Sorry I've been gone. Life Update

So it's been what, more than a year? I'll get it out of the way. I'm depressed so my productivity's been super low. I'm actually going to see my doctor about it on Friday...I'm hoping it'll help. I've been dealing with it day by day, making sure I accomplish something somewhat crafty every day. This usually is put into my cosplay efforts. Since this is just a simple update sort of thing to let you know where I've been I'm just going to post the things I've made that I'm proud of over this past year with brief descriptions. Maybe if I get to feeling better I'll start making new patterns again.

This is my crowning achievement of the year. Our Saint Seiya cosplay group. I was Cygnus Hyoga (the one in blue). It had been a dream costume for me since I first discovered cosplay, and this past year I got to realize that dream at Nebraskon, and will be wearing a revamped version at Naka Kon next month. I really wanted this costume to be perfect so I tried a bunch of new techniques. His Tiara and plate-skirt are hand cut aluminum, and the rest of his armor is EVA foam. I'd never made armor or worked with metal before, but with Logan insisting he could do EVERYTHING for me, over and over, I decided I would do this all on my own to prove I didn't need a mans help to make armor. (He seriously thought I couldn't do it alone...) I was beyond proud of the result, but it wasn't very comfortable..................like at all..........So when I reworked it for Naka, I fixed a lot of that. This costume did help with my confidence as a cosplayer tremendously. It showed I could be independent and make something fantastic! We are competing at Naka in 37 days so wish us luck! Anyway on to the next one.

Another Saint Seiya cosplay, This is Mu-samma. I posted a cross-stitch pattern of him in my last entry, and he is to this day my absolute favorite character. I'm proud of this one because it literally took me 2 days to buy the fabric and make. He's uber comfy and I feel so graceful wearing him! That's about it!

My cosplay has taken me down some unexpected roads here in 2018 as well. I tried my hand at making a custom doll for a Yugi-oh GX group. Ami wanted to be Jaden so I made her a Yubel to sit on her shoulder. I'd been watching repaint videos on youtube and thought I could try my hand at it. It was actually easier than I thought it would be...but still very time consuming and tedious (but so is just about any craft project). For more info on that check out the process album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1357117204434331.1073741840.499734193505974&type=1&l=94ce92e3f0

And lastly are some plush props for the same cosplay group. I've completed Jaden's winged Kuriboh, which was super simple and its cuteness does wonders for my emotional state at times. I'm currently working on Chazz's duel spirit Ojama Yellow (I'm playing Chazz), and will be starting Ruby Carbuncle for my brother Dylan's Jesse Anderson cosplay.



I don't really know what else to say, but I'm hoping to be able to move forward and out of this rut I've been in. I'm doing my best to stay positive but it's honestly hard some days. I'll be back in the future but for now I'm just gonna be off and on you know. If you do want to stay more up to date with our cosplay endeavors though, do hit that like button on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/konspiracycosplay/

I appreciate you all, and happy crafting.

At last a New pattern, and some exciting news! ALSO NEBRASKON APPROACHES!

So, recently our cosplay group has been discussing (mostly Ami and I) doing characters from the 80's (early 2000s if you live in the States) Anime called Saint Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac for its brief run in the USA). It stemmed from me finding out that the game Saint Seiya: Soldier's Soul was available through Steam! I quickly snatched it up and through story mode got Logan interested enough in the series to start watching it subbed on CrunchyRoll, and now here I am halfway through rewatching the whole thing and I've COMPLETELY rekindled my love for it and then some!! I quite obviously am from the USA so I got the very short, poorly done Dic Dubbed Knights of the Zodiac circa 2002, it was a heavily censored and localized mess, with all blood and violence either turned blue or erased, but the imagery I did absorb as an impressionable 7 year old was enough that this series stuck with me LOOOOONNNGG after its run! While the Dub never did make it to the real plot of the show, after looking it up and making it much further in the subbed version I've fallen so head over heals for it! It's a long one, but definitely worth the watch! I'm sure anyone reading this who remembers it will agree! Now that I've successfully roped both my little brother and Logan into cosplaying the main 4 Bronze saints (we are lacking a Phoenix Ikki), we have a definitive lineup for NebrasKon 2017, Myself as Hyoga, Ami as Shun, Logan as Shiryu, and Cameron as the titular Seiya! I'm sure you're all thinking "BUT THAT'S A YEAR FROM NOW!" I'm aware, but more on NebrasKon 2016's lineup later in this post!

For now I present to you a new cross stitch pattern!! A portrait of Aries Mu in his casual clothes from the Sanctuary Arc of Saint Seiya! There's really no good way to describe Mu, but he's the kind of character you love no matter what! This was a lot of fun to make, and really only took a couple of hours! I look forward to stitching or perler beading this, whichever comes first, and as always, if you get around to it before me, I'd love to see it!

There's surely going to be more of these to come, I'm thinking Hyoga or Shiryu next, if you have a favorite Saint (or God Warrior, or Marina, or Spectre etc) let me know and I may just make a pattern for you!

On to the next topic! Kogata Daycon, a local one day event, was on the 15th, and our group, along with my mother attended! While we were there, a reporter for the local paper ninja shot a picture of us three ladies and it wound up front page news! Don't believe me check it out! (pardon the black, I had to cover up our last name)

We were wearing our Code Lyoko cosplays, and my mom was Cosplaying Integra from Hellsing! More great news, we took best in show in Kogata's Cosplay Contest! It was a really good end to a really fun day, now the grind to get everything done in time for NebrasKon 2016 is in full swing!

Our line-up this year is quite extensive and complicated, for Friday the 4th we will have a full swing Lord Of The Rings group with the following players: Myself as Legolas, Ami as Gimli, Logan as a Nazgul, Dylan as Sarumon the White, my dad as Gandalf the Grey, and my Mother as Galadriel, Cameron who found he couldn't complete a full set of armor for Sauron in time will be cosplaying Mettaton from Undertale! Saturday Dylan will be dawning Mettaton as Cameron plays Gaster from Undertale, Logan, Ami, and I will be playing Genesis, Cloud, and Zack from FFVII Crisis Core respectively, and Sunday will be our Ace Attorney cosplays with the addition of Logan as Apollo Justice era Phoenix Wright! If you happen to be in the area that weekend, or even have a ticket and see us around the con don't be afraid to say hi! Until next time happy crafting!

Long time no post...Cosplay and art.

So, it seems like it's been FOREVER since I posted here, haha sorry about that but I'll bring you up to date on my latest activities, rest assured.

First off, I recently quit my job at Subway, due to some bad customers and complaints about coworkers that I won't get into...(Not to toot my own horn too much, but they're already begging me to come back to work for them), anyway that gave me some much needed time to binge anime and relax! I got really into Kiznaiver and Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun, as well as the new Ace Attorney Anime! (I'm actually waiting for crunchyroll to upload the new episode as I type). I also got to play more games! The biggest plus though, is that I have more time to draw and work on cosplay! Our latest cosplay endeavor was to create costumes from a french cartoon that took my childhood by storm back in middle school! A show I would rush straight home after school to watch on Cartoon Network's MIguzi! I'm of course talking about Code Lyoko!

So, the characters Logan, Ami, and I decided to become were William Dunbar, Aelita Schaeffer, and Odd Della Robbia respectively. While Ami and I chose to recreate their season 1 appearances, since William wasn't in the first season, Logan chose to go for Xana Possessed William, and the end result was pretty spectacular!

After leaving Logan alone to work on William while I stressed over every little detail of Odd and Aelita's outfits (Ami's still not a very successful seamstress), I finally feel like I can trust him to make his own costumes...so long as they don't require complex wigs. His wig did turn out pretty good though all things considered! He ordered and styled it himself, I was a proud Senpai!

Ami on the other hand caused a lot of trouble the night before our meet up! As I toiled away air-brushing Logan's cosplay I told her to make her leggings...which I will tell you now, was a mistake...she made a pattern that would have worked....had it not been so small, she gave no room for seam allowance, and didn't cut the fabric out along the stretch...making the fact that it was stretchy pointless....This was at nearly 2am...and I was freaking out! Luckily, Logan's leggings from his Darkar cosplay were the right color and nearly the right size...after patching in some excess fabric to make the inner thighs roomier to account for her more feminine curves, (thankfully this was hidden by the skirt) we were saved! Our costumes were all really well received and they made my Senpai, VDR cosplay's day! (if you don't know her work, you should really check out her facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/vdrcosplay/?fref=ts )

As I was saying above, I also got some time to draw recently, and while thinking about remaking my first cosplay, Deidara which I did around 2009, I decided to draw a realistic rendition of him from his Akatsuki Inception, if you're no stranger to my blog, you probably know I'm rather fond of him, so I gave this drawing a lot of effort and love! Let me know what you think! Also If you want to keep up with us and all our cosplay WIPs, check out our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/konspiracycoslay/?fref=ts I'm currently posting updates on my Zack Fair cosplay over there! Until next time!

New Pattern, Cosplay, and FALL OUT BOY!!!!!

So, I bet you can tell from my title that I've been Hella busy!!! And here I am to tell you guys all about it. First off, Torii-con 2016 was on February 27th, about 2 weeks ago, and our group cosplayed the Heylin Villains from Xiaolin Showdown. I myself played Jack Spicer (of course), Ami was Wuya, and Logan was Chase Young. We also were fortunate enough to have a Hannibal Roy Bean, hand crafted and air brushed by Logan. I'm probably goning to go into a little detail about how each one of these was constructed, but for in progress pics and to see us in action you should really check us out on facebook! (https://www.facebook.com/konspiracycoslay/)

The first costume I'm going to talk about is my own, Jack Spicer. Let's start from Top to Bottom. The wig was a Derek in apple red from Arda-wigs that I spiked and trimmed to get that short flowy look. I wasn't happy the first few times, but try try again. The goggles are made from a couple of plastic discs I cut from a donut container and tinted with Yellow mod-podge. After tinting I painted on the red swirls and glued black craft foam around the edges...the strap is hot glued on elastic. The white makeup is special ordered Star-Gazer gothic foundation and the black is just liquid eyeliner...it takes around 45 minutes to get all dolled up like that haha. The coat is made from some sort of heavy weave material similar to denim but a little lighter, it's sewn like a normal long coat, aside from stiff interfacing in the collar to make it stand up, and wire in the tail to give it that cartoonishly evil look. The under clothes are just pants with an elastic waist, and his read pajama shirt with the Frankenstein face hand painted on...though it's not visible in any of the pictures I have so far. The boots are just my work boots with a couple of foam cuffs covered in gold liquid lame', and my Heli-pack is a foam floral dome painted up and straps hot glued on...the clip is just a back pack clip with some clay on it to look like his clasp. The third arm sash he's sporting is made similarly to the tail of his coat.

Wuya is just a simple lined dress with a zipper down the front and frog style clasps to give it that asian inspired look. Her wig is an Ororo in crimson from Arda-wigs that I sewed apple red wefts into and styled heavily to give her highlights that tentacle look. Her reversing mirror is just a craft mirror from Jo-anns that's been painted and had foam glued to it.

Chase is an elastic hemmed costume satin under-outfit with armor on top. The green armor was constructed by cutting pieces of craft foam and layering them between fabric to give it that plated look. The eye on the sash is a felt applique that's been airbrushed to give it that dark outline. The chest plate is similar to the plate-skirt but with vinyl sewn on top of the green to give it that finished shiny look. The Shoulders, gauntlets, shin guards and spikes are all made in the same fashion. They were cut from sheets of plastic that was then covered in craft foam and painted up to look gold, they're all held on with corset lacing up the back. The spikes were made from home-made worbla pie and hot glued on. Hannibal bean was made by Logan all by himself, so for info on that you'll have to shoot him a message on our Facebook Page.

Cosplay talk aside, I have for you a new cross-stitch pattern! Here's a portrait of Rukia Kuchiki from Bleach! As always if you sew this before I get around to it, please share! I'd love to see it!

And lastly, this past weekend, I went to see Fall Out Boy in Concert in Des Moines Iowa! I don't have a lot to say about it other than don't share a hotel room with Ami and Logan...they snore...and talk in their sleep....in that order haha...I didn't get much sleep, but the concert was a blast! They played a great mix of new stuff and classics, they even did a lazer light tribute to the late and phenominally great David Bowie. If you can see them on their next stop do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not much else to say, and I'm sure I've rambled enough...see ya later alligators!

Anime Review: Heat Guy J!

I haven't done one of these in a long time, mainly since I haven't had the time to watch a new series, start to finish. I came across this series by winning a cosplay contest, a couple DVDs of it were the prize. It was sometime around 2010...I watched a couple episodes back then, but never really got into it, however a couple weeks back I was sick and stayed home from work....with nothing better to do I popped in the DVDs again, and gave it a go. It must have been my mindset back then that kept me from getting into it, because this time around...I couldn't get enough. So! Let's start the Review!

Heat Guy J is an anime licensed by Geneon first, and then Funimation, that came out in 2002. It sought to seamlessly blend CGI with traditional animation in the same way and time period as Disney's Treasure Planet....with similar success. You can still tell what's CG and what's animation, but it still looks like it belongs together and the animation is rather clear and crisp. It's visually appealing and that's just the tip of the iceberg!

The plot centers around City Safety Management: Special Division agent Daisuke Aurora (Dice/Dais for short), and his android partner J. Dice is an upbeat rather optimistic young man in his early 20's. He's tough, doesn't complain too much, all things considered (his backstory is pretty sad, but he doesn't sweat it) and he's a very likable guy!

His partner, an Android simply known as J, is also pretty likable. He's known as the "Heat Guy" by most of the criminal underground, due to the large quantity of steam he releases to cool down after intense physical exertion. J takes on a fatherly sort of role for the orphaned Daisuke, who's only real family is his older brother Shun, the head of the City Safety Management office. J often advises Dice on how a "Real Man" should act, which can lead to either really deep, or comical commentary. Despite having no real feelings, J's AI can learn to act on it's own by observing the actions of the people he surrounds himself with. As the show progresses, Dice's lazy attitude and lax interpretation of the law start to rub off on him and he becomes pretty human.

The third and final member of the City Safety Management's Special Division is Kyoko Milchan. She's a stern and sensible young lady who's in charge of the budget and essentially being Dice's keeper. She started out pretty annoying to me, but as the show goes on, her quirks and charm start to grow on you in an undeniably cute way! She show's that she's a decent tactician too, rescuing Dice from his rival's clutches while he's under some pretty serious drugs.

The last solo character I'm going to talk about is Dice's main rival/enemy, Clair Leonelli. He's the only son of former mob boss Lorenzo Leonelli, a character who's funeral kicks off the series with a bang! Clair is semi-psychotic due to years of both physical and mental abuse from his father. He's a pyro-maniac but also an excellent strategist and leader to his men. I won't go into a lot of details but Clair easily became my favorite character from the moment I saw him to the moment he was last on screen.

The show is full of other interesting characters, that all have an interesting way of weaving into the story. One off characters you think will only matter to the episodic plots manage to work their ways back in multiple times making you rather glad you saw them too! A favorite of mine would be Kia Freeborn a guitar playing wanderer who was seeking revenge against his deadbeat father. Seems like a simple one-shot story you know Dice meets him and convinces him otherwise, story's done right? I thought so too, but he still manages to become an integral character in the final act of the story! The same goes for Clair's three goons, Giovanni, Ian and Mitchell. I won't say how, but those three really manage to surprise you, and make you love them!

This show has so many good things going for it, that it pains me to think that so few people know about it! It's a true gem. It manages to have that laid back episodic feel of Cowboy Bebop with a good Buddy Cop feel mixed in. The story easily wraps itself up in 26 episodes, yet it leaves you wanting more! I was satisfied with the end but demanded more epilogue, a downside I suppose, to having so many characters whose stories worked their way in and wound together. Another kudos to this show is its catchy opening, FAKE by Try Force. It had me singing along within the first few episodes and it really sets the feel for this show. If you aren't completely sold on this series, just watch the embeded link below, then check it out streaming dubbed or subbed on HULU!



I'll be back next week with new cosplay, cross-stitch patterns, and everything else I'm usually known for...I'll also be talking about my trip to see Fall Out Boy in concert!

At last another CMV Klapollo!! Just in time for the Holidays!~

If you're like me and are a hardcore yaoi fangirl...then this is for you! Consider it an early Christmas present...if you celebrate Christmas, if not, it's just another random act of yaoi kindness! Here is a cosplay tribute to my favorite Ace Attorney couple! Klavier Gavin and Apollo Justice! Not much else to say here so enjoy and please leave a comment if you enjoyed it, it spurs me on to make more videos like this one!

Ace Attorney Cross Stitch Pattern SPAM!

It's no secret that I've been obsessed with Ace Attorney lately, and now that I'm back from Nebraskon and have had some time to relax, I was able to make up a few cross stitch patterns!!! All of which are from the Ace Attorney Series! I don't have my own laptop right now, so I wasn't able to do anything spectacular like character busts....although Edgeworth is calling my name~~~~~ I did however manage to make some key symbols from the series that I am so eager to start sewing myself!!!!

So, to start these off, here's the symbol representing my favorite Ace Attorney Character!!! Klavier Gavin's pendant! I figure the nice cool grey will look stunning against a black fabric!

Next up is the Gyaxa Space Center Logo from Dual Destinies! I just recently started playing this case, and I thought it would make a nice little pillow or something.

Third is the Mood Matrix symbol, representing Athena Cykes, from Dual Destinies as well. It was simple and cute!

And finally representing Ace Attorney Investigations! We have the symbol of the three legged raven, The Yatagarasu!

Let me know which one is your favorite in the comments down below, and be sure to let me know if you stitch them yourselves!!!!!!!!

Back From Nebraskon 2015!

Well that was a whirlwind of a weekend! I was on the phone near constantly with Logan who was missing the con due to basic training, and we were going here, there, and everywhere! Some of the highlights of our weekend, was Ami meeting the Nostalgia Critic!!!

As well as our Ace Attorney pair meeting another Gavin, a Clay Terran (Ami was thrilled!) an Ema Skye, and a Phoenix Wright!

The BEST part of the weekend, was our Skit getting Second place in the cosplay contest!!

A lot of people loved our Squall and Cloud! And our Mom's plague Doctor was a hit! It even won our local Hancock Fabric's Halloween contest!

Sorry if this post seems really random and off the wall, I'm still all keyed up from the con and super excited to get back to my sewing machine!! Until Next time! Happy sewing/crafting/cosplaying/life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Long Time no see! Ace Attorney Cosplay and more!

So...I've been....busy...... Ami and I attended another mini-convention about 5 days ago, as Apollo Justice and Klavier Gavin from Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice! We originally weren't intending to go, despite being invited much earlier in the year (a little after the last con), but while I was chatting away with a friend around 1am a month before the gathering, she convinced my tired brain to say yes, and a lot of complaining from Ami ensued... So, I promised her I'd make both costumes and all she'd have to do is drive, I procrastinated a lot with Apollo, but got him done fairly quickly...when I was actually working on him, in actual hours making him, he only took a couple days, in reality I sort of spaced him out over 2 1/2 weeks...so Klavier was a mad dash to get done, and I spent nearly 3 days straight on him haha....I may now have a very strong aversion to lined jackets.................................... Anyway We did really well with them and had a lot of fun, despite Logan not being around due to basic...It was really hard to work on them without him, I'm used to his constant pestering/motivating me to get things done, so it was kind of sad and lonely...but I persevered and they turned out amazing!

So, if you like Ace Attorney, Without further ado here's Ami as Apollo Justice, and myself as Klavier Gavin!
This first pic is us at the con :)

Here we have some shots from our own personal photoshoot!

And for any Klapollo shippers (KlavierXApollo love) here's a special pic!~

Ami and I are also currently working on a CMV (cosplay music video) to the song Camera Shy with these two characters, To follow that's progress, my cosplay in general, and any other WIP stuff, check out our cosplay page at : https://www.facebook.com/konspiracycoslay :

So it's been a while! (Ramblings, Akua Con and Rave Master Cosplay!)

So I haven't posted in like FOREVER!!! I don't even remember what the last thing I talked about was....but anyway Akua Con was last weekend, and it was a blast! We got our groups outfits done just in time! Logan's Haru wig could have been better, but the rest of his outfit Rocked! And Ami's Elie was Stunning and Sexy!~ My Musica was So-So, but the extending Spear shocked the judges. Cameron also did a Dark Link that was phenomenal. All four of us got prizes in the cosplay contest to boot. So Here is a large group pic of some of us cosplayers! From Left to Right is Cameron's Dark Link, A Fem Link, our friend Rachel in her Kimono Squirtle Gijinka, A Werewolf Red Riding Hood, myself as Musica, Ami as Elie, and Logan as Haru!

And Here are some excellent shots of Cameron as Dark Link, and Ami as Elie

Don't they just look amazing!?

Anyway I haven't had a lot of time for art and such, but that's due to work and my newest obsession! ACE ATTORNEY GAMES!!!!!!!! I've been playing Apollo Justice nonstop for a while now, and Klavier Gavin has stolen my soul..................................... How can he be so amazingly sweet and annoy me so much at the same time?! Lesson learned, if I'm swearing at 3AM, Blame the Prosecution. I also dyed my hair a new color yesterday. I'm a redhead now and I am loving it! It reminds me of my Reno wig, such a lovely reddish maroon blend <3

That's about all I have to say, sorry for the boring post and random ramblings. Until next time <3

Some sad news, another con, and musings

With the end of Logan's High school career fast approaching, and college looming over him, our groups prop master has decided to enter the National Guard. While Ami and I are totally supportive of it, (we're having lots of fun imagining him with a buzz cut!), he'll be in basic training during Nebraskon 2015. That means we had to rework our cosplay lineup, one that we'd had planned for nearly a year. We're putting off his Genesis cosplay and Ami's Cloud, in favor of her being the Laguna to my Squall and having our mom play Irvine. That way I can be Zack for 2016 with Cloud and Genesis. We think that should work out.

On the bright side, we got invited to another Mini-con that is just before he enters Basic!! So, we got together and decided we should do something simple and Nostalgic for all three of us. One that'd be fun and make some good memories for him to hold onto during basic training. We went with Hiro Mashima's Rave Master! If you've been reading this blog since the start, then you'll know for a long time I was in love with Musica from Rave Master, so my cosplay was a natural choice. There was no arguing over who was Haru, Logan got his first choice, I got mine as Musica, and Ami squealed at the thought of making Elie and her Tonfa blasters! I even hand stitched a Plue plushie

The con is on June 27th in Watertown South Dakota. If you're in the area, look up Akuacon on Facebook and see if you can come on out!


I've recently started playing FFXII on the ps2, and I think I may be making a few patterns based on that. I went through Dork Stitch's pattern selection, hoping she'd already covered some of the main party, but sadly she hasn't, and there are barely any other patterns out there (aside from Ashe, whom I rather dislike). I would have loved to perler Balthier and Vaan, as they are some of the most fun FF characters I've encountered in a long time. I'm surprised the game has such negative reviews online when I find it to be so much fun! I'm even on the lookout for the spin off Revenant wings for Nintendo DS. I really like the gambit system, which seems to be the main complaint most people have. If they don't like it, you can turn it off, so just do that!

I also bought a psp from Last Stop CD shop the other day along with Kindom Hearts Birth By Sleep, and FFVII Crisis Core. While I still need a memory stick, I've been replaying Terra's Story in BBS and I may finally get around to making that Ventus pattern! I just need a computer that I can call my own! (yep, still using Ami's...still to broke to buy a new one). I am a little stuck in FFXII if any one can help me, I'm fighting the Demon Wall in King Raithwall's Tomb...and it's kicking my ass! Any help will be appreciated, I believe my party's average level is about 16, and everyone but Fran has a staff that deals about 30 damage. Fran has a bow that does about the same. I have a quickening for everyone but Vaan, and Fran, Basch, Ashe, and Penelo have 2-3 quickenings unlocked....I'm not sure what all spells Fran has but its a lot, and everyone has a cure spell but Penelo. They're wearing Chain armor or strong anti magic armor. That's all I can remember about their stats off the top of my head, any help at all is welcome! And if you just wanna talk about the game or the characters or anything else I've mentioned above just leave me a comment!

Love ya~

Typical Sewing WIP, cosplay, and art dump, plus heads up on upcoming Anime Review!

So, I've gotten more done on Jack, and seeing as how its 2 AM and I can't sleep, I'm posting here instead of agonizing over my 6 hour shift tomorrow that I'm sure to be exhausted during! So here I am to bore you all to death!

As you can see, I've got his hair and goggles blocked out. I'm thinking I'll do some color stitches to alleviate the boredom of doing so much black.

So, Ami and I really love this fanart, of Sora and Riku from KH2 where Riku crowns Sora, and after being inspired by it, we went out and did a photo-shoot today with Crowns, Paopu Fruit, and Sea Salt Ice cream (blue-raspberry Popsicle). I'm gonna spam those here. the first one is the shot inspired by the fanart, the second is a kiss behind a paopu fruit, and the third is us sharing Ice Cream.

This last pic is my absolute favorite pic of us so far! I love how cute and in character it is for Riku to be stealing some of Sora's Ice Cream!

And Lastly here's an art spam for an ADORABLE new addiction of mine. The Anime is called Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! If you've heard of it, you've probably scoffed and thought it's a fucking ridiculous concept, and you're right, and if you haven't then I'll tell you, It's basically sarcastic Sailor Moon with an all guys cast! After the Finale next week, I'll be doing an Anime review! But I absolutely love it, I swear I go into withdrawal as soon as each episode ends, and I don't know how I'm gonna survive without it when it's over! But for now here's a pair of fanarts of my favorite character, Ryuu Zaou, AKA Battle Lover VESTA!~ The first is a plain watercolor scan, and the second one is after I rendered and added a digital background. I really like how it turned out, considering Ryuu's element is fire!

Now that I've bored you half to death with my pointless, and tired update, I'll just remind you that you can find and watch me on Deviantart if you like my drawings and cosplay by copy-pasting this link (http://kakashi-copycat-kun.deviantart.com/) or searching my screenname, and say happy stitching/painting/whatever you're into...I'm gonna sew some more and watch cute boys transform into magical boys!

Our Torii Con adventure, and More Sewing WIP

Torii-con was about two weeks ago, and we had an amazing yet miserable time. Let me explain haha. The night before, we were rushing to get Darkar completed, so Logan stayed the night, and we decided to sleep in our basement workshop...None of us really slept that night, so at about 5:30, we got up and made breakfast, we were packed and out the door by 7. We made it to Vermillion at about 9 and the con didn't start until 10. Ami and I were partially in our cosplays to save time, and Logan and Dylan still needed to change, so we decided to hurry up and find the convention center, which was easier said than done. We were lost for around 45 minutes, but finally made it. Dylan rushed to the ladies room to get changed into his costume (he was too shy to put on a skirt in the mens), while I tried to cram Logan into his outfit the best I could. Ami couldn't really move much because she was afraid of making a slight run in her outfit we'd found the night before any worse. So I was working like a mad woman. It was while trying to get his cod piece on that we found our first problem...he made it too small (never leave these things entirely to Logan....) then his shins were too heavy and kept falling off, so we used some red ducttape to hold it all together and got signed up for the cosplay contest. Then I started on transforming Dylan into a lady, only to find he left his hand made shoes at home. So we sent a text to my dad and told him to bring the shoes and some ducttape. He said he'd be there at about noon. So, we headed up to the con area and started mingling and loafing around. Then Logan said his outfit was too heavy and he wanted to take it off...so he removed all of it but the under clothes and wandered around like that, however there was no rest for him, everyone wanted him to put it on for a picture, so it was off again and right back on again over and over, haha! We hung around and did some trivia, bought stuff and played video games. While we were eating lunch dad called and said he was there, so we met him out front and got the stuff...Eventually, it was about a half hour til our judging time slot, so we tried to cram Logan back into his outfit, which was falling apart worse still. So we taped it all together, and were convinced it looked crappy, but the judges were good friends of ours we'd met at Nebraskon a couple years back. They'd seen it when we first brought it in and said the Ducttape wouldn't count against us. After that, we got through the judging no problem and moved back to where we'd been loafing around to wait for the contest at 7. By then, Ami's custom shoes were digging into her feet and I had a blister forming on my left ankle. So we took our shoes off and sort of just read manga and waited while the boys went and entered some gaming tournaments. 7 rolled around and although 3/4ths of us were in slight pain, we ran on stage and gave it our best, then sat down to await the awards ceremony. After first and second place were awarded, and we won nothing each judge gave out an award for their favorite. The first judge gave hers to a marvelous cosplayer from a series I didn't recognize (her outfit was to die for though!!), and the second said, there was no way he could pick just one costume from our group, so he gave it to us all. We were ecstatic, and took a bow with our little trophy! Afterwards we all got changed into street clothes, and sang karaoke until the con was over. Then we all limped to the car exhausted but happy lol!

PICTURE TIME!

Here we have Ami as Tecna, Logan's Darkar, and my Musa

And here we have Logan's Darkar as a full body pic!

This picture shows off Dylan's cosplay along with the rest of us girls!

And Finally here's our Trophy!

Now that the cosplay talk is over for this post, I've been working on my Jack Spicer pattern some more! Not much to say though aside from the fact his arm is almost done. I'll keep at it and have more progress soon.

~Until Next Time