This is a world for cosplay, because I love it so much.

Undertaker's hat finished

It's been so long since I've worked on a cosplay, I'm so happy to have another one now! ^^ So this is Undertaker's hat from Kuroshitsuji. It started as a cheap top hat from ebay, then I added a plastic cross-stitching sheet around it to make it taller, then sewed a fabric cover for it and covered the whole hat. I also had to hot glue some foamie strips inside to make it fit better since the hat was much too big for my head. I'm still trying to decide whether or not to put wire in the tail. I could give it that twisted shape, but I'm afraid it would be a bit too heavy then. I'll probably leave it as it is.

OC: The Flower Demon, Sakuya

This an original cosplay I threw together for fun. Her name is Sakuya and she's a flower demon. The hakama pants are part of my Kikyo/Amane Kuze costume and the top is a cute pink yukata that I bought a long time ago. I made the headband for my friend's Yura costume, and borrowed it for these photos since it fit the outfit so well. ^^

Jakotsu from InuYasha

Jakotsu kinda freaked me out when I found out he was a guy, but now I just love him! I'm not a yaoi fan, but Jakotsu-chan is just so adorable and funny. ^^

I thought this was going to be a fairly simple costume to make, but it turned out to be a lot harder than I thought. I tried pulling up the side of one of my other kimonos as a test, and I had a lot of trouble getting it to look right without being way too short. So I made this kimono in three parts: a shirt, a side skirt, and a second shorter side skirt. I added some extra fabric wrapped around the edge of the shorter side skirt, then sewed the two skirt pieces and shirt together. I also sewed the waist tie onto the kimono to be sure that it hid the seam at all times. The pattern was hand painted using a stencil I made. I made the arm guard from black vinyl that I painted purple, and used velcrow to take it on and off. The wig was an old wig that I had first used for Irae and Kikyo, then cut short for Amane. Now it's been cut and styled yet again for Jakotsu. I had a lot of trouble styling the wig. It was kinda hard to tell exactly how Jakotsu's hair was pulled up, but it looked like a bun with a loop on top. I tried to make the hairpin completely myself, but I ended up having to paint one I had bought. I was really wanting the have the chest armor with the costume, but I'm having a ton of trouble making it.

Naraku photo test

I've been really into Inuyasha lately, and I wanted to take some test photos as a character. I've already cosplayed Kikyo (and another character I'm working on, but who it is is a secret!) and I wanted to try cosplaying one I hadn't done already. I thought it would be fun to try photoshoping the scar on Naraku's back, so I attempted a quick cosplay of Naraku. The photos were taken in my bathroom with the self-timer, then heavily photoshoped. I added a new background, adjusted the colors, attempted to add the shikon jewel in one pic and the scar in the other, and changed the color of my eyes. I'm still not too good at photoshoping eyes, but I think this one came out okay. I absolutely LOVE how these edits came out overall! I have so much fun editing photos, I want to take more soon! I don't think I'll ever actually cosplay Naraku since I don't think my face is right for him, but this was great for photo tests anyway! ^-^

Little Dream

I completely forgot about this pic! I took this a while back when I was working on my Meiko cosplay. This is a little doll I made a long time ago and I thought it looked like the Little Dream in the Alice Human Sacrifice videos. ^^ I set up my Alice in Wonderland book in front of it, then searched the house for things that could symbolize the four Alice's. For Meiko, I used a little cameo with a red spade on it. For Kaito, I set a blue rose by the chair. For Miku, I set my Himeloli tiara by the doll. And for Rin and Ren, I used a number two playing card that I painted gold.

I was messing around with editing on photoshop for this pic. It came out a little darker than I thought.