New Kitsune!

[merimask]

I did it!  I totally redesigned the kitsune so that they'd be 20% larger, yet have the same proportions of the smaller original kitsune mask.  See?  New one on the left, old design on the right for comparison.
  
Shaping will always play a role with these because they have such a simple outline, but really I think I came pretty darn close.  Below are two more of the new larger kits (both available right now in my Etsy shop).




Really, to my eye, you can't tell these are significantly larger than the old design, which was my goal.  I'm just going to stop making the smaller mask entirely.   These are generic enough to fit just about anyone, so it's a safer bet that more people will be happier with these.

I know it seems like a silly thing to fret so much over one design, but I hate it when people have a problem with something I made.  It feels like failure to me.  Plus, the kitsune is so darn popular.  I just want it to be as perfect as I can make it. 
 
In other news; it is a gorgeous day out there.  I am going for two bike rides...not one but two!   *smooch*  Hope you are all having lovely, wonderful Fridays out there.  ^_^

Comments

[madshutterbug.livejournal.com]

One wonders, one does, are the eye-openings (or the masks themselves) large enough to allow wearing eyeglasses underneath? Also, without a measuring device in the photograph, they certainly don't look much larger. They don't look much different (other than individual decoration, say) from each other at all, so you did a grand job getting the proportions correct.

[kelkyag]

The change in the outlining of the eyes is a fascinating one, and the extension of the eyebrows further past the eye openings. Are the ears on the new ones about the same size as the ears on the old ones, or have they been scaled up? They look slightly smaller, proportionately, but that may just be a quirk of the photographs.

They're both lovely, but definitely different if given more than a glance. I would be vastly curious to hear about the design choices. Would a straight scaling-up not work? I don't have a sense of whether a 20% increase in the size of the eye openings would make it look wrong when worn (and being a crazy larper, I tend to like masks with larger eyes).

Cool!

[tashiro.livejournal.com]

They look awesome!
Bad news though -- it seems the package you sent didn't come in, and CanGames is tomorrow/Sunday. :( Sucks, really, I was looking forward to showing off your stuff. So, what I'll be doing is showing off the mask I've got, and I'll pick a few pictures of your work and make a one-page spread to show people, use your business card I got with my mask, and print out my own business cards for you so people can take them and go to your Etsy sight.

I'm really disappointed the post office was so slow with sending the package. That really stinks. Well, I'll do what I can though. I like helping friends. :)