Arrow man left me 200 comments today so happy Monday to me

To provide some context
As a professional writer I occasionally have to go to meetings with some of the dumbest premises like 'should this be one or 2 words' or 'how do you want these arrows to look' and more of my career has been spent fixing arrows than you would believe

I gotta stop thinking I can make competition pieces in 3 months with the amount of engineering and detail work I put into things on top of a full time job, social life, coping with world events, and needing to take breaks

For as much as I have grown, there is always more growth to be had

Yeah like something has to be in the air

More hat progress!
Will I get this done by my deadline? We'll see. But it is nice to finally be in a groove.

I have been trying to engineer this waterfall pleat for weeks and I finally got something I'm happy with

I continue to fuss with this mantle mockup
Scalloped pleats on an angle...smh
As it turns out, the best solution is box pleats that are then cut to the desired angled scallop.

(Flashbacks to yards upon yards of box pleated trim for Klee)

Also if anyone needs a crash course in swapping from Adobe Illustrator to Inkscape I am so happy to teach you how their weird pen/bezier curve works.

Some work on the mantle and the bow on top of her hat over the weekend

Hat Wip focusing on custom lace

Some materials highlights ft fabric and beads from local shops! Sr Harris for fabric and Bobby Bead for beads