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Aug. 4th, 2010 03:12 amYou know, I think I'm going to make a Pokemon hoodie. I could always do with honing my sewing skills more, plus it'd give me something to wear to cons not that I go to many to fill in on no-cosplay days XD The thing is, I'm not sure what Pokemon. I was first thinking of Mewtwo but at the risk of being accused of copying this (because you'd better BELIEVE I'll be posting the hoodie online XD ), I've decided against it. Besides, while I may joke that I'm the Mewtwo to my friend Mew's... er, Mew, there's so many other Pokemon I'd rather hoodie-ize XD
So that leaves me looking at other options. After nixing Mewtwo the ones that come to mind are my top three favorites: Raichu, Suicune, and Articuno. The fact that two of three of them have LONG AS HELL TAILS isn't really worrying to me, nor are the presence of Suicune's... ribbons? Whatever those are. For ease of washing I was thinking of either making shortened tails (like, a foot or less long) that're detachable from the back bottom of the hoodie, or longer ones that can be curled up and attached to the back. Raichu's would be easiest to do in the latter, and Articuno's would be difficult but doable, better if it was the former. Suicune's ribbons would either be the same way except coming off the shoulder blades (yes yes I know they go from the OTHER direction in the actual Pokemon, but sewing these would be hard enough, I'm not sure I'm up to defying gravity XD ) and also be detachable. Their markings (a department in which Articuno would clearly be easiest) would be patches of like-colored fabric, and the actual hoods would not have eyes on them, like you might see with some others (like that Mewtwo one up there). In case you were curious, Suicune's mane would be represented as the back half of the hood being purple, because I'm lame like that >.>
After that, the next one that comes to mind is Nidoking actually, despite my female gender and the fact that all those spikes would be hell. But come ON, Nidokiiiinnnng. XDXD
Beyond those ideas, my mind starts to wander on the subject. Obviously starters and lower-level evolutions would be easiest, because they have less "accoutrements" than, say, a Blastoise hoodie might. Some of the Legendaries fall in that same category. All in all I want to make a hoodie but I'm not sure which one. I've got 500-some options now, after all XD
Although it's just occurred to me that Lugia or Vaporeon would make really pretty hoodies. Hmm...
So that leaves me looking at other options. After nixing Mewtwo the ones that come to mind are my top three favorites: Raichu, Suicune, and Articuno. The fact that two of three of them have LONG AS HELL TAILS isn't really worrying to me, nor are the presence of Suicune's... ribbons? Whatever those are. For ease of washing I was thinking of either making shortened tails (like, a foot or less long) that're detachable from the back bottom of the hoodie, or longer ones that can be curled up and attached to the back. Raichu's would be easiest to do in the latter, and Articuno's would be difficult but doable, better if it was the former. Suicune's ribbons would either be the same way except coming off the shoulder blades (yes yes I know they go from the OTHER direction in the actual Pokemon, but sewing these would be hard enough, I'm not sure I'm up to defying gravity XD ) and also be detachable. Their markings (a department in which Articuno would clearly be easiest) would be patches of like-colored fabric, and the actual hoods would not have eyes on them, like you might see with some others (like that Mewtwo one up there). In case you were curious, Suicune's mane would be represented as the back half of the hood being purple, because I'm lame like that >.>
After that, the next one that comes to mind is Nidoking actually, despite my female gender and the fact that all those spikes would be hell. But come ON, Nidokiiiinnnng. XDXD
Beyond those ideas, my mind starts to wander on the subject. Obviously starters and lower-level evolutions would be easiest, because they have less "accoutrements" than, say, a Blastoise hoodie might. Some of the Legendaries fall in that same category. All in all I want to make a hoodie but I'm not sure which one. I've got 500-some options now, after all XD
Although it's just occurred to me that Lugia or Vaporeon would make really pretty hoodies. Hmm...
