the better part of me

Now for the fun stuff.

( Saturday )

This post is crazy long due to pictures, so I'll split the con report again here.

Forgot to include these pics in Friday's report.

( The venue )

Moving on...

( Saturday )

( Sunday )

Hey, it just occurred to me that I accomplished something impressive: I had a drama-free experience at Sakura-Con! xD From a lot of stuff I've read over the years, Sakura tends to be dramatastic. I certainly overheard a lot of drama going on. ^^; But besides the sickness, no drama for me! VICTOLY! :D

Now I have a blessed couple of days until Detour, and after that a nice break before Anime North. :)

COSPLAYERS PLEASE READ

I finally did a makeup test today. I've never worn eye makeup before, and I did this in a huge hurry, and I mean HUGE hurry. So be aware it's not as smooth a makeup job as it will (hopefully) be on Saturday. Also, I don't have any eyeliner, I'll pick some up before I go. But beyond that, I'd like a little feedback if you have a moment, especially if you do cosplay or acting or photography or anything that involves makeup for costuming purposes. Also here you can see some of my new wig, and the new choker I made and the lovely necklace the lovely Ashaela made for me. :)

Beware, fat cosplayer ahead, yadda yadda...

( holy big photos, Batman! )

Comments/tips? Too much/not enough? Bad lipstick color? Etc? I'm a bit concerned about the wig, it seems smaller and thinner than the first one I made. :\ I may bring both to the con just in case. The bangs, also, need a little fixing, I didn't have time to do it today. And one of the shoulder decorations on the dress came unglued over the winter; I'll fix that tomorrow.

Thanks for your input :)

Guess what I have today? MEETINGS! Hooray! And it's my first day shift, so I'm already really tired! Oh joy! I haven't been sleeping well lately, so that doesn't help either. -_-

Had a good weekend, though. Friday seems to have disappeared, I can't remember what I did that day. Oh wait, haha. My dad came over and we went to see Be Kind, Rewind. Fun movie. It was funny and smart for the most part, and didn't have an impossibly perfect ending. I enjoyed it. Although I'm going a bit crazy now wondering if the characters were really saying what I thought they were saying at a certain bit. For a minute my attention to the dialogue lapsed, and the next thing I knew I was thinking "Wait, did she really just ask if he was in love with him?" Anyone else see this yet? Did I mishear?

Saturday night was Anime Madness mk. II, and it was much more successful than last time. With eight people, we had double the headcount of the first try. We filled the whole sectional and still needed more seating. Fun times! :D

I seem to have learned something about the Detour folks and advance notice. Give lots of planning time, get a handful. Give a mere week's notice, get a crowd. o_O

I also found some time in there to repaint the two rod sections of my Sailor Pluto staff. I still have to sand down and repaint the top, but I'm in good shape on this project. I added the clear coat on Sunday, which should be completely safe to handle when I get home from work today, but I may need another coat of that depending on how it turns out. Man, it's beautiful. I absolutely love this prop. I also started mixing the Sharpie ink dye for my new wig, which should be ready to use tonight.

Sunday was my sister's concert, she's in a community band in the northern suburbs. After that I was at Kale's the rest of the evening working on The Plan, of which there can be no details beyond the happy fact that good progress is being made. >3

Speaking of Detour, I got enough entries to go ahead with the new fanfic contest! I was worried for a while that there might not be enough, but people do love to submit their stories at the last minute. We definitely have enough entries to at least choose one winner, if not the full three. Happy joy! :D

Sooooo... I did my first cosplay photoshoot. >.>

My costume still isn't 100%, but with winter coming, if I didn't do a shoot now I wouldn't be able to until next summer. So I went ahead and did it. I'll do another next year with the completed costume.

Hopefully by then I'll have lost some weight, too. Blargh. There's nothing like a ton of pictures to make you realize how fat you really are. -_- I'm really putting myself in the fire here by posting these, but I didn't go to all the trouble of getting dressed up and going out in public as Pluto for nothing. :P So here goes. There are a few in here I like, so it wasn't a total wash. Some guy said I looked like an Irish queen. xD

If you haven't guessed from the above, I'm a fat girl, if you have a problem with plus-size cosplay don't look. 30 images behind the cut, slow connections beware!

( lonely princess )

Now I need a cosplay icon...