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Papercraft commission of Coco (and the brushbug!) from Witch Hat Atelier! I just adore the manga, so I was super excited to make this piece. ^_^

Some of the materials fought me, though! I really wanted to use that shimmery turquoise-patterned paper for the underside of her cloak, but could NOT find an ink that would stain the paper properly. I tried everything I could think of! But the paper has some kind of slightly waxy coating on it that made paint and ink slide right off it, and using colored pencils wasn't achieving the smooth color gradient I wanted. But in the end, a friend had a marker that sank into the paper to stain it close to the color I wanted, and I was able to use colored pencils on top of that to smooth the color out. Thank you, buddy!! You saved Coco's cloak!

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Papercraft commission of Coco (and the brushbug!) from Witch Hat Atelier! I just adore the manga, so I was super excited to make this piece. ^_^

Some of the materials fought me, though! I really wanted to use that shimmery turquoise-patterned paper for the underside of her cloak, but could NOT find an ink that would stain the paper properly. I tried everything I could think of! But the paper has some kind of slightly waxy coating on it that made paint and ink slide right off it, and using colored pencils wasn't achieving the smooth color gradient I wanted. But in the end, a friend had a marker that sank into the paper to stain it close to the color I wanted, and I was able to use colored pencils on top of that to smooth the color out. Thank you, buddy!! You saved Coco's cloak!