Gravity Falls Robbie Valentino Cosplay Hoodie
by djmunsettled in Craft > Costumes & Cosplay
1882 Views, 3 Favorites, 0 Comments
Gravity Falls Robbie Valentino Cosplay Hoodie
![cropped.bmp](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FTS/H4GM/JREU8PT6/FTSH4GMJREU8PT6.bmp&filename=cropped.bmp)
Here is a Robbie Valentino Cosplay Hoodie I created.
Supplies
Black hoodie
Plastic folder folders
Masking tape
Red ink
Permanent magic marker
Gravity Falls
![tumblr_n4vcgbfpKh1s8k7qko1_1280.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FWS/9YB0/KH94M35W/FWS9YB0KH94M35W.jpg&filename=tumblr_n4vcgbfpKh1s8k7qko1_1280.jpg)
![Robbie.png](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FKR/U2RH/KH94M35V/FKRU2RHKH94M35V.png&filename=Robbie.png)
![OIP.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/F52/FWR7/KH94M35U/F52FWR7KH94M35U.jpg&filename=OIP.jpg)
For several years I was on a big Gravity Falls kick. The show is very well written and extremely entertaining. I started out several years ago doing a team cosplay at work. I dressed as Dipper Pines and built a large journal prop and my manager dressed as Mabel Pines and I made her one of Mabel's unique sweaters and a grappling hook gun.
Last year I hosted a Summerween event at the library where I worked. I created a Grunkle Stan cosplay.
In between these two event I created a Robbie Valentino cosplay that I deputed at Ohayocon and then pulled out again for Halloween.
Hoodie Image Design
![20180116_184211.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FFB/DUFV/JRAYMSL7/FFBDUFVJRAYMSL7.jpg&filename=20180116_184211.jpg)
The most distinctive part of Robbie's look is a hoodie with the image of a scarred bleeding heart.
I did my internet research and cleaned up an images from a screen grab.
I then blew it up and printed it on a piece of 8.5" x 11" paper.
Folder for Stencil
![20180116_184232.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/F11/DTE3/JRAYMSLI/F11DTE3JRAYMSLI.jpg&filename=20180116_184232.jpg)
![20180116_184258.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FA1/4O3P/JRAYMSLV/FA14O3PJRAYMSLV.jpg&filename=20180116_184258.jpg)
![20180116_184424.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FI6/IHOA/JRAYMSMC/FI6IHOAJRAYMSMC.jpg&filename=20180116_184424.jpg)
![20180116_184639.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FL6/QMUY/JRAYMSMN/FL6QMUYJRAYMSMN.jpg&filename=20180116_184639.jpg)
I was going to be making a stencil for the design. Instead of buying stencil plastic from a craft store I just went to a drug store and bought a plastic folder for under a dollar.
I disassembled it and had an 8.5" x 11" sheet of plastic to use.
Stencil Creation - Part One
![20180116_184712.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/F5H/BD1Z/JRAYMSN0/F5HBD1ZJRAYMSN0.jpg&filename=20180116_184712.jpg)
![20180116_184906.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FZM/H7LV/JRAYMSO3/FZMH7LVJRAYMSO3.jpg&filename=20180116_184906.jpg)
I then just used a glue stick to glue the design onto the plastic.
Stencil Creation - Part Two
![20180116_184932.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FZU/EMYV/JRAYMSOI/FZUEMYVJRAYMSOI.jpg&filename=20180116_184932.jpg)
![20180116_185016.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FNU/NP2Q/JRAYMSP3/FNUNP2QJRAYMSP3.jpg&filename=20180116_185016.jpg)
![20180116_185027.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FA0/IXHW/JRAYMSPI/FA0IXHWJRAYMSPI.jpg&filename=20180116_185027.jpg)
![20180116_185353.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FDL/62CH/JRAYMSPW/FDL62CHJRAYMSPW.jpg&filename=20180116_185353.jpg)
![20180116_190603.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/F4K/4M3H/JRAYMSQA/F4K4M3HJRAYMSQA.jpg&filename=20180116_190603.jpg)
I then cut out the stencil. I cut a chunk out with a knife and then trimmed the rest with scissors.
I decided against meticulously cutting out the dripping heart section and made it just one large piece. I would draw in the details.
Ink Application
Unfortunately I do not have any photos of this process.
I taped the stencil onto the hoodie with masking tape.
I then took a sponge and dabbed red silkscreen ink that I had bought at a craft store onto the stencil.
I have used this technique before but had always just used acrylic paint. I decided to use actual ink this time hoping it would be smoother. The acrylic paint always dried super stiff.
The ink dried just as stiff.
Oh well.
I used a black Sharpie to draw in the separation of the drips and the scar on the heart.
.
Final Hoodie
![20180216_123713.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/F6V/AEXT/JREU8NM2/F6VAEXTJREU8NM2.jpg&filename=20180216_123713.jpg)
![OIP.jpg](/proxy/?url=https://content.instructables.com/FPF/D512/KH94M8D9/FPFD512KH94M8D9.jpg&filename=OIP.jpg)
I found a hat and a shirt for a co-worker to dress up as Wendy and and I had another duo Gravity Falls cosplay.