My New Cosplay Blog!

Hi! It's been a while since my last post, but school has finally finished for me! :D
I've decided to split my blog into two and completely dedicate this blog to illustration work.
Haruta Mao is my cosplayer name! If you are interested in my future cosplay, please follow me at my new blog, http://haruta-mao.blogspot.ca/.
; A ; Thank you so much for following me so far!

meet Pablo!~ DOLLS WIP

I finally received my arpakasso in the mail!  His name is Pablo. 

If I'm going to camwhore, I want to put on my cosplay makeup...and be with an alpaca. xDDD So I did a makeup test! My bangs in this picture aren't right since my webcam flips the image.

My friends and I are planning a DOLLS cosplay together for sometime in the fall. :> 

Hopefully things will go as planned and we'll have around 9 people cosplaying. I'll be cosplaying Aikawa Rami, the 2nd brigade's sassy captain. If you haven't read DOLLS by Naked Ape yet, I recommend that you do! It's an exciting psychological action series featuring Naked Ape's beautiful, grungy style.

...and to end off, Otoya alpaca. The first thing I wanted to do once I got my plush in the mail was to put my Otoya cosplay on him, hahahaa.

Winter Wonderland 2012

Gwendolyn: Me :D

Photo: Misaki

I went to a small, local cosplay event recently. 

There were less attendees than I expected and not many people were in cosplay. It wasn't good weather for cosplay, haha. I still had a lot of fun with my friends though! :D ...and I finally did a photoshoot for my Odin Sphere cosplay! :D

I spent around 1.5 hours outside in the cold for photos. I couldn't feel my hands during the shoot. I knocked my hands together but they were completely numb. xDD It was totally worth it though! I will upload the photos when my lovely photographer finishes editing them. :>

These photos, however, are taken by my friend, Misaki! She's so nice and sweet. Sometimes I worry if I freak her out with my weirdness. ; U ; b

...with my Grandson and middle son, Carmen. We camwhored with Carmen's iphone.

...she makes me want to buy an iphone too, but to be honest, the only thing I'd use it for is Google Maps because I am extremely talented at getting lost. OTL

Vocaloid~Matryoshka Miku

This is my friend, Sam! She's so cute! :DD

I'm glad I took her picture at the cosplay skating event yesterday!

Miku: Sam

photo by meki

Persona 4~ Chie and Yosuke

Ahhhh!!!!!~~

Persona cosplayers!!! omgggg

I just love Persona so much.  ლ( இ U இლ) SO MUCH IT HURTS.

...okay. seeing persona cosplays at any event always makes me happy.

These Chie and Yosuke cosplayers are awesome! :D I'm grateful that they let me take their photo.

Chie: Yazy Alnowaiser

Yosuke: ?

photo by meki

Togainu no Chi~Shiki

Shiki: Carmen

Photo by meki

Cosplay Skating 2012

I went to a cosplay skating event at College Park yesterday!

It was my first time not cosplaying at a cosplay event, haha!

DTAC 2011~Starish!!

I went to DTAC for the first time this Sunday!

We didn't stay long in the actual con area because there were so many people, haha!

We ended up moving to the skywalk to take some pictures~

FUCK YEAH ST☆RISH!!

bawwwww. ripped out a page from my sketchbook to practice with my tablet

...now I remember why I don't use photoshop to colour...back to SAI.

I'm going to cosplay Otoya, on the left! 

I probably don't make a very good bishounen, but I will try! >:D
I've ordered my red wig and finished drawing the patterns for his concert outfit. Will do a makeup test once my wig comes in the mail. Can't wait!

Belated Post: Cosplay Picnic Hijinks

A short post today!

I'm really looking forward to the cosplay picnic at High Park on October 15th so I looked at old cosplay pictures to hype myself up even more!

I made a gif of my friends and I from the Toronto cosplay picnic on June 25th, 2011.

Maaaan, I really miss Glanse (who is cosplaying doctor Kaito). ; u ;

I started making my cosplay a week before (during exam week, no less), and it was hectic!

The picnic was lots of fun and I'm really glad to have made such great friends! It's hard to find people you can instantly click with, haha~

Richmond Hill Cosplay Competition

 

I participated in a cosplay contest near the end of August. I'm cosplaying Gwendolyn from Odin Sphere. Above is a picture from the 30 second photoshoot the York BBS organizers took for each of the contestants.

There were two parts: a performance based contest do be judged on the day of, and an online contest based on votes.

 People could comment and vote anonymously on contestants' profiles so the online portion was pretty nasty. Some contestants got some pretty rude comments about their costume, face, body etc...including myself! haha!

But, the contest on the day of was a great experience. I met a lot of cool cosplayers and had a lot of fun. Oh, and I placed third. fufufufu.

I still haven't gotten good shots of this cosplay yet, so I'll think I'll get that done at the Fall Hallows cosplay photoshoot. If you're in Toronto, or close by, you should come too! It'll be fun!

Fall Hallows Shoot info here!

matryoshka contour

Did a contour drawing when I got home from class today. Can you guess which one is me? Haha.

I'm pretty excited for all of the drawing I'm going to be doing at OCAD. I need a busy schedule to keep me motivated and to hone my abilities! Classes are pretty quiet and awkward because it's still the first week. Hopefully I'll meet some new friends who have similar interests ex. manga and cosplay /shot
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✄ SH Märchen Watercolour

First post! Welcome to my blog, my name is Meki~ 

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