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Fanime report + pics
I've had a day to recover and now it's time to write my ...writeup!
Biggest success: All six of my prints sold! Some of them even got bidded up beyond the initial price! All together they summed to $540 - not really that much when you deduct costs and time consumed considering I am a WORKING PROFESSIONAL, but I'm just glad to have made a profit (and not have to take any of them home) at all :)
Biggest regret: I had no idea that there were organized photoshoot meetups for specific series at con now, so I had no room in my schedule to make it to the Avatar group shoot (or the Smash Bros or Legend of Zelda shoots (Edit: especially since this happened), for that matter).
ctrl_a got pics of it which I shall be awaiting, but I really wish I could've been there. NEXT TIME!
Biggest triumph: My crazily rushed waterskin held together completely reliably, and was a super handy stuff-carrying bag to boot! Overall my entire costume (even hair loopies) stayed intact over 12+ hours better than any cosplay I've ever done. It probably helps that it was the most normal and sensible "fashion" out of all my previous options... :P
Biggest ...socialization... accomplishment: I never really cared about the 3DS Streetpass feature (especially since it's not even really my 3DS, but Kevin's), but I knew that it would be now or never to use it. After 1.5 days at con it went from 0 to over 100 Streetpass hits and all puzzle pieces completed. I still don't care about it, but it'll never see that kind of traffic again! ...Until next con.
And of course, the photos are what you're here to see. There were a LOT of cosplayers this year, and a LOT of them were great quality. Instead of taking pictures of every decent costume like I used to do, this time I just threw my hands up and got only pictures of costumes that particularly tickled my fancy. (As you might expect, most of them were video game-related.)
Me-related:
LOOK MA I'M WATERBENDING. Ehhhhh. | IS AZULA. | WE MUST DO BATTLE. | DEAD JET. GOOGLY EYES. GET OUT OF THE WAY APPA.
From the few photoshoot meetups I swung by:
Bleach: I gave up on Bleach ages ago and so | I don't know who most of these people are and I | just took the pix for those of you who like Bleach. | Captains! | Uraharas! and Kon
Sailor Moon: Didn't get there in time for the big group shots so I don't have pics of non-Senshi, alas. | Mars & Venuson a date | Lunas :3 | Obligatory roses | FLAWLESS VICTORY.
Scott Pilgrim: Two pics of the | same shot. Kevin and my favorites are the Roxy on the left and the MATTHEW PATEL(s).
Others:
Sazhszzshzsszh. There were quite a few good FFXIII cosplays around. | Such as this Fang and Vanille and Serah. | No idea if she's even from anything. But amazing costume that lights up. | SHOW ME YA MOVES. | Tangled is the cutest and if you haven't seen it WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU. ;) | Surprising amount of Pyramid Heads, I saw like 4 or 5 different ones. This one's a grrl. | Assassin's Creed bunch, needs a haystack. | A super-fantastic Bayonetta. | Adooooorable Layton family. This is the BEST THING I SAW ALL DAY. | Old Snake, and another great Assassin's Creed costume. This pic doesn't do it justice. | I dunno Bleach so I don't understand what this Ishida is doing but SHINY. | He challenged some poor soul to step into the center. | Great-looking Queen Beryl and Black Lady who weren't at the BSSM photoshoot.
No worthwhile photos from the Masquerade, I'm sure there are better recordings up elsewhere on the internet anyway.
Next up, E3 in 6 days...!
Biggest success: All six of my prints sold! Some of them even got bidded up beyond the initial price! All together they summed to $540 - not really that much when you deduct costs and time consumed considering I am a WORKING PROFESSIONAL, but I'm just glad to have made a profit (and not have to take any of them home) at all :)
Biggest regret: I had no idea that there were organized photoshoot meetups for specific series at con now, so I had no room in my schedule to make it to the Avatar group shoot (or the Smash Bros or Legend of Zelda shoots (Edit: especially since this happened), for that matter).
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Biggest triumph: My crazily rushed waterskin held together completely reliably, and was a super handy stuff-carrying bag to boot! Overall my entire costume (even hair loopies) stayed intact over 12+ hours better than any cosplay I've ever done. It probably helps that it was the most normal and sensible "fashion" out of all my previous options... :P
Biggest ...socialization... accomplishment: I never really cared about the 3DS Streetpass feature (especially since it's not even really my 3DS, but Kevin's), but I knew that it would be now or never to use it. After 1.5 days at con it went from 0 to over 100 Streetpass hits and all puzzle pieces completed. I still don't care about it, but it'll never see that kind of traffic again! ...Until next con.
And of course, the photos are what you're here to see. There were a LOT of cosplayers this year, and a LOT of them were great quality. Instead of taking pictures of every decent costume like I used to do, this time I just threw my hands up and got only pictures of costumes that particularly tickled my fancy. (As you might expect, most of them were video game-related.)
Me-related:
LOOK MA I'M WATERBENDING. Ehhhhh. | IS AZULA. | WE MUST DO BATTLE. | DEAD JET. GOOGLY EYES. GET OUT OF THE WAY APPA.
From the few photoshoot meetups I swung by:
Bleach: I gave up on Bleach ages ago and so | I don't know who most of these people are and I | just took the pix for those of you who like Bleach. | Captains! | Uraharas! and Kon
Sailor Moon: Didn't get there in time for the big group shots so I don't have pics of non-Senshi, alas. | Mars & Venus
Scott Pilgrim: Two pics of the | same shot. Kevin and my favorites are the Roxy on the left and the MATTHEW PATEL(s).
Others:
Sazh
No worthwhile photos from the Masquerade, I'm sure there are better recordings up elsewhere on the internet anyway.
Next up, E3 in 6 days...!