Anime Central Recap

ACen was the most fun I've had at a con in ages! I was really surprised since I was mostly running around by myself. I was worried that I would end up getting bored! In the end, I met so many amazing people and hung out with my good friends and had such a successful and interactive weekend overall. <3 <3 

Get ready for a picture heavy post~

DAY ONE

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Before I left the house!! I ended up walking a full mile in this coord. Not fun under 80 degree weather. 

Indie lolita fashion show~ 

I modeled this gorgeous classic style dress for Adrian, who was so sweet and amazing. 

I spent the rest of the day hanging out with friends~ I stopped by the Yugioh panel, but it was lacking and lost my interest. I hurriedly wandered over to the loli swap meet and sold a couple things. I met a lot of really sweet lolis from the community!! One of the things I will really miss about Chicago is the huge loli group. :'( 

DAY TWO

I based this coord off a Rei Ayanami goth loli figure from 2008. 

(too obscure to be recognized though, heheh)

I was about to shop and meet up with people when I miraculously ran into one of my gyaru idols, Lisha!!! 

She was so sweet! Her gyaru is always on point!!!! I was very impressed and so happy to meet her in real life. It was a wonderful surprise! 

You can read her ACen recap here~

After only a few hours in my loli coord, I started to feel a bit sick. :( So I changed into something a bit more comfortable, which just ended up being Swagg Rei.

Diamond encrusted snapback completes the look.

I caved and I bought the OTK Eternal Rose Bouquet socks from the Angelic Pretty and Harajuku Hearts booth.

I chilled with my buddy KGD until 2 in the morning! @o@ We spent a lot of time just drawing and chatting. She is really sweet! 

DAY THREE

I wore gyaru, but I didn't really get a good picture of my face. ;/ 

The day started off with me running into tumblr fandom acquaintance Suukarin. She was super fun and I had to stop to draw her something. <3 It was amazing to just randomly run into so many people that I knew!! One of my favorite things about cons is meeting up with people. :') 

I also got to talk and take a photo with Frances, blogger from howagirlfigures and the english rep for GoodSmile Company! I've been a fan for almost three years now, and I was finally able to meet her. She's living her dream, which is truly motivating. :) 

My swag bag

After winning rock-paper-scissors for a giant poster at the GoodSmile booth, I had to head home. I was so tired and still feeling a little sick from my fever the week prior. 

Featured: The giant GoodSmile poster, four YGO One Coin figures, YGO manga and pink card protectors, Bakushipping doujin, AP socks still packed, offbrand socks, bloomers, and the Baka and Test OVA DVD + free poster. 

Got home and rolled in all the goodies I bought from the weekend, then took a loooong nap.

In the end, I really wish I had taken more pictures. I can think of at least 50 more things I should have documented...  ;( But I am happy to have 100% of the memories as well!! Sometimes I just get to talking and having so much fun that I forget to photograph. x)

Thanks to everyone for contributing to my super-fun, super-expensive weekend!! ;o; I hope we can do it again soon! xx

ACen: Year 1

All my con reflections get super lengthy, so prepare for lots of information and pictures!!! ^^

This past weekend, Tom visited Chicago again. One of the plans was to attend Anime Central, which ended up being a blast. We only had one and a half days planned since it was our first time at that con. I prefer to ease my way into bigger cons; test the waters.

On Friday, we commuted over to the con to pick up our Saturday badges and snuck around the dealers hall for a bit getting most of our shopping done. I wore my Jigoku Shoujo/Core project cosplay, and unfortunately my camera died before I could get many decent pictures....

 ...but I have a shoot planned for this outfit anyway, so look forward to it! (◠ω◠✿)

After sneaking around on Friday and doing most of our shopping, we still went back into the dealer's hall on Saturday with our spending-happy friend Nancy. Nancy was kind enough to photograph our Saturday cosplays, but I don't have many pictures yet. 

I do however, have this iPhone photo of me posing with LITTLEKURIBOH (a.k.a. the talent of YuGiOh abridged)!!

He recognized our Venture Brothers cosplay (which was an honor!), and was so so nice! It totally made my entire con experience to be able to meet him. I never thought I'd be able to, but wow! Such a pleasant surprise. ヽ(゜∇゜)ノ

I bought a ton of gifts for friends at his booth, but since they're autographed or given away already, I won't post them online~ ;P

Now, to the sweet haul!!!~*

Tom was nice enough to pay for pretty much everything we bought. I only bought gifts for other people that weren't able to attend. (◡︿◡)

Pictured: Wall Scroll, Mami Tomoe Nendoroid, Gurren Lagann Movies 1 & 2, The complete 2nd season of Code Geass, Hair clips, Rings, D. Gray Man artbook, Asuza figure, and Pinkie Pie keychain

The only panel we attended was the premiere of the Panty and Stocking dub, which we both appreciated immensely. P&S is one of my all time favorites, so it was great to see justice done to it. Definitely recommend purchasing the DVDs from Funimation when they are released!!

At the end, we got this adorable free poster, and a couple postcards. They were also giving out prizes at the end, but so many people left right after the viewing that they had a lot of prizes left over! Tom and I stuck it out and I ended up getting a gorgeous Scanty and Kneesocks wallscroll!! I was worried I wouldn't have room for it, but I worked something out. ;) You'll see them displayed in other posts. 

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Our friend Nancy was sweet enough to buy this amazing No. 6 poster for me. ;o; When I first saw it, I had so many feels. (OTP!!!) I knew I had to have it, and Nancy made my dream come true~* haha <3

My clips! I'm in love with them. It's always hard for me to justify buying accessories since I can make bows myself no problem... but I don't know how to knit cute, soft, loli bows like this one, so I had to get it.

 Rings!! They are so overkill, I love it. I have so many gaudy rings. They are the best.

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Tom's DVDs

These are the gifts I bought for my sisters!! I wish I could have gotten them more, but I didn't have much money. ;o; I tried to pick out what they would love best though. 

Finally, my piece de resistance... the famed $70 and-then-suddenly $80 Mami Nendoroid....

It was a huge punch in the gut to Tom and I both when the sales dude sold her to us with $10 tax!!! -falls over- Like wtffff (┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻

I had her pre-ordered, but my distributor never got her in! I called and they said she wouldn't be coming to America, but to keep an eye out at cons. Luckily, we found her, and even more lucky, Tom was willing to buy her for me. I've been dying to display her with Ciel so they can have tea together. <3

These pictures really do her no justice. She is gorgeous in real life!!! I don't even have all her pieces displayed. 

 I'm gonna have to switch their heads sometime, now that I finally have two nendos... heh hehh hehhhh.

Our con adventure ended after the Adult Swim photoshoot when someone pulled the fire alarm and everyone had to evacuate the building.... :/
 It was really a ridiculous situation, but we were about to head home anyway, so it ended alright. It was then that we really got to see how many people were at the con!!
ACen was huge and every second was so much fun~ I wish I had gotten to see more people, but there is always next year. See you then!!
xo

Character Corner: SEGA Ciel

This new blogger layout is throwing me for a loop! @_@

Exciting news!!! My newest Ciel Phantomhive figure came in the mail!!! It's the SEGA Ciel from 2009. He looks AMAZING in real life. The pictures don't do him justice!! I never understood that saying until now... I wasn't expecting much, it being a SEGA figure, but I just had to have him. I must own all the Ciel items in the world!!!! Lots of pictures ahead, so get ready~

He arrived in a tiny box!! I was pretty surprised. It was a little damaged, but he came such a long way, so I was expecting it and it's not a big problem. Ciel himself arrived in perfect condition!! 

 He's got a nice and simple circle base. That cane of his is so darn fragile! I was freaking out that I would break it or its attachment. 

 

Hello, gorgeous.

 

Nendoroid Ciel has to get used to this newcomer....

My Ciels thus far!!! They all have neckties. hehe~

 We are a big happy family.

 Ciel gets the same pose often....

The Hideyoshi nendoroid petite is new as well. :> My sister bought him for me at Sakura Con! It was my first year missing out in 6 years.... :'(

Man, I wish I was good at camera-stuffs.... YoY

Ciel is a character that, like I said, I simply must have ALL OF HIM!! Are there any characters that quite so are special to you? Tell me all about it. :>
xo

Big Girls

I've been offering anime-style commissions on the internet for a VERY cheap price lately. A kind man from Singapore ordered two very large pieces from me that I was happy to make... Normally I work a lot smaller, so this was fun.

First off, I finished this poster of Yozora and Sena from Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sukunai. I've never watched the series, but the character designs are pretty cute!

Before sending it out on Monday,  I was asked to make an additional poster of this character from Guilty Crown. Her outfit was crazy hard to make right, but I think I did ok...?! 

Detail!

These are some pretty big drawings (A3), so they haven't been scanned; just photographed. x_x If you want to commission me for just about anything, send me an email at mezzycommish@gmail.com

Thanks! x