Convention Report: Midori II

Hey everyone! ♥

So, it's time for a new convention report! This time I'm going to talk about Midori II.

So, Midori II was held during the 22nd and 23rd September in Centro Galego de Lisboa! It was the first time that I went to a Midori event and also the first time I've been at that place!

I went both days and met amazing people there! *o*

DAY 1 - 22nd September 2012 - Kurapika (Hunter x Hunter)

My morning was super stressful that day! 

I had to wake up really early because my parents were going to a small trip in Alentejo, so I had to go to my grandparent's house. I had to carry my costume to their house, on foot, and it was almost raining! The weather looked horrible, I thought it was going to rain the entire day! ;__;

I decided to take Kurapika that day! I hadn't worn this costume in over a year and besides, I didn't have any pictures of it! So it was a great opportunity to make a photoshoot! 

My grandpa took me there on his car. Neither of us had ever been to Centro Galego de Lisboa, so we didn't have a clear idea of how to get there. We finally found a place to park, but we had to walk a bit because we still had to find it! And guess what? WE GOT LOST!

But, thanks to some guy we found it! If it wasn't for him we would have never gotten there!

The con was in this huge house! To be honest, I was a bit disapointed because the space outside was a little bit small. And because the stage was also outside, which to be honest, sucks.

However, it had a garden with a fountain and a small lake, lots of green spaces and an amazing view! *o* That's where I did my photoshoots!

    

I didn't took more pictures of the garden because I forgot ;w;

I was so excited to meet all my friends!

I finally met Malakai! *o* She's so sweet and cute! I feel sad we didn't get to take a picture together but I'm sure we can see each other some other time. Maybe even this year!

I met so many people, I can't name everyone! I spent a bit of the day with Fiaziinha, Misaki, João and Caty!

Me and my cosplay idol Lenore-Eeva-Leena *o* I look horrible!

Me and Lena-chan! I look horrible again! ;___;

So, I did a photoshoot with Lena-chan as the photographer (I love her Tsunade cosplay so much *o*) and also as a cosplayer! If you read my blog you know that she has done several of my photoshoots, and they're always so amazing!!

Of course, this one was no exception! She's so talented! And the location helped a lot too! I will be posting photos of the shoot really soon!

My feet!

At the end of the afternoon I also did a shoot (as the photographer) with my friend BloodandCandies! She looked super pretty! You can see some of the pictures we took in her gallery.

DAY 2 - 23nd September 2012 - Mikoto Uchiha (Naruto)
I thought it'd be a calm day because my parents were already home and I didn't have to carry stuff around, but... I LOST MY WALLET! Yeah, I lost it, so I spent like half an hour searching for it at my house, already in costume! And yes, I found it!

Despite this little problem, I was super excited because I was finally going to wear my Mikoto Uchiha costume!

Me and Fiaziinha!

This day was a blast! I did another photoshoot, this time with Fiaziinha! I was both the photographer and the model! I carried around a baby Itachi the entire day, but it was so awesome! And I loved when people recognized me because of the plushie ahaha XD

Uchiha Mikoto by TheGothica (photo by Fiaziinha)

My feet again!!

I bought a lot of stuff! Two Naruto badges, some lolita accessories, a Sasuke phone-charm... And then, I bought the most amazing thing ever!

I finally have the Kusanagi sword (Sasuke's sword)! Now I can start thinking about cosplaying Sasuke Uchiha! I just need to find a decent wig and YES, I will cosplay Sasuke!

That's all for now (I'm super tired >.<)! Hope you guys liked it and expect new photos soon! Also, I am updating the costume gallery!

XoXo,

Gothica

New cosplay [Itachi Uchiha - Sexy no Jutsu Summer Dress] and Photoshoot!!

Hey everyone! ♥

I'm finally making a new post!

And I'm finally bringing you guys a new cosplay! It's Itachi Uchiha - Sexy no Jutsu Summer Dress!

This was the picture that made me want to do this cosplay.  I first saw it on Tumblr and it had no source, so I'm not sure who the artist is, but the lines look like Rauhreif's so I think it's hers (I'm a Naruto fanart collector and appreciator so I know a lot of artists by their lines).

Still, I wanted to do my own version of (lady) Itachi in a summer dress and not just copy the artwork. Here's the result!

This is the fabric I chose. At first I was going for a completely white dress with some red adornments but then I decided that a floral pattern would be much better. I'm quite happy with the choice I made! It's pure cotton if you're wondering. The total was €21 (not much and I still have some fabric left at home!)

The shoes I bought for €5 at Seaside. They weren't really white but I couldn't care less, because I thought they fitted perfectly with the dress. And they really do! I also decided on something with a small heel. Actually they have more of a wedge than anything else, but a small one. 

This is the progress picture (I'm trying to save space XD). I made the bows from the same fabric as the dress and glued them to the front part of the shoes. I didn't do anything else except for that.

As for the hat, I bought a simple white hat to be the base for what I wanted to do! I didn't buy something very big because I thought it wouldn't look good. The only thing I really did with the hat was taking off the original 'flower' it had and applying the bow.

I prefered the bow because of the shoes. If the shoes had no adornments I would have used a flower instead of a bow. But once again, I'm not trying to replicate the picture, I'm just taking inspiration from it!

The basket with flowers was a last minute idea. At first I had no intention on making it but 2 days before the photoshoot I decided to make one. Just because I thought it would be a great prop!! And it turned out to be a good idea!

Here's the progress:

(sorry for the bad quality of the pictures!)

I applied molding clay on the basket so I could fixate the flowers. That was also a last minute idea! I had a bit of molding clay at home (I bought it a while ago to make a mask for a Tobi cosplay I ended up not doing,  but I may still do it this Summer or not, we'll see) Here's the final product!

(on the left is the back and on the right is the front part)

It looks a lot prettier in real life, believe me!! And the colors are so much more vibrant, I just don't feel like editing these... *lazy mode*

As for the dress, it was a chalenge to me since it was the first dress that I've ever made!

I think it came out quite well actually! I'm pretty happy with the result! *-* I may do a dress like this for myself sometime!

This last Thursday I did the photoshoot for this costume! Some time ago I invited Fiaziinha to be my Sasuke, also in a summer dress. She said yes, and I was so excited because I've always wanted to make a photoshoot with the Uchiha Brothers (sisters in this case XD).

Our photographer was Lena-chan! *-* She's such an amazing photographer!! She did my small SnJ Kakuzu photoshoot and has also taken some of my Kurapika pictures!

At first me and Fiaziinha wanted to go to Buddha Eden for this shoot, but things didn't turn out that way (basically we had no one to take us) so we ended up doing it on Expo! It's still a great place so I didn't mind!

Our scenery! Sorry for the crappy photo but this was taken at the end of the shoot so we were kind of in a hurry to get the hell out of there XD

We took a total of 250 pictures, and this might have been the shoot with the biggest amount of pictures taken that I've ever made! And our costumes weren't even big or hard to make...

I don't want to show lots of pics from the shoot and make this post even bigger than what it is already (giant ass post!), but I can show you some!

Lady Itachi being mean to her younger sister, Sasuko. And looking like a duck on crack at the same time! XD

Mustache time!!

And fuck yooou~ 

Yup I just said 'fuck' in my blog.

The red ribbow got loose during the photoshoot so Sasuko is helping Lady Itachi to get it tied up again. Which ended up being Lena-chan to tie the knot because Sasuko couldn't do it right -/.\-

And she even asked Lady Itachi to be in that position which killed me.

This has to be the best picture of the entire shoot. Like... it's so perfect XD

And a big f*ck-yooooou~

Just a cute moment ♥

Us!~ <3

And this is all guys! For now at least. I will try to post pictures soon!

XoXo,

Gothica

Festa do Japão 2012

Hey everyone! ♥

I'm so bored right now, you guys have no idea -.-

Yesterday (2nd of July) I went to an event called Festa do Japão, which can be translated to Party of Japan.

I wasn't planning of going to be honest. I've been too tired and I'm taking a small break from cosplay, so I can regain my strenght and do an awesome costume I have on my mind (I wasn't going to announce this yet but I had to mention it here).

I ended up going because a certain someone I really love "forced me" to go. 

It rained. Not a lot, but it still rained a little bit. It was cold and windy too. But after a while the weather warmed up and the sun was actually shining. Too bad it was when I left XD

I decided to wear my normal clothes as you can see XD My hair looks horrible because it was a wet. Besides it rained on it twice already before the event.

Misaki, João (I have no idea if he has dA or something), Fiaziinha and Me.

The event was ok. I only stayed there for a couple of hours but it was enough to see how it was. The mood was great, and I met some of my cosplay friends that I didn't see for quite some time.

I guess there could have been more stands and they could have also used the space a little better (I know it wasn't that big but still). Otherwise it was ok.

Me in action X3

Me and some AWESOME people made a video for PewDiePie's "Fridays with PiewDiePie"!! It was Mindbizarre's idea, I can't wait until he sees it! *-*

And that's all for now. I'll try to upload new cosplay pics soon.

XoXo,

Gothica

Anicomics 2012

Hey everyone! ♥

FINALLY a new post.

Yes, I know. I've been lagging and I have no excuse this time. I'm just very lazy at the moment. A lot of stuff has been going on in my life and I'm exausted both emotionally and fisically. I apologise.

As a matter of fact I believe this post is going to be small (because once again I'm very lazy and I barely have a picture to show you guys).

Anicomics Lx 2012 occured during the 5th and 6th of May. It's one of the biggest cons we've had here in Portugal so far. This year was the 3rd edition and I have to say it was absolutely amazing.

And when I say amazing, I really mean AMAZING!

I've been going to this con since the 1st edition and every year it's better than the last. I want to congratulate Mário Freitas for the wonderful organization and awesome time Anicomics provided me and my friends! Thank you so much and amazing job!!

Yes, I really can't wait for next year X3

Just for the lols, here's a picture of me and my partner in crime Jo, on the 1st edition of Anicomics (2010):

Anyway...

As for cosplays, I went with a new one: Itachi Uchiha - Mafia version!

I actually kind of regret going with that outfit. It was WAY too hot both days to walk around in a black suit -.- (but I'm an idiot) I sort of suffered a little everytime I was outside.

About this outfit, it was a last minute idea. I currently have no new outfits, even though I'm working in a few surprises.

Itachi Uchiha - Angels of Revolution was out of question because the place is too small, Ion Fortuna I just wore on the last con and Kurapika was a no-no because last Anicomics I went with that outfit. All the other costumes were either too hot or not available at the moment.

And no way I would go as Sexy no Jutsu Kakuzu, that's just a lot of work (all the stitching, geez XD).

Thank you Eternal4everfriends for the picture!! <3

I was a bit sad because the version I wanted to cosplay is from a fanart I really love (and I love the artist as well), but I didn't have a red suit or time to make one. So I just wore the black suit I used for Deidara - Mafia since I won't use that cosplay anymore (I will do the grey suit version from the same fanart, it's so much prettier).

Now, what I bought:

And that's all, I think... 

I just want to say that everyone was amazing, I saw stunning costumes! *-* Also, congratulations to the cosplay competition's winners!!

I will make a new post sometime soon talking about my next costumes and also make a balance of the year so far. You can also always check the side bar (on the left) with the cons/events I'll be attending this year and also my cosplay list for 2012. I'm always updating it.

I have recently created a blog where I post my daily outfits, clothing/acessories and non-related cosplay stuff I make. It doesn't have many things so far, but I'll be updating it more in the next weeks. It's called TheGothica

 Please visit it!

XoXo,

Gothica

Iberanime Lx 2012

Hey everyone! ♥

I was going to do this a couple days ago, but I've been waiting for pictures the entire week. And since no one gave me the damn con pictures, I'm gonna do this post how I can. So apologise right away for the lack of images.

Anyway... I had so much fun at this con! It was great to spend some quality time with my friends and, of course, cosplay!

DAY 1 - 17th March 2012 - Itachi: Angels of Revolution (Naruto)

Ah... I woke up late that day. Again. I've been waking up for cons at late hours, but I can only blame that on school (it makes me so tired).

At 12:30 p.m I was eating and almost entirely dressed. I only arrived there at about 2 p.m though >.< 

This year, Iberanime Lx was held in LX Factory in Alcântara (Lisbon). I think the place was a bit small, to be honest (specially compared to last year's). And I had absolutely no idea where it was! Fortunately this time the GPS helped (it usually doesn't) and we didn't get lost.

I decided to wear Itachi - Angels of Revolution this day because many of my friends asked me to. It ended up being a huge mistake! People kept bumping into my wings and I could barelly walk around without getting stuck somewhere (again, the place was smaller than what I thought it would be).

Photo by TiaraPixel at Photoshoot #9 2012

I promise new pictures of this costume soon!! And when I say soon, I really mean SOON (like this week). I would post a picture of the photoshoot I did for this costume, but then I would spoil all the fun. And I don't want to.

I had a picture my girlfriend found on Facebook, but I have no idea where I put it. So I won't show it either.

DAY 2 - 18th March 2012 - Ion Fortuna (Trinity Blood) 

I woke up late, but at least I arrived earlier than the previous day!

I went as Ion Fortuna this day. I absolutely love this costume! <3 It was made by Lenore-Eeva-Leena, one of my cosplay idols!! *-*

Photo by Ritsu & Co. at Iberanime Lx 2012

Me and NightmanEXE (as Kurapika) at Iberanime Lx 2012

I spent the day with my girlfriend, my friend Ana and some other friends. I had a blast this day X3 Even more than the day before.

Photos of Ion Fortuna only in the end of the year. Sorry :(

Congratulations to the winners of Iberanime's Group cosplay competition and also for the finalists of CWM KonCookie and Nadia Baiardi!

I bought more things at the con then I was planning to... but I guess I won't be spending money for a while now, so it's fine (though I'm saving for SnJ Kisame's wig).

Yes, I really like to buy Naruto related things XD

And that's all for now... I'm also planning on doing a new post still this week, talking about some cosplay plans. I don't know which day, maybe Thursday or Friday (since I'm vacation I have more time).

XoXo,

Gothica

The new Layout is finished!!

Hey everyone! ♥

Finally, the blog is finished!

I personaly love how it came out. So much better than the previous layout. I looks more professional now... like a real website.

Tell me what you think, please! ♥ Hope you like it. And have fun! 

New posts soon!! XD

XoXo,

Gothica