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Con Report: AM^2 and AX 2011
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My pictures from AX 2011, particularly my Hetalia pictures: s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn…. I'm going in reverse order. >_>
My adventures, aka having my con cake and eating it too:
Friday (AM^2):
I technically didn't attend the con this day. But I got to have a chat with my bro
at Downtown Disney that afternoon. We wandered, had beignets and cold drinks, and eyed the military bands playing in the plaza in front of House of Blues. A group was having a flash mob freeze scene in the middle of the audience; the band got some choice ribbing at them.
Sunday (AM^2):
Familial obligations prevented me from leaving the house. So I finished up my Joshua Christopher (Chrono Crusade) shirt and horns that day.
Unfortunately, it meant I ended up on the road to AM^2 rather late. It was a bit of a comedy of errors but it ended up at IHOP with the bro and sis, and 
(yes, sis, since she was Rosette to my Joshua). I also got to meet their friends, 
and 
.
AM^2 was rather laid back. I'd really missed attending a con at Anaheim Convention Center, which has some pretty awesome photo spaces and is definitely better placed for food and hotels. The only downside was that the con seemed too small for the venue, but the attendees definitely made up for it in energy.
I spent the con wandering with this newfound, motley crew, which consisted of Rosette (:icontandiee), Chrono (), Rhyme () and Naruto (). From what I recall of the wandering, it involved Copic raids, matsuri games, and the occasional very confused Rotary Club/Moose Lodge member. became our token jailbait who wasn't really jailbait.
We later met up with Mr. Postman (www.cobrora.com) and had a multiphotographer-model photshoot. Really, I don't know what it was really about. xD Joshua is one of my better cosplays for photographing others but I am constantly learning: Cosplay. Photography. PICK ONE.
The Cosplay World Summit Preliminaries were pretty entertaining though I'm still confused about why on earth they held it at AM^2 instead of a bigger con. There were at least two entries that didn't really seem up to par with the others but I didn't envy the judges for having to make a choice of who to send to Nagoya.
-Le Chevalier d'Eon (d'Eon and Durand)
-X (Kanoe and Hinoto) - the Kanoe did a relatively obscure artbook version that involved some complicated jointed wings upon her arms
-Vocaloid (Cantarella Kaito and Miku)
-xxxHolic (Yuuko and Watanuki) - they won
-Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles (Sakura and Tomoyo-hime)
-Code Geass (CC and Lelouch) - Artbook cosplays, with CC in her red butterfly dress (with some interesting cutouts on the bodice that led to a slightly disturbing spontaneous discussion about anime... anatomy) and Lelouch in the "Black Knight" suit
After that, I followed everyone along to the SCANDAL concert, whilst having absolutely no idea at all who they were. I was expecting hardcore visual kei or the like (because the concert was sponsored by CURE). Then a group of absolutely moe-moe girls with long straight hair and vaguely school girl inspired outfits get on the stage. Mr. Postman was instantly fascinated.
They were actually really good, though I'm still kind of in shock at just how high the bassist/supporting vocalist's voice is. I swear to you; she's a living anime character.
Verdict: AM^2 was a good, laid-back con to attend at a wonderfully nostalgic location for me. My first con ever was AX 2004 at Anaheim Convention Center. It was absolutely wonderful to attend with old friends and to meet new, and to chat up with completely random, new people at the con (including a hilarious Madam Red and a discussion about In-N-Out and "doing things from behind"). That's what makes cons so great, even when I was staying up late at home to finish Joshua's buttonholes (my damnable procrastination). It was also especially heartening to see how many people recognized Chrono Crusade, along with a few rather fervent fangirls of Joshua!
And can anyone see me as Twilight Sparkle from "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"?? o_O
Monday (AX 2011):
I went to AX because of friends, really. It's the people that make cons worth it.
So no cosplay, only my camera and my gentleman friend (and two of his friends). It was the first time my gentleman friend had been to LA, really, and his friends had just come in from Colorado. So I ended up being impromptu tour guide (I felt rather guilty, frankly, about dragging the visitors along, but I was assured that they had no trouble with it and weren't exactly unfamiliar with conventions themselves).
There was still some activity, quite a bit of it in fact. My camera kept clicking away as I ran into
, 
, 
, among many others. It was too sad that I couldn't see 
however. T_T She had to leave on Sunday night.
I ended up having an impromptu photoshoot with what remained of the insane Hetalia gathering as well as
. It was rather fun and I did my best in directing. 
It's still pretty new and I'm still trying out new things. There was ice cream later, at the absolutely delicious New Zealand ice cream (pity I didn't wear my New Zealand cosplay...).
Then I left and wandered LA with my peculiar tour group. We went down Hollywood Blvd (didn't get out of the car) and then went to Koreatown. I introduced them to 짬뽕 (jjamppong), which all three absolutely loved. The end of the day was rounded up by watching three different fireworks displays.
Verdict: People seemed more content at this con. I suppose AX cleaned up their act a bit. But really, it was just for seeing people I only see at cons and other limited events. And photographing cosplayers... that was really fun. They were a joy to shoot, particularly the Hetalia cosplayers, who were all too obliging.
And now... I have a lot of photos to go through. /dies
My adventures, aka having my con cake and eating it too:
Friday (AM^2):
I technically didn't attend the con this day. But I got to have a chat with my bro
at Downtown Disney that afternoon. We wandered, had beignets and cold drinks, and eyed the military bands playing in the plaza in front of House of Blues. A group was having a flash mob freeze scene in the middle of the audience; the band got some choice ribbing at them.Sunday (AM^2):
Familial obligations prevented me from leaving the house. So I finished up my Joshua Christopher (Chrono Crusade) shirt and horns that day.
Unfortunately, it meant I ended up on the road to AM^2 rather late. It was a bit of a comedy of errors but it ended up at IHOP with the bro and sis,
and (yes, sis, since she was Rosette to my Joshua). I also got to meet their friends, and .AM^2 was rather laid back. I'd really missed attending a con at Anaheim Convention Center, which has some pretty awesome photo spaces and is definitely better placed for food and hotels. The only downside was that the con seemed too small for the venue, but the attendees definitely made up for it in energy.
I spent the con wandering with this newfound, motley crew, which consisted of Rosette (:icontandiee), Chrono (
), Rhyme () and Naruto (). From what I recall of the wandering, it involved Copic raids, matsuri games, and the occasional very confused Rotary Club/Moose Lodge member. became our token jailbait who wasn't really jailbait.We later met up with Mr. Postman (www.cobrora.com) and had a multiphotographer-model photshoot. Really, I don't know what it was really about. xD Joshua is one of my better cosplays for photographing others but I am constantly learning: Cosplay. Photography. PICK ONE.
The Cosplay World Summit Preliminaries were pretty entertaining though I'm still confused about why on earth they held it at AM^2 instead of a bigger con. There were at least two entries that didn't really seem up to par with the others but I didn't envy the judges for having to make a choice of who to send to Nagoya.
-Le Chevalier d'Eon (d'Eon and Durand)
-X (Kanoe and Hinoto) - the Kanoe did a relatively obscure artbook version that involved some complicated jointed wings upon her arms
-Vocaloid (Cantarella Kaito and Miku)
-xxxHolic (Yuuko and Watanuki) - they won
-Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles (Sakura and Tomoyo-hime)
-Code Geass (CC and Lelouch) - Artbook cosplays, with CC in her red butterfly dress (with some interesting cutouts on the bodice that led to a slightly disturbing spontaneous discussion about anime... anatomy) and Lelouch in the "Black Knight" suit
After that, I followed everyone along to the SCANDAL concert, whilst having absolutely no idea at all who they were. I was expecting hardcore visual kei or the like (because the concert was sponsored by CURE). Then a group of absolutely moe-moe girls with long straight hair and vaguely school girl inspired outfits get on the stage. Mr. Postman was instantly fascinated.
They were actually really good, though I'm still kind of in shock at just how high the bassist/supporting vocalist's voice is. I swear to you; she's a living anime character.
Verdict: AM^2 was a good, laid-back con to attend at a wonderfully nostalgic location for me. My first con ever was AX 2004 at Anaheim Convention Center. It was absolutely wonderful to attend with old friends and to meet new, and to chat up with completely random, new people at the con (including a hilarious Madam Red and a discussion about In-N-Out and "doing things from behind"). That's what makes cons so great, even when I was staying up late at home to finish Joshua's buttonholes (my damnable procrastination). It was also especially heartening to see how many people recognized Chrono Crusade, along with a few rather fervent fangirls of Joshua!
And can anyone see me as Twilight Sparkle from "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"?? o_O
Monday (AX 2011):
I went to AX because of friends, really. It's the people that make cons worth it.
So no cosplay, only my camera and my gentleman friend (and two of his friends). It was the first time my gentleman friend had been to LA, really, and his friends had just come in from Colorado. So I ended up being impromptu tour guide (I felt rather guilty, frankly, about dragging the visitors along, but I was assured that they had no trouble with it and weren't exactly unfamiliar with conventions themselves).
There was still some activity, quite a bit of it in fact. My camera kept clicking away as I ran into
, , , among many others. It was too sad that I couldn't see however. T_T She had to leave on Sunday night.I ended up having an impromptu photoshoot with what remained of the insane Hetalia gathering as well as
. It was rather fun and I did my best in directing. It's still pretty new and I'm still trying out new things. There was ice cream later, at the absolutely delicious New Zealand ice cream (pity I didn't wear my New Zealand cosplay...).Then I left and wandered LA with my peculiar tour group. We went down Hollywood Blvd (didn't get out of the car) and then went to Koreatown. I introduced them to 짬뽕 (jjamppong), which all three absolutely loved. The end of the day was rounded up by watching three different fireworks displays.
Verdict: People seemed more content at this con. I suppose AX cleaned up their act a bit. But really, it was just for seeing people I only see at cons and other limited events. And photographing cosplayers... that was really fun. They were a joy to shoot, particularly the Hetalia cosplayers, who were all too obliging.
And now... I have a lot of photos to go through. /dies
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Well, I'll be heading to Fanime this year, after people have been bugging me for the past, oh, five years. I've been told it's quite worth it and I haven't been to a "new" con in ages; as it were, I've seen some incredibly gorgeous cosplay photos.
I'm debating on what to wear/bring/make for this.
As it is, it's looking like my list consists of:
-Detective Angelica Burns from Coyote Ragtime Show (along with a friend cosplaying as Mister)
-Kaito from Synchronicity Saga/Vocaloid (Is there any way I can get someone else to cosplay this with me? I have the material for Teto...)
-Military!Kaito/Luka from Love is War/Vocaloid (to accompany as Love is War Miku)
-Daniela Vongola Ottavo from Katekyo Hitman Reborn
I really am wavering the most on making either young Korea (Joseon era military/courtier) or ancient Silla (who I fondly refer to as Yong-soo's batshit crazy mother). Also, I'm deeply considering making the Demon Lord Meruhesae from Demon Diary (because stupid
mentioned her Chris cosplay! >_>) and Gijinka Articuno (Chinese Imperial robes).
I'm debating on what to wear/bring/make for this.
As it is, it's looking like my list consists of:
-Detective Angelica Burns from Coyote Ragtime Show (along with a friend cosplaying as Mister)
-Kaito from Synchronicity Saga/Vocaloid (Is there any way I can get someone else to cosplay this with me? I have the material for Teto...)
-Military!Kaito/Luka from Love is War/Vocaloid (to accompany
as Love is War Miku)-Daniela Vongola Ottavo from Katekyo Hitman Reborn
I really am wavering the most on making either young Korea (Joseon era military/courtier) or ancient Silla (who I fondly refer to as Yong-soo's batshit crazy mother). Also, I'm deeply considering making the Demon Lord Meruhesae from Demon Diary (because stupid
mentioned her Chris cosplay! >_>) and Gijinka Articuno (Chinese Imperial robes).
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So in a fit or a frenzy, I uploaded a lot of the pictures I took at ALA 2011. I suppose I should do my belated dA shoutouts??? Again, we only do fly-bys, I think. But it's great seeing with you and dear god, you look amazing in a dress. o_O Thank you for humoring me with Austrian Succession Hungary. You were so awesome in the Mosaic Role shoot too.
Thank you for humoring me with Empress Maria Theresa too. I wish we could have hung out a lot more this con. T_T Sorry for interrupting part of your Umineko shoot. Your platform boots are quite... impressive.
^_^ I'm in love with your Morty cosplay and your Sableye is also most impressive. Purple is a very good color on you! /has a weakness for purple in any case Pity the DJ wasn't much better at this con, right?? >_> We should find a club.
Thank you so much for all the shoots you did for me, both planned and spontaneous. It was really fun being your assistant (and I'm especially glad the cosplayers didn't mind my presence). and I'll keep repeating this because it bears repeating: I had a totally AMAZING CON thanks to you guys. I had so much fun and really let loose and thoroughly enjoyed myself. This really made my January and possibly my 2011. Anyone else I missed?? /goes off to organize photos and plan for Fanime/misc opportunities to play dress up
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ALA
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I should be working on other more important things...
/grouses
But I want to put up a tentative list of cosplays I want to have at ALA. TENTATIVE! If anyone cares to know, too.
New Zealand (Axis Powers Hetalia)
Synchronicity!Kaito (Vocaloid)
Evil Epicurean Conchita (Vocaloid)
Traditional Korea (Axis Powers Hetalia)
I also have one more but I'm not telling because I don't want to jinx my chances of making it. As it is, I need to revamp my Synchronicity!Kaito and actually get off my butt to make Traditional/Child Korea, as well as finish Conchita.
/grouses
But I want to put up a tentative list of cosplays I want to have at ALA. TENTATIVE! If anyone cares to know, too.
New Zealand (Axis Powers Hetalia)
Synchronicity!Kaito (Vocaloid)
Evil Epicurean Conchita (Vocaloid)
Traditional Korea (Axis Powers Hetalia)
I also have one more but I'm not telling because I don't want to jinx my chances of making it. As it is, I need to revamp my Synchronicity!Kaito and actually get off my butt to make Traditional/Child Korea, as well as finish Conchita.
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PMX shoutouts
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& 
:So nice seeing you again! I'm sorry I didn't get a picture of you and your group; I didn't even think about until after con... Don't mind this creeper here... : Damn girl, you have MOVES! I really do have to go clubbing with you sometime! xD Though somehow, I must learn the arts of 'teh cuteness' from you, sooner or later. Your friend is so awesome too.: Awesome seeing you. I'm sorry about mixing up Pokemon! T_T I'm not past Gold/Silver... /slinks away: /scoots awayWait, who's the one who's supposed to be Korea, aniki?!?!
Have I missed anyone?? If so, I apologize... these are the dA handles that I remember as of now. My brain is fried... x_x
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