Note: There Will Be Blood. Video especially Not for the Faint of Heart. /warning

While I do not always attend the U of A, an approximate third of my tasks fall within their jurisdiction, I must admit my true pride correlates my participation in the curriculum of a more 'tangible' university:


This past May I had the privilege of graduating from this glorious university and the opportunity to don the associated attire.


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And though I have but a modest list I can claim to on my profile here...


High Scores have always been among my most coveted accomplishments.

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For this task I found outfitting my cap to be a more suiting and useful expression of my allegiances:


Worn, of course, to both my Integrative Biology commencement where it aided in identifying me among the 300+ graduates ...


My, what lovely guests I had in attendance! :)

... as well as my Art Practice commencement (where i couldn't believe no one else decorated their caps!)



Hooray even more lovely guests!


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To present this accomplishment as something a tad more permanent I've made a few preparations


I traced the coveted SFØ fleur,


figured out my own primitive form of image transfer,


sanitized and prepped my equipment,


accomplished the procedure...




and finalized the whole process with the (sanitary) ash of a Lucky Strike (this part's for you, Grandma Heidi! Love you always.)

ashy wound:


{{ further images of the procedure can be viewed below }}
many many thanks again to CRPP for the excellent documentation as well as assistance!


Et voilà! The Art of High Score Tasking - Now My Worn as My Sleeve.

this is after one day of healing, we shall soon see how it ages!

Update: A few days later and it's healing well - though the ash didn't take! it'll be easier to make the appropriate depth of cut this next round given i have a more permanent outline of the design to work with :)