Alice in Avalon

                                     Continued from Part I                                How do you feel about the cosplay culture and community? It’s changed a lot, for the better and well, for the worse in some cases. I think it’s adaptable so there isn’t a massive issue with trying to keep it like an older tradition or style. Cosplay to me was a form of icebreaker at conventions so people could initiate a conversation and become friends and so on. It’s taken a different approach now because conventions are indeed more commercial and based on popularity, so the attitudes may not necessarily be always as friendly or open. I think having a social hierarch...

So I filled out this questionnaire to talk about more about why I cosplay, and just more information about what I do what I do! Cosplay Questionnaire Part I          Introduce yourself. Tell your cosplay name or whatever name you go by when you cosplay.        I’m Kagura! My cosplay name is Ohtori Kagura.           What got you into cosplay?       I was raised with the belief from my parents that every day can be a dress-up day aside from Halloween, which I wasn’t allowed to celebrate when I was younger. My parents bought me Halloween costumes to use year-round, and it became a natural thing. Not long after, I got into anime and manga, and the idea of wearing a costume from an anime character seemed thrilling and exciting. It only took my first convention trip to really solidify my need to cosplay.       ...

So I have so much to update about Fanime and my Yuuko cosplay, but I wated to quickly dump a random piece I made with a few spare minutes. I've been busy recovering my back from a bad injury during the convention, and then getting my personal and school life settled. But here's my first time using Photoshop for hand drawn artwork! I have actually almost exclusively used Paint Tool Sai and after finishing some work for a client, I began to wonder why I never had used Photoshop before. I quite love it! She reminds me a bit of something from Creamy Mami. xD I designed her originally with longer hair, but I wanted to just make it a quick trial run. It's an original character, nontheless! So more updates coming soon about Yuuko, along with some groovy pictures, and some Cecilia photoshoot results as well. I'm surprised I was able to bring Cecilia out again! It was quite fun. And for Anime Expo, I have Belldandy planned with an awesome friend cosplaying as Holy Bell...