#summerween 2019

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HAPPY SUMMERWEEN!  from the Pines Crytpids! (click to embiggen)

This year’s Pines family group costume brought to you by: Cryptozoology, of course!  The idea of Ford as Mothman came first, and Stan as the Jersey Devil was a must.  The jackalope seemed like a good fit for Mabel -- sorry! Antelabbit!  She of course knitted the tail to turn Waddles into a mer-pig.  And finally, Dipper, ever the nerd, is representing the idea that there is a subgenre of thunderbird legends involving 19th century hoax photos of pterodactyls; which, as we know from The Land Before Swine, is not at hoax at all, in Gravity Falls.

I decided to do a more conventional horse-headed design for the Jersey Devil costume, so it would be recognizable. The Mothman costume’s details were inspired by a particularly impressive cosplay that went around recently. Dipper’s is based on the show’s pterodactyl design. And while I like jackalopes with pronghorn horns, I went with the more common deer antlers for Mabel’s costume, which is sort of supposed to be jackrabbit colors. (This was done in a combo of Procreate, Clip Studio Paint, and some finishing touches in Photoshop.)

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I love the costumes of the Pines. But, seeing it better, it worries me that Waddles could ruin the costume, when he needs to do... his... you know, go to the bathroom.

:)  Let us assume either that Mabel has created a flap in the bottom or something like that; or, that Waddles is -- OF COURSE! -- the best, most house-trained pig ever, and he won’t feel the need to go in it for the few hours he is wearing it.  ;-)

(I probably should have noted that Mabel put non-toxic make-up on his back legs so they would blend in with the tail.)

(This is in reference to my Summerween 2019 post.)