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ladyofthethread) wrote2007-09-22 01:10 pm
ladyofthethread) wrote2007-09-22 01:10 pm
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Looking ahead and contact pictures
Hmm… Quite a few things coming up the next couple of weekends. My parents’ anniversary and my birthday are both next weekend. I assume there’s going to be the usual dinner with relatives but I don’t know if I’m doing anything else. If I did, it’d have to be the day before and I don’t have many ideas.
Maybe, I’ll just wander around the midtown fabric stores and bead shops and have lunch somewhere. Anyone want to come along and help me figure out my pearl problem? XD; It would be cool to have some people to hang out with for the day since I rarely see friends list people outside of cons. Not expecting presents at all and I generally don’t want much anyway.
MangaNext is also getting close so I’ve got to figure out what I’m doing. I’ve registered and will be there on Saturday. But I’m commuting and still not sure if I’ll go for the other days. Haven’t decided if I want to apply for cosplay chess either; it’s fun but I’m feeling a bit lazy. ^_^; I’d like to rewear my newer Ayame since it has only been to AB so far. And I figure I’ll probably wear my brocade robe for D or his sister’s dress if I go a second day since I finally have good contacts for those outfits.
Thinking a bit about what to do for NY Anime Festival, too. The new Count D should debut one of the days although I’m not sure when. The masquerade is scheduled for Friday night and it might be nice to show the costume off onstage but from browsing through the rules, it sounds like they’re only looking for skits. Might have to go into the Saturday/Sunday hall contest if I want to compete then.
Haven’t decided what else I want to wear yet but it’ll probably have to depend somewhat on what’s warm enough for early December and what I can fit underneath a winter coat (or easily change into in a bathroom). D’s sister, Terra, and Tohru are probably out on account of being sleeveless dresses. And although I love the peacock dress, I don’t want to wear it again this year since it’s been everywhere. Five cons plus photoshoots with Dave and Lionel so it needs a break. ^_^;
And I finally took some pictures with my new Count D contacts last night. :-D The yellow is the Black Wolf style by Gothika and the purple is ColorMax in Violet.
The flash pictures were kind of scary but they really made the colors pop out. ^_^;
The pictures without flash were somewhat dark though and made me look much too tan for D so I played around with them in Photoshop. (The pic not under the cut was before any fiddling in Photoshop.) I lightened them and increased the saturation on the contacts so they would show a bit more.
I liked the expression on this one although I’m a bit out of focus. (I just stuck my camera on top of the TV and used the timer for these.) The picture in the background is supposed to be embroidery with 100 birds. If D had such a thing in his shop, the birds would probably be liable to start flying off the fabric. *laugh*
I also tried to do a version where I only lightened the skin so I wouldn’t lose color from the makeup and costume. But I think I overdid it and it just started looking unnatural and scary. ^_^;;
Maybe, I’ll just wander around the midtown fabric stores and bead shops and have lunch somewhere. Anyone want to come along and help me figure out my pearl problem? XD; It would be cool to have some people to hang out with for the day since I rarely see friends list people outside of cons. Not expecting presents at all and I generally don’t want much anyway.
MangaNext is also getting close so I’ve got to figure out what I’m doing. I’ve registered and will be there on Saturday. But I’m commuting and still not sure if I’ll go for the other days. Haven’t decided if I want to apply for cosplay chess either; it’s fun but I’m feeling a bit lazy. ^_^; I’d like to rewear my newer Ayame since it has only been to AB so far. And I figure I’ll probably wear my brocade robe for D or his sister’s dress if I go a second day since I finally have good contacts for those outfits.
Thinking a bit about what to do for NY Anime Festival, too. The new Count D should debut one of the days although I’m not sure when. The masquerade is scheduled for Friday night and it might be nice to show the costume off onstage but from browsing through the rules, it sounds like they’re only looking for skits. Might have to go into the Saturday/Sunday hall contest if I want to compete then.
Haven’t decided what else I want to wear yet but it’ll probably have to depend somewhat on what’s warm enough for early December and what I can fit underneath a winter coat (or easily change into in a bathroom). D’s sister, Terra, and Tohru are probably out on account of being sleeveless dresses. And although I love the peacock dress, I don’t want to wear it again this year since it’s been everywhere. Five cons plus photoshoots with Dave and Lionel so it needs a break. ^_^;
And I finally took some pictures with my new Count D contacts last night. :-D The yellow is the Black Wolf style by Gothika and the purple is ColorMax in Violet.
The flash pictures were kind of scary but they really made the colors pop out. ^_^;
The pictures without flash were somewhat dark though and made me look much too tan for D so I played around with them in Photoshop. (The pic not under the cut was before any fiddling in Photoshop.) I lightened them and increased the saturation on the contacts so they would show a bit more.
I liked the expression on this one although I’m a bit out of focus. (I just stuck my camera on top of the TV and used the timer for these.) The picture in the background is supposed to be embroidery with 100 birds. If D had such a thing in his shop, the birds would probably be liable to start flying off the fabric. *laugh*
I also tried to do a version where I only lightened the skin so I wouldn’t lose color from the makeup and costume. But I think I overdid it and it just started looking unnatural and scary. ^_^;;