Luka Megurine “Magnet” Headphones

31 Saturday Jul 2010

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My Luka Megurine headphones! From the song “Magnet.” It’s ALMOST done, just need to attach a mouth piece and it will be finished!

I had fun making this.. But the hardest part.. were definitely the wings.. Those were a pain in the butt!

But! I love the way it came out 😀

Credits:
Inner circle design created by my friend, ~Raydiant
Butterfly Wing Template created by ~Fenlaf and the image can be seen here
Youtube Video that I used as a guide (didn’t follow it 100%) can be seen here!

I may make a tutorial of how I did mine, not 100% sure yet. Click the image for full resolution! Also, do not steal my image without my permission! If you see anyone doing so, please let me know!

2011 Cosplay Plans

31 Saturday Jul 2010

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I’m going to upload my cosplay pictures (that I should’ve uploaded a while ago..) from this year! Did a photoshoot with all three cosplays. Will be doing another Tifa photoshoot in August.. This will seriously be my 5th photoshoot with her.. Hopefully my last xD The idea will get stale if I do it too many times..

I will hopefully be doing a “shipping” photoshoot as Kurama with my friend as Hiei. Then possibly doing a Miku Hatsune x Luka Megurine photoshoot from the song “Magnet” by the program Vocaloids 2. In the process of making the headphones.. which is torture D: I love the way it looks, but cutting out little pieces out of a butterfly wing is tedious.. May do a tutorial on it since someone requested it.

So anyways! My 2011 Cosplay Plan!

Yuna from Final Fantasy X! I’ve wanted to cosplay as her for the longest time. I am absolutely in love with her story (even though I have yet to play the game… Unfortunately I know the basic outline of what happens)

Her story breaks my heart. Ah.. now it seems like I love her character more that I love her outfit.. I still love her outfit hahaa, her story just captivates me even more.

I always thought of myself as a tragic person. Everytime I wrote stories, someone would have to die, or have their heart broken..

There’s other reasons too, but that’s another story for another day..

Anywhoo.. I bought her fabric!! Hopefully working on it this weekend.. Though I doubt I’ll finish the staff by then..

Ciel Phantomhive! I originally wanted to cosplay in his pink ball gown outfit.. But.. since Black Butler is gaining more popularity.. It’s like everyone else in the world is doing it as well.. And I don’t cosplay in the same thing as everyone else xD

I’ll do it one day.. just not now.. So I chose his outfit from the cover of the “Monochrome no Kiss” CD by SID. I’ve only seen one cosplay of this. Just one.

But since it’s a cover album art, they don’t show the whole thing.. So I’m just going to make up the bottom portion. I have an idea of what I want to do. Executing it may be an issue..

Ringo Noyamano from Air Gear. My friend has an Air Gear group and they asked me to be Ringo xD

Hers is relatively simple so it shouldn’t take me that long to make. Though I probably won’t work on it this summer haha.

Finally, Miku Hatsune from Vocaloid 2, with the outfit from the song, “Magnet,” a duet sung with Luka Megurine about forbidden love.

I don’t really like doing super popular cosplays unless I really like the character. I will still do them, but just when the fad is over. For example, I wanted to make a Lightning or Vanille cosplay from Final Fantasy XIII.. But since the game just came out.. 29365792465439 other people are cosplaying as Lightning.. So.. I’ll probably do it in 2012.. or maybe later than that.

But what sparked this one was my friend is cosplaying as Kururu from Air Gear and had a similar pink wig. And I said we should do a Vocaloid cosplay, and this one is probably one of the easier ones. (Too many Miku’s in the world anyways..)

Been making the headphones for this one. Will upload it soon!

So these are my cosplay plans for next year! If I (hopefully) go to Otakon next year, may come up with something else as well xD I have a ton of ideas for cosplays.. Wish I could just make them all xD

AnimeNEXT 2010 Report!

27 Sunday Jun 2010

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Ah should’ve updated this last week xD I’m just going to copy and paste what I wrote from my dA on here.

Note: All the links lead to dA accounts xD

Friday

  • I wore my Kurama cosplay this day! I was up all night working on finishing my cosplays, and due to my poor time management, I didn’t really get to work on the wig as much as I would have liked. I wanted to cut the bangs more, so I’m probably gonna end up doing that some time next month (since I still have summer classes..) and upload pictures! Or if I can find a photographer that’d be even better.. kekeke xDSo I ended up getting 2 hours of sleep. Woke up.. Didn’t start packing until like 9 AM.. >___> Went to the convention, got there around 1ish. My parents drove me and when we started getting near the Garden State Expo Center… Oh my gosh. I saw so many cosplayers walking around outside.. I got soo excited.

    There’s not much to say about in the convention.. Haha yeah okay! xD A bunch of people asked for my picture. Met a few fan girls.. LOL Met a Yoko Kurama and a Hiei! My friend was supposed to cosplay as Hiei, but he said he didn’t get his costume in time. But I didn’t really mind, I was happy that I got to cosplay as Kurama xD Saw all my friends from college :] And my roomiee :iconfireburningbrightly: Uhmm.. yeah. Bought cat ears.. kekeke. xD And an AnimeNEXT t-shirt!Can’t remember what I did at night.. I went somewhere.. Oh! My friend wanted to go to the ‘How to Draw Yuri’ Panel xD I ended up leaving because I had to go get a needle to fix mah cosplays with.. >< Well.. just the ears for Pichu! There’s a bunch of inbetween stories but.. I don’t wanna make this epic entry more epic xD But to finish, I freaked out because I couldn’t get the Pichu ears on the headband without flopping! So I went to sleep.

Saturday

  • Woke up at 7, to do a photoshoot with :iconknightmare6:! Well the shoot was at 9AM xD Finally got my ears to semi-work, by pinning them to my head xD At one point they were perfect, then they slowly started drooping towards the end of the shoot. We shot with the Pikachu family! My two friends as Raichu and Pikachu, me as Pichu, :iconfireburningbrightly: as Minun, and :iconrockerneko: as Plusle!Did the photoshoot, then roamed. Roaming.. roaming.. My mom brought me mah Tifa outfit! :D Thennnn.. yeah.

Sunday

  • I’m so tired I don’t feel like typing anymore xD So I woke up at 7AM again and got ready. Did a photoshoot with :iconthebigtog: and :iconkoreanholic: as Yuffie! Had a ton of fun ^^ Then I was supposed to go to another FF photoshoot at 12:30 and I waited.. and :iconkoreanholic: and we waited a good 30-40 minutes.And then as I was leaving I met :iconlingering-tears: as Princess Garnet from FFIX :iconsylphinesbane: as ViVi from FFIX and Cloud from Advent Children, and a few others who’s dA I don’t know >< They wanted to do a shoot as well! So we ended up congregating outside xD So we had a Tifa, Vivi, Princess Garnet, Cloud, Yuffie, Yuna, Reno. I think that’s it? The most random assortment of FF people xD There ended up being a Lebreau later (from FFXIII). And another Yuffie, and some others xD

    I saw :iconknightmare6: again! And he was half an hour early for a shoot, and we were talking. I told him about how there was supposed to be a FF shoot but no one showed up >< So he offered to take some pictures for us! So we had an epic Final Fantasy shoot with random crossovers xD It was a lot of fun! I hope everyone enjoyed it ^^

    So yeah, that pretty much summed up my day. Went to the dealer’s room, bought a sword.. kekeke.. xD That I ended up giving to my dad for Father’s Day. OH MY GOSH. The last epic thing. I went to the artist alley because I saw this Lightning poster that I was absolutely in love with since the first day of the con. Before that I went to a stand next to my friend’s :iconraydiant: because our friend wanted to talk to him about something.

    So I was just looking at his friend’s posters :iconprodigybombay: I was just looking through her portfolio. Her artwork was really beautiful and it definitely caught my eye, but in my mind I really wanted that Lightning poster so I wasn’t really planning on buy anything. Until I saw this.

    Okay, if you’ve never played RebirthRO, you probably won’t have any idea what I’m talking about. But oh my gosh.. the moment I saw that poster.. I died.. And went to fangirl mode.. xD That picture was used in the MMORPG Rebirth Ragnarok in the menu, when you first open the game. I recognized it almost immediately and ahh.. I just had to have it xD When I used to play RO that picture always caught my eye. I thought it was beautiful and I wanted to find the actual picture, but that never really happened. xD

    So ahh.. I bought it :] I asked her to sign it too! I feel really stupid asking her to sign it in the back though. No one’s gonna see it! >< Ahh well. I got the poster and met the girl who made it so that was good enough.

    I went to go buy the Lightning poster, and it was 20$ but I was short and only had 14$ D: The artist alley was closing soon and the girl was so kind and let me buy the poster size for 14$ :D She doesn’t have a deviantArt though, because she said she doesn’t post her pictures online. So I’m rather reluctant to take a picture and show it.. ><

    I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THE PICTURES!!

    But yeah! That’s all about my adventures! Or most of it at least ^^ Oh.. one last thing..

    FRUNDURDAY!

eBay Wig Review: cosplayanimewigs

24 Thursday Jun 2010

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My first year cosplaying and I needed a wig for my Kurama cosplay. This was my first time ordering a wig so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I am very particular when it comes to details and colors. I wanted the perfect color for a Kurama wig and one that looked realistic, because his hair color is bright to begin with. I found one that I particularly liked.

Here’s the reference image of Kurama. I picked this one because it’s slightly darker than normal.

The wig I stumbled upon is from cosplayanimewigs.

I didn’t mind that it was curly because it was heat resistant as well. I prefer them to be heat resistant anyways because you never know when you need to straighten it, or curl it again.

I had a positive experience with this seller. The wig I received was a lot curlier than in this picture.

The color is almost exactly like the one in the picture. I really love the quality of it as well. It’s soft and feels like real human hair. They said it’s “Natural Heat Resistant Fiber.”

The shipping was fairly quickly as well. They shipped it on May 6th. I can’t remember the exact date I received it, but around the 14th, so it took about a week.

Rating: ★★★★☆/ 4.5 out of 5

Pros:
– Excellent Quality
– Shipped quickly
– Wonderful color, matches image
– Heat resistant
– Feels soft, like actual human hair. 

Cons:
– No tracking number

Price: 32.99$ + free shipping = 32.99$
Item Location: Shanghai, China

Would I purchase from them again? Yes, I definitely would. I love the quality of wig and the way it looks.

If you wish to purchase this wig, search “Copper Red Hi-Temp Long Curly Wavy Cosplay Wig” in the eBay search bar, or look through cosplayanimewigs’s profile page.

EDIT (2/14/2011): I get asked questions about this wig all the time. As far as I know, the eBay seller I bought it from doesn’t sell it anymore. I sent them an e-mail asking if they sell it and I will update the reply! (You can find the same wig on their eBay, but the image is different, and the wig is a darker red.) If you searched the wig, you’ll find another seller that uses the same image as the one I bought it from. (Even the same watermark..) I can’t comment on the wig because I’ve never ordered from their store. Just make sure you check the name when you search it! The store I purchased from was “CosplayAnimeWigs.” The store that has the same image is “CosplayAnimeWig.”

EDIT (2/19/2011): I received a reply from the seller, and they said that there had been a listing error. The same wig can be purchased at the website! Located here. Click here for the wig link!

A Cosplay Change..

04 Tuesday May 2010

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Changing my last cosplay again.. I was originally going to be Rikku in her songstress dressphere from FFX-2 since my mother REALLY didn’t want me to do her thief dressphere because it’s too revealing.

But! I was looking at the wigs since I need one for her and Kurama.. and.. I realized that.. wigs cost a lot xD And since I’m a perfectionist, I would want it to be a good quality wig. Both those wigs were about $30 each, so about $60 for wigs.. and I don’t have that kind of money..

And I hate using my parent’s money all the time. Certain things I will, like fabric costs, but I can’t make them pay for everything right? Soo.. I’ve decided to sacrifice the Rikku cosplay D; I’ll cosplay as her in the future when I have more money for her wig :]

So.. back to my search for another cosplay! I wanted one that I could just keep my hair color, unless I could find another one with red hair. I suck at thinking of cosplays.. Until I discovered the greatest website in the world..

Anime Character Database.com

This has got to be the greatest website in the world! It’s funny because my roomie and I were talking about how amazing it would be if there was a website where you could just type in eye color, hair color, etc. and it would generate anime characters for you!

AND HERE IT IS!!! Ahh I was so excited hahahaa.

So on this website, you can search up to 3 different eye color, hair color, hair length, age, gender etc. And it’ll generate it for you! You can even set character preferences like if you want the character to be from anime, video games, etc!

I came up with like.. 8-9 possible characters I’d cosplay as. It came down toooo..

So from the top row, left to right! Haku from Naruto, Chen from Touhou Project, Tohru Honda from Fruits Baskets, Xiang Hua from Soul Calibur. Now bottom row! Xiang Hua from Soul Calibur II, Lacrimosa from Lagrima, Seung Mina from Soul Calibur, and Tifa Lockhart from Advent Children!

I really want to cosplay as Tifa when I saw her as a choice. Definitely not her VII version since.. I don’t have.. the “body type” if you know what I mean.. But she has such a womanly face, and my face.. let’s just say sometimes I look younger than I should be xD But she’s sooo pretty!

I love Lacrimosa’s outfit.. I’ve never heard of the .. omg.. OMG.. Never mind I’m not cosplaying as her anymore.. I was confused that I couldn’t google anything on it.. until I looked on the database site and it says that Lagrima is a.. dirty game.. D; Oh my goodness, that was an epic fail. Like I completely just epic failed.

But yeah.. I’ll probably end up being a Soul Calibur character or Tifa. The idea of Haku tempts me because I’ve wanted to cosplay as him for a long time.. xD

When I work on it during the summer I will definitely upload pictures! ^^

Cosplay Updates

18 Sunday Apr 2010

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I need to begin updating more often.. The school year is almost over! It passed so quickly, only 3 more weeks left, then finals and summer! Haven’t made a tutorial in a while now @___@ I have the horrible habit of picking at my nails. They were nice and long and now they are short again ><

Cosplay Update

I will be going to AnimeNext! And cosplaying of course! I’m not sure if I’ll be getting a table yet, but hopefully I do! ^^ So the cosplay plan is;

  • Friday: Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho, and my friend’s boyfriend will be cosplaying as Hiei.
  • Saturday: Pichu from Pokemon, my roomie and her best friend are Plusle and Minun, my friend and her boyfriend (the same one cosplaying as Hiei) are cosplaying as Raichu and Pikachu respectively.
  • Sunday: This one is up in the air. It’s either Maka from Soul Eater or Rikku from Final Fantasy X-2. Maka is easy to do since I have a similar skirt and Rikku.. I like her hair xD But my mom wasn’t too keen on the idea because she wears a bikini top.

I will be making my own cosplays! Well.. with the help of my mom xD She said it’s practice since I’m going into Fashion Design in the fall. I’m going to use that as an excuse for her to let me cosplay as Rikku.. xD Hopefully, if I can, I want to join the Hall Cosplay Contest. I want to do one for Friday and one for Saturday, but then I can’t use the Maka cosplay since most of the stuff won’t be made..

School Update

I will be attending Philadelphia University next year for fashion design! I’m excited ^^ If I can, I’m going to take classes during the summer at FIT. Hmm.. I think that’s it for this section 😛

Blog Life – Youtube

Ahh slacking off here.. Need to work on this more often!

Hobby Life

So I’ve been working on charms for some time now. Haven’t been working on nail art as much as I’d like to, but ahh school work.. x____x If you want to check out what I’ve made, go to my deviantart! Hopefully I can sell them at conventions. I originally wanted to sell them online, but that’s kind of shaky at the moment.. But if anyone wants a commission, send me a message! ^^

Tokyo Fashion Festa New York Part 2: Cosplay

26 Friday Feb 2010

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I modeled in the Tokyo Fashion Festa last night at FIT! I had a great time and met a lot of awesome people. For the show, I did a revamped version of Hatsune Miku from Vocaloid, in the outfit she wears in the song “Magnet,” since the first time I cosplayed it, it was more of a closet cosplay and I didn’t have the correct wig.

This time, the dress as completely re-done, new/borrowed wig, and different accessories! The shoes and headphones/hat were the same. The wig I borrowed from the oh so talented cosplayer, Kitsy Dolly (her deviantart). I really wish the event was longer! It felt soo short, but it was so exhilarating! I managed to cram Miku in.. 3 days.. hahaa.. I will never do that ever again! You’d think I learned from AnimeNEXT last year.. but nooo.. Had to do it again.. But she came out great!

Anyways! I want to thank my friends who came out to see me! You know who you are! The experience was just amazing. This was the first time I modeled in a fashion show and the first time for any sort of professional modeling that wasn’t TF/TFCD.

I loved it! Met lots of new people and the models were all so talented! Just seeing all the other fashions in the show made me love it even more! I really want to get into Japanese fashion/name brand now.. Well, at least learn about them! Since they are oh so expensive haha. The make up artists were all flown in from Japan, and they did an outstanding job. I just.. can’t even.. xD Plus they had really cool clothing haha. One of the make up artists was the lovely Akiko Yoshizawa. She does really beautiful work. (And one day.. I will learn enough Japanese to be able to read her blog.. xD)

After the show we had a tea party/ reception. Had so many pictures taken! It was cute when people told me they loved my character. One mother came up to me with her two sons and told me that her son loves my character haha.

IT ALSO MADE ME WISH I CONTINUED LEARNING JAPANESE! Because the person hosting the event is Japanese, along with all the makeup artists. But I still managed to understand some of it xD It was cute when Akiko was asking me a question about how I did my eyebrows (I colored them blue for Miku) in Japanese, and she realized that she was speaking to me in Japanese xD

I met Tokyo Circus Ringmaster Yoshi. Well, got a picture with him haha. I initially didn’t know who he was until I googled his sign. What else.. Oh! All the models received a bottle of FiberWig mascara! Well.. we got some other things as well, but it doesn’t top the Fiberwig xD So be on the lookout for a review!

Notable Links:
Tokyo Fashion Festa New York / Official [Facebook]
Akiko Yoshizawa: Hair & Makeup
Purple Sky Magazine: Tokyo Fashion Festa 2 (Cosplay & Makeup)
Knightmare6’s Flickr Photography
Covered by Saintilus: Tokyo Fashion Fest at F.I.T.
Through Glass Eyes: Japan Fashion Festa – A Cospay Fashion Show
Crash Culture: Tokyo Fashion Festa @ FIT

YouTube: Introduction to Cosplay
YouTube: Cosplay Fashion Show
YouTube: Hair and Makeup Show
YouTube: Hair and Makeup Demonstration/Lecture
YouTube: Cosplay Q&A