Mood:
a-okNow Playing: XM 71 - Watercolors (light jazz)
Sorry this'll be late and quick. Tummy's still giving me off-and-on problems, so I'm going to give up popcorn for a while. I know, it doesn't make sense, but the day after I eat a cheesy bag from the microwave, my stomach erupts in pain. We'll see what happens when I don't go near the stuff for a week or two, then have some. I'm sure we'll know.
If you haven't been to the main site page, you may wanna. Started a new project yesterday. I'm using the 'Leia Flight Suit' never-produced Kenner prototype pictured on this site - http://www.toysrgus.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=39560 - to make my own Leia Flight Suit.
Basically, I saved off the image, traced it, greyscaled it, and I'm in the process of finding the right enlargement for it to fit Leia correctly. When I'm done, I'll have a working pattern one-offed from vintage Kenner stuff, *and* as many Flight Suits as I want ! Yeah, it's just a collared jumpsuit. And I could probably crib the same thing from Doll Shop Deluxe like I did for Crissy. But it's actually been kind of fun to do it this way !
I mean, scrawling '175% ver. 1.0, 8/02/06' on a pattern is pretending. Pretending it's important, yeah, I know - but the fantasy of being an actual professional designer is amusing, too. Haven't you ever imagined being in the final lap of a thrilling NASCAR race at a banking turn on the way to work ? Or gave a splendid burlesque show as you're stepping from the shower ? Same thing. I'm pretending in my own mind, and as fantasies go, it's pretty tame. But I'm enjoyin' the heck out of it !
Tomorrow, we're gonna try a 200% increase. I'm getting pretty good with these ! It's getting updated like the rest of the site, newest at the bottom. Hope you'll hang around until I get it right, although that might take a while ! :)
