MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
In lieu of the dozens of presents I did NOT get people, you can have a picture of Ari.
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Yes, that IS Ari. ^_^
More pics under the cut.
I never thought I'd actually one day have a use for that stupid wig that came with him, which has two colours and no fringe. It is also bloody small, making putting it on a real pain. But all my other wigs didn't work for this outfit, because of the green/yellow tones, so when I saw what it looked like it was quite a surprise. Unfortunately, you have to pin it back if not Ari loses an eye. So that was another frantic rush to make the pin look halfway Christmas-like. So in the end I borrowed gold ribbon and just stuck it on. This of course, did nothing so much as make sure the bloody pin is now super obvious, and super obviously black, no less.
Played around with this cool tool called Picnik in Flickr, which is basically rubbishy and all the good features require you to pay money, but in the end you have lots of fun so no problem. Also, this shot is intended to show the full dress so that I can feel better about the three days' worth of work put into it. And you can admire the pretty gold/silver carp candles, a gift from my cousin on her wedding day. They're awfully cute. I just can't figure out the signifcance of burning a bunch of fish when you get married.
He has really nice eyes. I love his brown eyes, the only problem is they kinda don't fit in the story, so this is an opportunity to use them. (Ok, I admit it. This is all smokescreen so that hopefully no one notices how his collarbones are shiny. Really shiny.)
I'll probably do some shots with the full dress, sometime in the future. And the compulsory longass explanation of everything. In the meantime, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!