Fannatiku Fest 2015 Day 2

Soooo sorry for not posting sooner! Well, now I'm going to tell you all about my adventures at Fannatiku Fest 2015 Day 2! XD

So as I mentioned in the last post I stayed up till 3am working on my bodice/corset for my formal/fancy Elsa... which lead to me sleeping in and not being able to leave til almost noon. >_> stupid chores.... So I finally arrived at the convention center around 11:30ish. I was supposed to meet up with my friends from the anime club but I wasn't able to find them, only our advisor. :P Oh, and did I mention that I was ice dress Elsa for the first half of my time at the con? Yeah, I was awesome! XD People actually asked me if they could take my picture!!! XXXDDD DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT MAKES ME HAPPY BEING A COSPLAYER?!?!?! VERY HAPPY, THAT'S WHAT!!! XXXDDD Trust me, if a cosplayer has just started cosplaying at at their first or second con someone asks to take their picture is like the most awesome thing ever!!! It's saying that people are recognizing them as being good at what they love to do! Even just a compliment makes a beginner cosplayer's day! Ok, now that I've ranted about that back to my adventures! XD

So I met up with my friend Monica, she was cosplaying as Empress Homestuck troll, I can't remember who it was specifically. It may have been Fefari (idk if that's even how you spell her name. -_-;;; ) but I'm not entirely sure about if that's even who she was. :P I had to look around for her a little bit because I couldn't find her. >_< I found her in the cosplay chess room, she was participating in it this year. :3 I got her 'death' on film and you can watch it on my Fannatiku Fest vlog! :D I will have that up soon...... maybe...... hopefully..... >_> after vloging a bit we ran around the con as the rest of the chess match continued. Not entirely sure what we did in that time and that's what happens when you wait almost a full week before writing all of this stuff down! ^_^;;;; But when we when back into the chess room the match had just ended and they were asking if anyone would like to join the second round if they hadn't signed up for the first, and I was all like "HECK YEAH!!! LET'S DO THIS THING!!!" XXXDDD I ended up being the white bishop. :3 and I died.... but that's ok because it was fun! XD I really wished someone had recorded the second chess match so that I could've been all; "Oh snap! You see that Elsa?! Heck yeah that was me! See how bada...awesome I was?!" XD ^_^;;; And there there was the CMV vloggie thing that Master Rufus (one of the con's mascots) made, WHICH I AM IN. And not only was I in it once but TWICE!!! XXXDDD If you would like to see it please click this link: \\ Fannatiku 2015 // I am the awesome Elsa. ^w^

After the cosplay chess we all hung around a bit and then went out for lunch. We took a big group, like 6 people, and went to the cafe on the college campus in town. We bought a total of about $70 worth of food. And here's the catch, we didn't have to pay for any of it! How crazy is that?! XD I talk about it more in my vlog so watch it when it comes out for more details. :) Then we all came back to the con and ate, while eating my feet started to hurt and so a very nice Slender cosplayer gave me a very nice and relaxing foot massage. :3 So thank you to whoever that Slender cosplayer was because you made my feet feel wonderful. ^w^ After all of that stuff we went back inside and hung out for a bit. I got roped into volunteering for this video for someone's website and it ended up being a ton of fun! ^w^

By the time everything was said and done it was almost time for the Masquerade to start. So I went out to my car and grabbed my Formal/fancy Elsa. I had just the base done, none of the fancy smancy detailing (which I will get done at some point!), and changed into it. I got a lot of people who wanted to take my pic and it made me so happy!!! :D After wandering the halls a bit we, Moni and I along with Moni's friend, went in and got seating for the Masquerade. We sat in the second row from the front and I took up three seats. :D Well, I sat in one chair and my huge skirt took up the other two. ^w^;;; The Masquerade was awesome, I recorded one skit which you can watch here: Kingdom Hearts Skit at Fannatiku Fest 2015 We also met some really awesome cosplayers while waiting for the Masquerade to start. Their cosplay names are V-Fire Cosplay and RENNAgade Cosplay they are awesome and you should check them out. :D

After the Masquerade we all hung out some more and watched the Otaku Dreams Cosplay Cafe perform for all of us. I hope that some one recorded it so I can watch it again! :D If you would like to find out more about them here's their Facebook page: Otaku Dreams Cosplay Cafe I participated in the cafe a little while ago when it was called Rufus' Maid Cafe. The year I participated was the last year that it was called that. They used to do theme cafes such as Clamp characters and Vocaloid. Now they've made it so that they will be making a real cafe where you can buy food and have them entertain you. :3 They are a lovely bunch and you should definitely check them out when you can! :D

After all of that happened we got kicked out so they could prepare for the Wiggle Fest, which is basically just a dance/family friendly rave. It was a ton of fun and I taught my friend Rae how to dance the waltz. :) After hours of laughing and being silly and dancing, my feet were really sore and it was time that the con ended. D: This fact makes me really sad that it's over but It makes me so excited to see how many people will attend next year! Afterward I finally walked out to my car, seeing as you can't really drive (much less sit down!) in a hoop skirt, I had to take it off. Luckily I had shorts on underneath, of course I was wearing these tiny shorts and a corset.... yeah, not the best thing to be walking around in....... =_=;;; Honestly I'll say this now, but I looked like a hooker version of Elsa. I'm so glad that it was past midnight when I left so that little children, and their parents, didn't see me in that state of dress. >_< I arrived home around 12:15am and finally went to bed at 1 in the morning. I'll sign off for now but I'll see you all again next year! :D

~ Kenna-chan

Fannatiku Fest 2015 Ranting

Hello to everyone! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! I'm only slightly more crazy than usual...... ok maybe more than usual. >_< This is all because I am trying to make my whole formal Elsa cosplay for Fannatiku before the con, which is today..... =_=;;;;; I just finished the majority of skirt, well the base of the skirt and the overskirt, I have yet to make the bodice/corset, and of course put in all of the detailing. TTT~TTT I am going to die...... But for now have a random insert from some random person! XD

~random excerpt!!~
Hi guys c: I like pandas and the color teal... It's a pretty color... I like musac :3 And and and and and I'm an old school kid when it comes to musac ^^ I don't ever know what to rant about o-o and it ends up with me just rambaling on and on and on about basically nothing and everything I say becomes pointless xD Um Um um um I'm only doing this cause I'm bored and I "stole" the laptop c: I hate bananas cause they make me really sick and kill me but that is because I am allergic to them and pineapples :'c And grass... Kinda sucks.. But I live!! :D And we just noticed i wrote more then the first part of the rant then I came in and wrote more! :D So I win!!... But wait... What do i win? o-o; Hmmm.... I want candy... Anyways... Um... I don't like the song I'm listening to.. So i am changing it right about now.. And now the next song I love it :D But um.... So I'm not what sure what to do.. So there is this guy... we'll call hiiimmm....... Um... Billy... And He's cute, sweet, and caring. But he just got out of an eight year relationship and he doesn't want another one for a while but he also has a 4 year old little boy.. CUTEST LITTLE BOY EVERRRRRR!!! Anyway I really like him but his age is a little problem.. But i really like him and I don't know if I should tell him or not... I'm scared to tell him cause I don't want him to look at my weird or basically say "It's never going to happen." That would crush me... And I dunno what to do basically... And it would still be weird if he liked me because of how him and I met.. Well how it happened with my father was dating his mother and he went to her house while i was with my mother over summer break. Then the next weekend i had to get school work done and she said she would help me. So that weekend i went to her house met her son Billy and his wife at the time and their child. After I left Billy and I continued to talk there was no issue cause i didn't like him then but as him and I continued to talk over several years and then him and his wife break up I realize that I really did like him. So I go to his moms all the time and just hang out there but his mom and my dad are no longer together.. So see the weirdness? Yeahh... Anyway that's my rant and my issue at the moment :D Have a nice life guys! :3
~End Excerpt!~

Yeah....... maybe I shouldn't have done that but I guess that's what I get for letting other people "steal" laptops...... >_> Yep, so Fannatiku and stuffs, then I also had to print t-shirts for my school's animation club... yay. That's what happens when you bite off more than you can chew! XD Ugh, more and more stress is just piling up on top of me and I really hate it all. But at least I've got those out of the way. :3 At least over this past weekend I got lots of fabric for my cosplay! XXXDDD So I just saved myself lots of weeding and lots of money! XD I have to get everything done in such a short amount of time and I'm going to die.......... =_= then there's the whole thing of I'm trying to get my parents to let me take my little sister to the con with me since ages and stuff work out reeeeal nice and such. :3 Of course I'm really happy that I don't have to pay for her, I had a hard time getting moneys for me to be able to even buy admission. T~T Luckily my mom saved me and gave me a twenty. :D Happy day! But that means that I have to weed the whole back yard. :P bleh, Oh well, that's what I get for procrastinating! DX But I'm glad eveything worked out for me to be able to go. :3 And I can always get my friends to buy me stuffs. >w>

I will be posting all of my Fannatiku pics of my cosplays on my World Cosplay page. All of the ones that i'm not in will be posted on my dA or tumblr or flicker or some other social media site. I will post and let you know where I've posted them all! I will be posting my con vlogs/vids to youtube as soon as I can, which may or may not take a while. ^_^;;;

If you are one of my viewers and would like to find me at Fannatiku I will be wearing four different cosplays throughout the con. the first one will be my Default Kagamine Rin for the majority of today, the second one will be Daughter of Evil for the formal dance and the rest of the day, Saturday I'll be wearing Elsa's ice dress (a more modest version), and finally for the second half of Saturday I will be wearing my fancy/formal Elsa. :3 Thanx for reading this post and I hope to see some of you at Fannatiku!

~Animefangirl1221

(A pic from my photo shoot that I had while I was in Cali over Spring Break. If you want to see more then go to my World Cosplay page.)

Formal Elsa Cosplay

Heyllo everyone! ^w^ I thought that since I've only posted reviews and such on this blog, I'd post something about an upcoming cosplay that I've started working on. Which is a 'formal' Elsa. The cosplay will be based off of a fan art pic that I found while browsing for reference pics for my ice dress. It's a very complicated and detailed cosplay and I'm giving myself two months to make it. ^_^;;; This is going to be a huge challenge for me but I think I can do it. :3 I only have two months because there's a local con that I want to debut it at, and said con is at the end of March. Luckily I have spring break before the con and I can use it to get a ton of the dress/cosplay done. :3

I've just completed finding patterns and now I have to get moneys to buy fabric for my corset mock-ups, then I'll get the fabric for everything else. I've gotten some beads that I like that I'll use for the front bit of her dress. :3 Other than that I have yet to buy anything else. >_< Hopefully I'll be able to get most of my fabrics by the end of this month and start working on it too. Wish me luck!! XD