I’ve started to like this pairing a bit recently. It’s cute. ^^ It *sort of* makes sense, since Kurama and Yukina are the sweetest characters in Yuu Yuu Hakusho.

Mainly, though, they’re just both fun to draw. :3

Another cute animal drawing done in The GIMP. It’s not even funny how much I love that program. ♥_♥ Good thing it’s free…

Scorpion Schyte

I love Laverinne’s art. I subscribe to her gallery RSS feed to see her new work. :) She always has such beautifully detailed work, with beautiful background stories to accompany the images.

It’s both cosplay and kitsuke! I love to pick characters who wear kimono and then buy authentic kimono of that type. :3 Yukina, the ice maiden from Yuu Yuu Hakusho, wears a pale blue iromuji, dark blue obi and red nagajuban, so I chose those items with the intention of also wearing them regularly (it doesn’t hurt that Yukina and I seem to have similar tastes.)

This is the first time I’ve worn my ‘blue mystery obi.’ I picked it up at a local antique store, and it’s very weird: it’s made of a striped weave and some sort of very stiff, semi-transparent fabric. The type of obi appears to be fukuro (and mochihearts, who examined it, agreed) but I’m not sure what the item’s history is. It came to the store from an estate which also produced a presumably pre-1950 young girl’s kimono (which I also bought,) so I’m assuming that the obi is quite old. It appears to be made out of some sort of synthetic fabric, but I could be wrong. I’m toying with the idea of taking tons of photos and posting a ‘what on earth is this thing’ entry at IGF… Whatever the obi is, though, I love it.

My lack of a red nagajuban has long been a source of annoyance for me (I have tons of jubn, but they’re all white) and due to financial constraints, I haven’t been able to afford one. After seeing photos of ‘dounuki’ and finding some lovely red fabric with ‘shippou’ patterns for sale at WalMart, I got an idea… And, so, I started sewing, which generated a kinda-sorta red juban, or which I may post photos later.

I only need to modify the shoes to add the ‘rain covers’ yukina wears. I’m also toying with the idea of making a red maple kanzashi to go with the outfit, but I like the snowflake kanzashi so much, and it somehow seems more appropriate…

Squiggles The Pirate, originally uploaded by SnowFoxCreations.

He wants your sushi! NAO! D:

The website:

Faith Into Art

Bookmark Samples:

Sticker Samples:

The prices on these items are really low (some of them are only $1.00!) so they would be great random gifts for people. I plan on stocking up on the cute snow fox items once I get paid. *_*

the website of cuteness

My screenprinting class shows every sign of being most interesting… And very Japanese.

This was done by one guy- an amateur anime fan not much older than me… Wow, I wish I had that kind of talent. 0___0 I found this linked at Art Lessons from God. BTW, their site now has FORUMS!. (My username there is Soli+++ if you’re curious.)

If you’re a member of dA… what are you waiting for? +fav this already!

This pikachu iPod nano case was a commission from Mooch4LoveKitty at SheezyArt. (Therefore, it’s not for sale to anyone but her.)

Features:
*full port access while case is in use
* bottom ports reinforced with hot-glue
* adjustable lanyard
* screen and scroll wheel protected by clear plastic, which still allows for use
* interior lining of felt + reinforcement of plastic for strength and water-resistance
* Pikachu’s “face” lifts up for easy access to screen, but when not viewing screen his face is down, which makes the iPod case look more like a stuffed animal and less like an iPod case
* Pikachu’s tail is made of two layers of felt with a hidden layer of plastic, reinforced by hot glue. (I was concerned that it might get damaged, since it sticks out a bit, so I reinforced it.)
* his lower legs are reinforced the same way that his tail is
* his face is painted on with permanent markers (felt was almost impossible for such tiny dimensions, and I didn’t want parts to fall off…)
* he’s very water-resistant. He shouldn’t be intentionally exposed to water, but in a light rain you’ll have ample time to put him away since he has so much plastic hidden between the felt layers
* the case stays closed by itself, but I put in a new closure system anyway. I noticed that the clear plastic I used for reinforcing his interior framework tended to stick to itself- and remembering that velcro sometimes quits working after a while, I instead used two ample pieces of this clingy-but-tough plastic as closure (see photos for details.)

* Pikachu had a tragic love story with my stuffed Mew, by the way, but it wasn’t meant to be… However, he’s eager to go to his new owner to soothe his broken heart.