Jumps on the Eva fan train...

Happy Birthday Asuka. Have a good one..

Someday..

Someday I will find a way out of this place..

Listening to: NIN - The Becoming

The Ghost of Kinsale

More beautful work from GrummanCat.



Do check out more of his work - http://grummancat.deviantart.com/

Collabrations and TFFA

I had a very interesting talk with Stephen Doyle a photographer who I met on Folio32 over the weekend. We both plan on doing a big cosplay project together, it will be a series of photos showing how cosplay effects our identities and effects us personally. Stephen is new to cosplay but as an artist he finds it very fascinating, the blur between fantasy and reality. We both see our art as our way of life. :) We hope later to get more cosplayers involved and hopefully I can share this project with the exciting, international cosplay community. I am not going to say too much, it is all in the planning process. :)

Also it is fantastic to be working with GrummanCat another big Evangelion fan and does a web comic. I found his link from an Evangelion fansite, enjoyed his fan made Evangelion comic and of course like his art and before we knew it, we decided to work together on creative ideas. I thought I would never as a model and cosplayer have the opportunity to work with a fan artist, never alone an Eva fan. I can see now "Time for Fan Art" up there with "Time For Prints". :P Here are two excellent Rei images he done of me.



I love this one so elegant like mixing Rei and I's personailty into one.



It is all going to be exciting. Just a pity it all happens this year when I am bogged down with college but it will be worth it. :)

Songs you really shouldnt listen to while on public transport

While getting the bus home from work earlier, I was on a quite the packed bus and was listening to somewhat dogey music. I just hope the man sitting beside me couldn't hear what I was listening to. I was listening to old school NINs when there were into their BDSM and drugs.

So ladies and gents songs you shouldn't be listening to while on a bus are as follows;





Very, very sexy video...

Cosplay College Presentation

On Friday, I had to come into college in my C.C. cosplay from Eirtakon. I really feel brave doing the presentation in cosplay but giving it is an art college many wouldn't bat an eyelid. My presentation was short and sweet. I had to argue that Cosplay is a new postmodern artform and argue why it should get funding from an arts council.

I argued the future oppprtunities cosplay had with tourism such as themed cafes, teaching sewing skills, business. I argued cosplay being a growing market. I think the presentation went well. I should of got someone to record it or take pictures but awh well. I talk abit about my business too. If there was a way I could upload the powerpoint that would be good but unsure.

Researching was really hard as I emailed a few groups but haven't heard back and James who runs the MCM EuroCosplay at London Expo kindly gave me lots of information on funding on some cosplay events on in the UK, so that helped alot. :)

OK first of...

Ok first of I apologise for the lack of bloggage and shoots, cosplays etc. I was so busy with Eirtakon and straight after I had to focus on my presentation.

Firstly Eirtakon was a blast! The feedback we have been getting is very postive and alot of people seem happy with the amount of events we had. I chatted to lots of people and had alot of fun! Fiona and I both ran the skits and masquarade. I was one fo the judges and really enjoyed it. I ran the cosplay stage show which was abit of a laugh as I interviewed the cosplayers and some really got into character. I loved Batman, he freaked everyone out hiding in corners. Unfortunely due to visa problems Yaya Han couldn't make it to Eirtakon but we had the pleasure of having Judith Stephens worldwide known cosplay photographer who also works for Marvel comics. She was nice to talk to and was really down to earth. Also I loved our guest of honour Liam O' Brian who drank with us on the Friday. There is a picture of me as Rin Tohsaka with Liam as he done the voice of Archer. I will upload it when I get it. It was also nice talking to Destiny Blue who is a full time manga artist from the UK. She is very talented.

I unfortunely didn't have a camera so couldn't get any photos but here are a few good ones. This was photo was taken by Kevin Sullivan one of the attendees, I thank him for that.



More images of Eirtakon can be found here on our FB page. Also here is a great and fun video.