Made Some Really Mediocre Buttons For My Tote Bag With A Friend A While Ago

made some really mediocre buttons for my tote bag with a friend a while ago

ya homie Corvie cried so hard at the Dashboard Confessional concert ong hardest I’ve ever cried at a concert

I’m tryna to do laundry tf you doin

I'm gonna touch you

yeah? what if I’m into that, huh?

damn. cholera got to them.

V1 IS NOW REAL

finally its finished…!!!! this is my first time making something like this (and probably the only time) but MAN i had a lot of fun!!!

progress shots + commentary below the cut!!!! (note that i don’t intend this to be a tutorial or anything lol i just wanna show my process of making the thang)

the base!!! first i used strips of cereal box cardboard to make a helmet base thingy. then i used thicker cardboard to make the front and top of the v1 head and glued those to the helmet base.

i didn’t really measure anything so it was a tiny bit small (not posting pictures of myself wearing it but you can see a bit of my chin sticking out of the bottom)

adding more cardboard onto this thing… 2nd image is the head completely built and ready to be painted!!!

put on 2 layers of primer then painted over it w acrylic paint.. did not like waiting a full 24 hours for the primer to dry

fully painted and getting sealed w mod podge…

after i put on 2 layers of mod podge i started working on the eye thing. i dont have any pictures but i used plastic window mesh and painted it yellow to make the eye

glued that inside the head and its finished!!! i also used elastic to make a little head strap thing (think the string on party hats that go under your chin) to make sure it doesn’t slide all over the place while im wearing it. also since a little bit of my chin is visible when i wear it i gotta put on a black balaclava under it so it looks nicer