Lita cosplay #3

So I ended up sneaking in some work on Lita's hat again X3 Ended up taking nearly the whole thing apart to rebuild it. Didn't take long tho', the first time I took it off, my morning it had fallen apart! So with some thicker cardboard and more masking tape later, I have this.

Ugh, I look so bad X_x Had an annoying ache in my head all day, so I'm a bit out of it XD Still needs work, but it holds together much better now, at least ^^

Hopefully gonna do a bit of work on it after my first craft fair and I'm back from holiday, even if it's using scrap to figure it all out :3

FF:R art

So I've started working on FF:R related stuff again. I missed working on the story with my friends, so we're giving it a different approach. It's a fun thing to think about between crafting and TrickSong :3

And with working on it, I bring art! :D

 

I missed drawing these lot so much <3 Gonna work on some more plot related sketches sometime, along with the other party members ^^ I'll post most art here and on the RP board, but it's member protected, so here's good enough X3

Lita cosplay #1

Starting updates early this year X3 Main reason being is that I needed to know if what I wanted to do would be alright. So I emailed Granny Gertrude (Joe. He's awesome >D) and got a reply this morning ^^


"Ah, interesting. The short answer would be that this would be at the discretion of the judges, as ultimately how they choose to apply the rules and criteria is their decision and we respect that.

However, I suspect having the original artwork and and illustration of how you were blending them would probably go down quite well with most of the people we have serve as judges."

 

 

So it's looking to be quite likely I'll mix the two designs together.

 

 

  The design I want to do

The design I'm gonna get elements from to mix together

I'll be sure to post finished designs when I've got them ^^ Got some initial designs sketched, just not completely finalised yet.

Also gonna make her weaponry. She uses claws.

These claws, to be precise :3

Largest reference I can get, unfortunately ^^; But I've worked around it and drawn up a full reference for how to make it =D

So wish me luck, everyone! It's not the most elaborate cosplay, but I've only seen 4 or so other Lita cosplayers and I'm determined to do her justice next year <3

Quick WIP

So it turns out Il Divo get me in the doodling mood. Was watching their latest live DVD with my family and got sketching. Before I knew it, I'd drawn out a character I've wanted to make a fully finished picture of for ages! :D Turned out really good too, pose and everything.

Not saying who it is (although anyone who's talked to me in the last couple of days'll know for sure), but here's a quick WIP pic.

Bonus points if you haven't talked to me for the last few days and still know who this is =D The hat might be the giveaway, we'll see X3

Between job hunting, working on this and an art trade and TrickSong too, looks like I'm a busy bunny ^^ Let's not count sewing for now, the list'll make my head spin XD;;;

Midlands MCM Expo 2012

So I suppose I should probably do a write up! XD

Didn't have the best start to the day. Rain, mostly >.o So me and my sis had to rush inside to finish sorting our cosplays out indoors. Soon as we'd done that tho', this man and woman with pretty pro looking cameras asked us for pics! :D Trouble is, I can't remember the man's name so I dunno if I'll be able to find them on FB ._.

It was crazy busy this year. Like, usually, it's pretty deserted in the morning compared to the afternoon, but this year it was as crowded as it would be in the afternoon, and only got more crowded after that!

Met up with CowgirlEm and she gave me an Allen Walker figure she bought a couple of years ago <3 It's so awesome ^___^

The dance meet was pretty fun. Didn't get as many dances as we'd hoped done 'cause the only speakers we had kept cutting out and the people who were also bringing speakers didn't show up 'til nearly half and hour late X_x But we got Happy Synthesizer done as a practise ready for the bit stage performance. During that time I was approached by 3 uni students who asked me for an interview for a mini cosplay documentary they were doing! I think I rambled on way too much, but they seemed happy enough :3 Also got to 'teach' the presenter some moves to the Caramelldansen para para. It was really funny X3

Before the dance meet, I recorded a very teeny sketch with my friend xMooWithMehx. Too bad the audio didn't come out well at all, I can't even make out what I said in most of it! XD Still hoping I can do something with it, it was a fun idea :3

After that was probably the downer of the day. The Nintendo staff that were sorting out the Hironobu Sakaguchi signings. We lined up (the queue had 10 people max at the time) and got told we were past the cut off point. We were annoyed, but left anyway. Then a load of people people (at least 20) joined the line and got autographs! And we were STILL told we were past the cutoff point when we tried to join the line again! Long story short, if we had ignored that staff and hung around close, we would've got in the line easy. That reeeeaaally bugged me. They could've handled that a hell of a lot better.

 I managed to get a pic tho'. Proof I was there to bask in his glory! X3

But anyways, I pushed my annoyance at that aside (wasn't Sakaguchi's fault, afterall) and went to find a seat with my sis for the Merlin panel to sit down for the first time since I got there. They only allowed photos during the first 5 mins. Granny Gertrude figured it was to do with the BBC when I asked if we were still good to record the masquerade (gotta make sure, afterall). But I got a quick pic in that time :3

The mics were a bit low in sound so it was a bit hard to make out everything they said, especially since the Robots Live thing was on. My sis heard enough of it to enjoy it tho' :3

Then there was the MCM Buzz podcast, which my sis recorded, and I headed off just before it finished to meet up with xMoo and oElectronic so we could chill a bit before the performance. Thanks to the HCLA Brigade, we were gonna dance Happu Synthesizer while the judges were deciding winners. We all got so nervous, and we didn't know if we'd be able to do it because of the huge amount of entries this year, but the HCLA Brigade got on stage and we joined, got in position and did it. Which is probably one of my biggest achievements, to be honest. I'm very shy at performing infront of anyone, but hearing the crowd cheer at the end made it beyond worth it! :D Cosplay always gives me the confidence I never have anywhere else, I'm even getting the idea in my head of entering the masquerade sometime!

After that, I was buzzing with energy, so while the winners were being announced, me and xMoo played some DDR after we parted ways with oElectronic. The results sadly won't be televised (since my sis was recording the masquerade still), but long story short, I won again XD

So the day ended and we headed off to grab some dinner and go home. I ended up buying Sonic and Tails figures, each with one badnik, a mini Len plushie to go with my Rin and a whole lot of Hello Panda <3

And now to go out on a couple of photos of my cosplay ^^ Other cosplay photos I have are here~

 

Here's hoping my cosplay next year is even better! ...And that I have a job to pay for it! XD

Cosplay progress #7

Dagger's all done!

The paint job's a lot better in person, photos make it all weird and blotchy x.x

Made the hilt a speckled brown and glazed it to make it nice and shiny. Was kinda rough to hold onto beforehand too.

The blade's all shiny too =D Had some trouble with weird bubbling, but an hour or so under some books and other junk and it's okay now ^^

And with the dagger finished, I can most awesomely say that my cosplay is now done! A week and a half early too, yay! Will hopefully post a pic or two with everything together. Gotta work on my dances some more and posing next, hehe X3

Sonic - Fleetway style!

Been on such Sonic buzz lately, especially for the UK Sonic the Comic. After starting work on my entry for the Sonic CD contest, I wanted to see how much I could draw from memory.

Not a huge amount, but I haven't drawn Sonic consistantly since I was 11, so I think I'm improving a lot since I started doodling everyone again a couple of weeks ago! :D I didn't even know I could draw Knuckles, seriously XD

Then went on Painter and did some more referenced doodling of my fave psycho.

It's only rough, wondering if I should carry on with it. Anyone think I should? I swear I'll draw him actually destroying something one of these days.

Well, back to sewing and working on my Sonic CD pic! ^.^

Sophie doodles

Need to start using this place for sketches and all that again, so here's a few of the main girl herself ^^

Drew this last night and my heart melted X3 Little Sophie asleep with a big squirrel plushie, so cute!

Practising an upward angle. Sophie looking up at the night sky :)

And finally, a proper layout for Sophie's room. I know it was really blank this first chapter, but I didn't really decide on details to add by the time I drew it, so I've now got a reason why there wasn't anything in it. These are some of the items she has in her room (the posters are on an inbuild wardrobe she stores a lot of things in too).

It's not much, but I'm busy working away as much as I can, so I'll have more to post soon! :D

Today was a good day ^^

After heading to HobbyCraft to pick up some more stuff for my thief cosplay, we headed to nearer the centre of Nottingham to a shop called Twisted Playground. Wanted to go in there for ages, but we finally did today 'cause of a certain giant purple dragon hung outside the shop >3

....Yes, I mean Spyro XD My sister got the big guy, while I found this li'l guy.

Doesn't he hide my face no nicely? XD;;; Spyro says hi~ <3

Amazing shop tho', had so much there and me and my sis had a nice talk with the owner. Definately going back, I wanna explore that place way more.

Also been applying for jobs, so handing in CVs and getting smiles in return makes me happy ^^ Better than a 'sorry, the position's been taken' emails I get barely hours after applying online X_x

But anyways, after a 13 year wait, I finally have my Spyro plushie :D I think my sister's is lifesized, but my room's tiny, so she can keep him XP I'll get her to post a pic soon.

'Til next time!