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My Halloween costume this year. I loved my tail! Mom knitted a long tube which I then pulled onto a giant pipe cleaner thingie so it had a wire structure for posing. The tuft at the end was done with feathers leftover from the mane on the mask. :) The gloves are just cool; I wear them all the time now. I also wore some brown toe socks I've had for ages -- they worked okay but they have blue and white stars on them lol.

I found this dress at a thrift shop a couple years ago, knowing it would someday make an awesome costume. :D

The mask:
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Mood: Jealous ~Nitatsu7 Nov 4, 2011  Student Interface Designer
Amaqzing! I can never get enough at looking at your handy work! I am so jealous ^_~
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~FamiliarOddlings Nov 5, 2011  Professional General Artist
Thank you! Oh gosh, you make me blush! :blushes: :hug:
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~werewolf29 Nov 2, 2011
very nice! any other full body shots?
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~FamiliarOddlings Nov 5, 2011  Professional General Artist
Thank you! :) No other full body shots, sorry. It's hard to take those! :XD:
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~werewolf29 Nov 5, 2011
awwww, ok, nice costume though! so what inspired you to make it and also use toe socks???
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~FamiliarOddlings Nov 9, 2011  Professional General Artist
Thank you! :D The inspiration came from a couple things. First, I wanted to make a costume that went with how my hair is now and I thought it would suit a lion's mane, haha. (And I've been wanting to be a lion for a number years, truth be told. :XD: ) Secondly, I'd done some research last year about Venetian style masks and fell in love with them. So I wanted something vaguely Venetian in some way. But once I'd settled on doing a lion, I wanted to incorporate an African vibe as well. While brainstorming ways to mesh the two styles together, I looked on here, dA, for ideas and saw some pretty amazing lion masks, like these two: [link] and (even though it's not a lion) [link] Then I sat down with my sketchbook and come up with a design that pleased me. :)

The toe socks... I've had these particular socks for a while and I've always thought they looked sort of paw-like, haha. They get fuzzy around the toes and pad part so that my foot looks wide and fuzzy there. :giggle: It just suited some kind of animal, except for the blue and white stars.
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~creturfetur Nov 2, 2011  Professional Artisan Crafter
It's gorgeous! :D
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~FamiliarOddlings Nov 5, 2011  Professional General Artist
Thank you so much, Creturfetur!!! :D
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