Shoes!

So! I made awesome shoes? =D
they were supposed to look like this;


and they ended up like this?
( plus a few bits of costume in background XD )

















not so bad eh? =D
( apologies for bad picture - didn't upload so well >.< )

Hope you are all well, see you soon =D
ayrton

Listening to - Boyfriend - Lovetsyle

I See

crazy people...
soooo many....

I mean today I had someone at work complain abut that fact that here hair got wet,
as some of the swimmers were kicking
( you know, using their legs, like they are supposed to )
and getting her hair wet, calling them a very offensive word I can't put up here!
I mean she was in the water doing laps too!
she expected to not get her hair wet?
It's a pool? and she was swimming!

going swimming and expecting not to get your hair wet
is like going to a chocolate factory and expecting NOT to eat heaps of chocolate.
 I mean even if you don't plan too, it just happens!
I mean it's a swimming centre for goodness' sake.


and yes.
chocolate does sometimes just happen.
Obviously. Sometimes the jar of Nutella and spoon just magically appear in my hand,
I swear!

jeez peoples.

Oh and the costume is coming along slowly I'm afraid to say.
**sadface**
ahh well.


**hugs**
Missing you all,
ayrton


Listening to ; Se7en - Somebody Else

is it alive?

believe it or not yes, don't fret I am not dead yet =P
just tiring doing this costume!
but now look so good!
even had to learn to write and read in tengwar for it! XD
may use it for MAIcon up here later this year, it's a cool costume
and is only being used for a friend's costume party this weekend.
surely that validates it for a competition use?
well i'll see how it holds up anyway =)

and I even found phosphorus paint!
so the crystal thing and the tome glow =D
heehehee ! =D
and I even found some old rings for it!
thank goodness i needed them! =D

although my room is now incredibly messy!
two straight big costumes and no break between mean my room needs a clean...

this was day 3...

then as fabrics get done i move to the bed...

and more coming tomorrow!
am finishing the cape,
then just painting all the details on the fabrics and the last few inscriptions in the book =D

love and miss you all,
ayrton


Listening too ; SHINee - Sherlock 
 ( love it =D )

still going strong!

so, I am still feeling the buzz of cosplaying at AIcon,
and have decided to put it to good use!
I have decided that i may go to Supanova in sydney this year! =D
I think the deciding factor here is whether or not i can find someone to come/ go with me,
I really wouldn't want to go alone.

I have looked at a few of the past cosplay winners for state and natioanl madman cosplay champs
in a few different categories..
and, well...
I think I can do it.
I think I can do better.
this is one the of the coolest  have found so far


and you know what?
gabranth - from Final Fantasy XII wouldn't you know, one of Vaan's worst enemies...
curious-ness....
yes, it is pretty amazing.

but I think I can do better.

I have decided on my cosplay i will do.
King Tolten- from Lost Odyssey

I think I can do it...
and if I do it well,
I think I can win...
so, perhaps, just perhaps...

and hey, the prize is a paid flight and accom. trip to Japan,
sowhat's to lose? =D

so yes, there is a LOT of detail.
but hey, detail is what's i'm good at.
so what do you think?
can I do it?
am I crazy? ( don't answer that one XD )

well i'ma gonna do it anyway.
starting tomorrow =D
and i will take my time and do it properly.
to my knowledge and search-y-ness,
I cannot find record of someone doing a Totlen cosplay before.
( I can see why I guess... )
but I love it. so i'm going to do it =)

love and miss you all!
wish me luck, i'm gonna need it =D
xoxo

Listening to ; SHINee - Love like oxygen

AIcon

was AWESOME =D
and my costume looked cool, 
and while i didn;t win i got the honourable mention ( yeah, kinda sad XD )
but look who won! =D 

( the two in amazing girls in the middle won! )

( i'm the one on the right =D )

the detail on those two was incredible! a titanic effort!
you can't see it in this one,
i'll upload more photos when I can,
so much fun and so many cool costumes!

I hope you have all had an amazing weekend as i did!
love and miss you
ayrton xoxo

Listening to ; SHINee - Hello

back!

What can i say?
I love being back in Hobart!

so nice, to be back in home city.
everything just seems more...
right.
and you see so many people!
so different from launceston where I very rarely see anyone i know ^.^;

and super excited for AIcon tomorrow and sunday =D
going to be so cool!
as long as i can just get the last tiny few bits of costume done =D

oh, and  happy thought;
I have recieved a few compliments lately at for, just fir simplu being goodat what you do"
and have had several people come up to me later after speaking to them earlier
and thanking me.

and it makes your day!

so, next time you think someone at a workplace does there job well,
please,
tell them?
it take a few seconds, but will make a few hours go by that much better for someone else =)

missing and see you all soon!

Listening to; T-ara - Roly-Poly

costumes!

and in other news, last night I dreamed
that I made out with the Josh Thomas.
not that any of you needed to know that.
sorry.
it's just I very rarely remember my dreams,
so I enjoy them when I can =D

back of the random tangent...
umm costume.right.
is going well.
although my room now has no distinguishable floor.
but it is going well!
i still have a fair bit of fabric work to do
( which i have very rarely done before without a sewing machine )
which is why it's taking me so long
but i will get there!
and super excited for AIcon! =D
weeeee!

hope i will see most of you there? =D

missing you all and hope you are well.
ayrton


Listening to ; Caroban - Niña & Nina

All Hallow's Eve =D

so!
tonight is All Hallow's Eve!
we only had a few kids come around nocking tonight :'(

i don't understand why so few people do it?
it's a good festival/ celebration<
and an excuse to dress up/ have fun and get/ recieve lot's of chocolate and lollies!
or tricks, as it may be =D

all worth it?
but the you get those crazy people who hate it because of it's orogins in Samhain and teh original drudic rituals...
meh.
I know a few Wiccans.

and i prefer them to most of my Christian friends, just quietly. XD
i mean, they don't like it because of it's bad history.
i don't dislike every christian becauee of teh Church's bad history.
pfft. some people take thinsg to seriously. they read everuthing word for word and take it all so literally they forget or lose the point of it, what it means, what it's for.

bah! silly peoples XD

oh well.
I get to dress up and have fun with my awesome little half brother Raoul =P
and my brother and family.
and see all the lovely smiling faces and cool costumes around?
it's like a bis all community theatre or play!
=D
a night out at the theatre and entertainment for free?
=D
bah! some people XD
hah, they're the one missing out on all the fun and chocolate =P
hehehee!
more for me =P

sorry, late night mini-rage =P

hope you are all well,
love you all <3

listening to ; Morning Musume - Onna Ni Sachi Are

Halloween!

is on it's way!
YES! =D

i missed out a lot on it in my youth,
deprived child here i know :'(

but it just never happened in our neighbourhood.

until I was about fifteen.
then I was like, bugger!


So! today, i should get onto before that tangent gets too long :3

i suppose i shouldn't say too much.
well...i got a few last work things sorted, talked to my paymaster, got the last few bits of info in and junk...

then spent four and half hours on a lunch date with an awesome person.....

and am going on another date with said amazing / cute/ gorgeous/ well humoured/ person tomorrow night?
=D

i suppose i should have mentioned him before...
sorry about that :3


So! there are a few Halloween parties coming up though,
so i have full reason to go all out with a Halloween costume!
=D

so, tomorrow will be lots of op-shopping
and costume finding! need to find gloves
and a proper bow tie perhaps...
a cheap long coat in which i can sew heaps of patches...
and tight black jeans of something i can cover in patchwork...

thinking eldar style harlequin...
cross maybe Fame themed Halloween Carnevil party?
=D

oh well! should be awesome anyway =D

all fun for tomorrow! =D

sorry for lack of blog posts recently! have been trapped in a good book, it's called The Wise Man's Fear.

pretty awesome.
a good read =)
and clever =)

okay, enough rambling =P
hugs for you!
<3

Listening to ; It's All About You - Juliana Pasha

MAICon!

Hi!
=D
so, had MAICon today,
was a lot of awesome fun, will put photos up when i can,
but I believe I am also in the newspaper ( the examiner )
so you can always go to their website? =P

so, my Vaan costume didn't quite make it,
so I had to wear my Asurmen costume again.
guess what?
I WON the cosplay! =D

oh well. I am now going to sit down and finish my Vaan costume.
may wear it to the ArchiBall on wednesday. we'll see I guess =)


so! was a lot of fun, their were lots of games, events and lots of stuff to buy!
not quite as awesome as AICon, but still very cool =D

for example, I was part of a cosplay date, ...
and auction...
I was part of the deal or no deal game...
tentacles and mechs..
( an anime themed rip off of spicks and specs =P )
and a super smash bros. brawl tournament ...
( I failed miserably! I haven't played it in months and had forgotten most of the buttons XD )
and of course the Cosplay competition and the Fruits competition!
 for those who don;t know, fruits is like a fashion style / show for lolita and anime style costumes =)
very cool! =)

got a few little things ( an 8-bit bow tie for example )
which I thought were absolutely adorable and had to get! and a necklace with a cuckoo clock on it! =D
so awesome!
=D

oh well, sorry about lack if images of cool things, I know I did say I'd put some up, but I have been really busy, so sorry! :'(

love for you <3

listening to ; Bulletproof - La Roux

Nutella =D

okay. so . I have chocolate =D
hehehee!

which is bad because I am going to be dressed very scantily in about two days...
and I will probably be fat.
oh well. at least I will look tan...
and my costume will be awesome =D

....
if I get it done on time -.-
argh!
oh well.

so, I was getting a little bored of my music the other day, asked a few friends for music,
and this one awesome guy,
who knows of my weird taste in k-pop and j-pop,
showed me this awesome group,
and ZOMG I have listened to then non-stop on repeat ever sibce. and have them stuck in my head constantly.
argh!
so awesome!
yet so annoying!
yet so awesome!
XD

ahh well.
okay! I have lots of cool stuff to show you which I totally forgot to take photos of / scan in!
so super sorry!
I will do it tomorrow, I promise! =D

also! I have an interview tomorrow!
WOOT! =D
lifeguard at the pool =P
its a very nice pool,
and I swim there every day already,
so I know the pool and most of that jazz,
so I hope I get it!
wish me luck =D

love for you <3



Listening to ; Morning Musume - Onna ni Sachi Are

Valium

Don't you love those moments,
when you are listening to your ipod,
and you think of  a song you haven't heard in a while
and then it comes on next on shuffle?
=D

it just makes me happy =3


today seems to be filled with those little moments of happiness,
where everything just works,
y'know? =)

it really is all the little things that make a good day I find =)

Also! loving that awesome moment when:
you are designing/ drawing up your gloves for costume,
you try the thumb design and fitting correctly.
it works.
YES! =D

aaand, I have finally been doing some sketches again! i found myself bored at uni the other day,
soooo...
instead of my essay, I decided that sitting down and drawing for two and half hours was a productive way to spend my time until I had lunch with a friend in town.
=3

but.
Dear paper card I am working with.
pleas harden the F*** up!
I have never had to use so many layers to get the right shape -.-

Also! for all the sad people out there,
here is a house that Looks like a Yoshi =D

Well, I am going to go back to my costume making. 

hope you are well.

hug for you <3

Listening to : Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight 

obsession?

So....
i wasn't going to be making a costume...

for MAIcon
and I was just going to re-use my elf costume from tow years ago
re-do the chest lacing
 ( it needs it, never quite fitted right
I needed to extend the lames, but otherwise, awesome. )

but now,
after discovering this character a few hours ago,
and I am already piecing it together and have a mind map of how I'm doing it.
:3

well that worked well ayrton didn't it? >.>

my uni may suffer...
but for some reason I am more worried by the fact
that i have only one and a half weeks to do it!

apparently the character suits me...
maybe. with longer hair and in
a few months when I have a summer tan...
maybe.

but no.
I wish I had that jawline,
but no.

Oh! I haven't actually told you who the character is have I?

I feel kinda bad, doing a final fantasy charater is kinda bad/ cliche....
but oh well.
he looks
AWESOME!

anywho,
It's Vaan from FF XII

And he's so friggin' cute!
=D

it was hard finding details of his back for the costume, but I got there =D

hug for you <3

Listening to ; SNSD - Run Devil Run