Tag: fat acceptance

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Alex Heberling

My submission for Love Your Body Day 2011.  Amanda of Love Your Body Detroit sent me a silver piggy bank, and I transformed it into Hyacinth, the fat ballet-dancing hippo from Disney’s 1940 film, Fantasia!

I was a little distraught that I had to give her away, but I’m so happy with how she turned out, and I have ideas on how I could have improved it, so I may make another one.

Her snout and cheeks were sculpted right onto the piggy with Sculpey, baked, and then she was primed and painted with acrylics.  Her little back feet have a coat of gold glitter nail polish for the ballet slippers, just because.  Then I sprayed her with an aerosol satin sealing spray, and hot-glued on her tutu material with gold glitter hot-glue.  The material is actually a Disney-branded trim, too!

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Alex Heberling

fuckyeahfatpositive:

Words to express and  words to conceal. 

To create a dream or describe the real. 

Words to engage and words to reject. 

To be in agreement or to curtly correct.

Words to make love and words to make war. 

To hide what we know or share what we saw. 

Words meant to sooth and words meant to fight. 

To darken a day or lighten a night.

They’ve no life of their own or are worth e’en a cent, 

But that which we give them with certain intent. 

To use them with care with our own inner light 

Whenever we use them to speak or to write 

Is a goal for all people, but one hard to achieve- 

When internal impulses appear on our sleeve.

Words are forever and words can be lost. 

They seem to be free but can carry a cost. 

Knowing and caring are two different things- 

As is being aware of what words can bring.

Words can sing and words can cry- 

To express our deep feelings or reject and deny. 

How we use them defines our own way 

To all those who read or hear what we say.

AMAZING.

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Alex Heberling

Outfit from April 9, 2011

Dress: Domino Dollhouse sz. 22
Necklace: Paperelle @ Etsy
Sandals: Avenue sz. 11

This dress was almost sold out by the time I ordered it (as my birthday present to myself!) so it’s a size smaller than I would have liked to get.  Hence, it cinches my torso in quite a bit!  I simply couldn’t resist it’s cupcakey wiles.

I’m super excited about my Strawberry Dress!  I can’t wait to draw it.  I’m hoping it will come in time to wear it to a wedding I’m going to the first weekend in October. ^_^

As always, your model is 5’7" and 265 lbs.

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Alex Heberling

rosalarian:

nikoanesti:

I’m the opposite. I’m a skinny guy who dresses up like Mario, but I just look like someone cosplaying as Luigi pretending to be Mario. :C

Dear OP,

Maybe fat people cosplay as thin characters because there are so few fat characters that their choices for remaining in their body type are so limited and with so little variety. Being thin (and white), I have such a huge variety of characters I could cosplay as, but the variety for fat folks? Maybe 5% of the kind of choice I have.

Maybe the fat guy doesn’t like Mario. Maybe the fat guy really likes Luigi. Maybe everyone knows Luigi wears green and not read and they’re not really all that confused about what’s going on.

Maybe it’s cosplay and it’s fun and not really your business what somebody else cosplays as.

Please, cosplay whatever the hell you want.

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Alex Heberling

Outfit from 5.30.2011 (Memorial Day, [USA])

Top: Kiwi (thrifted) sz. 2X
Skirt: Merona sz. 2X
Shoes: Crocs sz. 10

I quite enjoy how this top wraps around me.  I feel really cute in this outfit.