Does anyone still follow this?

@_@ I apologize  I just don't use this blog anymore. I have another one that is faith-based and about my current stressed and anxiety... but I've moved onto Tumblr and Facebook mostly.

sheikchanz.tumblr.com

Sheik Chan on Facebook!

 ^ ^ Sorry everyone. Thank you for being so loyal to my blog..

I'm still a huge DERP.

Oh wow...

I have not written in my blog for so long.... does anyone pay attention to this anymore?

Fanime.....

Call me lazy but I am already aware of this. I pretty much copy/pasted what I just wrote on my DA journal because I don't feel like retyping or repeating myself so here it is!

Fanime is my favorite convention in California... I love it so much! This year though was different... I had fun but not as much as I usually do. It had some perks, like being in Ackson's videos >.

Hahaha

I'm the worst blogger ever. I've barely given blogger any attention what so ever. I apologize AGAIN. I also apologize for the long wait you'll be having after this post too....

Fanime is a week away and I am slightly freaking out. Just slightly. Nothing is 100 complete. Oh wait--I LIED. Bridget is complete....except for the wig thing I'm not sure which one I'll use... I have the choice of my own or a friend of mine. I like the color of hers but I like how mine has the right bangs. *Sigh* Choices, choices.......

I'll be taking Kai, Agitha, Rikku and Bridget to Fanime so yaaay! I have some photoshoots lined up.....and I am excited! I feel a bit anxious but like last time it'll subside once I see all the awesome costumes and people *~* Ahhhh I just always have fun at conventions! w000t.~ I hope to see some of you there :)

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Sheik

I'm Alive...!!

Sorry for never posting. I kind of just got off track and forgot about blogger. I have a tumblr now too. (SheikChan.tumblr.com).

Only news is I have a lot planned for Fanime and so I've been working on it, especially while the Playstation Network has been down! Fortunately, that REALLY helps me with working on stuff besides playing games with friends online xD!!

Oh! I joined a contest so please vote for me! I think you can vote for as many people as you want~ Just "like" the photo :)

SheikChan as Princess Agitha
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Thanks guys so much! I'm so sorry for not posting as much >.<!

GameInformer Online!

My Kai costume was featured on the GameInformer.com cosblog!! Raaaawr this was a while back but I haven't been on blogger in FOREVER. My apologies. ;~;

I've been sort of addicted to my ps3 and sort of...lazy with the sewing. Fanime is in about 2 more months so I need to get movin'! Arrggg.......me timbers be shiverin'!

Click here to see my feature!! ^__^

Next stop, Fanime!

Hi guys!

AOD was pretty fun and all but I spent most of my time inside the malls and our hotel room more than the actual con itself. So I can't really judge on how fun the convention itself was... but whatever! My friends and I won best presentation runner up which was surprising and cool at the same time. We worked hard for that dang skit and it was our first time doing a voice recording so we're so glad it came out well! ^~^;

Next up in line is Fanime. The con I have been waiting for. I love it more than Anime Expo I think and I've been to AX 3 times already and Fanime only 2 times! Heh. I don't know, it's not too crowded but it's definitely not empty. I love the hotels being close and the weather. I also love the friends I've made there, the swap meet, the raves, the atmosphere, the convention center. Anime Expo was great at Anaheim but the Staples center is a bit too long and I end up doing more walking than I'd like to :[ So that deducted points off of AX for me. STILL I love it but Fanime comes first to me....so far :D

I have big plans this year too so I'm going to be busy busy busy! I can't say some of what I'll be doing but I will say it's going to be awesome *~* I'll add a cosplay line-up photo or whatever to this so you can see what I'll be taking. For now I think I will sleep. I am tired....good night you guyyyzzz !!

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Sheik

AOD 2011 . San Francisco.

Hey thar~

Yay, Sheik actually is posting something in this long forgotten blog of hers! How rude of her to have temporarily abandon it. My apologies though. I've been busy and lazy at the same time soooo my top priorities *cough* Ps3, costuming,facebook* have been taking over. Oh and work too. Yeah, work.... I'm doing fine though! ^-^; Some personal stuff kind of went on too but not bad stuff. I'm sure some of you already read my other blog and are caught up!

Soooooooo.........AOD. I'm going to Animation On Display in like 2 weeks. It's an anime convention held at the Kabuki Hotel in Japantown, San Francisco here in Cali. It's a fun con because there's nice people, the hotel is pretty and the underground mall is like right there. It's so fun going to the cute little Japanese shops in your costume. Hehe. Sometimes it weirds the older Japanese people out but you'd think they'd be use to it! Maybe they're weirded out because we're American? Is weirded even a word? My spellchecker disagrees but sometimes it underlines words that are completely acceptable. In any case. I'm going to this con and I'm excited. I just need to actually finish my costumes.

I've decided to go as Ayame Sohma in a maid outfit "he made" and Mai from Avatar. My friends are going as Avatardz so I was like "I'll join!" Let's just hope I can afford the fabric. I'll probably go out to JoAnn's sometime soon to get it. I think today I'll work on my dress.

Also Rikku, Agitha and Bridget are OFFICIAL costumes I'll be taking to Fanime in May. I have started working on the new ones. Agitha will be touched up!

Eee..I got to go potty! I guess I'm done writing now. :D TOODLES.

Rikku's Top

Meh. Some of you may have seen my post about redoing Rikku's top. Well it's true. I've worked on it and fixed things but there's still mistakes and it's inaccurate. ;~; I really want to do well on this costume so I want it to be accurate. I will do as well as I can and with what I can afford.

Aside from that I've been good. My Christmas was great, my new years was alright.. lol...and I've been spending lots of time with Robby.

I'm excited for AOD next month~ I haven't worked on my costume for it yet though and I need a wig, so I'll have to buy it soon X_X

Uuuuuuuuuummmmmmmm........Ya I don't know. I guess I'm not in a blogging mood. I just felt bad that I've neglected this thing. I've been playing a lot of PS3 games and my new DS game, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. Hehe....yah..I'm a cosplayer but I'm also a gamer?

k well. Good night for now. I think I might work on the new top tonight.

LAZINESS. It is EVIL.

......Sooooo you guys ever sit around and view cosplay pictures of other cosplayers and you get super pumped up to work on your own costume..? BUT as soon as you sit down with some of your fabric (or all) you get this overwhelming feeling and decided you don't want to work on it anymore?

I get that. A lot. I think I'd have more costumes done if it weren't for that feeling. Sometimes though I don't feel like working on anything so I force myself...and then I go into sewing mode and can't stop working! D: I just don't get it!!!!!!!!! -cries-

Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh. I guess I could work on some tonight and tomorrow... but I think I want to play a little Harvest Moonz ;~; I'm such a horrible cosplayer....a lazy one, a real lazy one! If it's such a passionate hobby of mine, wouldn't I be doing it more? I guess I'm not passionate enough. FAIL. D:

I NEED TO GO GET DETERMINDEDEDED. k bye.

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ShEiKcHaN ;3

It only looks complicated as a whole..

But if you take it on piece by piece, it's not so hard. ----
This is how I take in challenging costumes on my own. I may not be as experienced as I want, but the only way to get experienced is to experience right?

I'm really excited about my Rikku costume. The trainer dressphere is not cosplayed enough. Then again I always love cosplaying costumes that aren't as cosplayed much. Hehe. Anyway, I'm taking the costume slowly and I admit I get lazy. BUT I do have almost all the fabric I'll need for it. Almost. I need to buy some RIT dye though for some of it. Rikku has this thing about her costumes where she has a lot of pieces that fade from yellow to orange.... ah well.

If you're wondering about my Sheik costume... I've kind of put her on hold. I haven't found any fabric that will work with the dark blue I got at Wal-mart so I might need to buy some at JoAnn's and just start over! Fun stuff, but it's worth it. I want Sheik to come out as well as I can make it on the first or second try...lol.

P.S.

Sorry for my lack of posting. I've been caught up with other things since Robby has been here. I don't spend a lot of online time as I use to.

Fabric~ YAY

(me practicing with a wig I already have heheh)

I bought vinyl. I'm a bit worried. I've heard it kind of gets tricky making outfits out of Vinyl material but I think I am up to the challenge. I like challenges---sort of.

So I abused JoAnn's sale and bought 5 different types of fabric for the price of $24! I still need fabric for my Rikku and Sheik costumes but I got some to work on Rikku's outfit. I had NO luck with finding a good stretchy blue for Sheik. I might have to start over and get new fabric for the whole body suit part so I can find the right blues together. ;__; Siiiiigh I bought that bolt at Wal-Mart risking this issue and it happened. Oh well, you learn from your mistakes!

I'm super excited to work on all my costumes but even MORE excited to see my fiance this Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh I have someone to help me with my props whenever I run into a random problem at home. ^-^; Yeah, I don't know..I'm so excited though. He's like my best friend, which is good I guess considering I'll be marrying him. :] We both like to work on things alone..so when we're in the room working on stuff it's kind of quiet and relaxing. We get a lot done. So he won't be too much of a distraction... Maaaaybe at first since I haven't seen him in 7 months lol but...yeah. I'm just excited.

In any case. I can't wait to get more RIkku progress done but until he arrives I'm going to keep the room clean ;__; Yeah..I don't feel good right now, my tummy is acting up so I'm going to go now.

JoAnn~ You've made me so happy!

So. JoAnn's is having a sale this week because of Veteran's day! I mean, some of the items that aren't on sale should be but whatever...I'll be happy with what I can get! Today it was gloomy and raining so I went with Kailey to JoAnn's. We bought some fabric. I didn't buy all I need because I NEED A LOT but I bought some stuff to work on which made me happy.

I bought some fabric for my Rikku and Bridget costume. Yay~ I know, my costumes keep changing. I think the costumes I REALLY want to work on for the first half of next year are going to be (in all honesty):


Rikku~ Trainer Dressphere (FFX2)


Sheik: Zelda OOT



Bridget: Guilty Gear


Miki: Vocaloid

Awesome Youtube Widget!

Yaaay, this has nothing to do with cosplay!! Except the fact that I uh, worked on my Sheik costume a tad bit earlier. The front needs a few pieces sewn on and then I'm done with the shawl/flap thing.



I added my youtube Subscribe widget to the bottom of my blog BUT here it is. I think it's cool XD

Just Switch Already!

Sheik Progress Yay!


I'm sorry Fado but I cannot break bread with you any longer. =_= I mean...you will be sent to the end of the list right now. I'm just upset with how my "tunics" come out. I suck at them. I FAIL and I hate it. So I don't want to work on Fado for a long time.

What does this mean, Miss Sheik?

This means Miki takes his place. Yay! I've been saving so many pictures of her so I can have all the right angles for the best references. I REALLY adore her outfit and voice. She's just so cute. I'm pretty excited for this costume. I've decided I would love to take her to AOD along with Sheik and Lavi. :] I know I'd love for Squalo to go as well but I'm not so sure I'll have enough time to cosplay as him during the whole 2 days of AOD. It's a sad thought, but a true one at that. I think I will work on Squalo after AOD because I'd love to take him to Fanime.

Right now I'm having trouble finding the perfect wig for Miki. Her hair color is always a little different in the pictures I have but it looks to me like it's an orange with like a hint of red or pink in there. It's a lovely color and I DID find a wig that could work but I lost the bid for it and so I am still looking. UGH. Oh well, I will find it.


OH YEAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I purchased something AMAZINGLY AMAZING the other night and I won't tell what it is until it comes in the mail. I will take one photo and post it online. I'm super excited about it too. It was a nice handful of monies but I had to. I don't regret it at all. Not one bit. :D

Anyway, I said I'd go like 20 mins ago on facebook so I am going now.

Vocaloid. OY!

I had sworn I would NEVER EVER EVER cosplay a vocaloid and guess what happened? I FOUND HER. Freakin' SF-A2 Miki, a new vocaloid from another program. She's so adorable. I love her hair (aside from the fact that long wigs suck..) and I ADORE her little cyber outfit. Her voice is kind of raspy in some songs and I love it. She's just too cute and after listening to a lot of vocaloid songs and attempting to learn the famous Love*Joy song I've come to accept the fact that I will indeed be cosplaying as a vocaloid. XD I'm sorry if I have disappointed any of my followers. Ah, I can't wait to be a cute little singing robot girl.~

Ahem. Aside from that I will be pulling out some fabric for my Sheik costume and working on it soon. Perhaps even tomorrow. I REALLY want to and need to. I don't know why I have been slacking ;__; AGHHHH. In anycase I think I'll add one of my favorite songs of Miki and then say good night. :3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ApXJt74_4

;__; Oh wow.

I haven't written in this blog for like 24 days! Uaaagh. I wrote in my personal blog yesterday but it had been a while since I had written in that one too. A lot of happened since I got my job. Personal stuff and some cosplay progress.

I think I'll stick to sharing the cosplay progress right now...

I worked on my Luxray costume and it's like..70% completed! I'm still unsure of what wig I will use. I don't want to get a new one just for it so I might borrow a friends black wig, three of my friends have them...so I'll see once I'm finished with the costume.

I also worked on Fado, but the whole costume makes me mad. I don't like dealing with it..it makes me mad, the sight of it angers me! Okay, not angers..but I get irritated. :[ In anycase, I have tons of costumes I want done and now with the job..I have no excuse! I need to work on stuff, I just get lazy and hardly feel motivated at all. .__.; I also miss someone very special and I don't know when I'll hear from them.Bleh.p00p.....

Bodysuit Pattern....? :[ Ugh.

I worked on my Luxray costume the other day! It's coming out better than I thought. I had some mistakes here and there but it was a learning experience. Every (or almost every) costume I make has something new I have not done before on it. I think that's the best way to learn. :]

I haven't started on my Sheik costume but I did find some wigs that I really like. Specifically this one. I think it's a beautiful color and looks a bit cartoony which I want! The thing I'm having a problem with is the body suit. I was thinking of buying a pattern to make the base but I found none. Is it because they don't make them...or is it because I should just make the outfit in pieces? I was hoping to make one bodysuit and then add the different colors/shapes on top. But now I'm thinking I might just have to make my own pattern and make it all in pieces. I looked at some other Sheik cosplayers and there's a few I really like but no one has done the feet as accurate as I want to make mine. Maybe because it gets complicate? I don't really know. All I know is it makes me want to cosplay Sheik even more! It must be the competitive spirit I sometimes have. I want to be REALLY good, not to "Show people up" but because I loooove Sheik sooo much and am a huge Zelda fan. I want to show that in my costume. :]

Anyway, if any of you have any tips for me please feel free to leave a comment. I'd love any type of input. Also---I want to find the perfect red contacts eventually! ^___^; I just got to find a safe spot. I doubt my eye doctor will have red contacts just layin' around. People tend to lean toward blue and green contacts. XD Heheheheh.

Oh! I hope my friends have fun at Sac Anime. I stayed home and I'm okay with it actually~

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Sheik

Sheik Got the Job!

Yes I did. I got the job! I'm super happy to be working now. I will be earnin' my money and earning experience working with children.. eep!
It's going to be an adventure but I definitely need to grow up.

So on the topic of cosplay since this IS suppose to be my "nerdism" blog... I have been really leaning toward cosplay OOT Sheik again. I mean I never let the dream go. I just really think I am ready to make it. I have avoided spandex for a few reasons but I might...just might..cheat and work off an already made zentai suit. I don't know. It depends. I won't work with shiney. At least I'm hoping I can avoid it. :[ Any thoughts on this?

I really love Sheik. Obviously. So I want everything accurate. I will look for the perfect wig and I will get my eyes checked eventually for good contacts so that I can have the red eyes.
I even want to start stretching and perfecting cartwheels so I can do some awesome photo posin'.
I LOVE SHEIK. YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. It must be perfect. Or close to that. ;__; She is just an awesome character. Yes, I refer to Sheik as a female. :P

On another note, I started playing Spirit tracks again. It's pretty fun and cute. Kind of annoying dealing with that..tower thing but uh aside from sneaking around bad guys, it's fun. :] I haven't been playing Harvest Moon as much but I'm in Winter of the first year and Julius has NOT asked me out. =__= How will I ever get married at this rate? I've given him soooo many presents and he only has 3 hears meaning we're just friends. This game made becoming more than friends way harder than it really is. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree...seeing as he loves perfume, roses and pumpkins but I dunno. I might have a chance! AHEM.

But ah..yeah. I posted a new video on my youtube today. You can check it out if you'd like. I think I will go now though. My tummy hurts. ;___;

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Sheik

A Day at the Park in Cosplay!

International Cosplay Day. It was fun! Only a few of us were able to attend but we still had lots of fun just goofing around. We had a few stares but there was this one guy who walked by and was like, "Nice cosplay!" and we were like "..... oh....thanks!!!" We weren't expecting anyone to know what we were doing because we live in such a "Small-hick-town"...kind of place. XD Yeah.....I mean I live in Hyrule.-cough-

In anycase! It was fun. We played in the playground area, took pics and made videos. I was going to upload a video but my computer was having issues with the program and was refusing to export the edited movie. ;__; So I can't upload it to youtube yet!!! Made me mad. I wanted it up last night. I'll try again though. I'm sorry. :[


I also texted quite a handful of people wishing them to have a happy International Cosplay Day!! Unfortunately my fiance doesn't cosplay so he said he wasn't celebrating it. I think he gets jealous of cosplay since it takes lots of time and money away... I don't know. He's a very inward person so dressing up + pictures are not his thing. XD It's fine....my friends were lots of fun and hilarious. But uh yeah. What did you guys do yesterday? Did you all dress up? :]