Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen Costume
- Year
- 2015
- Discipline
- Art
The first (and always #1) costume that kicked off my costume making tradition was my Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen costume from 2015. This was an original costume idea at the time and really landed with those who grew up watching Spongebob. Despite Smitty being a one-off gag character from a single episode, his long name and recognizable hat has turned him into one of the show’s most enduring memes. He was number one!
Freakfest was a still an annual Madison tradition and a photo taken of me in costume ended up being the first creation of mine to reach the front page of Reddit!
Before I got into 3D printing I had to rely on more traditional crafts. The helmet was sculpted out of paper mache and paper mache clay. The soda drink hat also worked! (Although it had an unfortunate siphon effect).