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-w-;; So…I know it's been a while since I updated…sorry about that… I've been terribly busy and really distracted and….yeah all that crap. No excuses though!

Anyways, cons have been going pretty well. Down to my last big 2 and the minicon in November. This weekend is AWA and I am heading there with :iconshemara: and :iconchibidetective2: and my friends Redd and Diana. We're meeting another group of friends there on Friday afternoon and we're all staying at the same hotel so this year will be freaking amazing.

Getting to see all my awesome friends again will be so great~!
:icontwin-edgecosplay: :iconstrawberrywaltz: :iconcaledfwlcha: :iconpolkadottedumbreon: :iconbabycornflake:

Had lots of stress and pulling my hair out over my Sazandora outfit :T he'll be at about 75% for the con. I need to get more elf ears since one of mine was accidentally misplaced, and combine the 2 wigs and style those and then make his horns, but the outfit itself is done [though I hate my sleeves and I plan on redoing the shirt entirely when I have time].

The other cosplay I will be bringing is Karkat Vantas from Homestuck [mspaintadventures.com] 8) Yup. Homestuck. I happen to adore it. I wouldn't have read it but :iconzippyc: and :iconfrecklez: gang-raped me into reading it xD and it wasn't what I was expecting at all. I've never identified with a character before now…and I find myself reflected in Karkat in more ways than one. Little spazztard. I love him. I've also decided to make it my personal goal to find out how to marry Dave/Davesprite. I DON'T CARE IF HE IS 13. I WILL WAIT FOR HIM. LOL. /CREEPER/

Anyways, it's not for everyone, but if you like dark and silly [Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy-esque[ humor, VERY complex stories, incredible character development, metaphor, alliteration, symbolism…blah it goes on forever…you might enjoy it and I encourage you to give it a shot. The story doesn't really get obviously complex until about Acts 4-5 though so you have to give it some time to develop, like any series.

I've heard HS gets lots of haters, though I cannot really imagine why [unless you count in-character Trolls and then maybe I can understand just a little.. l-lol…] so I am sort of girding my loins for it. The thing is, as Karkat, I really won't give a flying piece of crap about other people's thoughts. ONLY MINE ARE IMPORTANT, AFTER ALL  ]8B [LOL] so I will have :iconshemara: hitting me with her newspaper as Jade to keep my attitude in-line. Though if someone mistreats her, they will probably get a piece of my mind. I understand not liking a series, but going out of your way to tease or torment or hate on someone cosplaying from it is just ridiculous and I won't tolerate it—especially not when I'm grey and all fangs and horns and yellow eyes.

ANYWAYS. So I am frantically stressing over getting ready for this convention, which we leave for tomorrow morning.

:iconstrawberrywaltz: IS GOING TO BE DAVE FOR US AT HAMACON NEXT YEAR AND SHE IS REALLY GOOD AND I CANNOT WAIT I WILL PROBABLY CRAP MY PANTS NFIFBFDIGBGJFGDURBIDND. She flirts with my KK and it makes me jizz, you have no idea. We're putting her in a poopy makeshift Dave for the con xD just so she can carry me around while I shrill. …WHY is it that I always get carried like a sack of potatoes? Especially at cons. …..OMG….I just realized :T;;……….Karkat and Marik are incredibly alike. Holy crap. How did I not realize that earlier? Oh jebus…

UHHH….so Youmacon is at the start of November and I cannot wait for that but AWA comes first!

As for art, I have done tons of sketches. I might make a Tumblr just for that…hmm. I don't have one yet and I guess it would be a good thing to use it for. But expect  some art this month. I'll have a little more time to draw after AWA is over!

Well I need to go do a little editing for work and stress over everything that needs to somehow get done.

HAVE A GOOD DAY.


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Time for another con recap!

This last weekend was Persacon, which is the first convention that :iconshemara: and I ever attended together. It popped our con-cherry and introduced us to the bright and colorful sand distorted world of pocky and skirts that is conventions. We go every year in celebration of our convention anniversary; I think this was the 6th time? Something like that… Anyways, Persacon is a local convention here in Alabama and lots of our friends from here and out of state attend it.

This year was pretty similar to last year in that we were in loud, obnoxious, hung with friends, and  nearly got thrown out of a few places because new were in cosplay, but this time we also had an art table to babysit.

I took Thursday off so we'd have plenty of time to get ready for the weekend. That meant sleeping in and then lots of cleaning xD;;… :iconshemara: and I rushed to get everything picked up and finished just around the time that :iconpolkadottedumbreon: showed up with her friend, :iconrequiem-of-saints:. We'd never met :iconrequiem-of-saints: (we knew her through AWA the year before) so we weren't sure what to expect. The two got settled and it quickly became evident that he and I would get along.

That day also happened to be our friend Redd's bday, so we piled into the car and headed over to his mother-in-law's house where we met the rest of our buddies for card games, presents, Portal 2 (LOL SO FUNNY), and dinner x3 We got to watch Redd nearly piss himself when he got his Transformers book from Diana (his wife); it was the same book she wanted to get for him at the comic shop that had the Duel Terminal those few weeks back, but she wasn't able to afford it. I told her to hunt it down on Amazon and it looked like she must have found a good price because there the book was! I am glad Redd had a good bday—he deserves it!

The rest of the night, once we'd managed to get home by plowing through the severe thunderstorm, was spent getting everything ready for the convention. We crashed early so we'd have time to be up early for the con to grab a table.

Friday morning came and I threw on my Yugi outfit. We decided that :iconrequiem-of-saints: needed to wear Judai because he's fabulous and happy enough to do it properly, and boy he was just about perfect. He fit into my outfit just fine xD at least the jacket and wig. :iconpolkadottedumbreon: wore her Yami Marik and :iconshemara: was Bakura. We finally got to the con around…9:30, I think; it had opened at 9.

Now, the last couple of years we'd had the con at a really nice hotel about 20 minutes from our house. This year the con was at a closer hotel but we had no idea what to expect. One word: nightmare. Holy crap, this place was inadequately small. Not only that, but it had no open space, no air flow, and the Artist Alley tables that had been so nice and open the years before were now tiny tables in a narrow hallway where you could only sit one chair between each table. …Talk about frustration.

We set up the table and did our best to sit down. There were only the 4 of us and at least 1 person had to stay at the table at any given time; this meant that of course 2 people stuck around…which meant all 4 of us did. It made hanging out difficult. Not to mention the lack of airflow was suffocating everyone… And to top it all off, my stalker showed up. I won't go into it. I have a stalker (or…something). Then another special person dropped by…because apparently we weren't annoyed enough, we now had a crazy-busy table in a hallway hardly wide enough for 2 people to walk through at any given time.

Well, eventually we left and got to stuff our faces. I can't remember everything but we all ended up back at the house where our friend :iconchibidetective2: came to spend the weekend with us, and then :iconcaledfwlcha: finally showed up. We spent the rest of the night derping and laughing, because that's what our group does best, and then crashed.

Saturday came and I crawled into Atem. :iconshemara: went as her almost-finished Erutis (Demon Diary) cosplay and looked adorable, of course. We got to the con and set the table up again; that day we tried clearing the table out a little and gave ourselves some extra room. We took 2 shifts, leaving myself and :iconrequiem-of-saints: mostly alone to babysit the table while everyone else ran around.

Now, if you know me at all, you'd be familiar at the rather strange attribute I have in regards to my interaction to other people's 'energy'. I say 'energy' because it's the best way to describe it. By that I mean what sort of character they give off—their personality, enthusiasm, mood, etc… My energy reflects those around me; if someone's hyper, I am hyper; if they're sad, I'm sad…etc etc. That being said, :iconrequiem-of-saints: is the same way, and when you put two hyperactive people together with this attribute…the world sort of explodes. We need chill people to balance us out, but we were left alone and isolated because of the table and the lingering of people the rest of the group didn't want to interact with. So…as the day went on…we just got worse. Feeding off of one another's energy, it expanded to the point where we KNEW we were obnoxious. But it was sort of impossible to fix. Neither of us are capable of shutting ourselves down without help, but our 'help' refused to come anywhere near us >_>;;…so :iconrequiem-of-saints: and I were pretty loud and annoying to our chill friends as a result. We knew that that was the case but that there was nothing we could do until we were separated or we crashed (which finally happened later that night). Until then, we were just hyper and insane. :iconshemara: said we were just like the Host Club twins…and…seriously…that's probably the best description of us ever xD;;…

We did the traditional McDonald's run, where we played Duel Monsters a bit and :iconrequiem-of-saints: had his first Duel. We publically embarrassed ourselves and I nearly got run over by a drive-thru car LOL;; but it was tons of fun.

At the end of the day, we ended up at the Target on the 'prissy' side of town, where we trolled just by being there in cosplay. We were almost thrown out for no reason other than for 'talking loudly' . :iconrequiem-of-saints: got his furry-tail checked out…that was pretty funny, actually.

Sunday I went as Yugi again and :iconrequiem-of-saints: once again was my Judai and I loved him to death x3 After trading some cards and derping around and avoiding stalkers, we ended up at a park where our friend :iconcaledfwlcha: took photos of us :D! We were glad we go to do it this time since we missed the chance during Hamacon.

I /think/ that's the right order for everything… :T…. Hard to remember. Cons always get smushed together in one wad of awesomesauce xD

:iconrequiem-of-saints: and :iconpolkadottedumbreon: left Monday and I already miss them :< but we'll see them again at AWA.

My next adventure starts tomorrow morning…very early tomorrow morning. I have a flight to Baltimore at 7am to meet up with :iconstinkulousreddous: and :iconswordfreakx: and then eventually head over to my hotel once :iconsetsuntamew: and :iconarahith: arrive so we can check in and get everyone where they need to be.

Otakon promises to be a first for me. I will get to hang out with all of these amazing people up until now I've only been able to torment online, and this will be the largest convention I've ever attended. I think one of the things I look forward to the most is finally getting to meet :icongammogahato: :DDDD we've been buddies for many years now and I cannot wait to attack her x3. Sadly, :iconshemara: isn't able to attend due to financial reasons, but it might be for the best. She might go crazy with all those hyper people! I am gonna scope everything out and let her know what she might be expecting should we get to attend Youmacon.

I get back from Ota next Monday night, and that weekend we will have a bday party with all my friends. I can't believe I am gonna be 25 next Monday =w=….old Akarui is old… But after that I am going to finish my Sazandora/Hydreigon gijinka cosplay for AWA and maybe try to get my T-Town Roxas finished, too.

Working on a picture in celebration of my soon-to-be 125k hits O:! Thanks again, everyone, for your love and support~! I don't consider myself a very good artist, but I am super glad that there are people out there that enjoy my derp x3

Tons to do tonight /o/ I've got lots to pack and such!

TTYL :DDDD


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Sorry it's been so long since I last updated O: Gawd, I've been so incredibly busy--mostly getting ready for Persacon (another local anime convention) and Otakon (a con in Maryland where I intend on spending lots of time with my friends :icongammogahato:, :iconsetsuntamew:, :iconarahith:, :iconzippyc:, :iconfrecklez:, :iconheadphonesstudios:, :iconstinkulousreddous:, :iconkatyanoctis:, and many others)!

As you may or may not know, I am going to have an Artist Alley table this year at Persacon with :iconshemara: so we're trying to get stuff ready for that. We won't have a ton to sell but almost all of it will be plushie-related, so I expect most of what we have to sell all right. Any money we make will go towards sending us to out of state cons we're hitting this year, so most my spare time not hanging with family or friends or doing everyday junk has been spent on plushie-making. At least I've managed to draw and write a little in the process.

Currently, I am working on my Yugi Mutou (not Yami—YUGI) cosplay and that should be finished this week. Still working on my Sazandora/Hydreigon gijinka, but that will get finished between Otakon and AWA. :iconshemara: is gonna try really hard to have a Touya/Black cosplay by then and I really hope we manage it. After those outits, I will be working on Chris (Demon Diary) and N cosplays.

Today we're going to my parents' lake-house to hang with them before coming home and crashing. It's been a totally crazy weekend.

Our friends spent the night Friday and we all headed up to Tennessee to play a Duel Terminal O:! If you don't know what that is, a DT is sort of like an arcade game system set up to play 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' and you get a special YGO card from it that's all glittery. It costs a dollar to play and you're guaranteed a card every time—the card you get is totally random, but they're all worth more than $1 so you're guaranteed your money back (if nothing else but for trade bait). We decided to do this adventure last weekend when we realized we had a DT 3 hours away (we don't have one in Alabama >B/…lame)  so we tried gathering up some friends to go. Turned out that only :iconshemara: and :iconchibidetective2: and Diana and I could go, so we all got change and made plans.

Saturday we headed up to Tennessee in :iconchibidetective2:'s car, derping around and hunting for card places along the way, until finally reaching the tiny little game shop in a college town. It was a small shop but they had some amazing stuff—including Gold Series 4, which comes with 1 of 3 playmats with Kaiba, Yami Yugi, or both of them on it. Now, if you know me at all, you know what a Kaiba fan I am, so after my initial piss-spazz to get to see the DT, I decided I had to have a Gold Series. I wanted the Kaiba mat and I had a 2 in 3 chance of getting one with him on it, so bloody hell, of course I grabbed it. I got the one with Yami though…crap, but the shopkeeper decided he wanted it because it had DM-Girl on it. :iconshemara: offered to buy it off me too, but crap, I wanted Kaiba, so I got another GS4 since if I got another Yami, I would make them both happy. I ended up getting Kaiba, though, so I was giddy.

So for the DT, we decided it would be a good idea to take turns. We didn't know how many cards the machine had, and we had something like $75 between all of us, so to be sure we all got an even chance in case it ran out, we played in sets of 3. DTs come with 3 options: you can play a series of minigames, you can play a Duel with variant levels of difficulty, or you can get your card without effort. So we ended up mostly just buying the cards. :iconchibidetective2: played and got Jesse/Johan as his partner so that was hilarious and amazing. :iconshemara: didn't play it at all, but I Dueled once. …I dueled…myself? I'd cosplayed as Judai/Jaden that day and somehow got stuck with Judai as an opponent with Zane as my partner. So the duel of Judai vs Jaden began.

Now, when you get DT cards, they have a totally amazing capability of being able to get scanned by the DT and placed into your hand in your Duel O:! I had brought my DT 'Exploder Dragon' with me and that was great help. I also got a DT 'Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon' that day and just about CRAPPED myself with glee (REDM is my baby), so I scanned him and 2 other dragons into my hand. I was running a Dragon deck (they give you the option to pick between a few when you start off) and knew how it worked. The other Jaden played his first turn and had his setup, but all it took was one turn and it was game. I one-hit-KOed him with REDM and RE-Wyvern. Yeah. That's right. TAKE IT UP THE BUTT, JADEN.

:iconchibidetective2: pulled a DT-Trishula…which was worth like…50$ at least. He ended up getting a card he wanted from the shopkeeper (who wanted it so badly omg) but it turned out to be a really good trade for the both of them. They dueled a few times before he could convince him to give it up. We did get a photo of him with Trish' before we left, at least, and I am pretty sure he got to use it in the Duel at least once.

One of the best moments ever that day was when :iconchibidetective2: played the DT and got to pick who to Duel. He was cosplaying as Joey that day so we convinced him to Duel Kaiba, since that was totally appropriate, and hilariously enough he got Joey as his assistant. So the Duel began. He'd picked a Fabled starter deck but holy crap he got a terrible hand… Kaiba raped him. I mean…just RAPED him. It was really bad. To make it worse…this Kaiba…was probably…the best Kaiba…ever. EVER. I mean…wtf?! HE WAS JUST LIKE KAIBA. EXACTLY. LIKE. KAIBA. He ranted and bantered and mocked and talked :iconchibidetective2: down the entire Duel. He even laughed maniacally when realizing "Joey" could do nothing to stop him from destroying him that final turn. Kaiba proceeded to tell him that he shouldn't even be dueling and then at the end you get a little saying based upon your performance and got "novice duelist". Omg. Talk about a slap to the other cheek. I'll never forget his expression xD;;… "Up yours, Kaiba >B(" LOLOLOLOL. IT WAS PERFECT. I don't think any part of that Duel could have gone better xD at least for me to watch...

Anyways, after lots more fun with the DT, we finally left the totally amazing and adorable little shop, promising to return soon with a larger group. We grabbed a bite and hit a sad little Wal-Mart and a totally disappointing K-Mart up for cards (where :iconchibidetective2: pulled a Ghost Rare 'Odin'….wtf) before finally heading back. Then we met up with Redd and picked him up before heading back to our place where Redd and Diana spent the night.

Diana had a family thing, and :iconshemara: had her normal family day too, so Redd and I went to play at my local card shop, where Shad (one of the 'better' players there) nearly pissed himself upon seeing that I had 2 DT-Infernities. It was hilarious as people spazzed over how many DT cards I had. I managed to trade several off and did tons of other awesome trades and got some really great stuff for my collections <3~! The only way yesterday could have gone better would have been to have gotten a Catastor :T I still need one of those things.

Redd had built a totally awesome Burn deck the night before and managed to get the rest of the cards he needed to finish it while at the card shop, so we Dueled a few times and I had to Black Rose the field at one point because he was about to rape me. I survived, though. We had some great matches!

While hunting through trades, I spotted something I knew :iconshemara: would want: a Secret Rare original art of Dark Magician. Redd decided he had to have it for her, so he worked and bartered until he got it. I had a spare DM mat to give her too so I let him trade some of his extra Fabled stuff to get it for her. She nearly jizzed herself when I gave it to her last night. She's so spoiled LOL!

After the card shop, I took Redd over to :iconchibidetective2:'s house and they tested Redd's new deck against the Fairies. Redd won but it was freakin' close. Then I dropped Redd off and went back to eat dinner with :iconchibidetective2:'s family and reminisced on really old shows from when I was a kid by going through all his old toys before finally heading home to see :iconshemara: half-dead on the couch. I gave her the stuff we'd gotten her that day and we derped a little before finally crashing around...2 LOL.

My weekend was just amazing. I have great friends and a great life, and I really couldn't be much happier. I hope they all know how much I love ad appreciate them.

The next week and a half will be crazy and filled with frantically preparing AA-Table stuff for Persacon and getting my Yugi finished. I should have time to finish at least one more drawing before then and I have some fanfic stuff I need to finish, too.

Have a great 4th of July, everyone :DDDDDDD <3333


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Sorry for the long wait between journals, guys. Been pretty busy—mostly with working on Atem in getting prepared for the wedding at Hamacon.

I was the “Flower Pharaoh” a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto… (poopy quality).

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Well, y’see, my friends Redd and Dianna held their wedding at Hamacon last weekend. They’re both deeply involved in the convention and decided to have the wedding there! It was a cosplay wedding and they were adorable. Diana’s favorite character is Atem, the pharaoh version Yami Yugi from “Yu-Gi-Oh!” so she requested I attend the wedding as the flower girl and cosplay Atem. I agreed and got to work.  I got Atem completed JUST IN TIME for the con. There was a lot of stress involved in getting it done in time, but I had him! YAY! Diana and Redd were happy I had it.

:iconshemara: came as casual-Mahad and was going to be the Ring Bearer, and then our friend :iconbrokensphericallogic: came as Yami Bakura and was gonna take photos. Well after a bit of a disaster when 2 of the Groomsmen didn’t show up we all decided :iconshemara: was to be upgraded to Groomsman xD and then :iconbrokensphericallogic: became Ring bearer, which turned out hilariously perfect since she was Bakura LOLOLOLOL. :iconshemara: ran home and got a suit and tie on and holy bejesus she was about the most adorable thing I’d ever seen.

Redd demanded I skip down the aisle, so skip I did. Everyone laughed xD;; I didn’t even have to try, though. But I mean, come on, it’s ATEM. It’s hard not to laugh at him NORMALLY, much less throwing flower petals in front of a bride and skipping down an aisle… Yeah. It was so fabulous.

The wedding went amazing. People cried, I distracted whining babies, and the bride and groom shall live happily ever after.

We should have some photos of it soon x3

The rest of Hamacon was amazing, of course.  

Friday I went as season-1 Jaden/Judai Yuki from “Yu-Gi-Oh! GX” and worried all day about not getting my nice white pants dirty while we rolled around and derped with our friends :iconstrawberrywaltz:, :icontwin-edgecosplay:, :iconrainbowbile: , :iconmarshmela:, :iconnikitachikita005:, and more a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto… Everyone seemed to recognize me as the Sora from the year before (they always remember those Keyblades LOL). I bought all of the YGO figures in the Dealer’s Room…yeah. I have the whole box at home now…waiting for a place to go. God they are so cute. I love them <3333~! I spent the majority of my time as Judai just running around yelling obscenities, being chased by a huge Domo cosplayer a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto… and attacking people with my Ulgamoth plushie a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto… xD

Saturday and most of the day was spent getting photobombed as Atem carrying around a 6 foot Slifer and getting ready for the wedding. a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto… And of course there was the obligatory ‘look up :iconstrawberrywaltz: ‘s skirt’ photo: strawberrywaltz.deviantart.com… xDDD I also had to crash the YGO and Pokémon tournaments right before the wedding, where casual!Mahad and Mokuba almost passed out a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto… LOL ALMOST LOST ‘EM THERE.

Sunday I went as a casual Yugi (not Yami Yugi, just Yugi) and we spent the final day just hanging out with our friends we hardly ever get to see a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto… My friend :iconchibidetective2: had his YGO panel and that was actually really great! He did such a good job! He educated people on everything from the shows to the card game and the differences between the two.  :iconshemara: decided to mindf*ck people and wore my Marik cosplay while :iconbrokensphericallogic: wore my Ryou one… It was like an out of body experience seeing them in those things…wtf.

After the con ended, we spent hours together at a McDonalds laughing and making crude jokes. It was amazing xD.

I cannot wait for Persacon. :iconshemara: and I will have an art table (see my previous journal for some details) and I am busy making crap for that. I’ve never done an art table before… I’m also getting Yugi finished so I can run around properly in that x3

Otakon comes soon after Persacon, where I will frolick with :icongammogahato:, :iconsetsuntamew:, :iconarahith:, :iconzippyc:, :iconfrecklez:, :iconheadphonesstudios:, :iconstinkulousreddous:, :iconkatyanoctis: and others xD Omg I cannot wait! I already have my Badge and plane ticket so I am definitely going. I plan on taking Yugi, Ryou, Marik, and maybe Judai with me. Wow xD another YGO weekend!

I plan on having my Sazandora/Hydreigon gijinka cosplay done in time for AWA. With any luck, :iconshemara: will have her Touya cosplay by then and we can be derp together.

After that we have Youmacon to prepare for, but that won’t require any new cosplays at least! We’ll be meeting up with the same people from Otakon prolly to room with and be dorks with all that weekend. GONNA BE SO MUCH EPIC /o/!!!

I am gonna be really really lazy with some of my cosplays, for serious xD some of them I will just buy and then do the wigs and accessories myself. I don’t have time to get everything done, otherwise. Some of these will be: Hitsugaya (Bleach), Akiza (YGO!5Ds), Black Star (Soul Eater) and Akito/Agito (Air Gear). After Sazz is finished, I will probably work on N (Pokémon B/W) and finish Twilight Town Roxas (KH2) before trying to attack Zelkova (.Hack//Link) and some more complex outfits I have in mind.

Hamacon was the mark of one year for us to be cosplaying and I think we’re doing all right. I’ve learned a lot over the last year and I think I’ve made a nice little leap in understanding, from outfits to wigs and props. I can only hope to improve! I am really glad I have friends to encourage me to produce the best-quality cosplays possible! With help from my awesomesauce friends, I think I will improve <3!

As far as art/writing/etc, I am coming along. I work when inspired to work, but it comes and goes :T… I never know when I will be in the mood to work on anything and there’s no way to know what I will be inspired to make when the mood strikes. I usually work in waves of a week of compulsion to work on a particular media. I’ve been in a sketching mood lately so I’ve done lots of doodles and have a few drawings in the making, but I will probably shift to plushie-mode soon for my table at Persacon. I’m working on several stories and RPing a lot for character development/flushing, so who knows when I will post that.

Time to get back to work! Just thought I’d make a quick update!


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Most of you guys know how :iconshemara: and I have been hard at work making stuffed animals and props and crafts since last Spring. Since then I’ve gotten a LOT of requests for commissions, but my commissions have remained closed due to work, etc.

[NOTE: I am NOT taking open commissions atm. :iconshemara:, however, IS taking commissions.]

However, because she and I are looking at attending numerous cons this year, a few of which are out of state, we’ve decided to run a table at Persacon’s Artist Alley. All proceeds from this table will go towards sending us to Otakon and Youmacon.

Peracon is a local convention here in Huntsville, AL, and you can get more information on attending at their website www.persacon.com <3.

We’re going to be selling a variety of items, and I will update this note with that list, as well as updated prices and other such things.

We don’t plan on having a table at any other cons. We got this table practically for free so we’re taking advantage of it. Plus, we prefer actually attending the con – running around and having fun – than babysitting our art table the whole time.

Be on the lookout for us! We’ll be “The Rampaging Cobras” xD;;

"Rampaging Cobras” Merchandise:

ME
1 Kingdom Key - $110
1 Millennium Rod - $50
*1 Millennium Ring - $50-65
1-2 Blue Eyes White Dragon (soft) - $90 [these may be put up for bid since I suspect they will go quickly]
1 Blue Eyes White Dragon (fleece) - $40
*1 Red Eyes Black Dragon – $90+
*1 (Baby) Rainbow Dark Dragon - $90
1-3 Marshmallon - $25
1 Yusei Kuriboh - $20
1 “Shiny” Snivy - $50
1 (Normal) Snivy - $50
1 Suicune - $50
1 Quilava - $30
*1 Jolteon - $70
*1 N cube - $25
*1 N necklace - $15

SHEMARA
1-10 Paopu Phone Charms - $7
1-10 Paopu Plushies – $10
1+ Bachuru/Joltik - $25-30
1+ Baby Tomatoes (Demon Diary) – $15-20
1 Black/Touya hat - $15-20

*Having one of these to sell for Persacon will depend upon how much free time I have beforehand. I have lot of props/etc I need to make for myself, as well as cosplays to finish.

Why the steep prices, you ask? We make everything by hand. With the exception of the felt BEWD, NO sewing machines are used, and we create patterns from scratch. Every last stitch is done manually, and that means it takes a LOT more time to make our stuffed animals. It also makes them more fragile in some aspects, but I like the hand-made approach.

I may or may not do drawing/art commissions while there. Not sure about :iconshemara:'s plans.


Have ideas for more items for sale or see something we do that you like and might like to see us sell?

COMMENT and let us know!


Stuff to Know
-Items and prices are subject to change.
-The table will be open for a limited amount of time every day so we can enjoy the convention.
-We will NOT ‘reserve’ any of our items. It’ll be first-come-first-serve on most items, so if you want something and are coming to the convention, be sure to know when we will be setting up so you can purchase what you want before it’s sold to someone else.
-We will NOT be making larger plushies like Slifer or Rainbow dragon. We just won’t have the time to prepare them, and even if we did, very few people would come prepared to spend $300-400 like that. We have plenty to keep us preoccupied and lots of cosplays to finish!
-If we make enough at Persacon, we MAY consider doing an Artist Alleu table next year at Persacon again and maybe at other cons.
-Anything we don't sell at Persacon will be sold via here and my Facebook page.


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Suggestions/Requests?
Comments?

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