Anyone who has known my work pre-COVID knows that my usual for cosplay is to spend basically from October/November until August working on costumes almost continuously. Since COVID however that has drastically changed, to the point that I have done very little sewing and crafting since May 2020.
Some of the reasoning was not having any conventions or events to go to over the course of the pandemic (until November 2021). Once I finished Lucifer's official costume however, I felt the return of my motivation bit by bit, so I tried to do little things to help push and improve it. There were other things at play that had made me not want to craft though...
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I haven't sewn anything since before Otakuthon, the last project being Sailor Mercury. I spend much of my year focusing on making costumes and sewing, and over the last few years, I've spent basically the entire year focusing on my costumes. This year I opted to do something different. I took a break. A very much needed break that proved to be more beneficial than I thought!
Once upon a time I tried having a Patreon. I had tiers and rewards set up, it was a good setup given the type of cosplayer that I am. And I didn't ask for any costs that were outlandish (I think the most expensive was $50/month). But, Patreon and I did not work out, at all, no matter how much I would advertise it or post to it, nothing ever really worked out on it. So, I quit, and have never looked back after looking at several things that made me not like the platform, and found it to be not worthwhile.
I've actually been wanting to write this for quite some time, but wasn't sure previously of how to put it all into words. Now, I'm sure of how I want to put everything into this post. It's true that cosplay has changed my life, in more ways than I expected that it ever would when I started back in 2007.
It's very rare for a celebrity death to affect me to the point where I feel I need to write out my full feelings and think further on why I loved them so much. Carrie Fisher, daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, best known for her role as (Princess, later General) Leia Ortaga from Star Wars has died this day, and this has affected me more than most deaths this year.
With how many things have been having big anniversaries the last few years, I thought I'd start making a list of what has an anniversary for 2017, and it's actually more than what I expected it to be.
I am well aware that this blog might get some people upset with me for not reading comic books even though I watch movies based on them. I have seen every single Marvel and DC movie and I still call myself a fan. I've also seen Watchmen, grew up on the comic based TV shows such as all Spiderman shows, Super Friends, Justice League, Batman, and more. And I call myself a fan, but have never read the books.
I've been asked multiple times why I do not buy cosplays, why won't I, and if I put down those who do. Well I'm going to explain as best I can about this. And hopefully it will make sense.
I honestly thought that now with it being September, my convention and event schedule would start to calm down. Oh boy am I wrong. Instead I keep adding events to go to and consider. And of course Quinte Mini Con is in two months.
I have wanted to cosplay Yoko for years. I did my first cosplay back in November of 2007, and I had been dreaming of doing Yoko since September of that year. At that time I was even discussing with friends potential ways to make the cosplay more covering, but those plans and concepts never came to fruition.
Flash forward to 2015: Yoko is finally cosplayed, and only made slightly more covering for the sake of chest support. |
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