Yuki Eiri from Gravitation

Maki Murakami's Gravitation is one my favorite animes. I was first taken by it when I saw this music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZmUzVuBl5A. It's really one of the better AMVs out there. Anyway, I related to it at the time since I was in love with a fictional character that reminded me of Yuki. And then I watched the actual anime and Yuki proved to be colder than I'd liked. But he was still gorgeous, no? I really love Maki's drawing style. I occasionally try to imitate it in my work.

Now back to the plush before I babble to oblivion about that. This was my first time using the fabric minky. It was actually quite a nightmare to use because it sheds on the sides so one has to fray-check every edge. But it really is the softest stuff; I like petting Yuki because of it. Sadly, I've kinda been frightened away from minky. His eyes are really nice too, I must say. The color was slightly off because apparently when I mix my yellow and black paint together, I get green o.O?? His ears were also a little too high, so now I'm more conscious of ear placement. And just so you know, in the last photo there, the cigarette was not photoshopped into the photo. It just looks strange since Yuki shouldn't be smoking cigarettes that large!

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Pedobear

My brother's friend commissioned me to make him a Pedobear drift charm. I didn't really know what Pedobear looked like when I accepted or what a drift charm was. And then I learned. So I made him his charm and now the 6" Pedobear will drift in the wind as the car speeds along. Meanwhile, the larger Pedobear needs a home. If you are interested in purchasing it for $20, leave a comment. He is 8.5" tall and made mostly of fleece.

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Subaru and Seishiro from X/1999

Well, as a follow-up to my last post, this is now on X/1999, a sort of bittersweet anime by CLAMP. A fellow deviant saw my last Subaru plush and asked me to make her Subaru and Seishiro from X. And so I made them. She even asked if I could put magnets in their hands and faces so that they could hug and kiss. And of course I was willing to indulge her yaoi fantasies <3. So I went on eBay and ordered me some of those super strong neodymium magnets. 100 of them for $5.99. I used 18 of them up for this project. Sadly the magnets in the faces didn't create a strong enough pull for a kiss, but at least the ones in the hands worked fine.

Newest additions: Double the wire. And it was my first time making trenchcoats. Subaru's came out better than Seishiro's. It was also my first time making boots and a tie. Seems that everything came out alright.

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Subaru Sumeragi from Tokyo Babylon

What is Tokyo Babylon, you ask? Well, if you read manga, CLAMP is a pretty big Japanese mangaka group nowadays. They created Tokyo Babylon in 1990, along with RG Veda and Man of Many Faces. Since TB didn't have a real conclusion to the story, the characters show up again in X/1999 and we get a more conclusive ending. Yay?

Anyway, Subaru Sumeragi is a lovable character for being extremely kindhearted and willing to go out of his way to do good things. He also gets embarrassed easily (especially by his twin sister who tries to set him up with their good friend Seishiro.) But I've said too much.

So I made a plush of him. The newest additions were hand-painted eyes and wires for poseability. The hat came out a bit crude because of the glue. And the jacket was annoying to make. But overall, he turned out pretty cute, eh?

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