Steph's Condensed Brain Farts

I made Marcus a baby brother! His name is Razzie. I used a much slimmer pattern for him than Marcus and though the long fur hides it, he’s got fingers, which Marcus lacks. I also threw in a more flattering pic of Marcus, he felt like he got shafted in the Razzie photos. Plus, a doodle I did while taking my puppet performance for TV class. Story time!

When you perform for TV, you see your puppet in real-time on a live TV monitor. The monitor isn’t like looking in a mirror, it’s like a backwards mirror. You move left, it looks like you went right, etc. I really struggled with the backwards-ness of the monitor and almost always botched my choreography and the puppet would lose his focus with the camera/viewer. My instructor would call out “PUPILS!” to me quite a bit  to correct me, but I would end up making things worse by turning the puppet the wrong way and over correcting, etc. It was a hot mess. Mind you, I did lousy in my dance classes as a kid, and those had proper mirrors with no image flipping. I am not cut out for this biz.

Photo creds for the in-progress shot go to Mayka Mei, btw :D

I started today with waking up, stretching and accidentally punching myself in the mouth and giving myself a bloody lip. Hopefully the completion of this feltie will make my day go better. X_x

There is a tutorial on the horizon on how to make these by the way ;)

What’s this? IT’S A FLAMMIE! How did I make it? It’s mostly needle felted, actually! That fur is just a skin glued on top of a nearly solid wool base.
This is based on the beautiful Flammie model that was used in Nintendo Power and the Secret of Mana instruction booklet back in 1993, so credit to the original (unknown) artist and sculptor.

I made this enormous feltie/plushie hybrid for the Super Button Masher’s show next week at OhNo!DOOM.

OhNo!Doom
Super Button Mashers Mega Opening
February 11, 6:00 PM-10:00 PM
1800 N. Milwaukee
Chicago IL 60647
Tuesday and Thursday 4:00 PM-10:00 PM
Saturday 12:00 PM-7:00 PM

This was absolutely a challenge for me but I loved every step of it. I am officially bitten by the crafting bug again! I also put together a photo slideshow about how I made this beast, if you care to see. Click below!

For more photos of the process and other shenanigans, check out my facebook group.

Thank you for looking and if you’re in Chicago this weekend, please stop by and see Flammie-in person! He’s looking for a loving, geeky home (as much as I hate parting with him ;_; )