is best! <3 (...and I might start my painting in July regardless since I still have about 10 sketches left from last year's attempts 😂)

I tried 4 times to do the simple sketches for my packaging stuff and each time I caught myself adding colour and trying to render…so I’m just going to get this out of my system first 🤣 I wasn’t kidding about missing painting 🥰 sometimes you just need to paint a portrait 😌

Finalising psd files and such is so dull. I just want to draw my info cards already 😭 And return to struggling through 26 knights for my lanyards, ofc.

Keeping this open until Sun night as I'll finalise the order for pins/stickers on Mon. So grab pre-order prices now if you want them 🥰 I'm unlikely to reprint these unless I have a really good reason, so I'll be moving on to different characters for this series when I can make another set 🔥 👀