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sorry i realised i'm actually not done with my insane expedition 33 rambles. what do you MEAN there's concept art of esquié rescuing sciel ;_;
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The little illustrations I drew for the @clairobscursecretsanta blog !
Hi! Saw your Esquie posts and was wondering if you perhaps would sell a pattern of him? If not then I'd love to be added to the wait list if thats still an option. Thank you, and hope you have a lovely day!
Hello, thank you for your interest in my Esquie plushie!! Hope you don't mind if I answer this publicly since a few people have asked me about a potential pattern for it now.
I did seriously consider what would go into the logistics of making a pattern to sell. I've made embroidery patterns to sell before but never sewing ones, and the amount of effort that went into writing up those was really time consuming, and I only even had two stitch types involved. I've never made any kind of sewing pattern before and I think my style of crafting is not very suitable for conversion to a commercial product. Writing patterns is it's own skill (converting it to digital and retaining correct sizes, adding proper seam allowances which I don't use when I am just sewing for myself, writing out each step in a way that makes sense, describing techniques, material sourcing lists, order of steps, what angle to sew off the end of fabric, when to stop sewing right at a line vs continue to edge...). Also so much of the process was me fiddling around and hoping for the best, or detailed finicky hand sewing, that I'm not sure how to convey to another person vs just being in my brain. I've also changed a few things this second round to make improvements, and probably that will keep happening as I make more!
The sewing process itself also did involve a lot of advanced steps--inserting an invisible zipper, gathering fabric, sewing in very small areas, making my own bias tape, using different kinds of interfacing, etc. Not that these aren't things anyone even beginners can learn--but I also had to look up tutorials to follow for all of them myself, so wouldn't trust myself to write steps for others to attempt them. I also used like 15 different fabrics and findings, and my process involved hand dying some of them as well, which is a whole other skillset... plus i have been straight up using a drill to help get the holes in the banner necklace and "electric drill and bits" feels like an insane prerequisite to put on a sewing pattern someone wants to buy. All together I think it would probably take me another hundred hours to figure out how to turn it into a pattern and I just don't really have the extra time/motivation right now. If that changes and I run out of other things to do someday I might, but it's not on my current list.
As for the waitlist I mentioned though, that is definitely still a thing! Right now I have 4 plushies I have been working on, and 5 people already on the waitlist. If the plushies all sell and there's still people who want one, I will start a second batch. If some people have changed their mind and decided not to purchase one so everyone who wants one gets one, I will probably make more eventually but probably wait a bit longer to start. You'll be 6th on the waitlist, so I'll send you a message when they're closer to complete in a couple weeks. And again the waitlist is not a solid commitment to purchase, so if this batch sells out and you decide you don't want to wait for a second batch to be made, or if when the second batch is done you're no longer interested, that's perfectly fine!
#pseudonemisis#esquie plushie#esquie wip#esquie#jade plays coe33#clair obscur#i may also make a faster batch of torso/pants fabric variant esquies with no back pocket to test how some different materials look#since the one i use for the torso is one that i not only hand dyed but had to have a paypal dispute with the seller becuase it never shippe#and then i think it only shipped bc i opened the dispute so i'm unclear if i can get more of it? if the sites a scam or im blacklisted lol#rip#so if i order more i am gonna do it through a friends address just in case....#but anyone on the waitlist would have first access to the fabric variant ones also though thyere also welcome to hold off for the originals#replies#ramblings
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The girls and Esquie
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real talk my favourite part of e33 by the end was esq & monoco, and especially their relationship with verso.
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Inktober Day 9 - Heavy "Hate to admit it... but the view really is nice"
you can take esquie/francois from me only over my dead body
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They are fine mon ami.e
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Finally had some time to do art if my boy, Verso.
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♥️ Mon ami ♥️
My plushie version of Esquie is finally complete! Pretty much as soon as I finished my first Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 playthrough, I was so emotional I knew I needed to recreate this toy from in the game so I could have something to hug to comfort myself after the ending (and you can probably guess which one).
This was a real labor of love over the last month (and consumed almost all of my free time)--I wanted it to be as close as possible to the in-game model, and to feel as luxurious as a real toy from a rich family in the 1800s might. I remember some of the old dolls/figurines my grandma had when I was a child, and they used heavy fabrics, lots of detail work, and often ceramic components for faces/hands. So for this project I went with mostly upholstery fabrics--chenilles, velvets, microsuedes, and thick woven weaves; I also overdyed the torso fabric so it would be truer in color. I tried to stick to natural fibers where possible, and was particular in selecting shell and wood buttons for the face details rather than plastic. By my count, this project involved 10 different types of fabric, 8 or more notions, and countless sewing tools & tricks to get them all together.
As a fun extra, I decided to put a pocket in the back--to hold Esquie's magic rocks and Verso's wine, of course! And maybe a suspicious mushroom as well...
My WIP process and photos are in my "esquie wip" tag if you want to see how it went!
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of course Esquie is the most powerful creature in the entire world and uses rocks as his source of magic and he can go anywhere and do anything, because he's a lonely young boy's favourite toy and that's obviously how favourite toys work. of course Monoco is that same boy's best friend and they play fight and get into trouble together but are fiercely protective of each other, because he's a lonely young boy's dog and that's obviously how dogs work. I'm sad about this game.
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Quick (ish) 'thank you' drawing I did for the likes/shares/comments etc. on my recent Clair Obscur art. (Mostly for other platforms, where I have a harder time responding to stuff. But wanted to share it here too!) :D
Textless version below the cut!
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HE'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!
i got my esquie plush from @songofsaraneth today!
LOOK AT HIM
look at the detail!!! look at these fabrics!!! look at the copious storage for assorted rocks and wine!
10000000000/10 highly recommend purchasing a large friend of your very own. guaranteed more wheeeee than whoooo
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♥️ Mon ami ♥️
My plushie version of Esquie is finally complete! Pretty much as soon as I finished my first Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 playthrough, I was so emotional I knew I needed to recreate this toy from in the game so I could have something to hug to comfort myself after the ending (and you can probably guess which one).
This was a real labor of love over the last month (and consumed almost all of my free time)--I wanted it to be as close as possible to the in-game model, and to feel as luxurious as a real toy from a rich family in the 1800s might. I remember some of the old dolls/figurines my grandma had when I was a child, and they used heavy fabrics, lots of detail work, and often ceramic components for faces/hands. So for this project I went with mostly upholstery fabrics--chenilles, velvets, microsuedes, and thick woven weaves; I also overdyed the torso fabric so it would be truer in color. I tried to stick to natural fibers where possible, and was particular in selecting shell and wood buttons for the face details rather than plastic. By my count, this project involved 10 different types of fabric, 8 or more notions, and countless sewing tools & tricks to get them all together.
As a fun extra, I decided to put a pocket in the back--to hold Esquie's magic rocks and Verso's wine, of course! And maybe a suspicious mushroom as well...
My WIP process and photos are in my "esquie wip" tag if you want to see how it went!
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