Happy Late Halloween!

Hey hey! I've been so busy with costumes as it was Halloween yesterday and therefor also Senior Dress-up Day. AS you already know I was Elsa most of the day. I did however have to change for play rehearsal so I then became a genderbent John Egbert. Although I don't have a picture of that, I can tell you I looked exactly like my normal John but with Elsa makeup (so with some eyeshadow and lipstick). Maybe I'll recreate that look sometime. Anyway I have two more pictures of me as Elsa (although they don't really show off my cosplay too much). First we have Elsa and the girlfriend (i.e. Emma-chan!!!).

And then we have Elsa in Jazz Band (because I still had to do my normal school stuff and my director got a kick outta me in costume).

I also have a couple of spooky makeups I did because I love sfx makeup. The first is of me without a throat although the picture itself isn't the greatest quality and I look like I have no hair (because some of it is pulled back) I thought it was still kinda fun.

And the second is a humanstuck sober Gamzee. Because he is great.

Don't worry guys it's still me under the makeup.

Anyway I hope your day was as fantastic as mine was! MadDog out!

Triton is Haunted

Hey hey! So today I wore my Elsa cosplay for the first time and sang songs with little kids and stuff. It was a good time. I just wanted to show you all some pictures yoooooo. So here they are!

And here I am with meh moirail who is Anna!



Although I didn't get the sleeves done for this event, hopefully they will be completed for Senior Dress-Up Day (i.e. Halloween). That's all! MadDog out!

Elsa's Like Almost Done

Guys. It's almost done. The train is done but still needs to be attached (and so do the sleeves--right now they are just pinned) but like here it is. You can like see a dress nows. I'm so excited for this do be done and to make little kids happy at Triton is Haunted. Yay! Here are some pictures! (My face looked terrible in both pictures so none of that. Enjoy some rectangles instead.) MadDog out!

Just Some Elsa Progress

Well, as of the last post, it was officially decided that I would be making an Elsa cosplay (from Frozen). Since then, I have made a lot of progress some of which I will be showing you all here. The lighting isn't the best (it is my basement after all) but check it out.

I got these beautiful sequins from this wonderful place I found called Athena Beads. It has a huge variety of high quality bead, sequins, and crafting supplies in general and I just love these sequins. Eventually all of the sequins will be sewn down with those tiny little beads you can see on some of them, which I just got at Joann's. (Hopefully add and extra sparkle to everything.) And if you are wondering where this glorious fabric came from, I got from this Etsy shop. It's expensive I'll admit, in fact this whole project has just been expensive (although I have been pretty good about finding deals where I am able), the fabric is quality and the pictures really doesn't do it's beauty justice.

These here are the sleeves although they are not complete quite yet. To minimize (French) seams, I went for raglan sleeves. Haha you can see my started Daenerys armor still on Phyllis (my dress form).

Aaaaaand that's my messy workspace. Wig hair everywhere fabric lying about, altered pattern pieces all over the place, etc. Welcome to the world of cosplay.

Along with this progress, I have also worked a lot on the train and worked on the wig which you shall see when it is fully styled. (Just FYI: the wig I bought is Arda's Suzi in Titanium Blonde AR017 altered by sewing in a pack of long wefts in that color to add to the thickness.) That's all for now--I hope you are excited for the final product! MadDog out!

P.S. It's official! I'm going to Sunday of Another Anime Convention. If you're going look for an odd Mituna Captor cosplayer and strike up a conversation if you so choose.

I Have Officially Gone Round the Bend

I cannot believe that I am typing this. The entire purpose of creating a Daenerys cosplay (instead of Zelda) was to take away from my gigantic pile of cosplay work. I was persuaded over the course of the year however to do this new costume and I have finally given in. For better or for worse, I will now be creating a cosplay that is probably overdone (what even ever--personally I think people should be able to do whatever outfit we want whether it's "overdone" or not) from Disney's Frozen. I will be creating (if you haven't guessed it yet) a Queen Elsa costume.

What is wrong with me, you ask? I have no idea. The reason I was finally persuaded to make this outfit is however, is the fact that I will be making it in collaboration with my mother. This means that we plan everything out together (which eliminates the dumb mistakes I usually make), then she'll pattern while I work on schoolwork, and then we'll sit down and make it all happen. For example, yesterday we worked a lot on the train/cape. In the morning we planned it out before I went to marching band, in the afternoon I worked on homework while she taped hundreds of pieces of newspaper together until they were the size of the fabric that we had bought, then we laid out where all the snowflakes would go and made a lot of the train/cape. It was a lot easier than just me doing everything but after this project I will be going back to that method (as I do enjoy being able to say that I made the entire cosplay).

I am also helping Ana-tama through her Anna (as she was originally going to be the Arya to my Daenerys, her plans changed to Frozen as well) and Jade cosplays right now. She's made a lot more progress than I have (but of course she's had my help sooooooo....) and now has a Jade skirt, part of her Jade shirt, the fabric for her jade hood, and materials for an awesome prop. For Anna she has cut out all of the skirt fabric, has materials for the bodice, and has a wig (to be styled). I have started the train/cape, ordered fabric for my dress, bought (literally) thousands of sequins (from some place in Europe), and ordered a wig (which has unfortunately been backordered as apparently everyone wants an Elsa wig for Halloween--it should come in in time so hopefully it will). That's about all for now--wish me luck! MadDog out!