#lampface

Starting with a pic I took after i first re-did the lighting apparatus from last year where i just had shitty LEDs taped to a paper face mask. TBH luckily the inside of the mask and the straps for wearing the thing were still in good shape, i only added more padding for the chin and the top so it rested easier on my face(amazingly i could see completely fine though I definitely got woozy from mild CO2 inhalation i think when i wore it out. Also including two small doodles i made of Lampface/Me in the mask just to kinda get back into the headspace. Also showing off the old paintjob before i went hard and fixed it up.

Next-up we have some other bits and bobs, details on the gloves i also updated for the costume this year, i had extra LEDs that i strung around the hand which were kinda inconvenient but idk. i also think the fake blood mix i made this year with my paint turned out phenomenal on the gloves and mask itself. i did a lot more care to make it feel crusty, dried and cracking . the interior of the mask itself was also just as visible as last time but with more comfort and way cooler lights lol.

here we have my fit for the costume on Halloween, the matching purple choker was a really good touch IMO. ultimately all i did on Halloween was walk around down town and creep out drunk people and get off on the freaked out attention. I think its a really good accent piece to other fashion things and this coming Halloween I'm gonna try and be a lot more creepy and ALOT more horny tbh i was too restrained this year, and overheated too much, i also have way better wardrobes for this year :>

Last bit here -- i have ones that are tits out and way hot as shit. but i just wanted to take some hot pics with one of my fave accessories. I really feel like this is one of the biggest projects i haven't shared besides a painting from 2020 i never posted.

↑original sketchbook drawing, process one, and process two

this one was definitely weird because this character started as a Halloween mask idea I had in my head for years -- so I had to take a character that was literally me in a costume and make them into something more its own.

↑example of the full costume with lights, and example of the mask in it's present state

The original idea was to make a silent hill apparatition style mask so I figured leaning into a creepy horror angle akin to 9(the animated movie) or the Silent Hill Games felt like a logical conclusion.

In the original costume I had purple lights flowing from the collar and sleeves but since I wanted to draw a body more reflective of my current one(hairy girl w) I decided to move away from a big coat to something closer to what's become my usual summer outfit while abstacting it a bit more.

↑background, piece without background and blood splatter background isolated.

I decided adding some kinda vague purple energy would be a good way to both frame the piece and keep people's visual engagement. (I also had read chapter 1053 of One Piece and got inspired). ultimately I ended up making the clothes a bit lighter and in my head It went from a camera flashlight kinda shot to more of a spotlight but I think it gets that "Killer Summer Vibe" down pat. I have a few more variants but I wanted to get an even spread of the process and the refrence, if there's interest I can share the ones without the low light camera thing.

Next in the to do in no particular order:

Need to paint the inside black so I can see because it's toooo bright

Need to get a second light source (headlamp probably)and some clear cellophane (Purple by popular demand)

Need to paint the outside a different coulor aswell maybe a light coulor or a dark one idk...

The strap broke so need to connect new head band parts and some hook points on the sides of the mask

I need to spray-paint it or just paint-paint it still, glue in fairy lights, and get a different overhead thing to replace the string currently holding it together it's about done. I feel like whenever I get into an idea my turn around for a mask is very quick.

Not big on how the mask looks in the Raincoat so I'm premptively picking option B (as so lovingly illustrated above the photo). Said photo was mainly taken as evidence that it's together because hooo-boy am I the damn dictionary definition of disheveled.