hanyaancosplay

Hey guys! Hanyaan here, and this is my cosplay livejournal. I'll be posting my cosplay progress, plans, reports, and photos here, so if for some reason you'd like to follow me on the internet, welcome aboard!

This journal isn't friends only, but feel free to leave any random messages here. I'll read them, I swear. ♥

I always love the Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco! More than most other cities' Cherry Blossom Festivals, San Francisco's has a large emphasis on cosplay, and the cosplayers get to join in the Grand Parade! It's always been one of my favorite events of the year, and this year was no exception.

While I didn't have a chance to fully finish the outfit due to my sewing machine crapping out on me, I wore a new costume: Vinegar Doppio from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (part 5). I really love Doppio tons, and once this thing is fully finished I suspect it'll be one of my very favorite outfits, period!

( Pictures Here! )

It was tons of fun walking in the parade wearing this thing (which has insanely comfortable shoes, thank goodness!) and my telephone was the most awesomely delicious prop I've ever had. I hope I can fix all the issues with it (mainly the pants at the bottom, the wig, and the sweater hems), get the props I was hoping to have by now but still don't, and get some photos showing off a finished version as soon as I can!

Special thanks to shincosplay for being one of the most awesomest sewing buddies ever, my boyfriend for helping me keep sane while making those pants, TAP plastics for being godly, E6000 and masking tape for being even more godly, greatsg for the fuckwin King Crimson head, and iorie for helping save my ass at the last minute with the pants.

I haven't posted in here in ages; I've been too busy with real life things to actually work much on cosplay lately! T_T Some schedule shuffling will be needed.

So on that matter, I'm going to be talking about upcoming conventions and costumes.

( Costumes that I can guarantee you'll see during 2008 )

( Costumes that I've been contemplating )

Take all this with a grain of salt, of course; life throws plenty of curveballs, and while as of right now I'm certain I'll do all of the guaranteed costumes and a few of the contemplating ones, who's to say that life won't drop another steamroller on me like what happened around this time last year? Or that I'll start watching/reading some random crap and suddenly find more inspiration than I ever thought I had? I'm definitely going to try my best, though. I've found my costumes taking longer and longer ever since I've been trying more on craftsmanship and less on just churning outfits out, but if I'm lucky and budget well I'm sure I can get a few done. (Just never like in 2005 again. Oh, for that much free time and money now...)

There hasn't been all that much to post about since I made this journal; I've been so busy with schoolwork, everyday life, and my job that I haven't made much cosplay progress at all. (Not to mention that I've gotten quite sick recently, although I'm recovering quite well.)

The last con I went to was Yaoicon, which was a blast! I wore a last episode Rei Ayanami costume that I bought from charmedseed and somehow managed to get no pictures of, my black-haired more casual version of Howl from Howl's Moving Castle, Giorno (of course), and a joke costume that I think there's only one picture of since shortly after putting it on, I had to change my clothes due to heat exhaustion. Note to self: Binding, fake leather pants of extreme heat, and sitting in the sun are not a good combination. Ever. I met some new people and had a great time hanging with my friends who were already there. If you're ever considering going to Yaoicon, I highly recommend going. Whether or not you're a huge yaoi fan, it's one of the most enjoyable conventions I've ever been to, with a surprisingly laid-back atmosphere that's a refreshing change from many other events I've been to. Low stress con for the win.

( To quote the Beautiful Losers in 2004, YAOIYAOIYAOIYAOI! And pictures. )

Speaking of phones, while my progress has been very slow I'm already getting to work on my next costume — Vinegar Doppio from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Doppio is one of the enemies that the hero cast from the fifth part faces near the end of the arc, and has a slightly tacky outfit and a wig that I suspect will be the cause of my death. I'm already having fun gathering the many props I'll have to go along with the costume. (Nothing quite as awesome as looking on eBay for fake ice cream.) If anybody here knows where to get a realistic-looking fake frog, please tell me! It's the prop I'm having the hardest time locating, and not only that costume but another upcoming one I'll be making both need a fake frog.

I'm going to get to do another exercise in covering shoes like I did for my Giorno costume, so when I do make the shoes, look forward to my really lame shoe-covering tutorial! Hopefully it'll help somebody out. :D This costume is going to be the death of me, and I can't wait to really get cracking!

I wasn't able to go to JTAF, so my next convention will be Anime Los Angeles in January. If you're going, I look forward to seeing you there!