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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
1:01 am	So for the millionth time, sorry readers, here's my cosplay for Animazement 2010: from left: Mika (Friday), Yui (friday night), Yomiko (Sunday), Yuni (Saturday) (wow, lots of y names!) As I have nothing better to do, I revised the "Ten cosplays you want to do next" Top Left: Haruhi from Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Shizuru from My-HiME, Yumi from Chobits (vers.2), Sachiko from Maria-sama ga Miteru, Ryomo Shinmei in school uniform from Ikkitousen, Kano from Air TV Bottom left: Kagami Rin from Vocaloid, Rabi~en~Rose from Digi Charat, Koyori from Nurse Witch Komugi-chan, Akane from Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien Haruhi is sooooo overdone, but I identify with the character so much I feel the need to cosplay her. I might cosplay Shizuru from My-HiME if I had a group (especially if I had a Natsuki). Maybe I'll have people to go to AWA 2010, or AUSA or Nekocon. I know, I'm thinking far ahead, but I can't afford any other cons this year at ALL. (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
1:19 am	I just replied in a thread on Cosplay.com forums about the 10 cosplays you want to do next. I have four "in the pocket" (is that a good way to put it?) so here's my list in absolutely no order: Kano from Air TV Koyori from Nurse Witch Komugi-chan Haruhi from Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Yumi from Chobits (vers.2) Ryomo Shinmei in school uniform from Ikkitousen Sailor Jupiter in school uniform from Sailor Moon (vers.2) Rabi~en~Rose from Digi Charat Kagami Rin from Vocaloid Large girl (there's one large girl in the class lol) from My-HiME Anthy from Utena (some day...) EDIT: Akane from Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien / Rumbling Hearts Of course, there might be other shows that come out might replace these XD (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, July 31st, 2009
3:31 pm	kind of big pictures Ok, I have a MILLION costumes I want to do, but I just can't get over Yui from K-ON! ( pics ) I don't care if I don't wear it until May and the K-ON madness is over, I REALLY want to make this costume. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 20th, 2009
1:16 am	I wonder if I already posted this stuff... Here's the list of anime I've been watching lately, and the cosplay potential. My-HiME: I should cosplay Shizuru. Cause she's a lesbian, and I am too, and I might go crazy if the person I've been crushing on for years suddenly found out and yelled "No aaaahhh!" I'm not sure if I would go psychopath over it, but I'd still be a lesbian, and also popular and president of the student council. But long sleeves might suck. My Otome Just... no. I like maid costumes as much as the next person, but just no. Plus it would look weird with my figure. Ai Yori Aoshi Love it, but don't see much potential. I'm too big for a kimono, the maid's hair is a weird color, the american wears little clothing and grabs EVERYONE's boobies. I might get kicked out for that. Escaflowne: Love this show, but really don't see any cosplay potential. I like the main char best but don't like her uniform, I don't really like the cat, and all the other female leads I just... don't like. I like their place in the show, I just don't see myself in their place. Chobits I did a Yumi costume, but I lost the wig and possibly the hat, need a better shirt, need a matching skirt... but I have the boots and the backpack -_- I need a chobits group though - when I first made the costume no one recognized me, including some of the Chiis. Did I mention I have no cons coming up, and I would just be working on costumes for the hell of it? le sigh. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
7:21 pm	first post in a LONG time! I haven't been keeping up with new anime, which means I haven't kept up with new costumes. So, my cosplaylab in-progress page is full of not-so-new costumes. You know, the ones people do ten minutes after they see the first episode, then never re-wear them or sell them. Btw, the inprogress page only has 3 costumes, but I've actually got 7. In no particular order, here are the costumes I want to do: Kagamine Rin from Vocaloid (it's a sailor uniform in dark grey, with a treble symbol on the top. The belt has some triangle detail, the arm-warmers have some green stuff on them, and the headphones I think can be made with foam (we shall see!) This is actually last on my list, I'd rather do it with a group. Kano from Air I love this series, character, and uniform :D it's a two-piece uniform, so that should make things easier x_x Sachiko from Maria-sama ga Miteru Low waistline, so we'll see how this looks lol Yomiko from Read or Die Already have the wig yay! Yuni from DDR Supernova I was going to do my favorite character, Emi, but a friend wanted to be her, so I found my second-favorite character. She's got a mess of plaid and stuff on, and she doesn't really match, and I don't know HOW I'm going to get stars on one leg and stripes on the other! Also I'll be a brunette with long fake pigtales that match my hair. I didn't want to get a custom wig, and I don't know how to weft and stuff. I have most of the parts of this costume, and it just needs to be finished. Except the leggings - have I mentioned I have no idea what to do? Last and most important, Mika from MiniMoni's Crazy About You: I have all the accessories. I have the pants. I have the pieces cut for the jacket. So why haven't I finished this damn thing?! Also, I've decided being a plus-size cosplayer is going to be my "thing". You see plenty of thin cosplayers, I'm going to embrace my size and not wait to do costumes "because I'm too fat". Screw that! I'll lengthen shirts and skirts, I'll pick costumes that work for me. I'm tired of waiting. (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
12:41 am	tips for plus-size cosplayers There was a thread about Plus-size cosplayers on cosplay.com, and ( I thought I'd share my post with y'all. ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 26th, 2006
2:28 pm	I am seriously thinking of cosplay Tsuruya instead of Haruhi. The problem would be a $50 wig. (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 25th, 2006
9:34 pm	I forgot! Check out my badass Yoshi pic :D And here's a picture of me in my Ryomou costume from AZ2006 - it's the only existing picture, and it's kind of bad, so I apologize for that XD Katsucon is next. I HAVE TO GO TO KATSUCON. I will go with NO MONEY if I have to. I HAVETOHAVETOHAVETOGO. I'll finish my Haruhi costume, which is only missing the collar. And if I can (I REALLY REALLY WANT TO), I'll do Ryomou's school uniform. I want every Ryomou costume! There's only two, but still! It might be smarter to just fix up the one I have, huh? Current Music: m-flo - Hands (Comment on this)
Monday, November 20th, 2006
9:31 am	Animazement hotel room: reserved, 2 nights, 2 beds (woot!) Thinking about Katsucon.... Hotel is $149/night Reg is $50 Con attendance numbers: AZ 2006 - 3,200 Katsucon 2006 - 5,700 paid (6,400 estimated total) (Comment on this)
Monday, November 13th, 2006
8:21 am	Next time I do any sort of costume that requires similar colors on the top and bottom, I'm making it from scratch. THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THIS DAMN HARD. My green hoodie I got for my Yoshi costume is very nice, and I didn't want to mess it up. Also, I couldn't find a green pair of pants anywhere NEAR the same color. At an outlet mall, I found a sweatshirt that was a brighter green, AND only $7. I figured it would be easier to match, right? So I got some expensive green fabric to make the tail and such, and my mom helped me dye two pairs of pants, to see which would be a closer color. Both pants were way too light after washing. We got more dye. They were very dark. Like, totally wrong shade dark. Dark in that shade of green wouldn't have been so bad, but these were closer to greenbrown than greenblue. So I freak out for a few minutes, until I discover... one of the pairs is the EXACT color of my original green sweatshirt. Then I spent half an hour freaking out and not knowing what to do. I dug through the trash looking for my recipt for the (expensive) green fabric, so I could return it, with no luck. So now, I have the perfect shade green sweatshirt/pants match, and the perfect shade sweatshirt/fabric match, and I'm screwed either way. I'll go to the fabric store today to see if I can find a green to match the old sweatshirt. If I can't, I'm screwed again. Ugh. (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 5th, 2006
11:16 am	NEW COSPLAY JOURNAL ICON WOOT You know what's a dumb idea? To decide a new costume a few weeks before the con, and then realize you have THIS weekend and NEXT weekend to work on it. I'm almost done with my Haruhi skirt (woot!). I have to sew things together, and make a belt, and uh... START the top x_x I had to put interfacing on the waistband and belt loops, and it wasn't hard! So my hatred of interfacing is waining. I've figured out how to do the top, it's just actually MAKING it that will be the challenge. The headband will be easy, but I want a more yellow-orange fabric than the one I got. The goal is to finish up Haruhi today. Yoshi has not been STARTED. Kero-chan needs new wings, a tail, and ears - and I need to decide whether or not to use the yellow hoodie I have (which is kind of small), or buy a new one (or a white one to dye, or whatever). I should have just gotten a white hoodie and white pants for Yoshi and dyed them together, the pants aren't going to match the top. Grr. Uh, what else... I have a to-buy list for Yoshi and Kero, but it's in my car, and I'm too lazy to go get it. (Comment on this)
Friday, November 3rd, 2006
12:26 pm	AnimeUSA final list:  Kero-chan, Mini-Moni, White Mage, Yoshi, and Haruhi!  I'm still not quite sure when to wear what x_x Work to do: Kero-chan - New wings, new ears, new tail, a new hoodie would be nice (but I doubt it'll happen) Mini-Moni - Fix up shirt (possibly wear long-sleeve?), fix MiniMo thingy on front White Mage - fix hood, add white to inside-bottom (to hide red pieces) Yoshi - basically everything x_x Haruhi - also basically everything x_x I made sketches for the Yoshi costume, and now know what I need for everything.  Unfortunately, my sketches are in my car, and Ulla the kitten is currently asleep in my lap, so I can't get up to go get it. Today's goal is to work hard on my Haruhi costume.  Finishing it would be nice, but I doubt it'll happen.  Sorata (aka Scottie) did the SOS-DAN armband painting for me, which I am eternally grateful of. Susan (who might read this journal, I don't remember) hasn't been able to start yet.  I think the shirt'll be easy, and the skirt won't be hard for someone who can sew... I just don't have the time to make the skirt X_X  Also, I only know how to edit dress and skirt patterns for my body type, I'm not good enough to do it for other people yet x_x Current Music: MTV hits or 2 or something (Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
8:24 am	AnimeUSA lists (comfy costumes rule) CURRENT COSTUME LIST (according to the poll so far): Haruhi Suzumiya (definitely) White Mage (9 votes) Mini-Moni (7 votes) Kero-chan (5 votes) Yoshi (5 votes) If there's a tie, Yoshi is the tie-breaker, because I'm definitely doing yoshi. I just forgot to take it off the poll. SCHEDULE: Fri morning - Mini-Moni Friday Evening (after dinner) - Yoshi Saturday - Haruhi Saturday after cosplay - Kero-chan Sunday - White Mage DO LIST: Mini-Moni - possibly fix up tshirt, make long sleeve instead? Yoshi - Eyes, dye pants/white fabric, cover logo on back, saddle, tail, spikes, white on front, white on hood Haruhi - skirt, cut top, sailor collar, blue+sailorcollar+shirt, finish armband, M on collar, headband Kero-chan - ears, new wings White Mage - add white to hood, fix up triangles, cover red parts underneath with white BUY LIST: Mini-Moni - long-sleeve shirt? (low priority, I have one I could use if I need it) Yoshi - stuffing, red-orange fabric, green dye Haruhi - dark-yellow fabric, zipper or hooks Kero-chan - foam sheet (from carolina foam-and-fabric) (low priority, can do with stuff I have if I run out of time/money -------------- According to weather.com, November's temperature averages are the same in Vienna, VA as in Asheville, NC. Crazyness. (Comment on this)
Sunday, October 29th, 2006
11:55 pm	Sometimes, I'll find a cosplayer who did a costume I want to do, who does it so well that I don't want to do the costume anymore -_- A few cases of this: Heza-chan's Magical Maid Koyori (look at her PROPS for god's sake! It's perfect!); DEANNA's Ryomou Shinmei (she goes to Animazement, and I was embarrased to wear my Ryomou costume with her there); and Fenicia's Misha. Am I the only one that does that? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, September 18th, 2006
12:57 am	Have you ever seen a costume on a jpop star or an anime, and just got HUNGRY to make it? I've done that with two of Rika Ishikawa's Eco-Moni costumes. Rika is in green, Sayumi is in blue. Here's the first one - I have the cowboy hat, and a wig that'll work. Here's the third costume she's done, and a picture of both of them. Unf. I don't know which to do. Both will be hard - the newest one will be HELLA HARD. But... I *WANT IT*. I mean, look at the LEAVES, and the WRIST-THINGS, and how in the hell would I find fabric like that, and I WANT TO MAKE IT SO BADLY. I love easy costumes, but sometimes I see something that makes me want to run out to the fabric store. HELP WHICH ONE IS COOLER WHICH SHOULD I MAKE (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, September 17th, 2006
3:46 pm	I WILL GO TO THIS DAMN CON I WILL GO TO ANIMEUSA, DAMMIT. I WILL SOMEHOW GET THERE. I NEED A CON SO FREAKING BAD. Anyway :D My next costume is definitely Haruhi Suzumiya (cosplaylab link)from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. (ANN encyclopedia link) EVERYONE loves Haruhi. And if you don't, you haven't seen it. ( here's my ideas and info on it, in case you're too lazy to click the cosplaylab link ^.~ ) There will be more info, I just don't have enough brain-power to think on it. (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 1st, 2006
10:47 am	I posted pics of my MiniMoni costume on the H!P costumes thread on cosplay.com. The only one to respond so far was 'Chibi Ice Wolf', who said "Himemiya - Yay more cute MiniMoni-ness! X3" ... What the hell kind of patronizing crap is that? Saying that is like saying "your costume wasn't that good, but I'll respond anyway to be nice". She didn't have to say anything, and saying that made me a little upset (which then turned to me being pissed off a little). If you don't like the costume, or think it's bad, you don't have to comment just to acknowledge(sp) it. I know everyone else's costumes are better than mine, but dammit I worked hard, and I don't need that kind of crap. In other news... I didn't get a lot of pictures taken this year. And honestly, it was really good. I didn't have to worry about having bad pictures online, or looking okay, or weight or anything. I could just *be in costume*. It was nice. Not a lot of people knew MiniMoni, and I didn't wear Ryomou for long. It's really nice wearing costumes that people don't recognize, because I can tell them about my favorite new series. I've also discovered that dresses are much more comfy than any other type of costume. Bwahaha. Next costumes I'd like to try: -- Haruhi Suzumiya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) -- someone from Air (can't decide who) -- Rika Ishikawa (H!P) in her Ecomoni outfit (the first one). Just so I can run around singing "Help! Help! Dangerous Ass! Help Help! Jesus Christ!" (only people who've heard the song will understand that). Absolutely NO ONE will know who I am, but I really want to try making the dress, and it looks cute. -- Yomiko Readman (Read Or Die OVA). There are lots of pros and cons to each one, I'll go over them all later. I'm late! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
7:26 am	You guys, I have never been this behind in costume-making before. I won't be sleeping much tonight or tomorrow x_x I have work this morning, and school wed. evening. So that basically gives me late tonight, tomorrow morning, late tomorrow, and thursday morning. HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. *And* I haven't finished stuff for my panel, *and* I haven't finished the music mix for the skit. What I *do* have done, is accessories, fabric, and patterns. In theory, I won't have to buy anything else. Unless by some stroke of heaven, I finish everything in time to do the Haruhi costume. ... Ew. I just sneezed everywhere. I BETTER NOT BE GETTING SICK. The skit is very simple this year. There's only four of us, and we're not going for a win. I'm being MiniMoni, Susan is Ayumi Hamasaki, and Mary is 3ninMatsuri. We're playing a (really short) bit of the chorus of our songs and dancing. And Nick is dancing like a white boy in the background. Basically, we'd rather hang out with other cosplayers and dance some on stage than wait in the cosplay line. No one's gonna know what we're doing anyway ^_^;; (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
7:20 am	I'm beginning to freak out a little. Animazement is in less than two weeks. Cosworx never contacted me about the wig, so now I'm trying to contact them again, saying I just want to trade my wig in. I don't care about the cost anymore, I just want the fucking wig. If I don't get the wig, I can't do the costume. I've wasted all that money preparing. And then I have to figure out a new costume to wear on friday. And I was so close to doing this costume... dammit... AND I found out my panel is on sunday, so now I need a Jpop costume to wear sunday. DAMMIT. I can't wear Minimoni, I want to look professional and in control and ... not look 12. I could do Rika in the first Otomegumi single, I was thinking about doing that anyway... I'm gonna start working on my minimoni outfit today... if I fuck this one up, I'll just die. I feel like I'm gonna die right now. Before anyone tries to say "it's just cosplay"...Yes, cosplay is this important to me. (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 6th, 2006
1:06 am	fat and cosplay I went through a short "omg I'm fat and shouldn't cosplay and will look stupid in my costumes" fit, but Nick was there and snapped me out of it ^_^ I always do that before a con. See, everyone always says "cosplay who you want!" But it's usually assumed that that means "cosplay whoever's outfit you can fit into!" Because you can add boobs, but you can't subtract waist (comfortably, anyway). I was really inspired by this cosplayer Hikaru, who is plus-size, and makes the most gorgeous outfits. When I first started cosplaying, I was afraid to do any costume because of weight... but then I saw Hikaru, who has the most fabulous costumes and always looks so awesome. And it made me feel like "there's someone like me!", and it really compelled me to keep making costumes. I've only met her once, and I've never told her any of this ^_^; I'd be embarrassed!! I watched The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I might have to cosplay her. She pushed everyone into her club, and dragged the guy around... and I turned to nick, and said "Do I do that?" and he wouldn't answer me XD So it might have to be done for a quicky costume @ animazement. It'd be a good 'nighttime' costume. I always want to change into something more relaxed on friday and saturday night. I'd wear it one of the nights, or maybe on sunday. I think I could do it pretty quickly... assuming I actually finish the ones I still have X__X Oh! I have all my materials now! Yay hancock sale! Except I discovered my older 'overalls' pattern is too small, and I need defray-stuff, and probably some new white fabric (MY CATS GOT ALL OVER MY CUT-OUT APRON PATTERN AAAARRRGHH IT'S ALL MUDDY NOW). I need to return that wig and get a blue one, too. I'll post a to-do list soon ^_^ Current Music: Lemon Angel Project - Evolution (1 Comment |Comment on this)