A couple months ago, my sister Bastek asked me to do a badge for her for FC. "Something no one's ever done before." Sounded like a good challenge to me. I finally did it last night, as I was waiting for things to print and whatnot. I can't say that no one's ever done this before, But -I- haven't done anything like it, and it's not something one sees often in this fandom.

I started with a postcard (I like postcards, they make me happy), I found one that I thought Bastek would like, and also that would, in some way at least, represent a part of who she is. I used a sketch that had been in my book for a couple weeks, and managed to transfer it to the postcard. I had to ink it with sharpie, because my normal inking pens wouldn't stick to the surface. Colored pencil wouldn't stick very well, either, until I ended up using some Tufffulm Fixative on it. That's good stuff. It completely seals whatever's under it, and gives you a nice matte surface that lets you go back in with almost any kind of media.

Laminating this was a huge pain in my arse- I think I've learned my lesson about buying cheapo laminators- that thing broke within a couple weeks of having it. It finally died, and I had to frankenstein it to make it finish laminating this one. 0_o