Y'all look great!

Thanks!

Also, I wanted to let my friends from RandomFandom.com know that I've pretty much given up on the Furuba chapter discussions.

I figured that was what had happened, alas. But it was fun while it lasted! I'll look forward to your posts. ^^

There's some really good cosplay going on!

There's some really good cosplay going on!

Thanks!

I'll look forward to your posts. ^^

I hope you'll leave a comment once in a while. :)

I hope you'll leave a comment once in a while. :)

This seems very likely. ^^

I have to agree with orcapotter, you do look really great. I don't think I have to ask whether the Con was fun or not XD.

also yes, the tailoring on the costume of Risa Harada from DN Angel was beautiful, though I think the model added to some of that as well *waggles eyebrows*

Hopefully some kind of meet up materializes for this summer, keep your fingers crossed :)

:) Thanks.

I am compelled to ask - was someone cosplaying the R2D2 droid as well? ;)

Everyone's costumes look great, and the professional shots are really fantastic.

R2 was not with our group. He's remote-controlled by a guy who shows up at Megacon every year (he probably does other cons, too) and is really fantastically subtle about it--he'll send R2 up and down the front aisle of the dealer's room, following at a distance. You have to watch really closely to figure out that it's him. It makes for a great pseudo-Star Wars experience to "meet" R2 at Megacon.

That's actually even more awesome. Heh. This actually makes me want to go to a con just to see how people react to the droid going up and down the aisle.

I think the closest I will ever get to cosplay will be Halloween, though. I would be afraid to go to a con as Byakuya Kuchiki (my planned costume) and have the crazy slash fangirls throw every guy cosplaying as Renji, Ichigo, Kenpachi, and Gin at me.

and have the crazy slash fangirls throw every guy cosplaying as Renji, Ichigo, Kenpachi, and Gin at me.

As far as I've observed in *counts* the 12 (anime) cons I've been to, people aren't really that crazy at cons. Based on my own experience, the closest you're likely to get to that scenario is a slash fangirl dressed as Renji (or whoever) *herself* asking you to pose with her for a picture.

That makes me feel better. My only exposure to the Bleach fandom has been online, outside of two or three people I know offline who are also fans.

I suppose I shouldn't presume that *all* fandoms are as weird offline as they are online (ala HP). ;)

Your cosplay is absolutely awesome! Amazing. *^^*

I will definitely be looking forward to your Furuba chapter posts; and I'll make an effort to comment. I do think that there were a few of us who wanted to keep it going, but although I read every one of the chapter discussions, I tend to be a bit shy about speaking up on a forum, so I lurked more than I posted.

I can't wait until the whole series is out; and then I'm going to re-read it myself.

Also, I'll be interested in reading your Avatar posts, because I'm very interested in watching that, and have it on my Netflix list right after I'm done with Death Note.

Your cosplay is absolutely awesome! Amazing.

Thank you!

Also, I'll be interested in reading your Avatar posts, because I'm very interested in watching that, and have it on my Netflix list right after I'm done with Death Note.

Yay!

They all look great. ^_^

Thanks!

Some Tai Chi I must teach you, then your Katara will truly be perfect!

Are you saying my poses look fake?! ;) The first action pose I did was based on the wind up for her "water whip" motion; the other one was from a little bit of Tai Chi that was in a work out video I used to do all the time, which I admit is the extent of my exposure to the art. Anyway...I didn't think they were *that* far off. (I wouldn't say no to learning more & better poses, though. I do plan on wearing her at another con this year.)

well, I saw a few similarities, and I figure they have tweaked some moves a bit... and maybe that's it. I'm thinking back through the whip (Tai Chi) and your posture would be most similar to the end of the whip with a few differences. Chances are, though, that Sifu Kisu created some variations for when manipulating water, versus manipulating a human being opponent directly.

I should watch Avatar again, eh? You might be closer than I'm thinking, BUT I might just be more picky since I've done Tai Chi for a year (yeah, only a year, but enough to know the whip). It would be fun to see you do a few other things. For instance, I'm thinking the move called Cloud Hands might have SOME similarities to the octopus thing she does (which might just be her waving some hands around). Anyway, I know that there may be a time in the next month or two I might be passing through to shoot some video in lady lake. When is your next Con?Maybe we can finish our own costumes and go to this thing?

Hmm...on second look at some of the Katara pics on google images, it looks like my hands should have been palms-up. Oops.

Anyway, the next con is JACON on May 22-24, but I highly recommend the con after that, which is AFO on 7/31-8/2.

hands up would be right. In the whip, you bring your hand around and move as though you are plucking something out of your hand before bringing the up-turned hand back forward, palm facing out/down. So, if your posture was more like the end of the move, you'd be close to right, except then your other hand would be out-of-line ;oP

Well, I was trying to make it look *in motion*. My impression was that when she brings one hand around, it's almost like a karate chop (just at an angle almost parallel to the ground instead of straight down). But it didn't work very well in the group pose. The single pic at the top of the post is more what I was going for.

Ah well, I admit that in the rush to finish sewing--usually staying up until 3AM the last couple of nights before the con--I rarely study the poses and mannerisms of the characters as closely as I would like to, so they sometimes end up being rather messy approximations. The same thing happened with Sailor Mars and Soi Fon. I look back at screen caps of poses I was trying to do for those characters and compare them to my cosplay pictures, and I notice things that were a little off.

Guess I'll have to study up on Katara's moves before I go to a con with you. ;)

well, you provide good excuses.. I guess I'll let it slide ;oP'''

so, if you HAD also studied the moves as much as you liked, would that make you a CON-artist?