~Shinigami-no-Miko

Well I am back from Anime Evolution. Okay, actually I got back on Sunday, but I only really got onto a computer just now.

Anime Evolution was pretty cool actually. My friends and I all left a couple of days early. We used Thursday to scope out the UBC campus and goof off at Metrotown mall before meeting my mother in New Westminister for dinner. She threw me an early birthday party. I'd say the only real epic suckage about the convention was the severe lack of sleep. I spent the night before the convention working on the battle damage for Kurama's costume... and the last two nights re-styling the wig. Poor too, she was up with me most of the time.

Although it was very much worth it. The costume looked really good... Okay, well as good as I was going to get it in such a short period of time. I found it really funn that quite a few people really like the costume and asked for my pictre, but had NO CLUE who I was. Ah, that's what you get for cosplaying from an anime from 1990... Even though the dubbed version was shown on the air in the States until just like a year ago or so. Although there were a few people who knew who I was... and I had a stalker on the last day XD. A girl dressed as Faust from Shaman King, it was pretty funny really.

There was one thing that made the whole thing uber awesome though, the fact that I found a Hiei! I had decided on the first day to just do some wandering around and look at other people's costumes when I was in line to get my badge and my friends were saving the spot. Well out of the corner of my eye I caught this person in black. At first I brushed it off as yet ANOTHER Sasuke from Naruto, but when I got closer, my eyes widened, and as much as I HATE to admit it I let out this fan girl squeal of "HIEI!" and raced up to her. I swear I scared her... even if she won't admit to that XD. We took a few really epic pictures together on the first day and kept running into each other. We also had an epic Karaoke session and sang "In the End" by Linkin Park, playing up a "lover's spat" between Hiei and Kurama. She wasn't Hiei on the second day sadly, so I was with out her, but we ran into each other again a whole bunch of times on the last day and had another epic photo shoot. We also met up AFTER the con at the mall again... in costume and had a DDR battle as Hiei and Kurama... Kurama just proved it's grace not speed that kicks ass XD. Hiei if you are reading, this, you know I still love you.

OH, there was also an AWESOME voice actor at the con. I willfully admit that I don't know much of his work but he was such a cool person that it didn't really matter. He would just randomly show up at pannels to see what was going on. Turns out this was his first convention ad he just wanted to see what was going on because he was a total nerd too XD. I wound up talking to him quite a bit. Lee Tockar was his name, and he mainly does "death roles" in anime and has been in like a bazillion titles. I also discovered that not only does Brad Swaile play like all of my favourite anime character's, he's also an EPIC artist. I wish I could have gotten some photographic proof of it, but I was amazed. There were also many epic panels. I wound up having more fun than I thought I would.

The friends who came with me seemed to have a good time too. Although I was informed that some things were a drag for them. I only hope I wasn't too controlling or demanding ><. I tend to stress and worry over things way too much and thus piss off my friends. To them, I do apologize if I went too overboard *hides in a corner.*

So yeah, that's how Anime Evolution went in a nut shell...
~Miko-Chan

Well, my cosplay of Kurama is all ready to go now. Battle damage and everything. I have taken some artistic lisence with the damage, omitted some things, added others, but over all it's looking pretty good to me. Although I am sure I will get the final verdict from people once I wear it to the convention... And post pictures for all you watchers too.

Sadly Kuronue could not come with me to this convention. The vest actually doesn't even fit me anymore... So all the fixing was for not. Oh well, maybe by Halloween I can get a new vest and wear it then. I'll just cross my fingers.

Alas, this entry must be short. I thought I would give a little update and now it's off to do some more prep work for the convention tomorrow.

Catch ya on the Flip Side,

~Miko-Chan

Gah, I swear if there were ever a more evil thing in this world than cosplay preparation I have yet to see it. So far I have been going crazy trying to get everything for the Kurama cosplay I am doing together. Just the materials and wig were hell and a half to find! I am lucky in the fact that I found a seamstress to do the base of his Dark Tournament costume(the yellow one) but I am going to have one heak of a fun time getting all of the detailing I want on it. You see I am going as Kurama after his epic battle with Karasu. I need to get my hands on fabric paint still, and get accurate pictures of ALL of the places he took hits. I also need to get the wig I have all styled... Sweet lordy, for those who know what Kurama's hair looks like, you will know what I bitch this is going to be... Because I REFUSE to just put on a red wig and call it done, I want it as accurate as humanly possible. OH, also I am not content to just walk around with a red rose... No, I will be doing something very special to this rose of mine, I will be making it look as if it is blowing up. This comes from the part where Kurama's too exhausted to use any of his techniques and the rose he pulls out to make a rose whip explodes in his hands. I only have 4 days to accomplish all of this.

Oh, and to add assault to injury I am trying to get my Kuronue cosplay fixed up as well. Luckily his does not entail as much work, but it's enough that I will be in a bit of a pinch. The only reason I might not complete him is because there are A LOT of little components to his costume. Not only is it bulky to travel with, it also takes FOREVER to put on. It might be more trouble than it's worth, although I want to wear it because I have put so much effort this year into perfecting it. In fact, it's as close to perfect as I can get it now.

So that's the artistic hell Miko is in right now... and I have been so busy with it that I have not been able to conduct my little experiment on you all that I wanted to. I am not sure I will ever have the time to do that in fact, so you can all rest easy for now...

That's all for now,
Miko-Chan

PS: I will post pictures of myself in the Kurama costume(albeit incomplete) on Friday or Saturday. This will be before it's destroyed and with out the wig. Mostly shots for my seamstress who will be putting quite a bit of effort into this for me. But I'll let you all see it too.

Yes, that's right my fabulous watchers(and those who randomly stumble onto my humble little page) you shall be my guinea piggies in the coming week! I will be conducting a top secret experiment for myself, just to confirm some suspicions of mine... However I cannot tell anyone what this will involve, as doing that could jeopardize my research. I will tell you this though, much of it will be things you would never expect from me if you know me at all, so be prepared >> <<

That is all,
Miko-Chan

Attention to all of my fabulous little Deviant watchers. I have gone on yet another one of my epic deleting sprees. Okay, perhaps "spree is too big a word here, I only deleted like 4 or 5 of my deviations... but they were bad deviations so I had every right to >> <<. I'm just trying right now to show case the best of the best when it comes to my art work. There are a few other pieces I am dying to delete, however there are too many favourites and comments on them... and you guys seem to like them well enough, so I am leaving them up. Please also bear with my slow updates... I am working like a bloody mad dog and have had very little time for art recently. Also, I have been busy trying to sort out my acting "career" as it were(even though it's no where at career level yet, I just have no idea what else to call it). So my art is VERY rusty and my time slim to none. Hopefully some time next week I will get a shiny new picture posted for you all and try to make up for my deletions.

Catch ya on the flip side,
~Miko-Chan