ladyofthethread | It's finished! ^

Finally finished Count D last night! The glove definitely isn’t my nicest sewing and there are things I’d like to improve a bit when I’m not under deadline but the costume is ready to be worn at MangaNext. Here’s a quick picture. Everything looks somewhat darker than it actually is due to dim lighting. ^_^; The dress is really a dark navy blue and the lipstick is the same shade I wore with my Terra costume, not nearly black like it looks here. I think it came out looking pretty good despite some problems. Too bad I'm unlikely to find other cosplayers from the series to take pictures with. Hmm... Although you could probably come up with some amusing crossovers. I've kind of wondered what would happen if D met some of the Fruits Basket characters since the cursed Sohmas turn into animals... XD;

Now that it’s done, I’ve finally gotten started on preparing artist’s alley stuff. (If you’re going to MangaNext, come by and say hi. ^_^ I’ll probably be in there a few hours on Friday afternoon and again on Saturday morning/afternoon.) Other than some quick bookmarks in pretty fabrics, I won’t have time to make new stuff as I was hoping but I suppose I should have enough that the table doesn’t seem too empty. Must start sorting through the jewelry and pricing it tonight. I have a lot of earrings, some necklaces and bracelets, and a bunch of beaded dangles that can be hung from bags or used as scissor fobs. Figuring out how to present it might be the challenge since I don’t want to haul a whole suitcase around to hold all the display stuff.