Author: Mixiao

Mixiao is a university student form Australia, studying to become art teacher. Mixiao has had her artworks, exhibited at various art galleries in Sydney and specializes in cosplay accessories. She likes anime, manga, j-dramas, k-dramas, k-pop, cosplaying and is not shy of wearing her creations. Changing the ordinary and making it extraordinary is the motto she lives by.

Weekly Fan Art Feature #20 – Assassin’s Creed, Grandia, Final Fantasy and Kuroshitsuji

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Our 1st feature for the week comes from Elnawen who is from France. Their work below is titled “Assassins”  and comes from the game Assassin’s Creed. This is a work was digitally created using Photoshop and a Tablet Wacom Intuos 3. Visit Elnawen’s deviantart page for more works.

Assassin’s Creed – Assassins

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Next up we have ShamanHyljys from Finland. The first image is of Feena from Grandia and is done entirely on computer with Paint Tool Sai. The second work is of Firion from the game Final Fantasy Dissidia, done with pencil and copics. Visit their deviantart page for more works.

Grandia – Feena

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Fantasy Dissidia – Firion

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Last up we have uchihaxkonoha15 from the USA. Their works below are digitally coloured frames from the Kuroshitsuji manga using Paint tool SAI with works featuring Ciel Phantomhive. Visit their page for more Kuroshitsuji works.

Kuroshitsuji – Ciel Phantomhive

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Kuroshitsuji – Ciel Phantomhive

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How to make Pandora Hearts – Alice’s Diamond clips

Mixiao

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I recently purchased the Alice cosplay costume from Miccostumes and to celebrate the awesomeness that is Alice, I’m going to show you how to complete the Alice look^^V

A common accessory that most people miss out when cosplaying as Alice from Pandora Hearts is her golden diamond clips. This tutorial will show you how to complete your Alice cosplay with simple and easy to make clips.

What you need:

  • Air drying Fimo or Sculpey clay. This is light and easy to use.
  • Gold spray paint
  • Rolling pin – make sure to not use the family’s kitchen one ><
  • 2 sheets of foam
  • Cutting mat
  • Utility Knife or Stanley Knife
  • 2 flat alligator clips preferably 4cm or shorter in length
  • Hot glue gun
  • Flat object – can be ruler. For this tutorial I am using a plastic pallet knife.
  • This Template that can be downloaded here

There is a video that I have made showing my process.

Steps:

  1. Wrap your rolling pin with a sheet of foam. This will make it easier for you when you roll out your clay, the clay will come off easier.
  2. Cut out the template.
  3. Grab a small strawberry size amount  of the clay and roll it into a ball.
  4. Put the other foam sheet onto of your cutting mat.
  5. Use the rolling pin and flatten out the clay onto the foam to a reasonable width. Make sure the template fits inside the flattened out clay.
  6. Use the knife and gently cut around the template. Don’t cut into the foam.
  7. Make 4 of these diamonds.
  8. Use the flat object and curve the edges of the diamond in to make them rounded and draw in the lines as seen on the template onto the diamonds.
  9. Grab the two alligator clips and two of your diamonds. Put a diamond laying on the curved side of the alligator clip. This will make it dry in the shape and will be easier for you to glue it on later. Repeat for the other clip.
  10. Once the diamonds have completely dried, spray paint them with the gold paint. Let to dry
  11. Finally use hot glue to stick the diamonds onto the clips. There will be a diamond on the front and back of the aligator clips.

And We’re Done! YATTA! our cosplay costume is now complete!

Weekly Fan Art Feature #19 – Ace Attorney, One Piece and Persona 4

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Our 1st feature this week comes from Studio Kawaii in Spain. The works below are of Dahlia Hawthorne from Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations and a fake screenshot of  Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. The works were created using traditional and digital mediums such as Pencil, Paint, Photoshop etc.: Photoshop, Paintool SAI. Visit ww.stkawaii.com for more cool works!

Ace Attorney – Dahlia Hawthorne

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Ace Attorney: Fake screenshot

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Next up we have Volve from Poland. The works below are of characters from the popular anime One Piece. The works are created using mixed media such as Pencil, Pen and Photoshop. Here’s what they have to say. Hi, I’m graphic student who aim to become animator and illustrator. I work half-timely as a plush and illustration commissioner and study in my University. Volve showcases of their works on their deviantart page which can be visited here.

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One Piece
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Last up we have Dorota who is also from Poland. The images below are of charcaters from the video game Persona 4 The medium of the works below are PaintTool SAI (also pencil, ink, Copics, Promarkers, coloured pencils).  Visit their Deviantart page here

Persona 4

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Persona 4

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Weekly Fan Art Feature #18 – No.6, Catherine, Naruto, Sacred Blacksmith, Big Bang and Axis Power Hetalia

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Our 1st feature this week is from srslyriot from the U.S.A , who’s deviantart page is here. His works below are digital works which he used Photoshop to create. His fanart featured today is Nezumi from the series, NO. 6 and Catherine from the video game, Catherine.

NO.6 – Nezumi

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Catherine – Catherine

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Next we have Harry from England.  He’s works are cute chibis of Neji Hyuga from Naruto and Lisa from Sacred Blacksmith done in pencil and Promarkers. Check out more of his works here.

Naruto – Neji Hyuga

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Sacred Blacksmith – Lisa

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Last up we have Dang from Vietnam. the works below are of Big Bang and Axis Power Hetalia created using pencil and Paint tool Sai. Check out more of their awesome works here.

Big Bang – G-Dragon

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Axis Power Hetalia
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Weekly Fan Art Feature #17 – Code Geass, HunterxHunter, Vocaloid, Kingdom Hearts, Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Hitman Reborn

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Our 1st feature comes from Hayley whose works were digitally created using SAI/Photoshop The works below are of Lelouch and C.C. from the anime Code Geass with the 1st work titled “Seeking Solace” .

Code Geass –  Lelouch

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Code Geass – C.C.

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Our next feature comes from Ella who is from the United States of America. Her works are traditional Line art,  pencil on paper. She showcases her works on her deviantart page which can be visited here. The 1st work is Yoshihiro Togashi from Hunter X Hunter and the 2nd is of Kagamine Len from Vocaloid.

Hunter x Hunter – Yoshihiro Togashi

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Vocaloid – Kagamine Len

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Next up we have Kimimonogatari from Russia.  These digitally created works were brought to life using Photoshop cs5 and  Easy Paint Tool SAI. The works below are from the popular Square Enix game Kingdom Hearts featuring Sora and Kairi and the anime series Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. Visit her deviantart page here for more works.

Kingdom Hearts – Sora and Kairi

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki

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Our last feature comes from Lala from the US. Her stunning works seen below were made using Paint Tool SAI. To see more of her works visit her deviantart page here. The first work is of Enma from Katekyo Hitman Reborn and the second one is  Enma, Gitto, Kozato, Tsuna from Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

Hitman Reborn – Enma from Katekyo
Kozato Enma

Hitman Reborn – Enma, Gitto, Kozato, Tsuna from Katekyo

Gitto Cozart

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