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Published: 2010-11-02 00:44:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1307; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 18
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Part of our photoshoot at YoumaCon 2010, saturday night. I really really like this floor, case ya couldn't tell, lol. There are tons of pics from this shoot, but I only picked out a couple to upload here XD DSOD will have them all up in a bit. Still working on going through them.Faize is me ( )
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Holy crap. It looks exactly like my favorite bridge in Chattanooga. I thought for a second you had been there. lol. It is a very cool floor.
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haha, nope, this is from the Detroit Ren Center. I need to try a con down south again eventually XD
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Ah cool. Yeah, I think the cons down South are probably the best. I'm not a big fan of huge, just a little get-together of cosplayers. Too many people bother me. I'm just more of a loner.
It would be awesome to see you at one that I go to. 
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The only south cons I've hit were MTAC (twice, and it sucked both times), and then course, I hit Dallas every year for AFest (I DID do Akon once there, too, but it sucked so won't again).
I was thinking about trying for AWA this year, but not sure
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Oh cool. I checked out all of those. Of course Dallas is too far away for me to go. My ex has been to AWA many times, so I think it must be pretty decent. I might consider that one if it's cheap. The one thing with my group is price. Bunches of them don't bother saving money, so they can never afford to spend more than 100$. And for making a costume and buying hotel and tickets. Whoo! Not cheap.
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Yeah, I know how that is, since I cover two shares. But that's why I have to get an artist alley table to be able to afford a con, lol. I pay gas, hotel, and badges (if I don't do panels and get them compped) for meh and my mother (aka, my assistant inthe AA...sometimes it's actually someone else). I usually hafta spend like $250 on any given con, but I make enoughback with AA, so it's not bad. Dallas is a 16 hr drive for me, lol, but I love that con XD
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Yeah, it's bad enough with just one. I can't imagine paying two shares, but once Josh and I are married, I'm sure it will be more me than him paying. Haha. I'm surprised you can make that much with AA though. I always see the tables swamped with people looking, but I've honestly never seen anyone BUY anything. LOL. I guess it's just because it's small cons. How much does a table usually run you?
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I get lucky, and it took me years to make money back. It took me even time to break even, and the first couple years doing AA, I never did any outside of local cons. Sometimes the smaller cons are better than bigger for sales, even. It just depends. My main thing is that my wall of bookmarks is a great draw (apparently) and I literally sell out of at least 4 or 5 of my sets before the cons over, no matter how many I print. Liek I keep saying I wanna retire my Ouran host set (made it back in 2007) but that dang set keeps selling out D: I finally retired my Tsubasa set back in 2008, but that was mainly cause I wanted to reformat my bookmarks, hee hee XD
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Ah yeah. Bookmarks are nice and practical, and something you can use and show off to your friends. lol. I can see why they keep selling out. I know I've heard a lot of people talk about Ouran Host, so I think it's pretty popular, even though I've never seen it (or read it, whatever the case may be). I imagine you'll always have a pretty good market for them.
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Lol, Ouran Host was okay...but I got tired of it pretty quick. I drew it before that, at least, which is why it's at least decent, haha. But, since I have such a variety, too, there's like a bookmark for everyone. I have tons of different series done up, and I constantly add more
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That's good. I guess that's why you have a wall of them. HAHA. If you and I are ever at the same con, I might definitely buy something.
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Actually, it's mainly cause I want a lot of bookmarks XD I steal one from every set, myself, haha. Awesome~
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lol. It sounds like something I would do. I would like something so much that I wouldn't want to give it away, I'd want it for myself and have to do it over. LOL. I've done that with a couple of the stories I've written. Some are kinda awesome IMO.
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Lol, well, at least with things like bookmarks, I do them digitally, so creating duplicates isn't a problem, but I've had like painting stuff, or plushies I've done by commission and I really didn't wanna give em up D: But alas, I had to, since they were paid from already. Lol, it's goo to love the stuff you do though, even if it's just a few of them~
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oooh great pose! love the lighting too :3 that floor is kick ass! x3
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haha, that's like the easiest way I can sit in this costume XD though I love it to bits, it's not the easiest to function about with, haha. I loved that floor XD our whole SO photoshoot was done there~
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hehe 
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Lol, that's exactly what I thought XD Sadly, without a chair, this is about the only way I can sit down in this costume XD
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no, it's in Detroit, MI. It's like Floor 2 or something of the Rennaissance Center. I was there all weekend and I can't tell ya, though we spent like all of our time in this area (the other photoshoot area we used was on the same floor XD ). Only place I've done cons in TN was MTAC in Nashville, though haven't done it in years XD
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Ah, I see. There is a bridge that looks just like this in TN, with the lights and everything. It's one of my favorite spots in that city.
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Lol, this was actually indoors. But that's cool XD If I ever go there for a con, know where I want my photoshoot, haha XD
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Yeah. There are a lot of fabulous places in that city to take pics. It has an "art district." It's a must see at least once. But make sure you eat before you go there. Food prices are SOOOOO high out there.
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Oooh, awesome XD well, I probably won't be down there unless there's an anime con in the area, anyways, which means I'd be so broke I'd be eating sammiches I brought with me XD I go to cons with like no money and use what I make in AA to cover my food expenses XD
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Ick, that would be pretty bad if your stuff didn't sell well one time. You'd be going hungry.
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Lol, well, so far there's only been ONE con where I couldn't afford food, adn it wasn't that I didn't make enough, but it was cause my car got damaged and needed about $600 of work to fix it (later ended up being $1300), so I ur, couldn't spend the money I made. Thankfully, my bestest friend, aka my Edge cosplayer to my Faize, wouldn't let me starve. She shared her food with me the whole weekend
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Aww, well she's a good friend. It's always nice to have good friends. Sometimes I have bad luck with that.
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I had years of bad luck with that myself @_@ I actually met Komiko back in middle school, but we didn't become really good friends until high school, and now we're like inseperable XD It took some really hard times to actually realize just how good of friends we are, but I suppose our friendship is stronger because of it? I believe everyone one needs a good friend like that, though I think Komiko spoils me a bit too much at times. She'll randomly show up at my house and be like "I had a bad day at work, so I'm treating you to dinner" and then takes me to places like Olive Garden (I mean, I get she doesn't wanna go alone and I have no money, but stiiilll), or she'll stop by to drop off some little trinket or something she found that she just HAD to buy me. I mean, I've gotten her stuff, but she goes like crazy. I have a $75 bracelet from her she got me as a souvenoir when she went to a cruise in Alaska @_@ most expensive thing I've gotten her was probably the $40 fuurin I picked up for her in Japan. But it's not just one time, she does stuff like this ALL the time. She offered to take me out to the Cheesecake Factory for my birthday @_@ thankfully, I convinced her we're going karaoke with a group instead, lol, so we each pay our own share XD
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That's nice. I have friends like that, but none of them are interested in cosplay. lol. They were supportive when I gave it a try though.
Good friends will do that for you. If we can afford it, we always help each other out. And I tend to go a little overboard buying her gifts, but the most expensive one was about 60$.
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Lol, I made the mistake of getting Komiko hooked on cosplay, so it's great. Everytime I say I wanna do some new character, she's always like "Kay, I'll do one to match!" She doesn't know half the characters she cosplays, llama XD so then we hafta teach her that. haha, I love pasta
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Oh wow. Not knowing who you're cosplaying is lame for me. I think part of the awesomeness of it is imitating your fave characters. It's cool that she wants to do that though. For her it must be fun.
Haha. I like spray paint. It's fun to use but it is sooooooo hard to get off. (And it's probably not very good for my health to breathe it in.) How did you make the boots, btw? My cousin is planning to cosplay Albel, and we're stuck on that.
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Lol, well, every time she picks up a character she doesnt know, I coach her through it so she ends up knowing a bit about it. This past weekend, she took her Ichimatsu (MIXiM11) cosplay to the contest we went to and she did a great job explaining the character, despite the fact that she's only read some sporadic chapters here and there (she wants to read it all, just finding time to do it is another thing XD )
LOL! My tennis shoes are covered in it XD But i can get it off my hands pretty easily, nail polish remover, yay! I made the boots out of carpet foam. Just molded them around my Luka shoes (which are also going to BishieCon). I need to add one more piece if I have a chance, but if not, it will work. The ankle part of it is seperate piece, cause the way I did it XD I'll take a pic later and send it to ya
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I see. Yeah, I totally understand a lack of time. I've really let a lot of important housework go over the months I've had this semester.
Oh, wow. Thanks.
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LOL, i don't wanna think about the housework I need to do XD
well, I'll be wearing them this weekend, so I'll just snap a pic of it then, since it's already packed away, lol~ hopefully it will help ^^
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Yyeah, housework is lame, and there's still a lot for me to do, but it'll have to wait till I get back, cause out of town here I come.
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lol, yeah, that's where I'm at, too XD I'll be in St Louis this weekend, wee~
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That's nice. I'm currently in Birmingham, but I'm coming home today. It's actually 6:40 in the morning and I haven't slept. I can't sleep when I'm not in my own bed.
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(weee from St Louis, working on commissions and needed refs so had to internet XD ), but I actually don't HAVE a bed at home, so I sleep better? at cons. I don't get much sleep, but it tends to be less broken. I sleep on two 20+ year old mattresses piled into the corner for my bed XD
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Yeah, I know what you mean. A guy that is going to be entering my contest needed a ref, so I sent him like 10. LOL. I'm sure he'll have all he needs now.
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LOL! I'm at least good with references for most of my original characters. I've done TONS of art for them XD All sorts of angles, too!
I got the pic of the boots for you, just gotta take it off my camera and send it XD It will probably be later this week, cause ice skating/bday party today, and then work tues-thurs XD Plus some off site commissions to do (not that I'm really complaining, totally need the moneys)
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Yeah, the problem for me is that they're all in my head since I can't really draw. lol. I think I'm gonna ask Mim to draw one by my description, and we'll see how it comes out.
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hahah, usually, what happens with my not so artsy friends, is they attempt to draw it, then find a way to work it into something one of my characters is involved with (like RPs) so then I just HAFTA draw it, cause I love doing art of my babies, haha XD
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lol. I bet. That would be an interesting idea. She owes me a picture though, so she'll draw it if I ask her.
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forcing friends to draw is fuuun~ Though I can draw enough for my own, I still find ways to convince my friends to draw things, fufuf, even if they don't think they can draw well XD
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Yeah, it is. The only problem is that my friends already have enough to do and I feel bad asking them for art. Haha, I guess that's just me. I have a weird mind. lol.
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Lol, no, my best friend is like that. She's always feeling guilty about things, lol. That's why ya gotta make it equivalent exchange, lol. Do something for them, get them to do something for you in return ^^
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lol. Cool. is going to be writing a sequel to one of my SO3 stories. I'm kinda excited to see how it turns out. ;D She's a really good writer too, so it ought to be awesome.
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