prussianknight

So, after making allied!mochi cellphhone charms [which I'll take better pictures of when I gloss them, as they're all dry now and I can do that, and put them on cellphone straps] and such, I decided to work on my other project;

Hetalia shoes. I've been a fan of Bri-chan on DeviantArt and the shoes she does, so while I know I'm not near her skill level, I figured I should give it a go as I've wanted to for ages. So, of course, I go with my favorite series of the moment and go with Hetalia. And, as I mainly want to do this for practice, I'm making these shoes to sell at Animazement this year, as they have an art auction. Maybe I'm being presumptuous; I've never tried to sell art before, but, hey, who knows. Maybe I'll make some money this year instead of spending only. ;D [And I like to think I'm a pretty good artist, and I love painting, so... :D? I considered using markers like Bri-chan does, but I have never been good with markers on paper, let alone on shoes. @__@]

After talking with friends about what might sell best, I decided to make pairing shoes, with each shoe featuring one character. And the most popular pairing I could think of to try and get this to sell? USUK. xD; I'm not a fan of the pairing [I love them in a father and son dynamic more] but I'm not OMG AGAINST IT or whatever, so hopefully my work in making shoes for a pairing I don't even ship wont be in vain.

I haven't painted them [I'll be doing that tomorrow if I have the time] but I've sketched on them and so far I'm really happy with my ideas for them. They look really plain as a sketch, but hopefully they'll look more impressive when done.

( Pictures here! )

I'm probably going to paint over the lines on the edge of the shoe... maybe mess with the little blue stripes too, but idk. they may look good with some of the colours I plan to use so we'll see.

I think I'll start the bidding price for them at $15 and see how high it goes. Depends on how much glaze these shoes end up needing, as that stuff can be expensive... I may bump it up a bit, idk yet. I know

rainbowmiku wants a pair [dunno what yet, FrUK or RusChi I guess, although I told her I'll do non-pairing and non-Hetalia stuff haha~] sometime after the convention, so with any luck I'll get good at this and may offer to make shoes for others if they want me to. [I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch, though...] I've never been one to think much of my art, let alone try to sell it or take commissions or anything, but who knows, maybe people will want them. I know I plan to make a pair for myself sometime.

aaanyway, I figured I might as well post pics of my most recent project. o3o

In other hopefully less rambly news, I got a few things I needed for cosplay and my panel with

double00beaver today. It was totally worth going out in the pollen. The convention feels way too close, but I'm actually on schedule so, yeah. It feels so strange haha.

I'm tired so nothing more until tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have more things done then, but we'll see.