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Wahahahahahaa >//////< yes my identity is known! xD
Thanks a million, Izuzu! But you do too!! I mean, you do so many awesome things and that really inspires me to always try new things to ^U^ *highfives*

@hackerblackrose:

ASHFJDKLHAJFKLHAJKFLHAJKLFHAK!!!!!! Now I'm not able to type!! xD THANKYOU Rose!! GAH >//////////< You are so kind, you're making me smile!! Thankyou so much for the kind comments always! And don't worry, take your time... I haven't been on recently either and I usually just post a couple of things over a long while >_ But i would love to see you around more anyway, just don't get stressed by your school work!

OMINDFEIJKDFNWIOMGOSH! Okay seriously I NEED TO GET ON MORE BECAUSE I MISS SEEING YOUR BEAUTIFUL SELF. and being so adorable cute in the totoro hoodie! >.< ♥ you have pretty blue eyes and you winking is really cute >////< and you must of work really hard on this! I seriously need to get on more now. so cute so cute so very cute. THIS IS JUST TOO CUTE. ♥ I am just speechless now. I am happy to see more of you though ♥ take care dear!

@MangaKid:

Ooh, yeah... I could really see these going over big, especially in Japan ^_^ They'd have to be officially licensed.

And yeah, definitely best to keep it as close to on-model as you can.

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AH Shelly!! I'm glad you like my hoodie!! I wish I could mass produce it and sell it to everyone (friends get it cheap, or a Christmas gift!!) ... It was so hard to make tho >Q<

@CelestialSushi:

Thanks a million for commenting on my Totoro Hoodie, Sushi!! I'm so glad you like it! I was determined to make the face as similar as I could seeing that some of the other homemade hoodie's had some funny Totoro faces! It would definitely be a hot sell if someone could produce these and sell them :D

@HotRamen2Go009:

GAH Late reply to your comment on my Totoro hoodie!
THANKYOU RAMEN!! Im glad you liked the hoodie and thanks for encouraging me with it :)

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Thankyou Bou-chan!!!

@Zuzu Uchiha:

Ah late reply to your comment on my Totoro hoodie! Thankyou, Zuzu!!!
OH you should make it, definitely! It was fun and its a unique hoodie for sure :D Thanks!
But no way!! I'm so bad at modelling and not photogenic at all xD haha!
Thanks a million, bud <3

that's one of the coolest thing ever! :O

Fantastic work Jen-chan! :D

You are so talented! The hoodie looks amazing! : ) It could actually pass as an official product. If you had just posted pictures of it on your world without saying anything about making it, I’m sure people would think that it was official. It looks very professional.

Take Care

@MangaKid:

hehe you're welcome
haha realy cool if I had such a cool hoodi I woud never pull it off except for washing xD I undestand if I would seen u in a store I would ask the same :D ♥
haha it's almost the same ;)

@MangaKid:

hehe you're welcome
haha realy cool if I had such a cool hoodi I woud never pull it off except for washing xD I undestand if I would seen u in a store I would ask the same :D ♥
haha it's almost the same ;)

@MangaKid:

"I wanna roll around on the floor cuz I dont know what to do" Seriously the best line ever! Hahahaha!!

Omg I want one! So talented!

I wasn't kidding when I said that you should open an Otaku Shop Gaki. NOT AT ALL.

TALENT!!!

dgtkl jldafjedhgf,ekthkrawefeg The awesome is just too VAST!

~lunastarz~

@chihiroyin:

Thankyou, Yin-chan!!
Yay I'm glad you think so! ^U^ AH I've worn it at home and while I'm out! Before I put the ears on it, I wore it when out shopping and someone said they liked it! I want to see if anyone comments and actually knows who Totoro is :D
Thanks so much! It is fluffy, or fuzzy at least :)

@cheriepy:

Thankyou so much!!! I appreciate the comment! The hoodie took me probably about 2 weeks in total to finish. After the first week or so of work, my mom and I had the front and face done. So then I stopped working on it since I was able to wear it! So it took a month and a half until finally the other day, I asked my mom to help me finish the ears x)
I think it turned out just like how I wanted!! I only thought maybe the ears were too long, but its hard to deal with the ears since they look different when the hoodie is placed certain ways.
Thankyou so much!! :)

@Aryia:

WEEEEEEEEEE thankyou so much, Aryia!!! ^U^ Yay! :D

WAH you're so nice, thanks a million for the compliments!! I feel so happy! Reading your comment has made me so proud of the hoodie <3 Thankyou!!! I could dance right now~ xD

Yes you're right! I think I let the project lag on since I was able to wear the hoodie without the ears (since the face was done and everything else in the front) so I didn't feel as motivated to finish it for a while xP But its a good thing I did! *hugs* Thankyou! Oh let me see... Well the tummy and face took between one and two weeks. Then I stopped working on it (excuses like work and life got in the way :P) for about a month and a half. >u< Then my mom helped me finish the ears within two days! So really, it was probably a 2 week job in total. Not that long, but just hard work!

Oh I forgot to mention that I even watched My Neighbor Totoro when working on this! So that was cool too :) But I owe most of the work to my mom... I could almost say I just designed it and my mom sewed it up xD I'm not very good at sewing haha!

@ItachiSasuke:

Yay!! ^U^ Hahaha I'm sososo happy that you like it so much!! :D
OH they aren't being sold by a company! (did you mean 'aren't?' ... I read are xD) LOL Yes!! Minions! That would be very helpful! The only other Totoro hoodies I've seen are other handmade ones on Google Images.
GAH You're making me happy but also all shafdjklahfjkdslaf I wanna roll around on the floor cuz I dont know what to do xD AH shaddup xP I can't take it! xD LOL I'm gonna die now, after reading that comment XD LOL I'll tell my brother you said that! Him and KK are pretty good with photography! They've helped me take pictures and I'm always surprised that they do really well!
Hahah yeah! My brother and I were planning on making a matching Totoro for him and bought the same hoodie, but he balked when he saw how much work it was O_o' So right now, he's just wearing his hoodie in the normal plain grey.
Thanks Bonnie-chan!

@elricbrothersfan:

ASDHFJKAL!! Thankyou for the AWESOME comment, Elricz!! <3 I'm so thrilled that you like the hoodie! ^U^
Thankyou for the questions too!! :3
1 - Actually she didn't have to do that! Some people who have made Totoro hoodies take off the pocket and use the pocket material for the other grey features like ears. With my hoodie, my mom just wrapped the pockets with white material and hand-sewed the inside. Part of the inside is still grey but its out of sight x)
2 - I was thinking the same thing, we'd have to deconstruct everything again just to coat the hoodie with the white material! But my mom just sewed the white material to the hoodie(as close to the zipper as possible) with a sewing machine before hand-sewing the very perimeter of the white material down to the zipper so its even closer. Gah I feel like I'm not explaining well.. but I hope you can picture it!
3 - LOLz >///< Cuz I'm so shy and really not photogenic XD Lol I can't believe I still posted that picture, it was a joke XD

Wah!!!??? This is so awesomely done! You and your mom make such a great team :D
Also thanks for the special thanks ^^
I really like what you two did and the details are amazing. I wish I could do something like this too but I'm not sure if I would have the patience or the sowing skillz to do so.
You two totally captured the character of Totoro. His grin is right on!
I want to add that you look great in it too, Jen.
Have fun wearing it :D
Thanks for sharing this wonderful creation with all of us ^^
ttyl

Any way of keeping the ears to stay up? Looks super cute! You did a great job with that!

It looks really pretty :3
hehe it suits u do u wear it when u go out or only when relaxing home ?
It looks so fluffy ♥
Well done !

Gwah! It turned out awesomely! So cool! >,< Great job, Jen!

Ah, that’s so awesome!! Really, it looks so professional – you and your mom did an amazing job on it! The design is just perfect ~ I love it!! ^-^

THIS IS FRICKIN AWESOME!

Seriously this is bad-ass hoodie. Such an epic idea and it looks great on you! I would be so proud if I had such a hoodie and could say me and my mom made it together.

I can't see any mistakes on anything off. It just fits great, is symmetrical and a full load of cuteness!

Doesn't it just feel great when you finally finish a big project? :P *hugs* How many hours did it take you?

Wow, this is sooo awesome!! Now I want one too :3 Especially since winter is approaching :D

Woo, well done! Very well done! :D The details are really good, and the face is so well rendered :D If Ghibli sold hoodies (don't know if they do), they should be like this.

WHA!!!!! It's so awesome and so professionally made :)

Nice job and Thank you for your special thank...it make me feel so.... >_< :D ^^

Have a good one Jen and have fun wearing your new hoodie!!

wow Jen this is amazing and well done I want to make this for myself now aha real cool
You put alot of effort into this
you should model more XD
Well done buddy just really well done

Haha! You’re super happy? I’m super super happy then! xD
*is tackled* xD Nuuuu, I can’t fight because of the Totoro cuteness overload!! I love the hood, it’s my favourite part I think  Though it’s all hard to tell, the whole this, like I said, is pure awesomeness. LOL, you should make them available in like…neon green or something HAHA!! ;)
They would be awesome stuff to sell! I was reading your other comment to Kiba and I’m shocked that they are being sold by some company! D= You’ll need to hire minions like in Despicable me or something to get the job done! ;D
NO problem!! :D I know, sometimes I’m evil like that and say stuff like that to make your blush! But you’re seriously a good modeller (I'm guessing your winky face is what gets all the guys!! I'll have to try that too XD) ^__^ And your brother has a good eye for the camera. Maybe he should be a professional photographer? :D
It's like this project was a lovely family project ^^

aslknsgsd okay okay I has like a million three questions but first!!

OMGHEE that looks SO AMAZINGLES you have NO IDEA!!!

Now onto the questions...
1 - Did your mom have to deconstruct and make new pockets? I assume yes.
2 - With the fabric overlapping the zipper area, was that deconstructed too?
3 - Not really a question... well okay yes I guess it's a question... why *covers face*? Le winky face was totes adorable!

omg! Jen this looks amazing! you did a fantastic job on it! it looks like you can just order one! XD
you put to many details on it, it looks just like Totoro!

@Keba Si Rota:

Hahaha! ^U^ Thanks Keba! I did a lot of research on other Totoro hoodies, you can see all the other handmade ones if you google it! Its amazing that no big company has seemed to pick up on making these... not even in Japan as far as I know. Anyway thankyou for the comment!! :)

@ItachiSasuke:

LOLOLOL I'm smiling so much, I'm super happy you saw this right away, Bonnie!! Kyaaaaaaaa thankyou for the amazing comment, I can't stop smiling!!! :D
WAH thanks a million!!!! *tackles and hugs u* I wasn't sure whether it looked OK with the hood on or not... seeing it changes Totoro's usual look. But I'm super glad you love how it turned out!! ahjklasdfjalkf I'm wearing it right now!
asfhjkalf I would totally love to make you one, and even have something like this for sale!! except its a huge project to do =_= I wish I could make it in a factory!
THANKYOU 100% AWESOME THANKYOU BONNIE!!!! You've made me so happy with ur comment, I'm really glad I could post the pictures here (finally!) and show you ^U^
PS. OH LOL >/////////< Don't make me blush! I wasn't even trying to model, just fooling around XD And my little bro took some of the photos for me too! <3

Oh. Wow. *Is speechless.*

WAAAAAAAHHHH!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!
IT'S. FINALLY. POSTED! SLKFJSDLFKJSLDFK!! After much anticipation, I get to treat my eyes to this lovely-ness of a sweater! It looks AMAZING JENNA! I love the hood, it's my favourite and I would totally wear it up all the time because it looks cool like that!
Dudette, you need to get this up on the market! I bet it will sell lots (I wanna buy one :3). Congrats, I know you've been working hard on this, and seeing the finished product, you should be more than proud of yourself, and you mom too! :D
EDIT: Nice modelling, you got the poses down pat XD
EDIT#2: I think I mentioned this before, but you have one of the prettiest smiles :)