Cosplay and Everything in Between!

07 March, 2012

Online Shop - Dukesa's Box

Hey, I also have made a page for my online shop: Dukesa's Box. check it at

http://www.facebook.com/dukesasbox

selling cosplay items at very VERY VERY LOW PRICES!!!

26 February, 2012

Summer, Cosplay Meme 2011, FEATURES !!

"It's perfectly natural to resist something that will alter the whole rhythm of our lives but if we listen to Him and trust Him to guide us wisely, we will find that change is a natural and even desirable thing."

Oh summer I cannot wait for you to arrive!!

But for the time being, here's a super delayed peek on my past cosplay in 2011. XD

Goddess of Wind Silva = I wore it one last time ~~and hoping that I could improve but only so little~~ for the Cosplay for a Cause event in January where I won the 3rd Place in Level 2 category! My friend, Winter Doll, won the 2nd Place for her awesome Poison Ivy cosplay~ My cousin, Jillan, wore her Spring Dawning Genie costume and won 2nd Place in Level 1 category as well~ It feels like we owned the contest hahah just joking!

Rei Ayanami = Casual summer look for Rei during April as trial for my upcoming ~~that seems to never came~~ more serious Rei Ayanami cosplay.

Queen of Hearts = Finally made a debut for the Queen of Hearts cosplay I made in 2010~ Worn during MCC in May while I cheered on Jillan's Alice McGee cosplay.

Rizfis Luttiva Mente = for my awesome Shuraki Trinity group with :iconchenmeicai: for Toycon's Group Contest last June. I enjoyed wearing and being Rize and working on the costume. This is by far the blue-est costume I have ever made that for a moment I got blue-blind lolz~

Rei Ayanami Matsuri Outfit = My semi-trial Rei A. cosplay in her Matsuri outfit in a better wig but still needs more improvement! But I think I am getting there... :)

Princess Serenity = She's the last cosplay I made in 2011 during the TOEI's 25th Anniversary. I know I just had to have to be in a Princess Serenity cosplay!!! I love Sailor Moon so much~!!

That pretty much sums it up! I hope I get to fix up most of the costumes and have decent photoshoot on them soon. :D

ALSO! FEATURES!!

I had a Game Cosplay Birthday Contest in Facebook last year and here are the winners: ~

1st Place Judge's Pick Award

as Sakura from Street Fighter

2nd Place Judge's Pick Award

as Chun Li from Street Fighter IV

3rd Place Judge's Pick Award

as Priestess from Ragnarok Online

1st Place Liker's Choice Award

Johara Trissa Pescasio as Valkyrie Randgris from Ragnarok Online

2nd Place Liker's Choice Award

Kristine Glorioso as Baby Doll from Sucker Punch

3rd Place Liker's Choice Award

Fiona Nika Mendoza as Female Warlock from Ragnarok Online

For the rest of the contest entries you can view them here: [link] All were awesome, thank you for participating!!

Thank you again to my dear judges who helped me with the voting!

Gene Akizuki - Jillan
and my Hunny Damien Wolf

>^_^< v

10 January, 2011

2010 Cosplay Meme

WOOT! IT IS TIME ONCE again to look back how 2010 had been for me with cosplay and I have to say it was quite satisfactory for me although I know I could have done much better. I feel bad when I see a lot of fabrics untouched, and props half-way done, with no definite certainty that it will be finished or if I ever want to finish it at all! I have already canceled three to four costumes in-progress for the reason that I lost interest in them anymore because making them seemed such a hassle and a waste of time, money, effort, and event to go to, when I can make and wear something more interesting at the moment. It is a sad sad thing. But, hey, I hadn't thrown those costumes in-progress away. Who knows, one day I might decide to finally finish it for me or for somebody else. :)

So enough with sad talk, let's proceed to look back at my cosplay activities last year.

And so with reference to my Cosplay plans for 2010 post last year, I was able to debut three costumes: American McGee's Alice, Rikku from Final Fantasy X2 (although this is not the costume I originally planned), and Princess Emeraude from Magic Knight Rayearth. Two costumes -- Paris and Silva -- were never listed in my plans but rather, spur of the moment costumes that I labored to finish in a week. And the remaining three, Alchemist, Celestia, and Huntress, were all old costumes worn again for photoshoots.

I also made four costumes that I wasn't able to wear.

The Spring Genie from Perfect World was worn by my cousin, Jillan. My Kaguya Sumeragi costume, I decided to sell even without wearing it for any event, but I did wore it for sample fitting. And the last two were for a shoot last November (unfortunately Jillan and I were not able to attend). I was to go as Red Alice and Jillan, as Amina-inspired Queen of Hearts. I made both costumes.

And here are some little information on each costume.

Alchemist (Ragnarok Online) - I wore this for a shoot with my cousin Raine in February. I did the same version I wore for the Level Up! event in 2009, with the elf ears and fan as variant. I had a blonde wig this time because it will stand better in the background. The shoot was awesome and the Alchemist proved to me again why it is my favorite Ragnarok Online costume.

Alice (American McGee) - I worked on this costume for about two months on and off. This was the costume I was working on before my grandmother died in March. After that I was not able to work on anything cosplay related, so I finished this costume in June before the yearly Toycon's Game Girl cosplay contest. Wearing this costume was so comfortable! And has became an automatic favorite. I simply can't get enough of Alice, that I wore it again for the E-Life Videogame Cosplay Contest in July. I am hoping to have a photoshoot with Alice this year too.

Princess Emeraude (Magic Knight Rayearth) - This costume was made for the E-Life Comic Book Battle cosplay contest and worked on it for about a week and a half. This costume is actually a trial practice for a similar cosplay plan and I am so glad to know how far my sewing skills can take me. Of course, this being my first full gown, there were so many mistakes and patches. Having the wig also made choosing this character easy.

Paris (Dragonica) - I fell in love with her wings! There is a lot of improvement to be done in this costume but for a first try when I wore it for the Dragonica Commercial Launch in September, I got good feedback. I didn't mean to be so daring, but Paris is the easiest Dragonica costume to make in less than a week. I hope to give this costume a proper shoot this 2011 before retirement.

Rikku (Final Fantasy) - I originally planned to go as Chii for Cosplay Mania X, but I never got to finish my costume. In fact, it is not even half-way done because I ran out of accessory materials. And it wasn't in the morning when I have finally decided to dress up as Rikku in casual clothing. Rikku is such a fun character to do! Also, I wanted to do the Psychic Rikku dress sphere -- another costume in-progress, I regret to say. Much more to say I am putting this in a box along with the cancelled costumes.

Goddess of Wind Silva (Rohan Online) - Silva is yet another spur of the moment costume decision like Paris. My sister helped me with choosing a different costume to wear for Level Up! 2010 instead of the Spring Genie costume I already made for the event. Again, I didn't mean to be too daring. My costume was also not near finish and perfection. But I am going to say now that Silva is the last of its kind of ~~sexy and skimpy~~ costumes I will make and wear. This costume is also my entry for the Cosplay Costume of the Year 2010. <a href=http://dukesawolf.multiply.com/journal/item/235/LIKED_me_yet>Have you LIKED me yet?</a> ♥

Celestia (Shining Wind) - Hah! FINALLY FINALLY got this costume to a photoshoot! I have been so excited to wear this costume since 2009 after fixing it up so much better. My first elf cosplay is so... celestial ! I thank Sir Kiko Francisco for giving Celestia a proper shoot.

Huntress (Ragnarok Online) - Wow, talk about wearing old costumes. This one dates back in 2005, when I first wore the costume with an owl-looking falcon. I also wore this for a commercial for MTV Massive on the same year and never again. That my joy for finally having proper photos for the costume. Now, just one more shoot/photo to make my Huntress cosplay a completion.

Spring Genie (Perfect World) - Jillan wore this costume that I have always wanted to make because of her wings. Oh how I am falling in love with wings right now. I am so happy I was able to make this costume. I hope I can wear it too for a shoot. I haven't cosplayed a fairy yet. :)

And then there's the discovery of more interesting characters to cosplay and the photo contests in between. Overall it was an awesome cosplay year and that concludes my cosplays for 2010. Not bad eh? But I am going to be better this year.

Promise.

14 December, 2010

My entry for Cosplay Costume of the Year 2010

Dear friends and family, I joined the Cosplay Costume of the Year 2010 with my Goddess Silva costume. Please LIKE my entry. Here's how.

1. Go to the Cosplay of the Year 2010 Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cosplay-Costume-of-the-the-Year-CCY-2010/128913810503139

2. Like the event page!

3. Click on my entry

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=177038785658032&set=o.128913810503139

4. LIKE my photo!

Facebook Likes Category will be based on how many likes the photo receives as opposed to the total number of likes this page has (ie. If the page has 10,000 likes and the photo has 5,000 likes, the percentage is 50% and therefore the entry will receive 10 points for the Facebook Likes category).

Top 10 Finalists from each category will be posted on February 1, 2011 and final voting will begin to determine the Cosplay Costume of the Year winners.

So please LIKE my costume, and help spread the link. Thank you <3 !!!