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Plague Doctor Mask by *IceandSnow:iconIceandSnow:

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©2009 *IceandSnow
:iconiceandsnow:

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THERE we go, I got around to uploading my plague doctor mask. YAYYY.

So this is what I worked on for the past week or so when I wasn't doing my endless assignments.

I started out with a cardboard/ductape shape, covered that with watered down glue and paper towels from the bathroom (yeah, that's my ghetto paper mache method xD)
Thennn painted it with acrylic paint, and added the stitching with gold string. That part was extremely frustrating, as the string kept breaking, and it was so hard to get a needle through the layers of cardboard and duct tape that I had to use pliers. I even broke a needle in the process. xD

At any rate, it was worth it, and I'm quite happy with the result. As much as it would be awesome to go into the mask-making business, I found the process so frustrating that I don't think it would be easy to con me into doing it again any time soon. :P

BUT I HAD THE COOLEST COSTUME EVER ON HALLOWEEN... even though I had a really hard time seeing and had to be guided down stairs. xD

but yes, enjoy. <3

fancy plague doctor mask design thing © *IceandSnow

Comments


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~de-profundis-clamavi Nov 1, 2009, 9:28:59 PM
very interesting, I appreciate the disturbing elements not made sterotypically "grungy" (eg, raw black thread rather than the gold you chose) I think it serves to make it more thematically curious, that the stiches were chosen and prized rather than imposed.

However, I think they may have been more sucessful if the mouth were stiched in an "x" fashion.

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~de profundis
:iconpaashthesneasel:
~PaashTheSneasel Nov 1, 2009, 9:29:22 PM
Awesome, and the patterns look great. :D

Wish I could do something like that someday. XP

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Reality sucks. That's why artists exist; to make things look better than they are in reality.
:iconkoolkyd22:
~Koolkyd22 Nov 1, 2009, 9:29:56 PM
Woah, super cool. I love your work in 3d, it's quite wonderful!

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And my own two hands will comfort you tonight, tonight and my own two arms will carry you tonight, tonight...Say When, The Fray
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*terrastormer Nov 1, 2009, 9:30:34 PM
Do want pics of you in the costume!!! also I ttly want to steel your idea and make one of my own!!!

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I like it if things go boom ...
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~Silver-Foxxat Nov 1, 2009, 9:32:08 PM
Ooh, that's so eerie and lovely. :heart: I wish my costume was that cool.

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Ar.t is meant to be s.e.e.n. :bulletblack:
:bulletblue:___Not felt, not heard.___
⋆ ★It's just paint, they're just w.ords:bulletblack:

I wants tah art trade. Note me.
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=Neko-Fayth Nov 1, 2009, 9:32:16 PM
It's beautiful ;A; Please do a tutorial for this. FFT.

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~My Wife since 01/13/07~
~Kati~April~Fan Club~
:iconiceandsnow:
*IceandSnow Nov 1, 2009, 9:32:59 PM
Hmmm, I agree, that would've been really cool. Thanks for the suggestion! :]

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thank you stranger
for your therapeutic
s.m.i.l.e
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~AkiDragonheart Nov 1, 2009, 9:33:11 PM
This is very unique and darkly beautiful. I bet you did have the coolest costume ever! While the work it took to make this was frustrating, I'm sure it was worth it with a finished product such as this. :}

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Live every week like it's Shark Week.
:iconiceandsnow:
*IceandSnow Nov 1, 2009, 9:33:27 PM
I'm honestly quite surprised I was able to do it, since I've never really done anything like this before. xD

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thank you stranger
for your therapeutic
s.m.i.l.e
:iconiceandsnow:
*IceandSnow Nov 1, 2009, 9:34:10 PM
Thanks! It seems like that's all I've been submitting lately. xD

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thank you stranger
for your therapeutic
s.m.i.l.e
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