NerdyCatCos

I'm a 31 yr. old artist and cosplayer. My likes are numorous, but some of them are drawing, art, The Owl House, Gravity Falls, Sherlock (BBC), Loki, Marvel and DC Comics, Smaug, The Hobbit, LOTR, Disney, Maleficent (Character and Movie), and Video Games (too many to name). This blog reflects my likes. So I don't apologize for my nerdness.

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Oh man June 12th can’t get here soon enough! Did a small photoshoot immediately after the new poster and S2 intro dropped yesterday!  Been wanting to do a feathered arm transition pic for awhile ever since S1 ep.6 and yes those are actual feathers I stuck to my arm. Couldn't take as many pics as I wanted due to them being so fickle I’ve got more Eda/Owlbeast cosplay content  in store for you all.

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Photoshoot in my full Owlbeast cosplay I edited in wings and a tail, but I’m currently working on finishing my tail and then figuring out how to make actual wings!

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Wanna tame the Owlbeast? Distract her with Sparkle Thing! Luz’s pen prop I made (available at my Etsy shop NERDYCATSHOP along with other owl house prop replicas of mine)

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Anyone up for a game of Grudgby? Here’s some photos of my Grudgby jacket along with my Grudgby ball prop I made as well as a few cool Owl House hoodies

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Grom Photoshoot

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UGH! Hooty can be so annoying! Not what I wanted after coming back from GROM!

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Wow I have been away for awhile. I’m back and here’s a look at my newest cosplay!  Eda the Owl Lady from Disney’s The Owl House as well as The Owlbeast!  I know there are a lot of Eda cosplayers, but I can say I’m the first to cosplay as the Owlbeast! 

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Finally! The last part of my Anubis cosplay arrived the other day. My feet came! Finally was able to find some time to try them out today.

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This beautiful thing arrived in the mail today! 

My canine mask I ordered for my Assassin’s Creed Origins Trial of the Gods Anubis cosplay I’m working on. 

Can’t wait to start mapping out stuff for this! 

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While I wait for a few pieces to arrive for my Anubis cosplay (which by this point I’ve got several templates made for the armor) I’m currently in the process of making this bad boy weapon! Already got a template made for it and now it’s onto the foam building!  

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My next cosplay! I’m going to be working on creating Anubis as seen in Assassin’s Creed Origins Trial of the Gods. So stoked to get going on this costume (already got some stuff mapped out) and hope to have it done and convention ready by next year!

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Time Flies By

Wow I cannot believe how long it’s been since I’ve been on here. Hey I’m not MIA or dead! 

To all those still following me. Thank you, I  really appreciate it. To those followers I’ve lost I am sorry for not being more up to date with my blog, but life happens. 

What’s occurred in the time that I’ve been away? Well the biggest thing is I graduated college last spring and I’ve left my old retail job and started a new job in the artistic field as a layout/graphic designer (as of 6 months ago).  It’s been an adjustment, but I’m loving the new course I’m currently taking. 

Between the new job and other life going on’s I’ve been trying to get back into working on cosplays. I’ve got one currently in the works based off my sketches of my own version of Smaug as a human.  So I’m super stoked to get that completed at some point.  I’ll be sure to post pics of the process and final result once I get time to really work on it.

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I couldn't get this out of my head so I just had to make it. In 2016 the new Batman vs Superman movie will be coming to theaters and a new Batman takes over for a new generation. Something about Affleck's cowl gave me this realization. Who agrees?

I love dinking around in Photoshop

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Alright here is one of the reasons why I haven’t been posting too much stuff. I’m getting ready for a convention that’s happening early next year and I’m currently working on a cosplay of my version of Smaug as a human based upon my sketches I did awhile back.  So far I’ve gotten most of the fabrics and stuff for it. Some things are a little harder to get, but right now I’m working with what I can afford to get at the moment. I plan to post pics soon. 

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Here are a few pics of my rig’s I created for both Smaug’s body and head for my animation course. Both took a long time to figure out since they were custom, but I think they turned out pretty well for first time.

I had a ton of fun animating both projects. I still have some fine tuning to do, but hopefully they’ll be improved upon my first attempts. My plan is to work on these a bit more when I’ve got some free time from my hectic schedule.

Smaug © Warner Brothers & Weta Digital

Art © me

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Here are a few pics of the final version of Smaug I did for my animation class. I’ve got a headshot from my lip-sync assignment and a few of him in a T-pose as well as with his wings folded for use in a walk cycle I did. 

I’m still getting animations together and I’ll post them once I have them completed. For now enjoy. 

Smaug © Warner Brothers & Weta Digital

Art © me

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Alright I know I haven’t posted anything in awhile, but I’ve been super busy with my internship. Which is going great!  Anyway here is a small tease of a textured Smaug!  This is the most complicated model I’ve had to texture to date. I tired to get some Normal, Diffuse and Specular mapping done as well, but they haven't turned out the way I’d like them to. Oh well, for now he’s just going to have a basic texture which you kind of see here.

I’ll post more pictures later and some animations once I get them finished.

Smaug © Warner Brothers & Weta Digital

Art © me