First convention of the year! Fairly laidback but also decently busy. I'm very happy with how the weekend turned out. Saturday Lucifer Morningstar v1.5 - Hazbin Hotel I wore my newly completed version of Lucifer from Hazbin Hotel, having finished it in time for the debut of the series on the 19th. The costume included pieces from the original make, as well as fixing up a few pieces and remaking others. More of that on his page here. I spent time with my friends Anniechie Designs and Maegwyn Cosplay at their booth, talking and catching up, all of us excited for the masquerade that day. I didn't do too much beyond talking with friends I hadn't seen in a long time and hugging them before I had my appointment in the Green Room for judging, photos, sound tech, etc. I was not expecting however to be told that I was entry 49, the final entry in the masquerade so I would be closing out the show. I had done it once before (or close to) many years prior, but here I was being the closer! There wasn't much beyond that and the shenanigans I had in the green room with my friends and talking to people who were new to masquerades and giving them encouragement! Sunday Daddy Halsin - Baldur's Gate 3 Sunday I thankfully got to sleep in a bit and my husband and I got to the con sometime around 11. Again much of the day was spent wandering and talking with friends, and went to lunch with our friends Anniechie Designs and Maegwyn, Arcticwerewolf, etc. It was a good time. Sat in as well on Anniechie and Maegwyn's panel about making magical girl cosplays, which I found really informative in helping me with the few magical girls I want to cosplay. Very helpful! After was the award ceremony! I'm so happy for all of my friends who received something in every division! I'm so proud of them all and they are so well deserved! I was in shock when they got to Masters though and the first one they called up was "Honourable Mention for the Lipsync" and said entry 49, MY ENTRY! My first time entering Master and I received a thing! I'm so happy about that and still surprised. Going to work even harder! It was a very good weekend and it was a good chance to also test run how well my compression shirt does during a convention day - or more so how I do wearing it... I'm looking forward to the next convention even more now!
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G-Anime 2023 was last weekend and I'm happy with how it went! My first masquerade and convention of the year, first new costume of the year and I'm excited to get to planning the next ones as a result.
It seems almost strange to think that GAnime was my first convention of the new decade, and obviously the year. But the last few years I've always been starting the year off with this con. But now it's started my decade for cosplay.
This year was really laid back and I honestly didn't do a whole lot this time, especially in comparison to last year. It was quite relaxing and I actually sat and watched the masquerade this year! It's almost insane how busy this year was! To start off with how busy my weekend was, I'll give you a very quick idea: 3 photoshoots (2 Saturday alone!), sign up for masquerade, running around Ottawa Friday, Fashion Show & Masquerade! I don't recall ever being this busy during GAnime, but it was well worth it and I thoroughly enjoyed my time this year - there were some hiccups and such, but that tends to come with the territory of conventions!
It's that time of year where I have no more projects that I can fit into the last week, and I'm already working on everything for 2019. So, I have a 2018 year in review blog for you all, to see what happened with my year. I won't go into insane amounts of detail here, but I'll cover what I feel I should cover for my year.
I made it back to GAnime this year after missing last year's due to FrostCon 4. There was a huge downside though with getting sick only a few days before the convention - which sadly resulted in some costume plan changes that I hated making. But one must do what one must do.
Part 2 of my personal evolution blog. It would have been far too long to make this as one post. This covers 2013-2017 for my costumes and my continual growth as a cosplayer.
So this was my very first time attending Summer GAnime. I gotta say that I am very glad that I went. I was asked by my friend Sebastien to assist with the masquerade/mascarade, and it proved to be pretty fun. And I got to cosplay while helping which is always a bonus for me.
I'm still not 100% ready, but hopefully with perseverance and working late on stuff (and even taking costumes to work!) I can finish on time!
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