Category: Art
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DIY Cosplay Helmet Part 3: Paint and Surface
We’ve successfully constructed the foam helmet, so it’s now time to give it some color and finish. Here’s what you’ll need: Kwik Seal adhesive caulk Plasti Dip rubber coating (black) Protective Respirator Painter’s Tape Acrylic paints Paint brushes Thick paper towel or a sponge Optional: Airbrush Step 1: Fill in the Seams Identify the seams that you’d […]
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DIY Cosplay Helmet Part 2: Construct the Form
Now that you’ve designed your custom pattern, it’s time to use those pieces to cut up your foam and assemble your helmet. Here’s what you’ll need: Exercise mats (EVA foam) Xacto knife Hair Dryer or Heat Gun Contact Cement (ie Barge) and/or Glue Gun Optionally: Dremel Step 1: Trace Pattern Onto Foam Take your pattern pieces […]
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DIY Cosplay Helmet Part 1: Design the Pattern
We’re going to design a custom fit helmet, so the first thing we need to do is create a frame over the subject’s head to base a pattern from. Once we have a pattern, we’ll use it to cut out the foam parts to assemble back into a helmet. Let’s start with designing the pattern. […]
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DIY Cosplay Helmet
My 4-year-old is bonkers for all things super heroes and Star Wars so I decided to make him a Boba Fett helmet out of the stack of spare floor mats we had when he was crawling around as a baby. It was my first time making anything cosplay related and I learned a lot in […]
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I Finished a Drawing For Once!
I’m constantly scribbling loose, ugly things on notepads and whiteboards to communicate ideas, but it’s been a long, long time since I can remember actually finishing one proper. I recently picked up a shiny new Surface Pro 4, so I thought I’d end that sad streak with something fun. For the drawing above, I tried an approach I picked up from Marc Burnet’s […]
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Doodles in FB Graffiti
In 2007, Facebook announced its intention to be a platform for applications and opened up its API to independent developers. Of the many apps that came out was one called Graffiti (above). It’s a rudimentary paint app stripped down to just three definitions: 1) Color, 2) Opacity, and 3) Brush Width. It really reminds me of the […]
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