It's officially the holiday season now

[wendyzski]

We just got our first "thing with a corporate logo on it with candy inside".

I have been streaming various holiday-themed netradio channels in an effort to get properly spirited. I have no idea if I'll get any baking actually done or not.

It's not looking particularly Solstice-ish around these parts. I walked over to the Post Office in the pouring rain today, and we might hit 60 on Saturday. Wierd.

I'm done with my shoppies, except for one more gifty-card for my mom that I've not decided where to get yet. One more thing coming in the mail and then I'll ship everything off to California. Hopefully I can get it into the mail tomorrow or Saturday at the latest.

Tonight should be fun - a friend who is trying to get on the next season of "Who Wants To Be A Superhero" is coming over for a consultation. Part of what he is doing is filming his process - he did a bunch of interviews at Windycon asking people what makes a good superhero. We're going to mostly talk costuming - the traditional superhero outfits and why they aren't always practical in the real world, but he also wants some more academic stuff from me too, specifically on the subject of masks. It's what I get for being a folklore and history geek. I actually said some fairly profound and insightful stuff in our initial interview, and he was like "ooh - we gotta get that in there". So I get to natter on about stuff that gets my geek on, and possibly end up on TV. If nothign else, it'll be fun.

Comments

[silverstah.livejournal.com]

To quite Edna Mode:

NO CAPES!

*grin*

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

oh yes - that will be in there.

Also, this is a big black dude who's not in the greatest shape, so we're not looking at Spandex either...His character's origin hasn't much more cash than he does, so modifying street clothes and adding a robe/coat (so I can build out his shoulders some to help the proportions) are the way to go.

[socratesthecat.livejournal.com]

beat me to it... damn

[rileybear67.livejournal.com]

Now I'm curioous both as to who it is and what ya'll came up with for him!

I hope he makes it on the show. I was greatly entertained with the last one.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

Dave West. He has a character concept called Synergy, a mutant who can basically pull power in the form of bioenergy from other people on his side. "Power from the People" and all that. A fun angle is that in the sometimes anti-mutant Marvel Universe he is a mutant masquerading as a gadgeteer - an interesting idea.

Right now we're dealing with the issues posed by his not-exactly-heroic physique. I can pad out his shoulders a bit to help with the proportions some. Right now he's trying to redesign one element of the costume. A white knee-length robe with a hood and lined in black may look GREAT when you draw it, but in real life people are going to take one look and think you are wearing your bathrobe!