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I can't help but notice that I'm losing so many watchers. I understand that I haven't been updating much but it still makes me sad. So I just wanted to let you all know what's going on. I have been slowing down with cosplaying. I love making costumes and dressing up but right now it's time to focus on me and grown up stuff. I'm working on getting my certificate from the fashion design program I've been a part of for the last year. After I get it I will be taking classes on how to use more computer programs so I can get an office job. I really don't know what I want to do as a career, I'd love to make costumes professionally but I need a backup plan. Whatever I choose to do I can't afford to do it on the pay I have now. I work two retail jobs but I don't want to do that forever. Also I'm planning on moving back to California with my family and boyfriend so I have to save up. Not to mention I now have to pay for health insurance and have been invited to three weddings so far this year. Money is just going to be so tight.
What does this mean? Less costumes and less conventions. It will be May in a few days and normally I would've been to at least four conventions by now, but instead I have only been to two. I went to Katsucon and Pax East and won't be at another convention until Colossalcon.
I'm sorry if I've disappointed you and I understand if you are. I'm sure that's why thirty of you have left. I hope I get you back someday when I start going full force again with costuming and conventions when I live in California. In the meantime I hope you have other social media sites like instagram, twitter and facebook because I update on there a lot more than I do here.
One last thing. I HAVE NOT QUIT COSPLAYING. I HAVE NOT STOPPED. I JUST SLOWED DOWN, I STILL PLAN ON MAKING A FEW COSTUMES THIS YEAR. I POST MORE REGULARLY ON OTHER SITES WHICH IS WHY I'M GIVING YOU THE LINKS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ME THERE, BUT IF YOU STAY HERE I HOPE YOU ARE PATIENT WITH ME. I love you all for taking the time to follow me and support me these last few crazy years and want to say thank you. Thank you! love you! -Brenda
What does this mean? Less costumes and less conventions. It will be May in a few days and normally I would've been to at least four conventions by now, but instead I have only been to two. I went to Katsucon and Pax East and won't be at another convention until Colossalcon.
I'm sorry if I've disappointed you and I understand if you are. I'm sure that's why thirty of you have left. I hope I get you back someday when I start going full force again with costuming and conventions when I live in California. In the meantime I hope you have other social media sites like instagram, twitter and facebook because I update on there a lot more than I do here.
One last thing. I HAVE NOT QUIT COSPLAYING. I HAVE NOT STOPPED. I JUST SLOWED DOWN, I STILL PLAN ON MAKING A FEW COSTUMES THIS YEAR. I POST MORE REGULARLY ON OTHER SITES WHICH IS WHY I'M GIVING YOU THE LINKS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ME THERE, BUT IF YOU STAY HERE I HOPE YOU ARE PATIENT WITH ME. I love you all for taking the time to follow me and support me these last few crazy years and want to say thank you. Thank you! love you! -Brenda
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Don't ask me how I did it but for AnimeNEXT and WizardWorld Philly I ended up making four new cosplays in a matter of weeks and I still have one more I would like to make for the midnight premiere of Man of Steel!
For WizardWorld Philly I made a Livewire costume and debuted a new and improved Wonder Woman and I FINALLY completed lolita Captain America with the PARASOL! Then for AnimeNEXT I made Yuri from Mawaru Penguindrum and redid my Pre Time Skip Nia cosplay. I'm so happy with them especially since I made Yuri's dress in one and a half days and I made Nia's dress in one four hour night!
Then for the midnight premiere I'm going to make a really easy version of Supergirl. The outfit that she wears which is just the t shirt with gloves and blue skirt. Simple enough. Pictures will be uploaded soon! My laptop charger is broken right now so I have to figure out how to do things from my family's home computer! Dun dun duuuuunnnnnnn
For WizardWorld Philly I made a Livewire costume and debuted a new and improved Wonder Woman and I FINALLY completed lolita Captain America with the PARASOL! Then for AnimeNEXT I made Yuri from Mawaru Penguindrum and redid my Pre Time Skip Nia cosplay. I'm so happy with them especially since I made Yuri's dress in one and a half days and I made Nia's dress in one four hour night!
Then for the midnight premiere I'm going to make a really easy version of Supergirl. The outfit that she wears which is just the t shirt with gloves and blue skirt. Simple enough. Pictures will be uploaded soon! My laptop charger is broken right now so I have to figure out how to do things from my family's home computer! Dun dun duuuuunnnnnnn
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So I just wanted to explain to everyone who follows me on tumblr, deviantart and facebook as to why I've been so absent as of late and tell you all about my journey of self discovery.
As it says in my info section I am a college student. I graduated high school three years ago and it's taken me all that this time to figure out what I want as a career. First I thought it was music, so I spent my first semester and a half as a music performance major. Then when I came back to school after Katsucon in 2011 I realized I had more fun that weekend and felt like I belonged at conventions more than I did in school. So I left my college and went home. Then I started working full time and starting to go to a community college closer to home and just tried to take gen ed classes to figure out what to do but didn't have a clue. Without a goal in mind it's hard to gather motivation so I continued to fail my classes. Then in March of last year I thought I would become a social worker. I had been in a few abusive relationships and I wanted to help others, but as the months passed from summer to fall and I watched my family get in more and more fights I realized how can I help others when I can't even help myself. I became lost and confused and once again no clue what to do in life.
I registered for one class in the fall and dropped out in a month and spent all my time working so I could continue to goof off and dress up and have fun at conventions. Trying to find a career was so stressful and confusing so I thought maybe I would find my answer while having some fun doing something I really enjoy. So with the support of my boyfriend I worked hard, played hard and visited him every now and then. I just accepted that I would have to work at stupid part time jobs for the next ten years because I was going to be a late bloomer.
January came and I found that the continuing education program at my college was doing a fashion design program. I always liked dressing up and looking my best even before I cosplayed so much. If you look in my closet you'd see I'm very stylish. But designing clothes? I wouldn't be good at that. Then someone told me fashion design doesn't necessarily mean you want to design clothes, I could do costumes and stuff as well. Great! Where do I sign up? And that's what I've been doing for two months. And I've actually been doing well! I was motivated and stayed on track and if we were graded I'm sure I would get a B!
For my first two and a half years in college I didn't have the right motivation. College is very different than high school. If you aren't going to college to further yourself but to please someone else like your parents or trying to prove your parents wrong, you will not succeed. College is all about YOU. You need to be self motivated to give yourself the career you want. You almost have to be selfish. I'M doing THIS for ME! So that's what I've been doing, I work at my job and then I work in school and I haven't had much spare time in between. I want to have a career in sewing and making costumes not just for me but others. That;s why I'm open for commissions. That's why I'm into cosplaying. That's why I'm in a fashion design program. And that's why I haven't made many updates lately. And I feel bad for missing out on my friend's lives and not entertaining you all as much as I normally do but I will be back soon. April is going to be super busy for me because I'll be starting my next class while finishing up my first one and taking on more hours at work because my coworker is going on maternity leave.
I'm telling you all this because many people who follow me here on the interwebs see me as a cosplayer, which I am, but I'm also just a 21 year old girl trying to pay her way through college. And even I need to remember that. I work a lot to pay for school and car insurance, and whatever is left goes to cosplaying. I have almost nothing saved. That's why I was going to start selling prints but I just can't do it. If I'm going to ask for money I'd rather sell you something like a Nia, Stocking or Twilight Sparkle wig that I made.
I'll still post things when I get the chance but I just want to explain and apologize for my being so quiet and how quiet I'll be for a month. I love you all and thank you for your continued support while I continue my journey. Once April is over you'll start to see more progress pictures again. I'll be redoing my Wonder Woman costume, make two versions of Supergirl, maybe Livewire, and then Yuri from Mawaru Penguindrum and Saria from Legend of Zelda. And Lucy from Elfen Lied. I chose these characters because I already have everything I need to make them so I won't need to spend much money on new materials. And then I can save up money for the bigger cosplays I have planned like Musubi, Nia's wedding dress and Twilight Princess Zelda.
As it says in my info section I am a college student. I graduated high school three years ago and it's taken me all that this time to figure out what I want as a career. First I thought it was music, so I spent my first semester and a half as a music performance major. Then when I came back to school after Katsucon in 2011 I realized I had more fun that weekend and felt like I belonged at conventions more than I did in school. So I left my college and went home. Then I started working full time and starting to go to a community college closer to home and just tried to take gen ed classes to figure out what to do but didn't have a clue. Without a goal in mind it's hard to gather motivation so I continued to fail my classes. Then in March of last year I thought I would become a social worker. I had been in a few abusive relationships and I wanted to help others, but as the months passed from summer to fall and I watched my family get in more and more fights I realized how can I help others when I can't even help myself. I became lost and confused and once again no clue what to do in life.
I registered for one class in the fall and dropped out in a month and spent all my time working so I could continue to goof off and dress up and have fun at conventions. Trying to find a career was so stressful and confusing so I thought maybe I would find my answer while having some fun doing something I really enjoy. So with the support of my boyfriend I worked hard, played hard and visited him every now and then. I just accepted that I would have to work at stupid part time jobs for the next ten years because I was going to be a late bloomer.
January came and I found that the continuing education program at my college was doing a fashion design program. I always liked dressing up and looking my best even before I cosplayed so much. If you look in my closet you'd see I'm very stylish. But designing clothes? I wouldn't be good at that. Then someone told me fashion design doesn't necessarily mean you want to design clothes, I could do costumes and stuff as well. Great! Where do I sign up? And that's what I've been doing for two months. And I've actually been doing well! I was motivated and stayed on track and if we were graded I'm sure I would get a B!
For my first two and a half years in college I didn't have the right motivation. College is very different than high school. If you aren't going to college to further yourself but to please someone else like your parents or trying to prove your parents wrong, you will not succeed. College is all about YOU. You need to be self motivated to give yourself the career you want. You almost have to be selfish. I'M doing THIS for ME! So that's what I've been doing, I work at my job and then I work in school and I haven't had much spare time in between. I want to have a career in sewing and making costumes not just for me but others. That;s why I'm open for commissions. That's why I'm into cosplaying. That's why I'm in a fashion design program. And that's why I haven't made many updates lately. And I feel bad for missing out on my friend's lives and not entertaining you all as much as I normally do but I will be back soon. April is going to be super busy for me because I'll be starting my next class while finishing up my first one and taking on more hours at work because my coworker is going on maternity leave.
I'm telling you all this because many people who follow me here on the interwebs see me as a cosplayer, which I am, but I'm also just a 21 year old girl trying to pay her way through college. And even I need to remember that. I work a lot to pay for school and car insurance, and whatever is left goes to cosplaying. I have almost nothing saved. That's why I was going to start selling prints but I just can't do it. If I'm going to ask for money I'd rather sell you something like a Nia, Stocking or Twilight Sparkle wig that I made.
I'll still post things when I get the chance but I just want to explain and apologize for my being so quiet and how quiet I'll be for a month. I love you all and thank you for your continued support while I continue my journey. Once April is over you'll start to see more progress pictures again. I'll be redoing my Wonder Woman costume, make two versions of Supergirl, maybe Livewire, and then Yuri from Mawaru Penguindrum and Saria from Legend of Zelda. And Lucy from Elfen Lied. I chose these characters because I already have everything I need to make them so I won't need to spend much money on new materials. And then I can save up money for the bigger cosplays I have planned like Musubi, Nia's wedding dress and Twilight Princess Zelda.
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KATSUCON LINEUP!!
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KATSUCON IS IN THREE DAYS! Two if you count Thursday! Here's what I'm wearing!
Thursday: Lolita Captain America. Friday: Lady Galadriel from the Hobbit. Saturday: Diva from Blood+. Sunday: Time Skip Nia Teppelin from Gurren Lagann
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So who am I going to see there?
Thursday: Lolita Captain America. Friday: Lady Galadriel from the Hobbit. Saturday: Diva from Blood+. Sunday: Time Skip Nia Teppelin from Gurren Lagann
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So who am I going to see there?
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CHRISTMAS IN CASTLEVANIA!!
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Hello there! It's almost Christmas and I have very exciting news! I wasn't able to finish my Christmas Nia dress for Christmas this year so instead I will be doing a holiday shoot as Charlotte from Castlevania Portrait of Ruin! And with time and my photographer willing I'll be selling them as prints! You should totally get them for yourself or those friends or family members that love Castlevania! I have a preview picture on my page here. www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbi… I'll keep you posted on them! Thanks for your support!
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