➡ TiCon - also known as the last German convention of 2012 - is over! I had a lot of fun there, met more friends and amazing people than I expected to meet and had a great photoshooting there! The location around the convention building is just incredibly beautiful! (Check out "Residenz Würzburg" on Google!) I'm so glad I decided to bring Belle. The weather could have been better though. It was overcast and bitterly cold all day. But it's November, so what did I expect..?
I already uploaded the first picture of the photoshoot a few days ago. I hope I can put up more tonight! ♥

All in all the past convention season has been a blast! I was able to attend so many different conventions in so many different countries and cities. I gathered experience with hosting workshops and panels and judging cosplay competitions. And I also got to know many amazing people from all over the world! I'm curious what 2013 will bring - 2012 will be very hard to top though! During the months of winter I will focus on writing my thesis and graduating from university. But...

➡ ... there are also a few costumes to work on, of course! I already have a couple of ideas and plans. The costumes I'm going to start working on next are:



► Princess Leia from Star Wars - Ep. IV: I started working on this costume in May 2012 already and stopped due to approaching deadlines and exams at university. Since the fabric I bought first simply doesn't look right I ordered new fabric which I received today. I really hope I can finish the dress and the belt this weekend. I am really excited to wear it! I grew up with the Star Wars trilogy and Leia was one of the main heroines of my childhood! Haha! I hope I can make her weapon as well! I should practise working with other materials besides fabric anyway!

► Margaery Tyrell from Game of Thrones: Many people told me that I looked more like Margaery than like Daenerys... and since I came to love Margaery and House Tyrell in the books I decided to go for one of her outfits as well! It will teach me a lot about embroidery and about the proper shaping of garments. I mean, look at that top... I'm excited about my brother joining me as Ser Loras too! Siblings cosplaying as actual siblings is just too cool!

► Lucrezia Borgia from The Borgias: Lucrezia is most likely one of the most challenging and most detailed costumes I have ever done. It'll be the first time for me to make a boned corsett as well. I'm going to wear this costume at Gala Nocturna in Belgium which is a costume ball with a very strict dress-code. Next year's topic is "The Pope's Daughter"!

Further costume ideas for 2013 are Astrid from "How to Train Your Dragon", Rapunzel from Disney's Tangled and Golden Glider from DC's The Flash. Conventions I'm planning to attend are London Super Comic Con in February, Gala Nocturna in Belgium in March, Animuc and Hanami in April, Kapow! Comic Convention, London MCM Expo and YOU! Berlin in May, Connichi in Kassel in September and - hopefully - New York Comic Con in October. Let's see to which conventions I can actually make it! Haha!

➡ Alright, folks! I'm back from London / MCM Expo / London Comic Con, etc! And it was a blast! It was absolutely worth the exhausting bus, plane and tube rides with my 18kg suitcase! It was also the biggest convention (70.000+ people) I have ever been to!
We did some sightseeing on Thursday. On Friday I wore my Belle costume which was very comfortable to wear, not too cold and not too hot and incredibly successful with the children. On Saturday I dressed up as Daenerys which wasn't a too good idea - temperature- and movement-vise. I have never seen such a crowded convention building before. It was crazy. One of the positive aspects of Saturday, however, was that I met Miltos Yeromelou who plays Syrio Forel at the convention! We chatted a bit, I also took a picture with him. He's such a nice and hearty person! On Sunday I wore my Spoiler / Stephanie Brown costume. Nobody recognized me, but that was alright. We had to leave soon to catch our flight back to Germany anyways.
THANKS A LOT to all the amazing people I got to meet and to spend time with at MCM Expo. You know who you are! I really enjoyed my stay and hope that I can attend another convention in the UK again soon! ♥

A few quick impressions of Friday and Saturday...



➡ Now that MCM Expo is over there's only once convention in 2012 left I'm going to attend which will beTiCon 2012 in Würzburg in November. Since I have to focus on project work at university at the moment I won't make a new costume for this convention. So I'll simply bring...

TiCon 2012, Würzburg
Belle from Disney's The Beauty and the Beast

I hope we'll be able to take a few pictures in the small park and around the castle close-by. The location suits Belle pretty well.

➡ And last but not least check out the lastest interview/feature of my costumes at Geek-Pride.co.uk! Mark did an amazing job! The questions were really well thought-through.

➡ Just a quick note! I'll spend the upcoming weekend in London to attend MCM Expo.
Is anybody of you going as well? Would you like to meet up? Send me a message and let me know! My flight depards on Thursday morning!

Here are my costume schedule and a quick preview of my Belle costume from Disney's The Beauty and the Beast! I hope you like it!





And now: Off to bed! I have to get up in 5 1/2 hours!

I promised to update my journal more regularly - so here we go!

➡ I spent the past weekend at Calssara's in Ludwigshafen! On Saturday we attended Ring*Con 2012 in Bonn. Ring*Con is the biggest fantasy convention in Europe. They have plenty of guests every year. This year they had - sort of - focused on actors from the series Game of Thrones which I love... so I absolutely had to go there. We watched the panels of Miltos Yeromelou who plays Sirio Forel and Iain Glen who plays Ser Jorah Mormont in the series. We also watched a panel about the special effects of Game of Thrones which was really interesting.
Besides that we saw Finn Jones (Ser Loras Tyrell), Natalia Tena (Osha/Tonks [HP]), Joe Dempsie (Gendry) and Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee [LotR]) and Billy Boyd (Peregrin Took [LotR]).
I also got an autograph of Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo) and look what he wrote! "Moon of my life"! That's so cool! I'm also really happy about the way the picture with Iain Glen turned out! Ser Jorah is one of my favourite characters of the series and I was so excited to get a picture with him in my Daenerys costume! This was one of my highlights of the day! You can see a couple of pictures Bell took right HERE!



➡ As some of you might already know I will also attend MCM Expo in London in a couple of weeks! I'll arrive in London on Thursday and will do a little bit of sightseeing and shopping with a friend who'll go with me. I'm looking forward to seeing London again. It's such a beautiful city and I wish I could live there for a few months again.
Costume-vise I'm not 100% sure what to bring yet. Here's a rough draft of my costume schedule:

MCM Expo 2012; London (UK)
Friday: ???
Saturday: Daenerys Targaryen [Qarth] from Game of Thrones
Sunday: The Spoiler [Stephanie Brown] from DC's Detective Comics

I'm currently working on Belle's blue dress from Disney's The Beauty and the Beast. In case that I'm able to finish it in time I'll most likely bring this costume to MCM Expo as well and wear it on Friday. What do you think?
Besides that is anybody else planning to go to MCM Expo? Let me know! I'd love to meet up with you!

➡ And just in case you haven't seen it yet: Please take a look at my first official video interview with CosLive TV I gave at GenkiCon 2012 in Denmark in August! Thanks a lot for having me! ♥

I'm so sorry! It's been almost 3 weeks since I posted something here for the last time. I should update my journal more regularly. I'd also like to apologize to all people who are still waiting for me to reply to their messages and/or comments. I'll try to answer them as soon as possible after all preperations for my last semester at university are made!

But now on to more interesting topics...
➡ Just like every German cosplayer I attended Connichi 2012 in Kassel a couple of weeks ago. It's Germany's biggest convention and I had been looking forward to it for months! As some of you might have noticed I spontaneously threw over my whole costume schedule. In the end I wore all costumes I had announced to wear - one costume more even. It was stressful but fun and definitely worth it. I was happy about how many people recognized my Leah costume on Friday, enjoyed wearing Daenerys together with Vivi as Joffrey Baratheon on Saturday, I was excited that Y-o-s-s-i and I succeeded to take a couple of pictures as Wonder Woman and Wonder Girl on Saturday evening, happy to wear Hungary together with LucilleSmiles as Prussia on Sunday again and thrilled to bits about finnaly being able to wear wear Korra together with TheLupin as Mako! ♥ We took a lot of pictures and I'm still waiting for some of them to come. I'll make sure to post them as soon as I get hold of them. Besides that I was very excited to attend Yaya Han's panel at Connichi and to chat with her for a bit. She's a great cosplayer and really inspiring personality!

➡ I also spend some days in Munich at Glasmond's for a couple of photo and video shootings together with Sakenoi as Kon-Elle / Superbabe. I had an amazing time and the results of the days simply blew me away! You can find pictures right HERE! There's also a video of my Daenerys Targaryen costume which you can find HERE! Check it out! It's nice to see the costume and all its details in motion!


➡ Besides that I'm happy to announce that I'll be at Ring*Con in Bonn next weekend!

I'm really excited, because quite a lot of actors of the Game of Thrones cast will be there. These include Iain Glen who plays Ser Jorah Mormont and Jason Momoa who plays Khal Drogo. I hope I can attend their panel and get an autograph from them! I'm looking so forward to it I can barely put it into words..! Aaah!
Further conventions I'm planning to attend in 2012 are MCM Expo in London and TiCon in Würzburg in November. Maybe I'll also be at the bookfair in Frankfurt, but I'm not sure about that yet. We'll see... ♥

➡ EDIT: Please take a look at my first official video interview with CosLive TV I gave at GenkiCon 2012 in Denmark in August! Thanks a lot for having me!

Good afternoon, guys! How are you doing? ♥

My past two weeks have been pretty relaxing. I was finally able to properly focus on costume making again. I had completely forgotten how good it feels to work on a costume of a character you really, really like and you really, really want to dress up as.
Besides that was totally overwhelmed by the amount of positive feedbaack I received on further pictures of my Robin [Stephanie Brown] costume! I had no idea you liked this costume so much! Thanks a lot!  
Hereby I'd alsoo like to thanks all people who started watching me in the past days! Welcome to my deviantArt Cosplay Portfolio! I hope you like what you can find here!

➡ Anyways, on to other topics! Here's my costume schedule for Connichi 2012 in Kassel next weekend!



➡ And a tiny PREVIEW of my finished Daenerys Targaryen costume I have been working on in the past week! I hope you like it! I'm really happy about the way it turned out and I'm looking forward to start working on another outfit of hers already!



➡ And since I still have to finish some minor parts of my Connichi costumes I'm off again! Au revoir! ♥

➡ Firstly: Thank you so much for all these lovely birthday wishes! ♥

➡Secondly: I'll spend the weekend in Denmark attending GenkiCon 2012 in Roskilde. I'll be there to judge costumes for various contests and host a workshop there on how to make kimonos. It's going to be pretty cool! So if you'll attend GenkiCon too, drop by and say hello! I love to get to know new people and to meet friends!
I have already posted my costume schedule for said convention on Facebook, I had to make small changes though. Actually I wanted to debut my Korra costume from The Legend of Korra. Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish the wig in time. The weather forecast also said that it's going to be pretty warm on Saturday and I don't think body paint and hot weather are a good idea… So here's my schedule:

GenkiCon 2012, Roskilde
Robin [Stephanie Brown] (Batman)
Ranka Lee (Macross Frontier)

It's been months since I dressed up as an anime character. I hope I'll be able to do her justice.
Anyways I'll be back home on Sunday evening. Things to expect after I'm home? I'll finally upload a Korra Preview, I'm also planning to do a photo shooting with the costume soon. I'll also upload WIP pictures of my Daenerys Targaryen and Hungary costume and I'll answer all messages and comments I haven't replied to so far! So stay tuned!

Good Evening, Guys! How are you? ♥
I'm just here to leave a quick note before I'll have to go back to studying!

➡ Just as I mentioned in my last journal entry I have been working on my Wonder Girl costume from Young Justice: Invasion and I'm glad to tell you that it's finally finished! You can see a preview picture below! I really hope you like it.
Proper shoes are still missing and I also have to revise the wig a little bit. I would also like to prepare Cassie's lasso as a prop. Would be pretty cool to have something to pose with.



➡ Besides that I prepared a temporary costume schedule for the next events I'm going to attend. All information within this schedule is temporary for the time being. I don't know if I can manage to get hold of all materials and wigs in time, I profoundly hope it though.

Superhero Walk, Stuttgart
Sat: Robin [Stephanie Brown] (Batman)

GenkiCon, Roskilde
Sat: Korra (The Legend of Korra)
Sun: Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)

Whohoo! Good Morning, Ladies and Gentlemen! How are you?

➡ This week I both reached 1.500+ Watchers/Followers and 60.000 Page Views! I still cannot believe this happened so fast! THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH!!! You are the best! ♥ I'm really happy you like my work and I really appreciate your support! On to the next 60.000 PVs..!

➡ Besides that I decided which costumes to start working on next. I know, I've been a bit all over the place lately and all like: "Woah! I want to cosplay A! And B! And C! And X, Y and Z!" But the following plans are a 100 per cent set. I promise.

Wondergirl / Cassie Sandsmark from Young Justice: Invasion
Because I needed something to compensate university work with I started working on Cassie from Young Justice: Invasion. Some of you might have seen the WIP pictures of this costume on Tumblr already... This costume will be entirely made from left-over fabrics of other costumes. It's nothing special. I just wanted something nice and easy in between...


Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones
I love Game of Thrones and I wanted to make a costume from a live-action series for quite a while now. I'll debut this costume at GenkiCon in Denmark in August. At the moment I'm doing research to find proper fabrics which is rather difficult. I ordered a wig last week and will take some pictures with it as soon as I get it.

Alright! Back to my third term-paper...

I promised to write a Kapow! Comic Convention report - here it comes!

Friday, May 18th 2012
We (MonkeysCanDance and I) left for London on Friday evening. (It would have been lovely to spend all Friday in the city, but there was another lecture at university I had to attend. The lecture got cancelled in the end… but well.) Both our car ride to the airport, our flight to London and our train/tube ride to the city center went well and without incidents.
At King's Cross St. Pancras we met up with Vivi and moved into our hotel room at Wardonia Hotel which was  an approximately 2-minute-walk away from the train station. We had dinner at a lovely Indian restaurant and hit the pillow early.

Saturday, May 19th 2012
The next day we got up at 6:00 AM to get ready for the convention. I wore Leah from Marvel's Journey Into Mystery that day.
A friend of mine had informed me that the queues in front of UK conventions are always pretty long. Therefore we left the hotel at 8:30 AM to be at London Business Design Centre at 9:00 AM – the time the convention opened.
Unfortunately the queue was already 2 ½ blocks long the time we arrived at the convention center. We were shocked. We had never seen a queue this long! (In Germany you hardly ever have to queue to get into the the convention building.) I tried to make good use of the time, put on my long skirt and got my costume ready. While queuing we also met Lilistprince  and KingIsAmused for the first time! ♥

It was about 9:30 AM the time we made it into the convention center. I also met my friend Johanna there. We both did an internship at the fashion label Saloni in London two years ago. It was amazing to meet her again!

The first person we decided to see was Kieron Gillen who is the writer of Marvel's Journey Into Mystery -  the comic I was cosplaying from that day. Luckily Boa, Vivi and I had brought comics for signing along.
We were all really excited to meet him. He was so incredibly nice! He signed my book and we took a picture together. He even told me that he had traced the production progress of my costume!! He also took an Instagram picture of Lilistprince  and me as Loki and Leah.



Later on we also met Dough Braithwaite who is the penciller of Journey Into Mystery in the artist's alley! I didn't even know he was at Kapow!. We took a picture together and he sketched a tiny Loki into my first volume of JiM. He complimented me on my costume and said that I looked exactly what he imagined Leah to look like. I had absolutely no words! To get such amazing feedback from the writer and the penciller of a series is an incredibly big honor and I really, really appreciate it. I would have generally never expected that my Leah costume would be received so well.



I also stopped by at AmanoJyaku's table in the artist's alley. He's a professional comic pin-up artists from the US. We had talked on deviantArt before and he had asked me if he'd be allowed to use one of my Batgirl photographs as a reference for one of his new projects. Have gave me two signed prints for me and my photographer.
I was blown away by his work! I would have never expected this picture to turn out that well! I absolutely love and I'll get a proper frame for it as soon as possible!



After getting an autograph from JOCK for a friend (Sidenote: Jock was so incredibly nice was well! I have no words!) we started queuing to see Scott Snyder. We wanted to line up, like, 1 hour before the signing started, but by the time we reached the end of the queue somebody was already holding the the "End of Signing Queue Here" sign. We were a bit frustrated at first, decided to stay in line though. We were in second place behind the boy with the sign. There were only a father and his 10-year-old son in front of us.
A few minutes later one of the staff members informed us that our hadn't been in vain and that they would try to get all people in line to see Mr. Snyder. We were relieved. He was the reason we attended the convention for. Haha.

By the time we reached the signing table we were really excited. You don't meed a world-famous comicbook author every day - especially not when you live in Germany. Famous artists hardly ever attend German conventions.
The father with his 10-yeard-old son were up first. The father wanted to take a picture of his son and Mr. Snyder, but I stepped in quickly and offered them to take a picture of the three of them together.
Father and son were happy, Mr. Snyder shook my hand. We started to chat a bit, he signed my first volume of "Gates of Gotham" and I told him that I'd be at the convention as Stephanie Brown the next day and he was all like: "I love Stephanie. I'd love to bring her back in the New 52, but I'm not allowed to. Come along tomorrow and we'll take some pictures together." It was amazing to meet him. I mean, I hardly ever blush when I meet people I admire, but this time...

Afterwards I changed clothes and Boa, Vivi, Johanna, Ne0Nic0 and her friend Rachel we went to a fish & chips restaurant to have dinner. We later also met up with LucilleSmiles who happened to be in London as well. We had coffee and cake and chocolate and sandwiches.

Sunday, May 20th 2012
On Sunday we got up at 6:00 AM again and got ready for the convention. I wore Stephanie Brown's Robin outfit that day and I was really excited to see whether people would recognize the character or not. We had breakfast at Prêt-à-Manger and went into the convention building at 10:00 AM. We didn't really know what to do, so we went to see DC's The New 52 panel with Dan Didio, Scott Snyder, etc. It was pretty interesting, Dan DiDio came across pretty unsympathetically though. To me it felt like he didn't take his fans and customers seriously. When one of the fans asked him when DC would bring Wally West back Mr. DiDio was all like: "Haha. Who's Wally West?" Besides a few series I'm not a fan of the New 52 and this panel definitely didn't change opinion for the better.
A good thing about the panel was that we met a French comicfan called Bruno who told us about a French comic convention which takes place in Paris in July.  Rafael Albuquerque will be at the convention and I'd love to see him! But let's see…

After the panel we queued to see Scott Snyder again. It was amazing that he remembered who we were and we took pictures together – just as promised.



I also met an amazing Batfamily cosplay group from UK that day!
Anna, Claire and Spider were so nice! It was a pleasure to meet them! I hope I'll see them again the next time I visit a British convention.

Later that day I also took my chance in the cosplay competition, I didn't win anything though. Right afterwards I changed clothes and we had late lunch at Pizza Express and did some sightseeing.

➡ All in all Kapow! Comic Convention was a blast, worth every cent I spent and one of the best events I have ever been to! I'd love to go there again next year!

I know I had promised a Kapow! Comic Convention review, but there are things which need to be said first...

    "(Cosplay) Fotografien sind kein Freiwild."
    = „(Cosplay) Photographies are no unprotected game."

This is a remarkable quote Amapola – a great cosplayer and photographer I really admire – puts into every comment and every caption below all photographs or galleries she publishes. And she is right. (Cosplay) Photographies are no unprotected game.

I finished my Stephanie Brown Batgirl costume in September 2011 and have been featured on various websites and in various forums since then.
Some features, reviews and comments truly honored me, but in 99% of cases there was always one aspect that irked me. Nobody had ever asked for my permission. And that's only the tip of the iceberg.
Today I even found a forum which had shamelessly added its own watermark to my cosplay pictures.  You cannot imagine how angry I was when I saw it.

I know that the majority of people who shares cosplay pictures on forums, etc. has no ill intend, but posting a picture without the cosplayer's permission is just like stealing a fan artist's painting.

     Cosplayers are artists too!

Cosplayers are artists too and you cannot simply upload their work on any website you like. You wouldn't want a holiday snap of yourself to get posted in various forums without your permission either, would you?

      I want my (and any other cosplayer's) work to be treated with respect.

TO CUT  A LONG STORY SHORT:
- Ask COSPLAYERS for PERMISSION before posting their pictures ANYWHERE!
- In case that they give you the permission to post their work ADD a SOURCE. CREDIT the COSPLAYER AND the PHOTOGRAPHER!
- NEVER REMOVE their WATERMARK or simply add YOUR WATERMARK to THEIR WORK!

I am serious about this. If I ever find pictures of me in a forum again which has not asked for my permission I will make them remove my pictures immediately – no matter how nice the feature, review or comment might be. I will also add watermarks to all of my cosplay pictures in future.

Mesdames et Mesieurs - Good evening! How are you? I hope you're all doing well!
I'm really sorry for not updating this journal/account on a regular basis, but university still keeps me busy! I have to write so many term papers and to prepare so many presentations this semester - its absolutely insane. Accordingly I'm just here to drop some quick news!

As I have mentioned before I'm going to attend Kapow! Comic Convention in London, UK from May 19th - May 20th and I was wondering who else is going?
In case that you're going to attend Kapow! as well - Want to meet up? I'll be there on both Saturday and Sunday and I would love to meet deviantArt folk! In case that you're interested just leave a comment below or send me a PM!

And here's what my Costume Schedule for Kapow! looks like...

Kapow! Comic Convention (London)
Sat: Leah (Journey Into Mystery) with Fix-Chan as Loki
Sun: Robin [Stephanie Brown] (Batman)

As you can see on the preview picture below myRobin costume is finished already. (I still can't believe there are no further outfits of Stephanie Brown left to cosplay...)
I will start working on Leah as soon as my fabric arrives.



UPDATE: Leah's dress from Journey Into Mystery is finished as well! Now on to shaping the bones for the wig!



➡ Interested in WIP pictures of my costumes (such as Leah, etc.)? Check out my accounts on Tumblr and/or Facebook!

When I looked at my deviantArt profile page this morning I noticed that I hadn't posted a journal entry since the middle of February! Here are some news..!

➡ During the past weeks of inactivity I finished my 30-page term paper for university and worked on my costumes for the Leipzig bookfair which took part last weekend. I debuted my Ion Fortuna costume from Trinity Blood and my Catwoman / Selina Kyle costume there.
Although the bookfair is no real convention it (kind of) represents the start of the new cosplay season in Germany each year.
Since Leipzig is 550 kilometres away from the place I live I had never attended the bookfair before. It was great to see the fairground and the different booths for the first time though. I had a lot of fun watching the ECG (= European Cosplay Gathering) preliminaries and cosplaying Catwoman together with an amazing Gotham City Sirens group!
(At this point once again CONGRATULATIONS to Calssara who won the ECG preliminaries [Solo Skit]!)

➡ Unfortunately there are also bad news to announce. Due to the immense university workload I have to get over with this semester I won't be able to make more than two new costumes until August. Consequently my costume line-up looks rather sparse. I'm still unsure whether I can attend Dokomi in Düsseldorf or not.

Animuc 2012 (Munich)
Ion Fortuna (Trinity Blood) or Batgirl [Stephanie Brown] (Batman)

Hanami 2012 (Ludwigshafen)
Robin [Stephanie Brown] (Batman)  or Susukihotaru (Otome Youkai Zakuro)

Kapow! Con 2012 (London)
Robin [Stephanie Brown] (Batman)
Stephanie Brown [School Uniform] (Batman Inc. – Leviathan Strikes)

As soon as all my exams are over and all term papers handed in I'll start to work on my Princess Leia (Star Wars) costume for GenkiCon in Denkmark.

➡ Besides these costumes I'm also working on various cosplay tutorials. I'll upload a tutorial on how to make superhero masks out of Wonderflex or Worbla's Finest Art shortly. I'm also planning to upload a tutorial on how to make Catwoman's googles and her cowl. The pattern for the cowl will be available for purchase as well.

P.S.: Check out my OFFICIAL FACEBOOK COSPLAY PAGE as well! ♥

➡ I hereby proudly announce that my OFFICIAL FACEBOOK COSPLAY PAGE is finally online! Feel free to check it out and to press the "I Like!" button if you want to! Thank you! ♥

Good Morning! How are you, guys?
I hope you are all doing better than I do. My internship keeps me terribly busy lately. You know, I really like my job and I appreciate all experiences I gathered in the past months, but I lack sleep and time to relax. I cannot wait to have a few days off in March. ♥
Nevertheless I thought it was about time to write another journal entry to keep you updated about what I'm doing and working on in the tiny bit of spare time I have.

First of all I would like to take advantage of this journal entry to express my gratitude once again. I know, I'm doing this, like, every time, but this is really important to me. I recently hit 620+ followers on Tumblr and I will soon hit 1200 watchers here on deviantArt as well. That's what I would like to THANK YOU for.
When I created my account on this platform four years ago I would have never thought I'd achieve this amount of support one day. You are amazing! If there is anything I can do for you – please let me know!

If you have questions about me, my history as a costume artists or about the way I made certain parts of costumes please take a look at my official F.A.Q. Summary I put online a while ago.
Another topic I have been thinking about for quite a while now is whether I should create some kind of Fanpage on Facebook for my costumes. How would you like that?

➡ I'm not sure if you already noticed, but I finished my Spoiler [Stephanie Brown] costume from DC's Detective Comics past week! The first results of the photo shooting we did last weekend are already online. I will upload more pictures also showing amazing Naraku Robin [Tim Drake] on Valentine's Day - So stay tuned!
In case that you have suggestions or ideas on how to make my Spoiler costume better feel free to let me know! I really appreciate constructive criticism!

➡ New costumes I'm currently working on are Ion Fortuna from Trinity Blood and Catwoman [Selina Kyle] from the DCU. The bookfair in Leizipig is drawing closer and closer. I hope I'll manage to finish both costumes in time. There are still so many parts left to make I don't know where to start! Aaah!

➡ Last but not least I would like to make two announcements: I was lucky to get invited to two amazing events coming up in February and August 2012! The first event I will attend as a special guest is an amazing Cosplay Workshop at the myCostumes store in Frankfurt/Main, Germany next weekend. I will be part of a live demonstration showing how to make superhero masks out of Worbla's Finest Art.
The second event I am going to attend is GenkiCon in Roskilde, Denmark in August. I will be a member of the jury to judge the cosplay contest there. I feel very honoured I got invited! I'm looking really forward to this convention already!

Since I receive a lot of questions about costume-making, etc. on a daily basis I prepared this post including answers to the most frequently asked ones!

You can find the post ►HERE!!!◄

In case that you have a question this F.A.Q. post cannot answer, please don't hesitate to ask! You can either leave me a message in my ask-box or contact me via e-mail. The address is aiguemarine-cosplay@gmx.de.

EDIT: I finally finished my Stephanie Brown/The Spoiler costume! For WIP pictures take a look right ►HERE!!!◄

Ladies and Gentlemen – Good Afternoon!
This is my first journal entry in 2012 and I wish all of you a HAPPY - belated NEW YEAR! I hope you were all able to enjoy your holidays and had an amazing New Year's Eve!

At this point I would like to EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE once again: MANY THANKS to all people who supported me in the past year! All your likes, favourites, comments and lovely messages made me insanely happy! Please stay as amazing as you are! ♥
Now on to the news and announcements…

➡ I'm glad to say that 2012 started just as amazing as 2011 ended. I got featured on the amazing The Cosplay Blog website. You can take a look at the feature right ►HERE!!!◄

➡ Just like everybody else I created myself an account on WorldCosplay.net. Feel free to add me if you would like to!

➡ This is no proper New Year's journal entry if I don't reveal information about my cosplay plans of 2012, isn't it?
Unfortunately I have to tell you that I will not publish some kind of list showing all costumes I am planning to make, because my interests change, like, all the time. I want to stay as flexible as possible be able to work on costumes out of movies, series and comics I'm enthusiastic about.
However I can tell you what I am currently working on and what I will most likely work on in February and March!
I know that the results of a poll I published a while ago demanded something else, but I started to work on my Spoiler costume out of DC's Detective Comics. Last time I went to town I found cheap purple fabric which was absolutely perfect. I simply had to buy it!
After I went home I started to work on the costume right away, because I was happy and motivated and because I didn't want any more fabric to pile up in my room… If you are interested to see WIP pictures take a look at the following links: [link] (Suit); [link] (Suit + Cape); [link] (Mask).
Other costumes I will start to work on/finish in February and March are Arabella Strange from Susanna Clarke's novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Ion Fortuna from Trinity Blood and Catwoman Selina Kyle from DC's Catwoman.
I hope to debut all previously mentioned costumes at the bookfair in Leipzig in March which will be my first convention in 2012.
[I know that I promised to start working on Young Justice's Artemis, but there are just too many tasks to get done at the moment - a 30-page protocol for university, for example.]

➡ As I already mentioned in the comment of the latest deviation I uploaded I didn't make any personal New Year's Resolutions; I made cosplay-related New Year's Resolutions though.
First of all I would like to revise my Batgirl costume. I mean, I'm really content with the way it looks, but there are certain parts which I could have done better. The whole shoulder-cape-collar-part needs to be revised. Unfortunately I'm still not 100 per cent sure how. I need to figure out a new kind of construction for these pieces… If you have got some good ideas, please let me know! I would be grateful about any kind of advice!
Another resolution I made is to get to know as many new materials as possible. Therefore I will try to cast pieces of my Spoiler utility belt out of resin and paint them. Keep your fingers crossed everything works out the way I want it to work out! ;D

➡ Still looking for a wall calendar for 2012? Get your copy of the Women of Comicbook Cosplay Calendar 2012 - featuring me and eleven other lovely comic cosplay ladies - right ►HERE!!!◄

Good afternoon everyone!
Since the convention season of 2011 is almost over I didn't expect to publish another journal entry so soon, but there are news to announce and an interview to promote! ; )

➡ Due to personal reasons I had to change my plans for YukiCon once again. Instead of my Arabella Strange (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell) costume I will bring my Wendy Darling (Disney's Peter Pan) costume I finished back in September.
Arabella's dress is my first own creation and it is really important for me that it turns out the way I imagined it to look like. The fabric I would like to use is rather tricky to handle and I haven't found a fitting wig either… Consequently one single week of time isn't enough to get it ready. I will most likely debut the costume at the bookfair in Leipzig in 2012.

Yuki Convention 2011
Wendy Darling from Disney's Peter Pan

➡ During YukiCon I will also host my first Cosplay Workshop. I will focus on working with foam rubber, but I will also answer questions about cosplay (sewing, wig styling, etc.) in general. So if you're planning to attend YukiCon stop by and say hello!

➡ Past week John and Meg, the moderators of the "Not Young Just Us" Young Justice fan podcast invited me to join their show! During the English podcast I talked about my costumes, the German cosplay scene, conventions, comics and many other things! You can listen to the podcast right ►HERE!!!◄ [Please excuse my faults in advance and keep in mind that English is not my mother tongue.]

➡ And if you want to take part in my Give Away Lottery you should take at look at ►THIS!!!◄

➡ Further Announcements:
  Don't forget to order your copy of the Women of Comicbook Cosplay Calendar 2012! You can get it right ►HERE!!!◄
  I was lucky to get interviewed by the author of the Mind's Delight blog last week! In case that you're interested you can find my latest interview right ►HERE!!!◄

Ladies and Gentleman, good morning!
I think it is time to update my dA journal once again since nearly all conventions mentioned in my previous Costume Line-Up are over.

➡ In the past weeks my job at the agency and other obligations kept me really busy, I tried to continue working on new costumes and projects though. I am especially proud to announce that I will soon debut my first own creation / first costume without graphic reference. The character I am going to cosplay as is called Arabella Strange. She's from Susanna Clarke's fantasy novel "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell".
I will wear the costume at Yuki Convention in Stuttgart which takes place from December 17th to December 18th. I will also host my first Cosplay Workshop there! So if you're planning to attend Yuki Con stop by and say hello!

Yuki Convention 2011
Arabella Strange from Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

➡ Something else I notice lately is that many cosplayers are already announcing Costume Line-Ups for 2012, but I don't want to publish detailed plans yet. I will give you some hints though: DCU, Marvel, Star Wars, Disney and Trinity Blood. Stay tuned!

➡ Further Announcements:
Don't forget to order your copy of the Women of Comicbook Cosplay Calendar 2012! You can get it right ►HERE!!!◄
I was lucky to get interviewed by the author of the Mind's Delight blog last week! In case that you're interested you can find my latest interview right ►HERE!!!◄

➡ Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen! Long time no journal entry! I hope everybody of you is doing well! ♥
First of all I would like to thank my new watchers! I am really happy and grateful you found your way to my profile and hope you will like what you will get to see here in future!

➡ I am so lucky lately I can hardly believe it! I happened to get featured in the Women of Comicbook Cosplay Calendar 2012!!! It is an amzing project initiated by same-titled Tumblr community: Women of Comicbook Cosplay! So if you want a picture of me and eleven other amazing comic cosplay girls on your wall go and get your copy of the calendar right HERE! ;D

➡ Due to the huge amount of positive feedback, favourites, etc. I received lately I decided prepare something to give the kindness back I experienced! That's why I'm busily arranging a Give-Away Lottery at the moment! If you are interested in winning signed cards and other small gifts please take a look at my Tumblr Account. I will announce further information about the lottery soon! ♥

➡ Due to unexpected events and the small amount of time left due to my current job I had to change some points of my Costume Line-Up 2011:


J-Pop-Con Denmark 2011
  Miss Martian [M'gann M'orzz] from Young Justice
Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter

TiCon 2011
Shiemi Moriyama from Ao no Exorcist

YukiCon 2011
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P.S.: Who else is going to attend J-Pop-Con in Denmark next weekend? I'd love to meet up with you!