Conventions and Cosplay

So... As I said in my last journal, I'm stopping cosplay for a while. That's mostly true. I realized that I'm still working on my TARDIS hoodie and I WILL get that done at some point. I just got rid of all of my fabric except the fabric to work on the hoodie. Princess bubblegum still needs a crown and wig, but I'm only doing a casual cosplay of her. Aelita still needs her new wig. And a few other cosplays that I'm keeping have gotten a bit destroyed and need to be touched up.

On my list of cosplays I am keeping, it would be White Raven, Sheena, Miku, Ed, Aelita, Sion, Ouka, Ember, Sophie, and possibly Sasuke. OC's might happen every now and then. For now I only have Michiru, I do not have her Sailor Scout outfit and won't for a long time. I hopefully have someone lending me their violin to do more pictures of her though and possibly a Haruka for couple pictures. I still have my Pikachu and Absol hoodie. I might end up doing a genderbent casual Saskue and Naruto with , but who knows if that will ever happen. I might also do a really simple genderbent 11th Doctor with my boyfriend as genderbent River Song, but I don't know if he's very willing or not.

Mystique, Kaoru, Temari, Reno, Izaya, Dark Sakura, Gary, Sabrina, Korra, Toboe, Katniss, and Ramona have basically gone no where... I also had so many other ideas that I would have loved to do... But they just aren't going to happen for a long time. Jesse has been almost done for AGES now. He seriously only needs one last pattern for the back of his vest and I just don't want to do it... I still have plenty of white fabric since I kept it for my TARDIS, but gah... I hate that pattern.

Now onto my other issue... Conventions. I haven't gone to Anime Crossroads since 2012. I won't be able to this year, I know that. I also won't be able to "officially" go to Gen Con this year, but I'll still wander the halls with my friends I think, since I live down the street. I missed Indy Pop Con and Indy Comic Con this year and if I don't end up missing them next year, I still don't think I'll be able to go to them. ACEN, very last minute, I cancelled this year. I also don't think I'll be able to do it next year. Anime St Louis is too far away for me as well, so that hasn't happened since 2012 either. This is hard on me, but Gen Con will be the only con I kind of go to for a few years. And I might not even do it because I might decide to work those days instead.

With conventions on hold and stopping production of all new cosplays that are not already almost done, it's hard on me. I need to focus on school and my photography. I might have a family portrait coming up this summer and in August I might also be able to take pictures at a wedding as well (cosplayers getting married at that!). I also have to pay for school, which is why I can't be spending money on cosplay and conventions. The little money I want to spend on myself this summer is already iffy and I'd also like to be able to buy actual christmas presents for my family, boyfriend, and best friends this year. I'm not going to buy little things for all of my friends at school again this year. I'm also currently not getting a whole lot of hours at work and need to find other ways of getting money. Dog sitting and doing yard work might be part of it, along with random face paint and photography gigs.

So now that I have ranted on and on about my stupid problems and I doubt any of you have read all of this, I just want to say thank you, again, for all of the support I have gotten in the past years of my photogrpahy and cosplay (and other artwork) growing. It means a lot to me to know that people enjoy my artwork.


Kendra