Mana Kuzunoha (Tenjou Tenge) @ NYCC/NYAF 2010

photo credit: Gerardo J. Flores

I wanted to do a cosplay with my friend Dokudel. ♥ I asked her who she would like me to cosplay and she chose a character from her favorite anime Tenjou Tenge.

I only had a yard of the plaid fabric to work with for the skirt so it's much shorter than the "official" art. I rationalize it by saying the length changes often in the anime. :p

Ponies for 3D Dinosaurs movie at the National Museum of Natural History

photo credit: spiralred?

-Angelic Pretty cutsew
-Jolie Chose Ponies skirt
-Secret Shop shoes
rest offbrand

Black Carousel @ Otakon 2010

photo credit: Spooky Electric

-Rose Melody Merry Go Round JSK
-Bodyline blouse
-Lumiebre parasol
rest offbrand

Rue (Magna Carta II) @ Otakon 2010

photo credit: thislonlyflower

This costume was surprisingly pretty easy for me. (I must be getting used to HTK...) I love my poufy bloomer shape! I experimented with gradient dye. It's very subtle but I kinda like it that way. I also tried using pink insulation foam for the pumpkin and daggers. The daggers and pumpkin stem didn't quite make it. The pumpkin was "fixed" with wire and the daggers remade for fanime from styrene? some sort of thermoplastic I had laying around for another project and super sculpy.

I think I'll make her shuriken weapons for the next MC2 meetup.

Reworn for Katsucon 2011

photo credit: Neoqueenhoneybee

Reworn for Fanime 2011

 

photo credit: EBK, masakocha

Amunet (Assassin's Creed II) @ AMA 2010

I really enjoyed playing the Assassin's Creed series. Personally, I liked Altair better than Ezio. (Ezio is pretty stupid, imo.) But I have no confidence in pulling off Altair. But there are a few female assassins in Assassin's Creed 2. A couple who are not "courtesans" even! Iltani's outfit had a neckline that was a bit too low for my taste so I settled on Amunet.

Reworn @ Otakon 2010

photo credit: Lisa? on my camera

Déjà (Halo: Fall of Reach) @ AMA 2010

photo credit: me (lol bad photoshop edits)

I made this costume before the Fall of Reach: Bootcamp comic came out and based it on the description in the book.

The appearance of a Greek goddess: barefoot, wrapped in the toga, motes of light dancing about her luminous white hair and holds a clay tablet in her left hand.

Mix for Cherry Blossom Tea at National Cathedral

photo credit: kalisafish on my camera

-Takuya ANGEL tops

-Jolie Chose Ponies skirt

-Secret Shop shoes

rest offbrand

BtSSB Ribbon Cream for Alice in Wonderland

photo credit: Diane

-BtSSB Ribbon Cream OP

-Secret Shop shoes

Naoya Kirihaya (Night Head Genesis) @ Katsucon 2010

Nii-san!

Closet cosplay.

I love the protective older brother/gentle younger brother dynamic (no, not incest - don't like the incest - just the pure agape/philia love). So cute!

Reworn for AMA 2010

photo credit: tripod

Carrier Loli for Lolita Fashion Show @ Katsucon 2010

photo credit: Spooky Electric, Neoqueenhoneybee

-F+F Sailor dress

-Ling Lam RHS

rest offbrand

That awkward feeling when you're saluting for a photo and actual Naval officers walk by... (They were also at the Gaylord for a formal event.)

Miku Hatsune PoPiPo vers. (Vocaloid) @ Katsucon 2010

photo credit: myself, Spooky Electric

I wanted to like Vocaloid but couldn't really get "into" it. But PoPiPo totally charmed me! I mean, how can you not love a song about vegetable juice? YOU MUST HAVE SOME RIGHT NOW!

Yes. Green juice is my favorite. /endorsement.

Reworn @ Chibi*con 2010

photo credit: Adam Howell, Briana Molina

Takuya ANGEL @ National Museum of Natural History

photo credit: Casie on facebook

Meta Rose for Consider Carnations Tea at Green Spring Gardens

photo credit: edgevictim

-Metamorphose Rose print JSK
rest offbrand

Hime Lolita for Japanese Fashion/Cosplay show @ the Textile Museum

photo credit: Brightest Young Things

-BtSSB Ribbon Cream
-Offbrand stockings
-LingLam rocking horse