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[werewolfcutie]

What is it that makes every bitch on artist alley bend jump rings wrong

[unpretty]

here's the official product photos because they're on a high shelf right now and i'm lazy

i already read the ebooks so i didn't have to touch the hardcovers, they're like new. the images are pretty accurate, that's basically what they look like. the signature on the inside was done with a silver sharpie i think, so it's also shiny.

as for the price, if i put them on ebay i'll have them priced at least $250 with free shipping, but i can afford less if it's a direct sale without ebay fees. so basically anyone who follows me can make me an offer and tell me where to email the paypal link.

does anyone want first dibs on my fairyloot exclusive raven cycle hardcover set before i let ebay randos have at them

[star-vessel1237]

I was looking through my stuff from Wondercon since I got to attend and apparently I managed to loose two items I got from an Artist's Alley booth. I'm gonna assume I lost it somehow while getting back home from the hotel I stayed at or from unpacking cause and I put them in the wrong suitcase.

If anyone is interested in what the items were, they were double sided charms. One was of Hua Cheng and Xie Lang under an umbrella and the other was Idia and Ortho. If I somehow do find them I will reblog this post.

[oldstuck]

Three different times (and places) that I wore my Snoopy cosplay -- Comic-Con, Wondercon, and returning home from Anime Expo. At Comic-Con, I was surprised and pleased when an assistant for Patrick McDonnell asked me to pose with him after his panel.

[omorales81]

Home sweet home… in more ways than one. Thank you #WonderCon. Up next: Nintendo + NYC. #TownBiz #IFlyOAK

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[kohiandie]

sorry for the messy, long wait on orders n' such the last week -- along with the two nursing moms & babies we took in, i (andie) was sent to the er by my pcp for a few blood & iron transfusions bc my hemoglobin was dangerously low (5)

i had to stay overnight and it was kind of a mess but i'm back home & settling back -- i feel pretty much fine, my body's adjusted to being so anemic over years & years, so i never felt any kind of fatigue or issues but it was a whole thing, spent the night, lots of ivs, lots of poking, barely sleeping, i even got to ride in an ambulance??

i feel like things are always so chaotic with us LOL sorry ya'll, but we're trying to do as much as we can before i head out for wondercon in a few days. looooots of stuff

[justaboot]

4, 7, 45, 84......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!3!!&@

4. What do you think about most?

I cannot express. That I am never not thinking about disney xd's ducktales. I wake up, I'm thinking about ducks. I drive 2+ hours a day. I stare at pavement through a windshield and think about ducks. I get home and I think about ducks. Someone help me.

7. What’s your strangest talent?

flips hair I breathe and eat fire

45. What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?

I did my best to rip my pinky toe off going barefoot on a metal slide in a garden on the roof of the convention center at Wondercon. I was 15 and lost my friends and was absolutely drenched in blood calmly asking mothers on the playground for napkins, then had to take the bus and train home for stitches.

84. What is a saying you say a lot?

"Oooh, that really grinds my goats..." It's just...joy.

[tea-cat-arts]

So, I decided to give Anime Expo a second chance...

(Link: @ur-dads-fuckboi Excalibur: @acheronianflower Eruka: me)

There were so many wonderful artists and cosplayers there! Ended up bringing home these (some bought, some were free). I'm happy with all my purchases, but the Griseo print was such a wonderful surprise (saw it when it was posted on tumblr awhile ago, never expected to see it in person)

Overall, I had a pretty great time! Cuz the guests and vendors, not the AX staff. AX is still a bad con. For those interested in California cons, I'd recommend Wondercon instead

[biggoldbelt]

Unveiling Secrets of 'Gremlins: The Wild Batch' Season 2 with Tze Chun and Sherri Chung at WonderCon

Tze Chun (Executive Producer & Showrunner) and Sherri Chung (Composer) Interview by Big Gold Belt Media –Synopsis:GREMLINS: THE WILD BATCH follows Gizmo, Sam, and Elle as they travel from their home in Shanghai to San Francisco, bringing even more magic, mystery and Mogwai mayhem. Hot on the trail of a new brood of evil Mogwai, our heroes journey deep into the American West, coming up against new…

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First dragon adoption of WonderCon, and of course it’s Ruby finding a new home. It’s always such a joy to see my handmade dragons making people happy, and I see hijinks in Ruby’s future. Adopt your own dragon at WonderCon, here in Anaheim, CA.

[acedormouse]

With today marking 10 years since Ford was revealed, I feel sad not really remembering my reaction to the episode.

At the time, my favorite characters were Mabel and Fiddleford so the memories that have stuck with me over the years usually center around either of them or other episodes that really stood out like Society of the Blind Eye.

The Fiddleford reveal really stuck with me and I partially blame me being being a big Simon from Adventure Time fan during the that time.

I remember cosplaying Mabel to Wondercon (April 3, 2015) and wearing a unicorn sweater even before The Last Mabelcorn aired.

I went by myself hoping to find other GF cosplayers and having no luck. The best I got were people questioning my sweater choice.

I could never forget being pulled over while driving home still in cosplay and having to explain to the officer where I was coming from and that I was wearing a wig.

I know I watched the rest of the series once the episodes aired. I can't remember how since I was in college and didn't have access to television. I watched everything leading up to Not What He Seems on kisscartoon.

Perhaps this is all why I'm grateful that I got to watch the series again with my wife, who, got to watch it for the first time without a single spoiler just a few months ago.

I can remember all her reactions much more than I remember my own.

[karena741]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: LOUNGEFLY ~ Disney Winnie the Pooh Heffalump Dreams GITD Crossbody Bag - NWT!.

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October 25 2023

ok! hello! back to regular blogging. if you weren't aware i'm now hosting the old blog on tumblr so this should be easier for me to update than manually adding to the html and dealing with archiving past posts. best part is you can barely tell save for the photos are handled a bit odd now o_<;;

so i'd like to catch up on errrrr Feb to October LOL a whole year practically. lets see what i've been up to...

did wondercon in Anaheim, uh then KawaiiKon in Hawaii. spent some extra time there afterwards as well, I always enjoy snorkeling ^_^ you regularly see many turtles but i even saw a pufferfish! honolulu is nice and walkable if you've got sun protection! plus lots of other people also walk around with a parasol so nobody heckles you for it (like where I live :|||) their bus service is decent as well. i had a pretty greasy plate lunch the first day i was there so it had my stomach upset like, the whole time ;_; did an escape room with friends for the first time that was pretty fun! unfortunately kawaiikon's moved to being juried and apps are not even open yet ??? so no guarantees i'll be back next year :/

also did another Las Vegas con, it was meh. i don't care for the organizers of this one they steal art for their advertising, overcharge for tables, and then put us next to a loud ass stage. don't like that! i'd already done Omegamart the year before but i was staying in Freemont which i've never visited. i'll be back very soon and hopefully get to Nevada early enough in the day to visit Goodsprings bc you know I am a New Vegas girlie ehehe. also did an Anime Impulse back in Anaheim. I usually don't care for them for the same reasons as those other organizers but at least the crowd is better! this past january one they stuck us in a leaky barn ;_; for the table price its pretty ridiculous but i always come back despite it all because the attendees treat me well lmao

left off with pins last time, but since then got shirts made! there's two designs, my "fallen angel" girlie and my cherubim design.

you can see them off to the side there, this is my booth Colossalcon East in Pennsylvania this September. super fun! great con, lovely weeby people in PA! along the top you can also see some of my new big prints i made in like 3 weeks. just drawing drawing drawing -w-!! this con i also got to meet Grey DeLise/Griffin and she signed my Azula print for me hehe <3

my plane ride home got delayed for thunder which was stressful bc immediately after i had a flight to Japan! eek! this was my second time going this year. i had been in 2022 right when it reopened to tourists so it was a much different experience this time, wayy more tourists about. ended up arriving right at the peak of a heat wave i took it easy though just doing some figure shopping and enjoying the food. i love family restaurants there so much lmfao they're so good and cheap. also met up with a friend from all the way back in middle school who also happened to be in shibuya the same night ??? made her and her partner go to Denny's with us later on lol! also visited Odaiba and Hakone this time on my birthday! Hakone is where Evangelion's Tokyo-3 is meant to be based in so they've got their own EVA store. I got a Unit 02 strawberry drink thing, should have got the matcha-taro swirl Unit 01 soft serve icecream >:)

got back and did some house keeping up until i found out there's a halloween party! i made a very quick costume out of stuff i had lying around. only spent like 5$ for some plastic fake chains. here's my alice (sans chains ofc) i made that apron in like a day out of an old pillowcase -w-;;; i don't sew much!! maybe i would be good at it if i bought plenty of fabric and followed instructions but we'll never know because i only try it out to make something silly with no pattern using scraps all in 1 day and then i get fed up and start using hot glue and hem tape. as one does! its got a little bow in the back too but i had no interfacing so its just a piece of printer paper giving it shape. this is what halloween is about!!

please ignore the background i'm in the middle of painting my bathroom lol

up next i've got Sin City Anime in Las Vegas and Kumoricon in Portland. i like these two, completely different vibe and size but Sin City was cozy last year (they've since moved soo well see ??) and Kumori has some interesting people lmfao. i will see you guys at the swap meet +w+!! for sin city they asked if i'd be interested in an extra free booth for the 18+ lounge event and i was like ok sure why not and come to find i'm like one of 5 tables??? i don't know how it'll go over but whatever its something to do! i will have my tres leches cows and some new ones...here's a preview!

whole milk is soOoO popular i'm so happy lmfao he is for the girls and the gays <3 i've got to do some more boys....its what the people want. maaybe a whipped cream to go with whipping ? ^_^ <3!

alright that's all for now! ttyl!

[sheliesshattered]

Next Cosplay Projects

Like I talked about in my last post, coming home from Dragon Con inspired quite a lot of talk between Jack and me about where I want to spend my costuming time and effort in the coming year. At this point we are tentatively planning to go to Dragon Con 2024, and contemplating also going to WonderCon 2024 since it's so much closer to home. We'll make decisions about each of them as they get closer (and we have done the one thing for Dragon Con planning that must be done this early: secured a hotel room) but in the meantime I really can't make my brain stop thinking about cosplay projects, lol.

Even while we were still at Dragon Con, it became clear to both me and Jack that we want to invest more of our con time into the House of the Dragon/Game of Thrones/ASOIAF fandom. The HotD meetup was the highlight of our weekend, and the panels we enjoyed most were focused on that fandom as well. I realized this just an hour or two too late to switch back to my Rhaenyra gown and make it to the Game of Thrones meetup on Saturday, but next year we may try to make it a priority to go to both the HotD and GoT meetups.

We also really enjoyed the Doctor Who Ball and costuming for that, but I think I'll stick with my MOTOE Clara outfit, since it represents my favorite character traveling with my favorite Doctor, in an iconic evening ensemble that's perfect for Dragon Con. Besides repairing any of the beading that needs it and possibly finding a nice-looking plastic champagne flute, that cosplay really doesn't need anything. I will probably make another beaded bracelet or two to give away as swag, but that's easily done next summer.

I absolutely love the blanket I knit for it, but it works much better for GallifreyOne, since we drive to that con and have a room in the host hotel -- I could bring it for Dragon Con, but it's 5lbs of fluffiness taking up room in the checked luggage that would probably be better used for other things. And as much as I love the blanket, I don't think it makes the cosplay any more recognizable than just the dress, lol. (But I might like to get nice beach photos of the dress and blanket at some point, hmm. Something to think about in the future.)

I completely forgot to mention them in the last post, but Jack and I did have fun in our screen-accurate Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Arthur Dent and Trillian for the Bunny Hutch party on Thursday night. The line for the party was ridiculous, the disability seating all taken up 2+ hours before the start time, and then later on we heard that the party itself wasn't even very fun. We had a blast just walking around the hotel lobbies in costume instead, so that's the plan for Thursdays at Dragon Con going forward. Arthur in particular is a luggage space hog with that huge bathrobe, so we probably won't bring those back for Dragon Con 2023.

That does leave an opening for Thursday night, at least for me or possibly a couples costume. Something vaguely themed towards Bunny Hutch seems fun even if we aren't going, since a good 50% of the people in the hotel lobbies are dressed similarly. It could be a good opportunity for something sexy but not difficult to wear or pack, maybe even something Harley Quinn themed -- I don't want to spend any of my Friday/Saturday/Sunday con time on Harley in the future, but Thursday night is just whatever. I'm toying with the idea of making a corset with the rest of the sequin fabric, to match the shorts, but it's waaay down my to-do list.

The thing that's bubbled to the top of my to-do list is actually something for Jack. He mentioned out of the blue that what he would really like to wear at Dragon Con is some cool cape or cloak or poncho thing, something he could put the hood up on and just run around in looking cool.

To which I said, 'what, like Daemon's crime hoodies?'

And Jack's face lit up in the sort of way that will absolutely make me start planning my next sewing project, lol.

For those not immersed in the HotD fandom, Daemon Targaryen wears two different hooded riding cloaks at three different times in season 1, each to accompany something he'd rather not be seen doing. They have thus been dubbed his 'crime hoodies':

There are some subtle differences between the two, but after looking at them in detail, Jack has a decided preference for the second one (on the right above), with its split sleeves and multiple hem vents. I definitely want to do a mock up first, but I actually made a jacket years ago with a similar hood-to-deep-V-neckline. Everything would need to be re-drafted for Jack, obviously, but the most difficult part of the geometry should be very similar.

With the hood up, and how white-blonde Jack's hair has gotten at his temples, we think he might even be able to get away without wearing a Targaryen wig, which would make this an even more comfortable cosplay for the August Atlanta heat. We'll want to minimize the under layers as much as possible, but working with lightweight fabrics should help I think, as will cheating the layering.

And despite the fact that Jack really wants to do the second hoodie (the 'murder hoodie' as opposed to the 'sneaking around Kings Landing hoodie'), I really want to do Rhaenyra's sneaking around outfit to match. I want to wander around Dragon Con together looking exactly like this:

All of this discussion initially happened while Jack and I were still lying about feverish with Con Crud Covid, but the idea took root and has only grown more certain as the days have gone by. And even though there's something like 50 weeks still to go until next Dragon Con, I wanted to get started on it right away.

So, feverish and marathoning endless shows and movies, I did the only reasonable thing: I ordered yarn to start making Rhaenyra's Sneak Out Hat!

I love having a knitting project in the fall, especially something for cosplay that I will absolutely not have the patience for come spring, lol. Also I figure if I knit it now I can actually just wear it in my every day life once the weather starts to get colder.

I found a sport weight cotton-bamboo yarn on Amazon in an appropriate charcoal gray color -- I have enough of a wool allergy that knitting with it is uncomfortable, and I'm trying to use less acrylic/polyester in my wardrobe and costuming in general. And I figured a lightweight cotton-bamboo blend would be most comfortable for August in Atlanta, especially since I'll also be wearing a wig under it. I went for a really fine sport weight to replicate the nubby texture of Rhaenyra's hat:

There's a possibility that the screen-used hat is actually a woven material, but I think a classic seed stitch replicates it pretty well, especially at this gauge. I'm knitting it up on size 4/3.5mm circular needles and so far really liking the result:

One tiny detail I really wanted to replicate is the folded under brim on Rhaenyra's hat. To do that I started with about 8 rows of 1x1 ribbing before switching to the seed stitch. Once I had slightly more rows of seed stitch than ribbing, I did one supremely obnoxious row where I slipped one of the cast-on stitches onto my working needle and purled both that and the next stitch from the seed stitch together.

The result is a nicely turned under edge that looks just like the screen-used hat, with one row where the pattern is slightly different and the whole hat pinches in a bit, just like Rhaenyra's. The ribbing on the underside also gives it slightly more grip against my hair, and in the future will provide a surface to stick hair pins through without them showing on the outside, should I need them.

From here it's all just seed stitching around and around and around until I decide that it has the appropriately over-sized slouchy look. I don't think there are even decreases in the top of Rhaenyra's hat, it looks much more like folds to me, like it's brought in very quickly. But I'll play around with that when I get there, when the hat is five or six times as tall as it is now, lol.

I haven't really done any measurements for this, I've just been winging it by sight. I don't even know how many stitches there are total, just that it's an odd amount so the seed stitch rotates around correctly. It's pretty mindless {knit 1, purl 1} over and over again, so I can easily do it while I watch a movie with Jack -- or while listening in on a work meeting, now that we're back to being well enough to work. I got so used to having handsewing to do in those meetings, in between taking notes, that I don't know what I would do with myself if I didn't have some crafting project to whittle away at.

That said, especially with these teeny tiny needles, there's only so much knitting I can do at a time before my hands start to hurt. Thankfully I've got plenty of time to get this finished, so I'm not trying to make huge amounts of progress every day. But it grows a little with each meeting or movie we watch, and it's fun to see.

Besides making progress on this, I still need to put away all my costumes from Dragon Con this year. Everything else has been unpacked and put away, but this year I traveled with each of my costumes+accessories sorted into a 2.5 gallon ziplock bag each (which worked wonderfully and made packing up to leave go very quickly) and since I unpacked the luggage all those costume bags have just been sitting there waiting to be put away. The MOTOE dress has made it back into its special box, but the rest needs to be inspected and then packed away in boxes that live on the top shelf of my closet, and I just haven't felt up to pulling those down yet.

I need to get everything stored away, and then pack up as much of the left over supplies strewn about my sewing area as I possibly can. My mom is coming to stay with us for a couple of days at the end of October, so the next five and a half weeks the emphasis is really going to be on cleaning up and making room for her to join us.

She flies home on November 1st, and after that I'll start seriously looking into fabric and pattern drafting for what I think I'll call the Sneaking Out cosplay. When I'm packing away sewing supplies in the next few weeks, I'll take a look through my stash for anything I think might be useful for this project (maybe finally a use for all that unbleached linen!), but other than that I'm going to force myself to focus on cleaning and organizing, with a little bit of knitting as a treat.

As of today it's 345 days until Dragon Con, and 192 days until WonderCon. Genuinely oodles and oodles of time, but I really liked having so many months to work on Rhaenyra's Red Dress this year, and really enjoyed not feeling rushed at the end of August and being able to get to all the tiny nice-to-have bits of my to-do list. Especially with the potential of having HotD s2 air in the last few months before Dragon Con 2024 (and thus inspire a new project next summer), getting the Sneaking Out cosplay done months in advance would probably be for the best.

[thecomicon]

Wondercon@Home 2021: What's Next For 'Pennyworth'

Wondercon@Home 2021: What’s Next For ‘Pennyworth’

It’s always enjoyable to hear from the cast of Pennyworth. That being said, this year’s WonderCon@Home panel didn’t leave much to report. Entertainment Weekly’s Christian Holub acted as moderator and while the cast were able to talk about the season so far (and there were questions about last week’s episode), in terms of teasers, nothing really new came out. The show creator, Bruno Heller, kept…

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