Now that I've had a week to recover (yes I needed a week!), I can write about Sakura-Con! Sakura-Con happens every year, Easter Weekend, in the city of Seattle. This Con is definitely an anime convention, but it is also a Japanese culture convention. That being said I have no idea how to write about this particular Con because it is rather large, full of friends and good times, and I'm so excited I don't know what to do with myself. So here we go.
To start, this:
It's a PUG KIGURUMI! Kigu's are the best thing ever after a long day of cosplay or after/during con-going (is that the right word?)! Sakura-Con had quite a few booth's selling these amazing creations of fashion science. I found this one and actually screamed across the main exhibition hall at my friends and then waved it around like a trophy. So happy! Everyone must have one of these. Go, check them out, let them take your money!
HERE!: Kigurumi Shop
Continuing on, the first day of Con was an investigate and find people kind of day. Do I take photos? No. Sorry, but there's just so much to look at. I did, however, find a photo of a quite creative cosplay two of my friends did.
Photographer: Jared Mitchel
Cosplayers: Mike and Elizabeth
Yes, they are an Anime Body Pillow (wife-u!) and a Basement Dweller Nerd. The pillow actually has a manga styled drawing of Elizabeth on the other side of it, too! I am genuinely impressed by the ingenuity of this costume. All the kudos to the cosplayers and more kudos to the photographer for snapping this awesome shot :-)
And now to segue into the second day of Con (bad segue I know, hehehe . . . .)
Late start on day 2. I had to finish up some last minute adjustments to my costume and then walk in the rain back to the Con. Rain was no good for my costume as I had painted parts so I went into a bit of a panic, but we finally made it to the hall!
Photographer: Undiscovered Photography
Cosplayer: ME!
Character: Duela Dent
I am very satisfied with this costume. The work was a bit . . . frustrating, but "being" Duela Dent was awesome. I was able to be a little more free and silly with my poses and faces, which was quite liberating.
After a rousing day of cosplay we went to the rave. HOLY COW! So much fun to just let loose and be with friends and other good company. BUT, I have to give the biggest shout out to Totoro. There was a guy, whose name I did not catch because it was too loud with music, who cosplayed Totoro at the rave. He had basically made a round totoro body suit type thing and was dancing in it at the rave. There was just something about the way he moved that was just too awesome to not be mentioned. So all props to KBLNoodles for managing to get some video!
Totoro shows up BEFORE the 30 second mark, but please feel free to watch the rest of the video of course.
And then Sunday . . . last day of Con. It was just a lazy day that day. Just wandering about, finding people, and chatting about our next cosplays. Oh and one more thing, this guy!
Cosplayers: Mike and Elizabeth
Yes, they are an Anime Body Pillow (wife-u!) and a Basement Dweller Nerd. The pillow actually has a manga styled drawing of Elizabeth on the other side of it, too! I am genuinely impressed by the ingenuity of this costume. All the kudos to the cosplayers and more kudos to the photographer for snapping this awesome shot :-)
And now to segue into the second day of Con (bad segue I know, hehehe . . . .)
Late start on day 2. I had to finish up some last minute adjustments to my costume and then walk in the rain back to the Con. Rain was no good for my costume as I had painted parts so I went into a bit of a panic, but we finally made it to the hall!
Photographer: Undiscovered Photography
Cosplayer: ME!
Character: Duela Dent
I am very satisfied with this costume. The work was a bit . . . frustrating, but "being" Duela Dent was awesome. I was able to be a little more free and silly with my poses and faces, which was quite liberating.
After a rousing day of cosplay we went to the rave. HOLY COW! So much fun to just let loose and be with friends and other good company. BUT, I have to give the biggest shout out to Totoro. There was a guy, whose name I did not catch because it was too loud with music, who cosplayed Totoro at the rave. He had basically made a round totoro body suit type thing and was dancing in it at the rave. There was just something about the way he moved that was just too awesome to not be mentioned. So all props to KBLNoodles for managing to get some video!
Totoro shows up BEFORE the 30 second mark, but please feel free to watch the rest of the video of course.
And then Sunday . . . last day of Con. It was just a lazy day that day. Just wandering about, finding people, and chatting about our next cosplays. Oh and one more thing, this guy!
My friend Greg is the biggest Legend of Zelda nerd I have ever met so, naturally, he had to dress up as a character . . . or two . . . or more actually, hmmm. Here we have him cosplaying Ravio. Why? Because Ravio has a bunny hat and Sunday, the last day of Con, was Easter. He was also giving away Easter eggs which made it even better! Hopefully you're laughing . . . it was a play on words . . . :-)
That was my Sakura-Con experience this year. I can't wait for next year! But in the meantime, I've gotten inspired to work hard on my upcoming cosplays and even possibly do some fashionable geek pieces. More to come soon! Night everyone!
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