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snowhite_dahlia and kinomakoto wore their awesome Tegami Bachi costumes this last weekend. I took pics of their Letter Bee outfits up at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado.

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I have an admission to make.

I can't wear contacts.

I know they're awesome to use in cosplay, and I've seen numerous friends wear them with fantastic success, but I just cannot get them in my eyes. Dad blessed me with pretty perfect vision, so I've spent my life enjoying no vision enhancements. I admit, however, that I am jealous. I'm also too weenie to train myself into wearing contacts for the occasional photo shoot.

So I salute the rest of you cosplayers out there who can wear contacts with little issue. I promise there is a tiny fire of jealousy burning in my soul.

Am I the only one who fails at the colored contacts?

Eurobeat King snapped some cute shots of my easy peasy Merlotte's outfit at NDK!



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Dustin and I took Ramona pics this weekend and I wore my arm armor upside down. Sigh. But here are some of my favorites!

...has anyone else ever worn a costume piece upside down for a shoot?



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I'm taking costuming commissions for the time being. If you'd like to see the examples of my work (if you haven't already), see this link: Cosplay.com marketplace ad.

I'm willing to do more than costumes, just let me know!

x-posted to lilacwire

This weekend I had the fun to use Simply Spray, a spray dye that comes in a spray paint-type aerosol can. I needed to paint my Rainsong top, and because gradient dying makes me want to rip my eyes out (and my fabric wasn't a purely natural material, meaning I'd have to use acid dyes), I decided to try something different.

I picked up three colors: Brite Pink [sic], Brite Yellow [sic], and Blue Jay. After hanging my completed top from a hanger on a tree outside, I went to town! I circled the outfit several times, making sure to get a basic amount of color down on each part of the dress, lifting up sleeves and trying to part awkward folds as I went.

I chose to spray the colors in a little different pattern than they were shown in that reference because the yellow just overlaid with the blue and pink so nicely, but Rainsong's top is never really shown to be one set design. So no biggie.

Reference:



Result:



I haven't yet rinsed the fabric, so I think I'll attempt that after 36 hours (meaning tomorrow), just to get the excess paint off. I also may pick up one more can of blue and make the tips of the sleeves darker as well.

My only beef is that I went through the entirety of each can, and to color a shirt of that size, I would have expected more product.

Hey, everyone, if you've wandered over from lilac_cosplay, here's our new journal, named to reflect our cosplay webpage. :) Hi!