Day 1: Cosplay meme
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tohma2004I don't normally do these since I pretty much know I will fail at keeping up with it..but lets give it a try shall we?
I think this is probably a pretty well known fact, but here we go:
Seguchi Tohma from Gravitation
And acutally my first cosplay was also my first group cosplay. It was decided about a month before Nekocon that the whole anime club was going to dress up and Lynn (our Shuichi) suggested Gravitation since it was a show she enjoyed and actually I had just started to watch it and had instantly grown fond of Tohma. So I sent her an email asking if he was still available as part of the group even though I didn't know the first thing about dressing up. And actually the only knowledge of conventions I had was what Delilah had told me. So I was very new to the whole concept and only had been interested in anime for less then a year at the time.
But everyone would get together and work on the costumes. We found a wig at a wig shop at the local flea market. bought a winter jacket from Goodwill and added a feather boa to it. And I bought a purple sweater and painted "V"s on it to look like his. The hat came from..I believe JC Penny. It had a huge bow and flower on it that I removed (and actually still have somewhere). Add the leather pants I already owned and a pair of gloves and tada! Instant Tohma.
One of the best convention memories I still have involves our carpooling to the con center that Friday morning. We were actually staying at a hotel down the road and the morning we left we painted up our cars. There was the "Bad Luck tourbus" (Lynn/shuichi's car) and the "Nittle Grasper Tourbus" (My car) and the respective band members got in each car and headed to the convention. As we pulled into the parking lot, the registration line was lined up outside of the hotel and people started cheering and waving to us as we drove in. Fangirls even chased after our cars as we went to park and then got pictures of us as we juts got out of them. It was a real rock star experience XD
Later on we found Fansview where we located not only pictures of ourselves..but pictures of our cars!! It was the most exciting thing in the world to see my car up on a website XD Apparently Fansview also approved of the NASCAR memorabilia on my car because he remarked upon it on the site.
And ever since that first convention the name has stuck. Not that I mind, since it is full of a lot of really great college, convention, and friend memories ^_^
1. Your first cosplay.
2. How many costumes have you done?
3. Your most recent cosplay.
4. Your cosplay communities, where do you go to talk about cosplay?
5. Blatant self plug! Link us to your cosplay page, be it dA, ACP, Coscom, whatever!
6. Your favourite cosplay (that you have done)
7. The character you have cosplayed that is most similar to you (if none that you have cosplayed, then one that you will cosplay)
8. Your cosplay plans for the rest of the year (if you have no more for this year, then do next year!)
9. The dream cosplay that might just happen
10. The dream cosplay that will never happen
11. Something cosplay-related that you will never do (eg. crossplay, cosplay from a certain series)
12. Your cosplay idol.
13. Your cosplay specialty (ie. something that seems to apply to a large amount of your cosplays, it could be a specific series, or a common feature in their appearance, such as glasses)
14. Your cosplay-making habits (eg. singing while working on cosplay)
15. Your least favourite thing about cosplay
16. Do you belong to any cosplay groups? If so, what are they?
17. What events have you cosplayed to?
18. What is your best cosplay memory?
19. What is your worst cosplay memory?
20. Have you won any cosplay awards?
21. Show us your best cosplay derp photo!
22. Have you worn cosplay in a regular situation? (eg. at school, to work)
23. Your most expensive cosplay
24. Your most comfortable cosplay and most uncomfortable cosplay
25. The cosplay you put the most effort into
26. Any unfinished costumes? Will you ever finish them?
27. How many wigs do you own? Which is your favourite?
28. Where do you work on your cosplays and where do you store them when they’re done?
29. What is your favourite cosplay item? (eg. a pair of shoes, a wig)
30. Describe cosplay in three words. No more, no less.
I think this is probably a pretty well known fact, but here we go:
Seguchi Tohma from Gravitation
And acutally my first cosplay was also my first group cosplay. It was decided about a month before Nekocon that the whole anime club was going to dress up and Lynn (our Shuichi) suggested Gravitation since it was a show she enjoyed and actually I had just started to watch it and had instantly grown fond of Tohma. So I sent her an email asking if he was still available as part of the group even though I didn't know the first thing about dressing up. And actually the only knowledge of conventions I had was what Delilah had told me. So I was very new to the whole concept and only had been interested in anime for less then a year at the time.
But everyone would get together and work on the costumes. We found a wig at a wig shop at the local flea market. bought a winter jacket from Goodwill and added a feather boa to it. And I bought a purple sweater and painted "V"s on it to look like his. The hat came from..I believe JC Penny. It had a huge bow and flower on it that I removed (and actually still have somewhere). Add the leather pants I already owned and a pair of gloves and tada! Instant Tohma.
One of the best convention memories I still have involves our carpooling to the con center that Friday morning. We were actually staying at a hotel down the road and the morning we left we painted up our cars. There was the "Bad Luck tourbus" (Lynn/shuichi's car) and the "Nittle Grasper Tourbus" (My car) and the respective band members got in each car and headed to the convention. As we pulled into the parking lot, the registration line was lined up outside of the hotel and people started cheering and waving to us as we drove in. Fangirls even chased after our cars as we went to park and then got pictures of us as we juts got out of them. It was a real rock star experience XD
Later on we found Fansview where we located not only pictures of ourselves..but pictures of our cars!! It was the most exciting thing in the world to see my car up on a website XD Apparently Fansview also approved of the NASCAR memorabilia on my car because he remarked upon it on the site.
And ever since that first convention the name has stuck. Not that I mind, since it is full of a lot of really great college, convention, and friend memories ^_^
2. How many costumes have you done?
3. Your most recent cosplay.
4. Your cosplay communities, where do you go to talk about cosplay?
5. Blatant self plug! Link us to your cosplay page, be it dA, ACP, Coscom, whatever!
6. Your favourite cosplay (that you have done)
7. The character you have cosplayed that is most similar to you (if none that you have cosplayed, then one that you will cosplay)
8. Your cosplay plans for the rest of the year (if you have no more for this year, then do next year!)
9. The dream cosplay that might just happen
10. The dream cosplay that will never happen
11. Something cosplay-related that you will never do (eg. crossplay, cosplay from a certain series)
12. Your cosplay idol.
13. Your cosplay specialty (ie. something that seems to apply to a large amount of your cosplays, it could be a specific series, or a common feature in their appearance, such as glasses)
14. Your cosplay-making habits (eg. singing while working on cosplay)
15. Your least favourite thing about cosplay
16. Do you belong to any cosplay groups? If so, what are they?
17. What events have you cosplayed to?
18. What is your best cosplay memory?
19. What is your worst cosplay memory?
20. Have you won any cosplay awards?
21. Show us your best cosplay derp photo!
22. Have you worn cosplay in a regular situation? (eg. at school, to work)
23. Your most expensive cosplay
24. Your most comfortable cosplay and most uncomfortable cosplay
25. The cosplay you put the most effort into
26. Any unfinished costumes? Will you ever finish them?
27. How many wigs do you own? Which is your favourite?
28. Where do you work on your cosplays and where do you store them when they’re done?
29. What is your favourite cosplay item? (eg. a pair of shoes, a wig)
30. Describe cosplay in three words. No more, no less.
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LOVELOVE TOHMA LOVE!
Date: 2011-06-24 02:20 am (UTC)*rolls around in happy nostalgia for a while*
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Date: 2011-06-24 03:11 am (UTC)Man, I think I was at this Nekocon because I remember your Seguchi costume...I mean it's where your lj name comes from! I distinctly remember the feather boa!
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Date: 2011-06-24 03:23 am (UTC)It was..Nekocon 2002. Sonnet was there because she was our Fujisaki. I do know that I wore this costume to Katsucon 2003 and I roomed with Sonnet and Laura and you all I believe ^^
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