Author Topic: FS: Custom Arcade crochet projects (US/WV) NEW PROJECT: BUBBLE BOBBLE BLANKET (Read 21876 times)

Ummon · « **Reply #80 on:** October 11, 2009, 09:43:15 pm »

Looks good.

shardian · « **Reply #81 on:** October 12, 2009, 09:15:01 am »

What happened to the jumpman pic you quoted? He's all squashed!

Ummon · « **Reply #82 on:** October 14, 2009, 12:50:50 am »

Quote from: shardian on October 12, 2009, 09:15:01 am

What happened to the jumpman pic you quoted? He's all squashed!

I know, huh? Casualty of the forum software.

shardian · « **Reply #83 on:** October 14, 2009, 08:08:05 am »

Quote from: Ummon on October 14, 2009, 12:50:50 am

Quote from: shardian on October 12, 2009, 09:15:01 am
What happened to the jumpman pic you quoted? He's all squashed!

I know, huh? Casualty of the forum software.

Could you delete it please? I don't want people to think that is what it really looks like.

shardian · « **Reply #84 on:** October 28, 2009, 01:19:44 pm »

Well, it is done! I present to you, the Mario Raccoon Blanket.
This was a huge and challenging project. The design phase continued throughout the project, because logistic issues kept popping up. Color decisions had to be made, because the SNES pallet was sorely lacking. Minor mistakes were made, but that's the nature of the beast with handmade crafts.

The biggest issue was dealing with the discrepancy between the length and width of a row. Crochet work never turns out square. With small projects, it is negligible. With solid colors, it is moot. With something this big and with this big of a hook, it became apparent in the checkerboard it was going to be a major problem. We compensated in the checkerboard to keep from throwing away a ton of hours of work, and then had to completely rethink the rest of the blanket. We experimented with different methods for a while, when I finally came to the idea of adding an additional row per actual game pixel. This added a significant amount of work, but worked out perfectly for the center portion. Otherwise, the blanket would have been much shorter, and mario would have looked like some Goomba's got ironic revenge.

The curtains were a pain. We had to toss out the entire first row of curtains because they looked horrid with the lighter colored shading. The solid color turned out much, much better.

As you can see in the pictures, the blanket is reversible. Overall size is 42" wide and 90" long.

opt2not · « **Reply #85 on:** October 28, 2009, 01:35:21 pm »

That looks awesome!

sean-o-mac · « **Reply #86 on:** October 29, 2009, 02:09:39 am »

Yeah, the wife is going to freak when she sees it for Christmas. SMB3 is her 3rd favorite videogame so she'll love it. Shardian, you think the wife's little hands can handle maybe a Zelda/Link 8bit blanket sometime around the first of the year? My birthday is coming up in Feb. It looks awesome man. I love it and the wife will too.

Sean

shardian · « **Reply #87 on:** October 29, 2009, 08:00:54 am »

Quote from: sean-o-mac on October 29, 2009, 02:09:39 am

Yeah, the wife is going to freak when she sees it for Christmas. SMB3 is her 3rd favorite videogame so she'll love it. Shardian, you think the wife's little hands can handle maybe a Zelda/Link 8bit blanket sometime around the first of the year? My birthday is coming up in Feb. It looks awesome man. I love it and the wife will too.

Sean

Oh yeah, she really enjoyed making that blanket. Definitely would like to do another.

shardian · « **Reply #88 on:** November 19, 2009, 09:20:29 pm »

Newest project: Charlie Chuck from Food Fight.

WARNING for VECTORMAN!!!!!!! DO NOT LOOK BELOW HERE IN THIS POST!!!!

STOP HERE... SERIOUSLY!

Okay, for the rest of you, here are the pictures.

shardian · « **Reply #89 on:** November 19, 2009, 09:23:57 pm »

Here are two 'action shots' from the Mario blanket. I don't think the scale of the blanket id really obvious just from giving numbers. First pic is on a king size bed for reference.

shardian · « **Reply #90 on:** November 20, 2009, 09:45:25 pm »

Michelle has been on a roll the last few days. Here is one more new project, though it is a rehash of the original that started this whole thing. Some of you may remember the Mario & Luigi dolls she made me for Christmas last year. Well she got an order for one of those. Since her skills have improved immensly since that first ever free-form project, she decided to make a totally new design. I present to you the 'new and improved' Mario Doll.

nullb0y · « **Reply #91 on:** November 22, 2009, 10:28:51 am »

That mario doll is AWESOME

shardian · « **Reply #92 on:** November 29, 2009, 09:50:55 am »

More of these guys. People apparently just LOVE Bubble Bobble.
These pillows are slightly different than the last ones - they have more black around the edges to better center the character.

death69inc · « **Reply #93 on:** November 29, 2009, 11:51:28 pm »

would love to have a mario doll they are sweat
the sm3 blanket is also very bad azz

can tell skills are getting much better and tighter stiched A++

driph · « **Reply #94 on:** December 05, 2009, 04:30:54 am »

Quote from: shardian on November 29, 2009, 09:50:55 am

More of these guys. People apparently just LOVE Bubble Bobble.
These pillows are slightly different than the last ones - they have more black around the edges to better center the character.

Those are great, her skills are really improving!

Gonna keep on eye on your etsy store, will definitely pick up a pillow or two one of these upcoming days.

shardian · « **Reply #95 on:** December 05, 2009, 09:50:35 am »

Quote from: driph on December 05, 2009, 04:30:54 am

Quote from: shardian on November 29, 2009, 09:50:55 am
More of these guys. People apparently just LOVE Bubble Bobble.
These pillows are slightly different than the last ones - they have more black around the edges to better center the character.

Those are great, her skills are really improving!

Gonna keep on eye on your etsy store, will definitely pick up a pillow or two one of these upcoming days.

If you do, just write me directly. Etsy is nice, but they're just another chunk of fees I'd rather avoid.

shardian · « **Reply #96 on:** December 11, 2009, 04:03:36 pm »

Quote from: shardian on October 28, 2009, 01:19:44 pm

Well, it is done! I present to you, the Mario Raccoon Blanket.
This was a huge and challenging project. The design phase continued throughout the project, because logistic issues kept popping up. Color decisions had to be made, because the SNES pallet was sorely lacking. Minor mistakes were made, but that's the nature of the beast with handmade crafts.

The biggest issue was dealing with the discrepancy between the length and width of a row. Crochet work never turns out square. With small projects, it is negligible. With solid colors, it is moot. With something this big and with this big of a hook, it became apparent in the checkerboard it was going to be a major problem. We compensated in the checkerboard to keep from throwing away a ton of hours of work, and then had to completely rethink the rest of the blanket. We experimented with different methods for a while, when I finally came to the idea of adding an additional row per actual game pixel. This added a significant amount of work, but worked out perfectly for the center portion. Otherwise, the blanket would have been much shorter, and mario would have looked like some Goomba's got ironic revenge.

The curtains were a pain. We had to toss out the entire first row of curtains because they looked horrid with the lighter colored shading. The solid color turned out much, much better.

As you can see in the pictures, the blanket is reversible. Overall size is 42" wide and 90" long.

I've been running around in circles with the fellow who commissioned this project for way too long now. I really don't have a choice but to assume he's backed out on me.

As such, this blanket is available immediately.
$250 shipped

Click the following 2 links for the posts in which I added pictures:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=89654.msg1029782#msg1029782
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=89654.msg1037236#msg1037236

opt2not · « **Reply #97 on:** December 11, 2009, 04:46:03 pm »

Awww, that's horrible. Makes you guys put in all that work, then gives you the run-around...that's pretty low-brow.

If I could afford it, I'd snatch this up in a heart-beat!

shardian · « **Reply #98 on:** December 11, 2009, 04:51:34 pm »

Quote from: opt2not on December 11, 2009, 04:46:03 pm

Awww, that's horrible. Makes you guys put in all that work, then gives you the run-around...that's pretty low-brow.

If I could afford it, I'd snatch this up in a heart-beat!

Like I said on KLOV, I would rather hope the guy has flaked than think something bad has happened to him. I've written the guy and told him my deal stands if he shows back up and it hasn't sold yet - no hard feelings. No worries on our end, because I don't think it will be a problem to sell it. I just wanted to try and get it sold during the Christmas season if possible. Lots more potential buyers out this time of year.

shardian · « **Reply #99 on:** December 18, 2009, 10:10:50 pm »

New project: Raccoon Mario plush doll

Michelle has been working on this one as 'eye strain' relief during breaks from other jobs for a while now. He is 10.5" tall.

He is not a commission project, so he is available for immediate sale. Price is $50 shipped to lower 48 states.

shardian · « **Reply #100 on:** February 17, 2010, 03:52:07 pm »

Been a while since I bumped the thread over here.

Anyways, I'm excited to say that I sold the mario blanket on etsy last night. I knew that would work out fine.

If anyone is interested, the most current pillows sets we have done are from Mappy and Qbert.

Visit http://playtimecreations.etsy.com to see the Mappy pillows. We're experimenting a bit with pillows by allowing you to mix and match if you want. No pics of the Qbert pillows yet. Hope to get them up in the next day or two.

The next project in the queue will be a Coily plush to go with the large Qbert plush.

shardian · « **Reply #101 on:** March 03, 2010, 07:47:51 pm »

Some new projects to unveil.

First off, here is the new Qbert pillow collection. Soon a coily will be made to pair with the qbert plush doll.

There is still one Qbert doll immediately available if anyone is interested. As always, if you see anything in this thread, on Etsy, or on my FLickr page, new ones can be made for you. If you have an idea of something you want made, contact me, because we do most work on commission basis now.

Next is a pillow to pair with the Charlie Chuck Foodfight pillow. I included the original Charlie Chuck for reference.

VibrationsOfDoom · « **Reply #102 on:** March 04, 2010, 06:33:45 am »

Man, these pillows are absolutely INCREDIBLE.. You guys gotta give props here... Anyway, I was actually considering a pillow or two myself... I REALLY dig the shading and workmanship on the Coily (snake from Q*Bert) design!!! The Mappy ones are cool too!

Malenko · « **Reply #103 on:** March 04, 2010, 10:00:38 am »

I still have and love my pillow. I loved that mario blanket but I couldnt afford it

shardian · « **Reply #104 on:** March 04, 2010, 12:04:20 pm »

Quote from: Malenko on March 04, 2010, 10:00:38 am

I still have and love my pillow. I loved that mario blanket but I couldnt afford it

I have a galaga ship blanket about 60% complete that I'll be putting up for sale soon.

shardian · « **Reply #105 on:** April 11, 2010, 08:50:25 pm »

Bump for anyone who hasn't seen this before. If you see anything previous we've made, it can be remade. If you have new ideas for a commission based project, just shoot me a PM and we can talk about it.

We have several finished projects in stock ready to go at:
http://playtimecreations.etsy.com

We will also have a new set of the popular Bubble Bobble plush dolls finished this week if anyone is interested in them.

shardian · « **Reply #106 on:** April 14, 2010, 04:57:00 pm »

I just posted a new pair of Bubble Bobble dolls on Etsy if anyone is interested. You can buy them there, or just contact me here to purchase direct.

http://playtimecreations.etsy.com

shardian · « **Reply #107 on:** April 30, 2010, 11:41:09 pm »

Official announcement: COILY PLUSH DOLL!

Here is the long awaited doll to pair with your Qbert.

Pics really speaks for themselves I think.

He will be $40, just like Qbert. This first one will be $35+shipping. Future coily's are done with a slightly different stitch that works a bit better for Michelle and give a neater coil. I will also offer a $5 discount to anyone who has bought from me before if they want one - $10 discount on a set of this and Qbert. To claim the discount, you just have to post a pic of your previous purchase - either you posing with it, or it setting with a game. I suppose sitting on the couch is fine too.

shardian · « **Reply #108 on:** June 19, 2010, 08:08:10 pm »

Introducing the latest item from my wife's talented hands: A Bubble Bobble baby blanket.

This was a custom project for a member at KLOV. It is by far the biggest project we have done. Although it is smaller than the Mario blanket, it was more than twice as much work.

shardian · « **Reply #109 on:** June 30, 2010, 09:31:27 pm »

No comments?

Hey MameMaster, feel free to put Michelle in the mag again.

Just let me know if so, because I'd have to buy the issue as a one-off. Sadly I had to let my subscription lapse due to tight fundage.

Pinball Wizard · « **Reply #110 on:** June 30, 2010, 11:31:58 pm »

Must have missed this one when it came by, nice looking blanket. Tell your wife to keep up the good work!

Malenko · « **Reply #111 on:** July 01, 2010, 04:09:21 pm »

Quote from: shardian on March 04, 2010, 12:04:20 pm

Quote from: Malenko on March 04, 2010, 10:00:38 am
I still have and love my pillow. I loved that mario blanket but I couldnt afford it

I have a galaga ship blanket about 60% complete that I'll be putting up for sale soon.

never saw the blankie.............

my mom wants a Ms PacMan pillow, in the shape of mspac man. Doable?

shardian · « **Reply #112 on:** July 01, 2010, 04:23:43 pm »

I still haven't finished that Galaga blanket unfortunately.


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