Libra Elementia

Time to update you on something I started as a result of several Kura art ideas that derailed my enamel pin work 😂 I’ve wanted to do standees for a long time but only if they could be functional…so I decided to try a whiteboard style standee that could also be decorative, with characters who it makes sense for…(Ignis because recipe book, Tifa because of her bar, and Kurasame because of him being a CO in a classroom setting.)

Right now Kura has the most progress on both sides (90%) but I’m moving onto Ignis today. Designs will feature their 20s version on one side and their teenage selves on the reverse, themed after elements associated with them. Specs will be 6-7” tall, double sided standard acrylic, maybe with a custom elemental base. Prices are looking at £25-30 atm based on market values and moq cost, but final cost depends on my manu quote so consider it a ballpark estimate. Idk yet how a custom base may factor in.

If there’s anyone who wants to be notified when these go up for pre-order I have a google form here.

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The first of many FF boy hanakotoba pin designs I have in the works. I’m trying to pick a character from each FF I’ve played so far (ff7 upwards for now), so Ignis is the representative for XV this time. If everything goes to plan and I can make the first batch my plan would be to do multiple waves to encompass a wide range of characters (including Luna and the other bros from 15, a series of FF women and characters from type-0). At present I’m considering working on a smaller weapon pin series to see if there’s enough interest, which would try to depict some of the less often represented ff weapons (and give a hint to some of the portrait pins I’ll produce for wave 1).

Keep a lookout here for more info in the future! ❤️

Given permission to share our CC Zine pieces, so here’s the artwork I pitched when I applied <3 I was really happy with how it turned out and after this I really wanted to improve my background/composition skills, so expect more from me along those lines in the future. <3

Best friends 🥺

The older Kurasame I sketched on a whim to match the first 5x7 monochrome artwork I made of cadet Kurasame <3

Tonberry is so cute 😭❤️

Holding a 3 day sale in honour of 🥕 season 👀

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Marvel stuff on my big cartel would also be 25% off, just DM to arrange a personal listing for it on Etsy (for obvious reasons I have to keep things separate) <3

Support your carrots 🤣

Kurasame art era let’s goooo.

I did this one for my best boy art wall because if there’s no art to buy and you can’t afford many commissions yet, do it yourself 😆 (and because I wanted it to match an Ignis art that has a permanent spot there.)

I had so much fun with this, I’m going to do a matching portrait of older Kurasame with the b/w inverted, so look out for that in the future <3

Finished a summer uniform for cadet Kurasame plush, as i’ll be making a human-sized version of this as my cosplay for Pom Central’s Saturday/evening <3 it was a great practise run with an adorable result ❤️

We never have snow here at Christmas, so I’ve been painting it instead 😤

Used this one as a bonus print for my keychain <3 I have another I sketched out as a concept that I plan to turn into a wallpaper 👀

Second plushie is done, this time showing Kurasame’s in-game look. Materials for clothes were mostly leather, faux leather, metal fixtures, wool and EVA foam.

I had so much fun making both of these, and I understand his outfit so much more now…but I’m looking forward to finishing the paintings I started of him before this 1.5 month distraction 😆

I’ve been working on this off and on since October, and he’s finally complete. Plush Class First Kurasame <3 I did this outfit first because it was one I’d already made for cosplay and I had lots of leftover materials (leather scraps for buckles, foam for pauldrons, polymer clay for the cape clip which I bought to improve my own costume…the fabric etc). I also got to test out a different type of 4-way stretch for the gold trim which I will be using for my summer cadet cosplay for February. So all around a very educational project! And the first thing I have completely sewn unsupervised, with all of the clothes patterned by myself.

I’m wrapping up my second plush (a far more complicated older Kurasame) but I’ll post photos of him separately in a few days once I do the finishing touches <3

Forgot to drop this here also, but I have a 25% off sale running until the end of Tuesday for anyone interested!

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I’ve also been working on a couple of Kurasame plushies which I’m almost finished with (redoing the outfit on the younger one right now because I made a few errors I’d like to fix). Pictures soon! <3

Designed this as a keychain because if there’s no merch to be found for a character, you can always make it yourself 👀

Pre-orders will be up for only a short while before I place a small order of these, as I’m pretty much making them because I want them and not really expecting anyone else to 😂 but if you do, the link is here.

If I can replicate the style I’d like to do an elemental keychain series, continuing with Ignis (fire) next…but if I do and there’s interest I’ll try and release pre-orders for them all at once.

The full version of my IQ bonus art! (Which took me far longer to finish than I would have liked -_-).

A small signed print run of these with borders will be on my Etsy for a while <3

As always, me forgetting to drop work on tumblr until an hour later XD

Painted this portrait of Kurasame from type-0 to use as an icon over on my bsky account. Working on a background-centric banner to match, which I hope to finish soon.

I <3 him and his tonberry friend 🥺❤️

Finally, my Rinoa artwork is ready to share.

I’m not sure which foil I will finish next as it depends on what mood I’m in (and how much I want to gamble with the printing again as darker matte prints are always such a risk to outsource XD I’m leaning towards one of my two best boys though, so we’ll see.

Foil A5 prints of this are available, along with Yuna, on my Etsy <3 Non-foil larger prints (a4, a3) can be obtained via Patreon.