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The last time I was at G-Anime was 10 years ago, in 2016. Since pandemic restrictions were lifted I've felt I was long overdue for a trip to an Ottawa-area con to visit my friends there, and when Sakizo was announced as a GOH and friends started signing on, it seemed like the obvious choice! That having been said, for me the trip to Ottawa/Gatineau was much more about visiting friends rather than the con itself, so TBH I didn't spend much time at the convention overall. On Friday I didn't end up going to G-Anime at all; Heavenly Visuals had organized a special on-location shoot at a deconsecrated cathedral (now event venue) which I'm so happy I was able to join! I wore my War cosplay in the interest of y'know, the Apocalypse and all and got a couple of stunning photos out of it from Heavenly and Elemental. Here I'll share the big group shots, as well as a few of my fave photos from my own camera. On Saturday and Sunday we went to the convention! I didn't go to any panels or programming other than the masquerade (and masq awards), but spent the rest of the time I was there browsing the exhibitors hall and visiting with friends. I wore my Sailor Venus Witch on Saturday (along with Sha, Popfrocks, and Battlefrocks) and was planning to wear Amity on Sunday but ended up ditching the parts of the costume that made it a costume (wig, contacts, ears...) so that was a bit of a fail but I wasn't really feeling the cosplay vibes. The bottom line though is that I had a good time and hope to visit the Ottawa crew again next year!
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Projects:Time for the reveal of my Single Pattern design for Costume-Con 42: it's a take on Rosalina's Mario Kart outfit, but a more realistic racer-inspired design, with lots of sponsorship deals! I think what I ended up with is a very solid combination of the design elements of the canon outfit and the Flight Suit pattern. Events:The Costume-Con trip was really a 2-in-1 cosplay holiday - a group of 5 of us all flew down from Canada to Denver, rented a cabin in the mountains, and spent a couple days taking photos of our costumes in the Rocky Mountains (and putting finishing touches on our convention outfits). I had a lot of fun being a tourist and hanging with the girls who I don't get to see much now that I'm not in Toronto any more. After all that, we headed back to Denver for the convention itself. I entered the Single Pattern contest with Rosalina as planned on Friday night, and ended up winning the award for Best in Pattern (that is, the judges liked my costume the best of all the entries who used the Flight Suit pattern). I am thrilled with the win and couldn't be prouder of all the work I put in to what appears to be a fairly simple costume. Then again, clean construction is my forte. I didn't enter any other contests, but I did end up volunteering for both the Saturday night and Sunday night contests, which for me is the next-best thing, no question (even though some of the other volunteers could not believe I would travel as far as I did to "work" over the weekend LOL). I love being in the greenroom and helping costumers however needed, and anyone who has run into me at local masquerades knows. I did the thing I usually do and neglected to take many hall photos, but I still have a fair sized gallery of photos to share from the various events. |
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