{"id":583,"date":"2016-10-12T23:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T23:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirakiracat.com\/?p=583"},"modified":"2020-01-13T00:19:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T00:19:39","slug":"the-joker-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirakiracat.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/12\/the-joker-batman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joker: Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"584\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirakiracat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/img_0017-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-bGlnaHRib3gtZ2FsbGVyeS0x\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirakiracat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/img_0017-scaled.jpg?fit=768%2C1152&ssl=1\" width=\"768\" height=\"1152\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirakiracat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/joker1.png?fit=1000%2C1401&ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-bGlnaHRib3gtZ2FsbGVyeS0x\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirakiracat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/joker1.png?fit=768%2C1076&ssl=1\" width=\"768\" height=\"1076\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirakiracat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/joker2.png?fit=1000%2C1401&ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-bGlnaHRib3gtZ2FsbGVyeS0x\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirakiracat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/joker2.png?fit=768%2C1076&ssl=1\" width=\"768\" height=\"1076\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Character:<\/strong>\u00a0The Joker<br><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0Batman<br><strong>Version:<\/strong>\u00a0Bunny Suit (original art by:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/raspbeary.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raspbeary<\/a>)<br><strong>Debut:<\/strong>\u00a0DCC Fan Days <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a costume I originally started for Dragon Con 2014 but had to pause on because I hit some construction issues and I was buying a house and apparently I can handle the stress of one or the other but not both at the same time. I picked this out because I wanted to challenge myself with constructing a fully boned bunny suit. It was definitely a challenge. When I gave up on this the week before I left for Atlanta 2 years ago I told myself I would pick it back up and finish it ASAP. LOL that didn\u2019t happen. I want to tell you I have really good reasons as to why I kicked this down the line for 2 years but the honest truth is that I was mad at it. I didn\u2019t know how to solve my problems and that made me angry. It wasn\u2019t until I attended one of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JoshuaHartDesign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J. Hart\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0panels at Ikkicon at the beginning of the year that I got all of the answers I needed as to why this thing wasn\u2019t working out, but unfortunately to make it right I would have had to go back to square one. I wasn\u2019t into that, so I came up with a way to salvage all of the time I had put into the project, knowing all of the mistakes I had made and how to fix them if I ever found myself wanting to try again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the suit itself I wanted to constructed all as one piece, with the strength layer built into the suit. I learned that my mistakes in this were that I did not account for fabric ease on the outer layers. When a garment is 3-4 layers thick outer layers need slightly more seam allowance to fit over the under layers. Shout out to J. Hart\u2019s bodice panel for giving me my a-ha moment. I had been following bunny suit tutorials, but none of them ever talked about this. So how was I able to salvage my suit if I didn\u2019t give myself enough ease? I had made my outer most layer out of a 2 way stretch vinyl. I was able to take my boning layer and turn it into a classic over bust corset that was seperate from the suit layer. I then lined the suit with a 2 way stretch lycra. This meant that now my shell could stretch over my corset, where as originally I was trying to line the suit in a non stretch fabric. Classic bunny suits do not have stretch, which is why they are SO FREAKING HARD to make. Since my corset was now seperate i could lace it up and then fit the shell over it. This is not how I wanted this costume to be made, but it\u2019s also the only way I could save the work without starting completely over. I gained a lot of knowledge from it so I was ok with doing it this way, it was not how I wanted it but it\u2019s wasn\u2019t without plenty of experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I patterned the bunny suit out\u00a0using what I guess you call the saran wrap method. I made a mock up of my strength layer based on a commercial over bust corset pattern. I used canvas and zip ties to draft it, then once I knew the length of bones I needed I was able to order them to put into the mock up for a more accurate fit so I could move on to drafting the suit.\u00a0I wore my strength layer mock up\u00a0while my husband wrapped me in saran wrap, then tape, then drew on the seam lines and cut me back out. I then used that to trace and draft a muslin. After 2-3 muslins I was happy with my fit and I began building all of the layers out, and thats when it all fell apart. As I mentioned earlier nothing I read talked about adding ease for outer layers and my suit didn\u2019t fit as a result. This is the point where I stuffed it in a closet for 2 years before coming back and switching to separate pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the tailcoat I used a commercial pattern starting point and then modified the crap out of it. I drafted the lapel piece and the tails and added them to the bodice. All of with swirly detail was cut with a hot knife, heat n bonded to the lining and then topstitched for security. The bunny ear design was done with the same method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo: The Dallas Morning News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction notes and photos for The Joker from Batman, Bunny Suit version (original art by: 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