How I made 'the Owlchemist' (and how the ears move!) 

EDIT: HEY I MADE A LORE VIDEO YOU GUYS- it's here! Public so you don't have to be a Patreon member to watch it- and there's a google doc with a little more in the description too. www.patreon.com/posts/its-loooooore-110511005?Link& Okay folks, so many requests for the 20 minute info-dump of character lore, watch this space, I might make at least like... a google doc or something for those who want to read about it so far! (Maybe eventually a video)

Who else wants the 20 minute lore dump?!

“I just do stuff until it works.” She’s a 5E sorceress!

Pretty sure you were a NPC in someone’s D&D campaign that gained sentience and now are living your best life

"possibly the coolest thing I have ever made" Juniper is incredibly awesome and considering some of the things you made, that's saying something. Love your work. Stay Twisteddd!

First, I want to say thank you for doing these long-form videos. They are so comforting to watch, as well as informative and inspiring. Second, it's so wonderful to see someone else sewing who makes mistakes, and has to re-do things. I'm so intimidated by projects and creators, putting them on pedestals and thinking I can never be that good. Watching someone whose end products are so amazing make the same "Oh no, I sewed it backwards" that I've done a dozen times made me excited to try a project again for the first time in years. Thank you.

Yay! My favourite floofy owl is back! She's my comfort character as well 💙💜🩵

Juniper is a complex yet simplistic character for you. Complex in the creation and fabrication of the materials and costume. yet so simplex because it is what I see you as. She fits your character well. Beautiful, witty and brilliant. I love Juniper.

By all means, please share with us this character you've put so much love and time into. One thing about this community I find, if you have genuine passion for your creations and share that energy when you talk about them, others will love it.

You do amazing work, and Juniper is very possibly your greatest creation. I don't see a character or a cosplay when you're dressed as her, I see a *person*.

The fact that the owlchemist is your comfort character, also really speaks volumes about how we as a community absolutely adore her. there are plenty of amazing cosplays and character creations out there that we can look at and be like "that's pretty cool" but it's so rare to see a character that is created, that's foundation speaks to the very heart and soul of the creator to the point you're just sitting there in awe like "that is a masterpiece, that is perfection" like people don't look at that and see cosplay they look at that and they see you, the owlchemist. and don't worry about getting emotional about an imaginary bird lady, we all get very emotional about the imaginary bird lady. :D

Commenting before I even watch. I adored Junipers design the moment I saw her, and one of your shorts as her is what led me to your channel in the first place! Thank you for sharing anything and everything about her, I can't wait to see more of her as time goes on!!!

"Thank You" for sharing Juniper with us, she always puts a smile on my face when I see her. Is there anything we can do to help you with supplies and stuff, such as mailing things for you for future ideas and such??? Give Juniper a hug for us...😊

I adore Juniper! They were a breath of fresh air in all the craziness of lockdown. Also, the central shaft of a feather where the barbs come out to form the flat part (or vane) is called a rachis (RAY•kiss). I guess the part that actually attaches to the skin of the wing is the part that's called the quill. ALSO-also, I'd absolutely sit through an entire hour of just the lore you made for Juniper just because I'm the kind of person who actually reads the books in Skyrim. I'm a lore hound.

I say this with every bit of affection, I've never seen someone so amazing at costuming be so confused by the process of making clothes. It honestly makes me hopeful for my more ambitious future projects- because I, too, cannot for the life of me EVER properly wrap my head around what I'm doing when I'm sewing.

lovely to see that Juniper will still be a regular 💜🧚‍♀️

Yay for Juniper lore! She is the character that brought me here ❤

Hearing you talk about having a whole binder of harpy lore made me realize I don't really have any harpyfolk in my homebrew world beyond the base Aarakocra. So while listening and watching your video I was writing up some notes on the Harridans, harpyfolk of the Cobalt Archipelago. Thank you for the inspiration both for visuals and even generally :D

I don't know from cosplay, crafts, or sewing, but I've always enjoyed seeing your shorts and have shared your various alchemist joke skits to my D&D group as I play a happy little gnome alchemist, and dig the vibe. Your content here was fun, and full of enthusiasm and love. People will respond to that. I just sat through a 55 minute craft video not because I know, or even care to know much about the craft of cosplay, but because of the energy and enthusiasm about a subject you clearly care about. Your content is good. Which is to say I would absolutely sit and watch a 20 minute lore dump about Juniper, her sister, and her world.

I came up with my own Alechemist character, and Juniper was an inspo for their vibes and it makes me so happy to see this video.

24:47 CHARLOTTE!!! DROP YOUR ENTIRE HARPY LORE AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

Not gonna lie - the last couple minutes of your video choked me up. I've had a horrible last three years - my mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in her back a month before her mother (who I was primary caregiver for for nearly 7 years) went into hospice; Mom's first treatment was the day before my grandmother's funeral. Thankfully the radiation worked, and she had surgery to rebuild her broken back at the end of 2022. Then last year my father passed away, and last month I had to put my 13-year-old cat down. I need a "imaginary bird lady full of comfort and positivity" right now.

It's amazing how much joy and happiness this cute and whimsical owl lady has managed to spread in a few short years. May she continue to spread wonder for many years to come.

Yes!! All the Juniper lore!

fasinating to watch the "under the skin" version of Juniper. Did not lose a touch of her beauty in my eyes. Love her. The improvements appear to be up scale improvements. Love her, love you!

Juniper will never be "just an owl or costume" she's as special to us as she is to you. This video was a real treat, and a thrilling experience to see all that goes into the beautiful harpy owl bird =)

Wait wait wait I'm here for more lore AND the mechanics of harpy ear flappies, who do I bribe with coffee and tea for more birblore?? Also seeing the full reveal is super emotional even from the audience perspective, Juniper is SUCH a cute character, and I absolutely adore her. She's part of why I want to make my own alchemist character cosplay, your character design is such a inspiration and thank you for sharing her with us!

I love this! It's like Juniper's levelled up and got an updated look! So cute and curious! Juni (and you ofc!) continue to beed to be protected at all costs!

Tip! When sewing the second row, or even a 3rd, a walking foot will make it a much smoother process.

Ohhh my god please DO break out the binder with all the lore, world-building and random tidbits that built up for your guys over time! As a fellow world-building enthusiast, i'd be delighted to get to learn more! Stellar work on the cosplay, as well, ugh, this is so inspiring to watch

Thank you for reigniting my love for cosplay! You as well as a few other creators are bringing out my creative side 😊

I'll take the 20 minutes infodump, dammit!

You actually inspired me to make my own DnD character costume from scratch. It's difficult and so so tedious but I'm loving it. Thanks so much Miss Twisted

Thank you for bringing this amazing character to us.

Yes I watched the whole thing, deeply impressed by your artistry and imagination and yes, by the end of it, I have tears in my eyes. Your Owlchemist is absolutely brilliant. Long may you and others who are inspired by this, continue to create a most beautiful world for us all to enjoy. Thank you.

Juniper is my spirit animal! Thank you for showing this detailed look at how she is born.

Love all your cosplay characters, but Juniper is the best. This video is amazing, the organic growth of this character has made her even more special {More lore please}. The funny videos of Junipers antics in the potion shop are brilliant. The "keeping it real" nature of the video, showing the errors as well as the successes just adds depth to everything you do. I love to watch crafts persons at work and view many peoples uploads in the cosplay universe, your work is definitely right up there in the top tiers. Cosplay is more than making a costume, it's also about giving personality and depth to the character. Juniper has all this and more. Keep up the amazing work on our favourite Owlchemist, I look forward to more content from our favourite Aussie cosplayer.

just from seeing juniper in your shorts I couldnt even tell how worn the costume actually was so the reveal of the revamped version at the end was great, it looks amazing! the new headpiece is so much fuller and the little cape is so cute!! 💖💖

The video everyone was waiting for, let’s goooooo 🎉

Hey lovely, fellow Aussie here 😊 if you're in NSW, winterfest faire is in July, Newcastle is August 31st, 1st September, ironfest is in April. Would love to see you there!! Hails 😻

Oh my gosh I just found your channel you are brilliant I don’t like patterns either, your loop grommets are brilliant she is gorgeous and it’s perfect for her it makes it look more real, she is just what I would have imagined a talking alchemist owl would look like 💜

Thank you for all the hard work you put into these. The Owlchemist shorts were how I first found your channel and I’ve shared a lot of them with my sister who also gets a kick from them. The new headpiece has come out amazingly.

Was I the only one who squeed when Juniper appeared in that clip of 1 For All? Just me? Fair enough. Seriously though Juniper needs to be in more videos, more shows, hell I want the movie appearances and video game tie-ins! XD

god your fashion goes so hard every episode girlie admittedly I'm mostly commenting to boost your channel which is why this doesn't relate to the actual video, but I really do love the outfits you have every video they go so hard

I think the peekaboo skit is my favorite

I absolutely love Juniper!!! Yes I found her in 2020 I had just lost my mom and my love of owls and my own cosplay was seriously taking a dive into the nonexistent abyss untill I found you and Juniper !!! You've rekindled my love of both owls and cosplay. I've just recently brought my workshop back online after 4 years of being neglected an almost taken down. Ty ! I don't have words to express my gratitude for bringing joy and the love of creating creatures back into my life. ❤❤❤❤

I love the Owlchemist.

I found your channel cause of the Owlchemist and have always enjoyed your shorts. please keep up the hard work and amazing vods.

I love Juniper !!! i also have a crush on hemlock. love everything you do, you are so talented.

I would love a 20 min or more lore dump about Juniper and everything else, too! You are inspiring me to make my own Harpy character too x3 Thank you so much for all that you do!! You are such an amazing person and have inspired me to up my cosplays even more (i am such a newbie at cosplay xD)! If you have any tips or tricks, i would love to hear them!

i am always happy to see Juniper on your channel, she is sooo cute! Also greetings from the other side of the world, i am german and currently suffering under a heatwave

I love the Owlchemist, and I love watching you as her. Damm, you are intelligent, creative, and beautiful all at once. You are the whole package.

the creation of perfection. Wonderful

juniper has been a comfort character for me a long time and i will definitely use her in my little private dnd-campaign as an essential potion-creater, she is absolutely adorable. And many thanks for showing how you make this amazing character with all its "well, it should work out somehow" parts of the creation. As someone who just starts out creating their own clothes and costumes, its really encouraging to see that other people also have no idea what they are doing and don't use exact measurements.

0:46 wait is coming up with lore for your cosplays considered cringe?

The updated wig looks AMAZING!!! It's SO GOOD!! I LOVE HER!!!❤❤❤❤

Again, by the time I post this comment, nobody has watched this whole video 😼 (Always so excited when u post btw! :D)

I love Juniper. So beautiful!! 🥰 This is Incredible and not at all is it wrong to get emotional over your character. She's your creation. She's brilliant. Very well done. 😊

Charlotte juniper is my fav character and you making her so well 10/10

“I’m not going to get emotional about an imaginary bird lady” Well, why not? I get emotional over imaginary people all the time! It’s the joy of fiction :) Juniper is adorable! Taking her own feather to use as a quill made me laugh 😆 The ears are so expressive. I feel she’s a character I would get along with 😊

"Do things until it works" is my new motto

I love the Juniper costume for so many reasons... The headpiece is so expressive and active, the choice of fabrics and styles is so fun, but I think it's the fact that I also love owls that makes this so special. I've held and flown so many owls over the years, that it's so easy to see the little touches in not just the costume, but the personality of Juniper. This is definitely one of my favorite costumes of all time.

Juniper is one of the most completely realized characters I have ever seen in any media, period. The fact that she comes across ass a fully developed character (even without abn info-dump) speaks volumes to your creative genius. Thank you for sharing Juniper (and her updates) with all of us world-wide. I would LOVE to see Juniper as a witty shopkeep in an RPG video game one day.) Keep up all your wonderful work!

I've enjoyed "the Owlchemist" shorts and this look into her creation is fascinating. I was not surprised at your crafting skill but what did raise my eyebrows was the missing terminology for some things. The hollow center of a feather is a quill. Fabric has a warp (the long threads up the roll) and a weft (the short threads across the roll) for those in the comments that don't know, fabric shrinks and stretches along the weft which is important when sewing pants or a shirt. Cheers.

Whuuuuuut! Thank you so much for this! So generous with your time and gift!

Absolutely fell in love with this character when I saw one of your shorts. I think it was the tea bag in the mouth one. I giggled and watching it lightened my mood that day. Was going through some life stuff at the time so it was one of those things that just made everything feel brighter! Thank you for that 😊 Also, like many, she gave me a lot of ideas for world building I’ve been doing. Even so far as to make a crow character of my own! Mostly an NPC for my future campaign. Not really one who has EVER done cosplay but if I ever did you sure have given me ideas. Maybe I will 🤔 you make this look fun 🤩 Can’t wait to see more clips of your fantastic character 🐦 🦉 🪽

This character is so freaking cute and cool!! 💜

what a great video! I adore Juniper and watching a in depth video on how she came to life is just awesome!

I am absolutely amazed by this character everytime I see them. Absolutely amazing cosplay and piece of part !!!!!🎉

I know you'll probably get a million questions but on the offchance you see this, Miss Twisted, i ADORE the setup and design of your room behind you. It is absolutely stunning and is inspiring me to seek my own aesthetic that brings me happiness. Where do you collect such wonderful decorations and trinkets? Thank you for the happiness you bring to us all.

I love your subtler nods rather than trying to exactly create a specific owl breed. Juniper is definitely an owl-person in all the right ways.

Quill is the word for the feather spine I believe.

Have seen the owl lady before, never knowing who she was. Now i know and i understand why she so mesmerizing. Its not just the crafting of the outfit, it is also the spirit of the person. Thank you for being you.

I have absolutely nothing to do with cosplay, except for one of my dear friends, who does it and showed me Juniper a few years ago. Let's just say, my heart jumps every time, you, or rather Juniper flutters across any social media, I totally adore her. The amount of work and love you put into your characters is amazing. Props to you and, well, you're not the only one getting emotional over a fictional character. She made me smile so much in darker times - thank you so much!

Great video! I haven't done this with french seams so I'm not sure if its different there, but if you sew the pieces of the pocket to the pants before sewing the whole thing closed it makes things way easier. That's how I taught myself how to do it with skirts so that I didn't have to maneuver it around the machine so much.

You really need to face it girl. You are a genius. Your work is amazing. I rarely see these as costumes but rather extensions of what people really are. When you describe Junipers personality and character, I see all that in you. You are loved.

Amazing work. So lively. I would definitely want to see a full movie with that character. Thank you Miss Twisted for opening a window in our imagination and make us daydream and wander.

Hello Charlotte. I know I’m a bit late for this, but I just wanted to say that your content has inspired me to take up cosplaying as my own comfort characters that I’ve created, causing me to build a full leather plate armor set for one and an entire cosplay where I forged my own blades for another. I even learned embroidery because your costumes and videos inspired me to. I’ve even started to work out to become lean enough to fully realize their cosplays in the way I envision them. Thank you, charlotte. You’ve truly changed me.

So cute, quirky, uncoordinated, creative, obsessed, imaginative, lovely. Thanks for being yourself.

Damn those small potions in that little belt are so cool. That Yuri person must be amazing 😉

Discovering your work for the first time, and I am blown away. Owls have always been important to me on so many levels, and as someone who has studied them in the wild I have to say you have captured the essence of my favorites among all the owl species!

Good to see the person behind the owlchemist. You have showed up in my FYP forever. Thanks for sharing. ❤

I think Juniper would keep a feather maintenance kit in that round 'bag'. Oh, yes...would she use her owm moulted/shed feathers as quill pens? Never mind, she just did... You could put some tears and fire damage on the old version, for a potion gone wrong skit. Great video!

Not sure how this ended up in my feed, but I love watching skilled crafters of any kind, and this looks absolutely amazing.

Thank you so much for sharing your story of Juniper, so basically Junipers story. The first time I saw Juniper, the Owchemist talked right to my heart and pulled some hearstrings there. I love your RU-vid Shorts and I also love your other characters and Juniper has a special place in my heart. Thank you so much for sharing Juniper with the world! Juniper made some of my days brighter.

I would gladly watch an entire video of you just info-dumping about Juniper. People enthusiastically sharing about their special interests is so awesome to watch.

Juniper is absolutely precious, and you've done an amazing job bringing her to life. I would buy practically anything in her shop just to look into her beautiful, golden eyes a little bit longer

She's my favorite of your characters so far, and she's somehow just so... cute and nerdy. I love the additional expressive nature added from the ears.

Loved the video. I remember first seeing your character a couple years ago and was amazed at the original creative detail. Such a simple thing as ears gives the character so much more depth of expression. You play the character so nicely, It is incredible to see something original and creative done so well. Awesome job.

This is so very awesome, Juniper has been an awesome respite on some pretty dark days. She’s a great character and the way you’ve brought her to life is amazing. Thank you very much!

I’m about 14 and I always liked your content since about 12 and I love every single 1 and I always hope you enjoy every single costplay you have and have a great day bye!

I just found you on my Facebook feed. Of course I had to follow you. All I can say is WOW. I love your Juniper persona. What a fabulous design. Thank you for taking the time to detail how she was made. I live in the US. I used to go to the Renaissance Fair in California. I would have loved to rock this. I am 62 and partially disabled, so those days are over. I hope one day to attempt to make the wig. If I am successful with that, then I can make clothes. I love all the little accessories you have paired with it. Beautiful. I loved the video, thank you

You're an absolute treasure Charlotte! - The level of detail and dedication that goes into your costume design is incredible. I've really enjoyed watching your process in this tutorial, can't wait to see what you come up with next! 😄👍

I love the quirky fun nature of the owlchemist, she is such a gentle yet strong character. Well done and thank you!

Hello from Canada, eh! So I love your channel and I'm a huge fan of your cosplays, but Juniper just hits different. Thank you for sharing how she came about, and for walking us through her upglow! 😊 I know you mention not getting emotional about a cosplay character, but I need to say, Juni is unapologetic joy. In the last year, I lost my brother to depression, and have gone to some dark places. Watching your Juniper sketches, I've been able to find that joy again and appreciate that the world is still full of happiness and creativity and just plain old wholesome goodness. Thank you for sharing her! Your love and wonderment for owls and fantasy and humour are boundless and that is appreciated. Keep on, and know you've shared something truly special.

The addition of the cloak is a great addition! It draws out the gold in your glasses chains (disguising the fishing line further) and helps prevent your hair, face, and shirt from becoming one white blob on camera.

This video came up in my feed at random, but I ended up staying for the entire thing. I've seen photos of your cosplay before but seeing the video of you working on it and the finished project was nothing short of amazing! And I love the detail and work you put into this, especially with the lore and building the character beyond the cosplay! You are a beautiful and truly inspiring artist, and I love how your passion is so evident in your creations!

It's so amazing. Back in the day (couple months ago) I saw a Juniper short and was just overcome with 'dorablitude. Then I only saw more of those and other costume stuff. Finally when I subbed I had (at the risk of being indelicate) that moment guys have when they finally see Cassandra Clayton after being Elvira fans. "Wait, she's even more adorable in person." And (I'm getting wordy I know.) The absolute magic of watching all these steps and never QUITE seeing that moment it becomes greater than the sum of it's parts is like witchcraft, whether it's you or any of the other amazingly talented people on here. Never apologize for loving your character. I've been a lover and reader of fantasy for literally a half century and she's one of the best "actually come to life" creations in all of everdom. I wish I had the capacity to create life like that. Rock on. Be weird authentically. o7

Juniper is amazing! The shorts with this character always make me smile when they show up in my feed ❤❤❤

20:22 THANK YOU! That's one reason I was so drawn to and impressed by this character, it got the "OWL" vibe perfectly without it turning into a taxedurmied turkey.