Grey always read so differently depending on lighting but I’m very pleased with how close my Galadriel cape wool is to the og! The dye came out beautifully and the weave reads quite similar!

New blog post for ko-fi folks! Closer look at the Vax pants! ko-fi.com/post/Constru...

Astarion deserves dramatic poofy sleeves so I gave my cosplay some 😜 #bg3 #baldursgate3 #astarion #cosplay

I am no longer afraid. #vaxildan #criticalrole #tlovm #criticalrolefanart

I need a #RingsofPower artbook SO BADLY y’all 😭

Talk about one of my favourite cosplay builds ever! Making this costume has given me such an appreciation for the Rings of Power costume team; it combines dyeing, trapunto quilting, embroidery, chainmail, beading, leatherwork…! #tolkien #ringsofpower #trop #galadriel #cosplay

I am still arting occasionally!

Working on a new #Vaxildan piece 😘 #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart

As much of the world bends towards machine-made slop designed to keep you scrolling so they can serve you ads, there is something very healing about going outside, wearing a costume that I made with my own hands, and working together with an artist like @worldofgwendana.bsky.social to tell a story.

Making pants that fit is such a high, I feel unstoppable! Especially with all the fancy piecing I added! #vaxildan #vaxcosplay #cosplay

Galadriel cosplay details! I am forever in awe of embroiderer Michele Carragher’s work, and to see her pieces in The Rings of Power was a delight! This embroidery is especially delicate, with most beads only 1mm in diameter, and it was definitely a challenge to recreate! Photos by Olivia Rose!

Mmm tasty seam matching

Working on pants for Vax! I got this amazing stretch embossed denim at a local fabric shop (thanks Swanson’s Fabrics!) and took the base pattern off of some stretch pants that I love! And then added all the fancy piecing of course 😜

Happy Halloween from my favourite hobbit!! I’ve always wanted to cosplay Frodo so this year I threw together a look with things from my costume stock at work (and borrowed the ring and brooch and sword) It’s weird being a hobbit instead of an Elf but lbr, Frodo is the most elvish of the hobbits 😜

Halloween at work is a chance for me to have fun pulling something together via my own closet and the costume stock I have access to! I don’t stress about accuracy and just try to make something recognisable These were two I did in prior years: The Dread Pirate Roberts, and Miss Phryne Fisher!

I am absolutely obsessed with this #Loki shot from #NYCC, taken at The Vessel by Anthony Eng Photography! I had about two seconds to pose with this glowing floor circle before we were heading out of the structure and I love that Anthony was able to snap this! #Cosplay by me!

Fabric for sale! I’ve been going through my stash and adding things, and more will likely be added in future! Please help me downsize my fabric stash 🤣 (photos are just some of the ones needing homes!) All details here! ko-fi.com/silhouette/s...

Fabric for sale! I’ve been going through my stash and adding things, and more will likely be added in future! Please help me downsize my fabric stash 🤣 (photos are just some of the ones needing homes!) All details here! ko-fi.com/silhouette/s...

HYPE! Short of minor changes that may crop up during the construction process, I do believe my final Vax design is here! #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart #criticalrolecosplay #vaxildan

You gotta admit my side-eye game is great 😂

Lady of Light! Creating this costume was so special to me and I could not have asked for a better person to capture Galadriel’s nature and all my hours of work than @oliviarosephoto! We had such a magical experience and I felt so amazing wearing this costume for the first time! #trop #tolkien

Ideal conditions for starting your passion project will never come. You will never feel skilled enough to make it. There will never be a moment where you stop being scared to start. Do it anyway. Do it badly. Do it scared. Just make that thing that’s clawing at the door of your soul; It wants out.

#NYCC setup finished! Always love how Galadriel looks on a dressform 💚 I will be chilling around the con as Vax’ildan tomorrow!

NYCC-bound tomorrow!! Just normal Loki packing things 🤣

Hi friends! This is my projected NYCC lineup and schedule! I am SO excited to be one of the judges for this year’s Crown Qualifier, alongside @mayjeanw and @sayakatcosplay! I cannot wait to see all the incredible costumes up close; everyone at this comp brings their absolute A-game!

Eyyyy officially on the social media! Can’t wait for NYCC!

There’s something… predictable, about the fact that when I go to block people shitting on Rings of Power, there is a high chance of the profile saying “wife and mother” or “husband and father” because of course the white Christian nationists hate this show 🙄

And “what if Galadriel’s mirror was an entire waterfall pool?” 👀 These shots are some of my favourite of this costume, and the biggest question I always get is “didn’t you ruin the dress??” ➡️

Loki scale casting my old friend! I have to make about 250 of these for my remake of the Dark World pants. Thankfully I’m just casting in thibra which is easy, just takes a lot of time. Halfway there! Then I gotta trim the edges (comparison in second pic), paint, and attach to the pants panels.

Imagine being this fragile about someone dressing up for fun, geez 🙄😆

An #Astarion turnaround for your viewing pleasure! I’m still absolutely thrilled with the whole silhouette (pun intended) of this costume and the play of different textures throughout. Adding the boots and pauldrons really raised it up a notch IMO! Photos by @sennedjem.bsky.social

WELL since it's on the website I think I can announce the guest appearance I've been sitting on 👀 I will be one of this year's judges for the Crown qualifier at NYCC!!

This Galadriel shoot gave me some of my favourite-ever photos but let me tell ya I got some WEIRD looks from the hikers on the trail 🤣 #galadriel #tolkien #lotr #cosplay

Just a Trickster and his snake 🐍 Ramses here was truly the chillest little gentleman and I loved having him chilling on my shoulders for an afternoon! Costume by me! Photo by @sennedjem.bsky.social #Loki #cosplay

I think it's interesting that so many folks view any close or intense relationship between fictional characters where strong feelings are dramatized - either positive or negative - as inherently romantic. Head canons are cool, but ascribing intent to creators is when it can get uncomfortable.

One of the coolest #Loki shoots I’ve ever been able to do!! Say hello to Ramses, an absolute gentleman of a red tail boa! My friend @thecovinator.bsky.social does reptile rescue and has been hint-hinting at me to do a shoot with Ramses since I think 2020? And we finally made it happen!

My shoot buddy today was a gorgeous red tail boa named Ramses! My friend Pat does reptile rescue and this guy was one he kept, and he’s been poking me to do a shoot for a few years now! Finally made it happen!

Between THIS and the EXPLOREOURWORLD code giving you nearly all expansions (not races or classes just quests levels and story) this is an amazing time to try this cozy great MMO! I promise you, if you go into this game with an open mind and desire to immerse yourself into the world, you will thrive

Rewatched Rings of Power s2 and now all I wanna do is work on (start) my Annatar cosplay 😅

A reminder that it is fine and normal for bodies to change! This is my original design Loki tunic that is now SUPER tight on me so I added a spandex panel in the back so it can fit me again. (The coat is a wrap situation so I'm praying I don't have to do much to that.)

Something something, doomed lovers and entanglements with the goddess of death. Worth braving the Raleigh heat and bugs to shoot with 2 of my favorite people. Everything from this shoot is amazing. Vax- me Keyleth- @adoylible.bsky.social Photos- @amiephotos.bsky.social #criticalrole

A year ago today, I started camp Gale; and predictably, a year later, he is still not finished! I knew going in that this would be a long endeavour, and I haven’t given myself a deadline for finishing him. And honestly, it’s been wonderful to just work at my own pace and enjoy the journey.

While I love seeing textural #embroidery like this take shape on a hoop, placing it into the actual costume is even more magical! Both of these embroideries were originally done by Michele Carragher, for #RingsofPower and #GameofThrones, and I have replicated them as well as I can for my cosplays!

Oh heck yes 🙌 Scrollwork done on one Galadriel bracer! anyway this is your reminder that while partially automated tools like laser cutters and 3d printers can make it easier to do very crisp or smooth or detailed work, you don't NEED them to get nice results!

Super pleased with how the colour on the wool turned out! Greys are so tricky to dye because they read so differently depending on lighting or neighboring colours, but I’m very happy with this!

Leather etching with a woodburning pen! It’s slow but the effect is fabulous!

‘In Case of Death….’ I made Gale’s resurrection pouch and got to have it gifted to Tim Downie! The background story (thread and photos): #baldursgate3 #bg3 #galedekarios

Eyyy one of my favourite Loki shots ever! I really want to get back into heavy edits like this, it’s SO fun to paint the effects in and give it that otherworldly feel! Sceptre by @eldritcharts Photo by @sennedjem.bsky.social #loki #lokicosplay #tomhiddleston #avengers #mcu #cosplay

Prototype for Galadriel’s bracers! The poor man’s laser etching, aka a wood burning pen, but it works pretty well if I’m careful! I want to refine my lines a bit more and I think I need a different brown dye but overall a successful test! #ringsofpower #cosplay

Really quite disheartening and disappointing to see the Tolkien Society hosting a discussion on “AI in fantasy filmmaking” this year at Oxonmoot. It feels about as morally and philosophically opposed to Tolkien’s work as a talk on the benefits of deforestation.