Costume Update, Fall Break, and the Second Art Critique

So I'm beginning to think the whole update-every-Monday isn't really working.  So I guess my posts will just be random.  I'd really like to be able to update once a week, but what with school and my ongoing search for a job I think I can only legitimately promise an update once a month.  I'll likely have more than that, but hopefully no less.

Now, on to the art!

Over the weekend I worked a lot on my Hallowe'en costume.  For fun, I drew how I want my costume to turn out in more of an aesthetic design.  It's like I turned my notes into a work of art themselves.  Not that I think they look super professional and amazing or anything, but it's just different than what I normally do.

My costume has three different stages or "options" if you will.  The first option is just the tunic and the blouse, in case it's really hot or something outside.  The second adds a second set of sleeves that can attach to the tunic with leather or some other form of laces.  And the third adds the liripipe (the hood - it's kind of the only technical term I know for any of the parts of my costume, so you'll probably see me dropping it around a lot.  You got to admit, though, it's a cool name for a hat).  At the moment, it's the only thing I'm really worried about making without a pattern.  It's kind of a complex design and because I'll have to buy my own fabric, I really don't want to mess anything up.
Although this picture took a great deal of effort and it's a very good reference for me, it really doesn't serve a purpose unless I actually make my costume.  So, I now present to you my peasant blouse:

Originally the design was based off this tutorial: http://urban-sidhe.deviantart.com/#/d5459gt

But then I had to make a whole ton of modifications because I accidentally made the sleeves too tight.  (I don't really read tutorials, I just glance through them and then pretend I know what I'm doing).  I plan on making my own tutorial about all the adjustments I had to make if anyone is interested.  I'm incredibly pleased with how this turned out.  I've never actually made clothes for an actual human being before without having a tangible pattern.  It was a rather exciting adventure.  The neckline gave me some grief, but I think it turned out alright in the end.  Oh, and sorry about the interesting camera angles, I was taking the pictures myself and I didn't really want it to look like I was awkwardly holding my iPod backwards at arm's length.  I'm not entirely sure I succeeded or not. 

 And my parting gift is my latest AP art project which was technically due today.  I'm not entirely finished with it, yet, so I'll explain some of the finer details later.  All you really need to know is that it's a tree-building-thing.