Honey lemon bag- control panel to download

As part of my Honeylemon cosplay for Mcm Manchester, I made her amazing bag complete with chemical control panel! It was one of my favourite things to make, it was so much fun. I used screenshots and pic's from the internet to reproduce the panel in Illustrator.  I've made this PDF file for you to download to make your own Honeylemon bag!

 *** This control panel is free to download but is intended for personal use only and may not be re-sold or re-distributed commercially. ***

Honeylemon helmet tutorial

At Manchester I had loads of people asking about how i made my helmet. It's the first time I've ever made anything like this....... but it was really easy! I owe it all to the Evil Ted channel on Youtube! Click the link, his video's are amazing, easy to follow and give great results!

Shopping list:

• Styrofoam head- I bought a cheap one from Ebay.
• EVA foam- I got a pack of x4 yoga mats, i only used 1!
• Contact cement- again a cheaper version from Ebay, it worked great.
• Duct tape
• Spraypaint- Pink and orange (My helmet turned out too pink, it should have been more purple)

I won't go into too much detail about the 'how to' because the Youtube video does a lot better at explaining! But here are some progress pic's of my helmet.

MCM Manchester 2015

This year I went to Comic Con in Manchester again, it was so much fun and enjoyed it even more than last year! Although i liked my cosplay last year of Astrid...... I really topped it this year with my Honeylemon! I put a lot more thought and effort into it and made sure i started well before the day. 

This is how she turned out...... I'm so happy with it :) I'm going to do a few posts about the process to hopefully help out some fellow Honeylemon's! 

MCM Manchester Comicon

A few weeks ago I went to my first Convention in Manchester. It was so so much fun, lot's of cool costumes and awesome things to buy. Already thinking about my costume for next year :) Here are some of my favourite photos from the Sunday

 And here is my Astrid and Stormfly from How to train your dragon 2.

 And a bunch of goodies I bought....could have spent a small fortune.

Illustration challenge

Things have been a bit quiet just lately for me, I've been struggling with being productive and as a result it's making me feel very down in the dumps! But the last few day's I'm beginning to pull back to my normal self and realising I'll never get anywhere with sulking. So..... I've set myself a challenge to get more work done and enjoy the process again.

Other projects I'm working on at the moment are Halloween ideas. I'm designing some characters at the moment and have plans for screenprinted plush, cards and cushions! 

I'm also attending a Comic convention in a few weeks so I'm in the process of making a costume. I'll be going as Astrid from how to train your dragon! This is the first time I've been to a convention whole dressed up so I'm really looking forward to it.