Pandora Hearts: 20 years of miracles and 9yrs of constant, glorious presence in my life
My dearest,most cherished piece of fiction ever celebrates its 20th Anniversary this month (reboot when) and being stuck in exam prep hell, unfortunately I didn't have time to draw anything. However,I figured I could at least create a video with photographs as a token of admiration.
Almost 9 years ago, on the recommendation of a certain friend on ye olde g plus, I read Pandora Hearts. 104 chapters of a square enix shonen g-fantasy manga, published from 2009 to 2015. It took me 3 days and 3 nights. I was in session break so I didn't do much except read and eat all day (er... rather forget to eat too, I was so absorbed). I remember finishing at 3:30am on 26th September 2018, and it changing my life forever, absolutely no hyperbole. I keep reading and rereading PH,analyzing and reading meta,and thinking again and again,and feeling this endless,boundless longing and yearning. A story that ended 11yrs ago, has me in a grip constantly
PH is what caused me to try to improve my art,and much more. As you may or may not know,I come from a "save money however possible,if you have it doesn't mean you can waste" kinda background, and until then never bought anything anime/manga related. In fact,I first self printed and bound the fallen syndicate scans of PH into diy books (aka how I got into bookbinding). But going into university,I started saving lunch money to collect the Artbook There Is,then the volumes, then merch once I started earning. With the lack of official merch of course, I was compelled learn multiple crafts including bookbinding, sculpture,resin work, music box tuning, plush sewing,hell even hand drawn animation. Why? Love. Pandora hearts, the story that is love at its core.
I am eternally grateful for this beautiful, "ridiculous fairy tale", this litany of love(neutral statement).
And uh....yes. I do in fact have 3 projects in WIPs. haha. 3peojects aka 5 figures...and that's not counting the 3 more projects I have planned and sketched/written down. Ha. Ahaha. I'll... I'll get to them after finals DEFINITELY.
Hey it's been a while since any big-ish project! I'm back with a custom BJD, phoenix harpie!!!
I AM gonna photodump because it took so much work and I'm quite pleased with the results
More under the cut:
Base: Penny's Box birdman bjd: body+ face+shoes from crane, hair from blue flycatcher . I wanted to wait for bird legs but PB was taking a long time so I went "Screw it who cares the dress will be long anyway"
Mods: no sculpting this time,and no changes to the face,but dyed the wings from flesh to a yellow -> orange -> red -> brown -> black gradient, painted the shoes and bird in her hair
Clothes and Stand: made by yours truly from scratch, it deviated a lot from my initial ideas,but keeps the vibe intact. There's 4 mesh pieces at the back to emulate tail feathers,brought together with charms and chains. The stand is made from acrylic,resin and thick wire,I tried to make it look firey. The choker is a leg accessory from a Penny's Box antu deer, that I widened and shortened to fit the neck, and added a charm as a pseudo-closure. I'm honestly really happy with how everything turned out!
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