dancing through life

Website Update

2009-11-18T23:30:58Z

After a minor hosting issue. (Hello hackers from Turkey!) I'm with a new host and have a fresh update. :) An old costume that never had any real photos.

Webpage Update

2009-10-02T22:41:31Z

I already have a nice collection of Madame Pompadour photos from Dragon*Con 2009. While I wait for other photos to pop up from fabulous photographers I updated my webpage. :)

Cure.com

2009-10-02T22:33:18Z

Since I can actually read things on cure now, I found my old page and loaded 5 photos.

Happy 4th of July!

2009-07-04T17:39:28Z

Hope you all have a fabulous day out in the sun and get to enjoy some fireworks later tonight!!!

WHEE!!!

DeviantArt

2009-03-25T03:46:47Z

I have finally joined DeviantArt to post costumes and photography. Wheeeee!!

http://angelsamui.deviantart.com/

Christmas Gifts

2009-01-07T00:16:20Z

I took such crummy photos of these things before I wrapped them all. BAH! They were all SO CUTE in person.

Costume Update

2008-10-22T04:30:36Z

My father was wonderful and helped me with some super-speedy photo shoots this past Sunday. The Tyleet batch of photos are done and posted. Enjoy!

Sharing them with cosplay.com:
http://www.cosplay.com/photo/1779410/
http://www.cosplay.com/photo/1781877/

Website Update

2008-10-05T05:25:49Z

The weather was beautiful today so I asked my father to play photographer for me!
I edited the photos as fast as I could and updated my website. (Been quite a while since the last update. Ooops!) I hope to get some new photos of Tyleet soon as well as my Hogwarts robes that I don't have a single photo of. So look for an update with those.

YAY! dies

2008-09-07T05:13:08Z

I love Leo so bad!

Katsucon 2008 Photos up on Flickr!

2008-02-23T21:45:06Z

http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelsamui/sets/72157603966069085/

Hey all you Katsucon girls and boys. I finally have all the photos edited for lighting and posted on Flickr. (Took forever!) Please stop by and see if there's anything you like or makes you laugh. To save hit the magnifying glass for a larger version.

Website Update

2008-02-22T22:57:01Z

I've updated my website with a the first group of photos I have from Katsucon. More updates to follow when I see more photos. I'm very excited.

(Is it bad that cosplay.com sort of seems to boring/hard to navigate now? I'm spending more time at ACP and on LJ.)

Katsucon 2008 Report - My photos will soon follow

2008-02-19T23:50:51Z

Katsucon 2008 Report

I hope everyone has made it home from Katsucon. This was my first Anime Convention outside of the Midwest and it was spectacular. The whole weekend was filled with cosplay, photography, great food, meeting amazing people, and of course… cookies and alcohol.

Thursday was a rough flight in. My plane was late due to a mysterious blinking warning light in the plane. After about an hour of trying to find the problem they just realized the light fuse just needed to be replaced. Oh my! The man I sat next to on the plane was a nervous flyer. He kept repeating the sign of the cross. I tried to be nice but I mostly left him to himself. Regan airport is SO easy to navigate and get around. Not to mention my bag was about 5th off the turnstile and I got a cab in a matter of minutes.

The drive to the Omni was beautiful. You can see the capitol, Washington monument, Lincoln memorial, and you drive next/under the Kennedy Center. the_masayume found me right away and introduced me to the amazing girls I stayed with all weekend. We had one king size bed so the girls made me a super adorable bed on the over-stuffed chair with the footrest all lined up. They even had a blanket and pillow all set. Flippin’ hilarious!

Drinking at the Irish Pub across the street immediately followed. I wish I could remember everyone’s name that I saw there. Plenty of hilarious people from West Virginia *flips you off*, a Canadian *caw caw*, and an amazonmandy! I taught all my fellow drinkers how Wisconsin looks just like your hand, how to sing a school girl song involving milking a cow with hand motions, and that a U-per accent is the best thing since sliced bread.

Friday was an early morning cosplaying Emma and taking photos with the stunning animeangel. I switched into my new Umi right away for the Rayearth group photo shoot with lionboogy, umister, and animechicky2040! So much fun. The garden area behind the hotel is stunning. I would love a wedding in a similar setting.

We changed and I bought lunch for the group of gals I ate out with. (umister thank you for the gift from CVS! *dies* I love you!) I popped back into Emma and rushed to sign up for a slot in the hallway craftsmanship contest. I have never entered one and the girls convinced me it would be cool to try. While waiting I talked with the amazing winterssnight and her friend. I couldn’t be more blown away by her costumes and talent. It was so neat getting to meet her.

The craftsmanship judges were so nice and cool. If anything I was just excited to meet the one who works for Cirque and Disney. She encouraged me to audition for Disney as a face character or performer. (She knew my dreams!!! lol) I need to try to contact her. She was such a neat theatre type person to get to talk to. The judges also said a Tiki type in anal retentive sewing style. T_T *is honored* We all did a little dance for pinking sheers as well.

The evening was filled with drhikaru who would not let me stop laughing. Seriously! We went on an epic journey to Bucca’s restaurant. It took forever to walk there. We crossed a huge bridge walked through a swanky neighborhood, and pasted the Hilton hotel which I recognized from a previous trip. Each time we asked for directions we were told it was only 5-10 more minutes. LIARS! They were all in on a huge prank. I know we were being recorded. By a little camera on the back of the pig-dog we saw being walked ahead of us. waynekaa thank you for an amazing dinner! Reiko and her fiancé Garry were beyond adorable too.

Saturday: Our room was so tired we slept in like lazy bastards. I put on Princess Neptune and went shopping. Before the con I thought I wasn’t going to buy anything. Nice sentiment, but wrong. I am most proud of the contacts I purchased. Photos with EBK and rushing around with drhikaru. We even had lunch with the masque judges as they were working! It was so neat. I eventually got back into Emma in time for the masquerade and sat with Garry the fiancé and drhikaru in the front row. It was so awesome seeing so many friends perform. I nearly went horse from cheering. Fiona and I were the ones everyone on stage could here telling them to exit off stage left, not right. Lol

I was so proud of all my friends who won so many awards! How talented are my friends? SUPER talented. I also had a huge shock of winning the Novice Craftsmanship award for the hallway contest. I couldn’t stop shaking the judge’s hand. lol I know there is drama already about a maid costume winning the award. I’m sorry some people are angry. But I seriously worked so hard on that, drafting my own patterns for sleeves, hat, and apron, making Victorian corset and underclothes. My first costumes were made by my mother or a friend’s mother. So yes, I am a novice. I’m going to write my sewing teacher from college a letter to let him know about the award after I’m done with this report.

Saturday night was me playing photographer with Fiona’s super hot Urd. Humping winners and eating pizza very late in our room as we all cheered for Frisky Dingo.

Final shout outs:
Amazonmandy – I’m so sad we didn’t get to hang out more. I had a birthday card for you!!!! And cookies. I shared the cookies with roommates when I couldn’t find you. But know I made them for your hot ass!

Fiona – I freaking love you. That’s all I can say at this point. We will play dress up in each other’s costumes next time!

Manda – A million THANK YOUS! We’ll drink more next time and hang out more.

All the girls in the room – It was awesome getting to know you. You all are so funny and talented. I mean a room full of artists? Wow, I felt honored to be there with you. The few of you who were sick, feel better!

Henry – Thank you for dinner. I hope we can all do it again!!!

Animeangel – Thank you for the photos.

Dia – I can’t believe I only got to say hello

Ryoko – I need a chin photo with you at some point.

Pixiekitty – Ponies barffing rainbows!

Reiko and Garry – It was a pleasure getting to eat and chat with you!!!!!!

Everyone else I can’t remember at this point. I’m sorry! I loved the hugs and hilarity.

Quote of the con – “Hi I’m from Wisconsin!!!!!!! I’ll show you where on my hand!”

Look mom, I'm acting! - Pom Tea Video Contest - Antioxidant Superhero

2008-01-15T19:14:32Z

My good friend directed this video and asked me to be a part of the fun. The video is a contest entry for Pom Tea's campaign. We need as many 5 star votes as we can get to move to the next round. Please pass this around and share some 5 star love!!!!!!!!!

Victorian Romance Emma

2007-08-27T21:18:18Z

http://angelicdream.com/cosplay/costumes/emma.html
http://images.cosplay.com/gallery.php?cat=87813&member=3330

I've done this twice now! lol My hair is backwards. D'OH! I hate the collar on this dress. I will redo it some day. But I need a break from it and the fact I'll have to redo the entire top of the dress.

I'm proud to say that this costume also has a corset, chemise and corset. Yay for the fun little bits! And yay for almost the same pose as Amalthea!

Lady Amalthea Photos

2007-08-27T03:36:48Z

http://angelicdream.com/cosplay/costumes/ladyamalthea.html
http://images.cosplay.com/gallery.php?cat=87687&member=3330

I officially have photos of my Lady Amalthea costume now! Thank you to my wonderful father for taking the time to go to the park with me and being photographer. I know I smile in too many of the photos I picked but I hate how I look in most of the unemotional ones. *le sigh*

Holy PALE SKIN Batman! Ben Nye does the job but being that pale photographs harshly.

I would love help in making pretty LJ icons. *bats eyelashes*

Almost done!

2007-08-24T21:34:30Z

I just have to take up my petticoat a little more and I think I'll style a wig instead of using my real hair. Yay!

Final Makeup Project

2007-08-07T18:29:34Z

I realized that I never posted photos of my final project for my theatre makeup and wigs class. We had to create prosthetics, wigs, and a costume for a character from a play or of our own creation. The class produced some really amazing pieces. I created a mermaid-ish underwater princess type character. I made scales our of foam and added latex scales for my hairline. Prosthetics were hand painted before the test. The dress I pulled from the costume shop stock but I did sew the sheer cape/coat thing. This project took over my life! lol The scaly ear/fins are celophane singed with incense. The wig was a quick pick up at the shop where I would buy my makeup. I happened to have a can of blue hair color spray and just went at the wig with it last minute. I know all cosplayers gasp in horror, but it worked for the look. I just wanted a tint. The crown was a freaking tacky ugly mess.

SCARY FISH WOMAN!

Carousel Opens Tonight!

2007-07-13T19:46:45Z

Creepy that we open on Friday the 13th. lol
The show has been great these past two nights at previews. It's so much more fun in front of an audience. Tonight Kelly, Jeff, and my parents are coming! It's a special opening with art and music on display in the lobby along with yummy goodies.

Andre De Shields Sings at UW-Madison

2007-05-22T22:43:11Z

Stylization Makeup Lab on a friend

2007-05-10T23:19:29Z

This makeup was designed after the Dior fashion show that was based on Japanese kimono and Geisha makeup. That damn eyelash wouldn't stick to her lash!!! We were timed and had to do these in 40 minutes. Tough when you want an even application of Clown White makeup. Eyebrows were waxed out.

Aging Makeup Labs

2007-05-10T23:09:58Z

We aged our faces using only light and shadow contouring. We also played with crepe hair. Sooooo I look scary oldish, have a crooked nose, a unibrow, used soap to cover eyebrows, and stippled my lips to make them look older. Always age your neck when you use aging makeup. You can ruin your look by not including your neck. Also, put your crepe hair on FIRST. Then makeup. As you can see, it doesn't stick well to cream makeup.

This was an experimentation day. We were required to give ourselves "Asian eyes" with medical tape. HURTS when you take it off! Also takes forever to get right. Mine were some of the best but I still have those bumps in the tape! Half of my forehead is aged with tissue covered in liquid latex. The other half was cotton with liquid latex over it. Liquid Colodian was used around the end of the eyes. You stretch the skin, apply it, let your skin go, and watch wrinkles form! (Also hurts.) This time we used wax to cover our eyebrows and derma-wax to make bumps on our noses.

Prosthetics Makeup Lab

2007-05-10T22:41:38Z

Using both latex and a foam latex mold method we created different prosthetic pieces. Most people just did a nose. I did a nose with Star Trek inspiration and horns. I used liquid latex to make the bumps on my face. They were NOT very successful. I "futzed" with them too much. They were modeled after a National Geographic photo of tattooing and self scarring.

I'm not very happy with how this makeup turned out. We realized HOW HARD it is to blend prosthetics. You need to get the edges very very very thin. But hey, first-ish try. I had to cast my face 3 times to get a proper mold to model off of. (Long story for another time.) The first horns didn't fill all the way with the foam, it set too quickly. Last horns broke the mold because it dried out in the oven.

ps - The foam latex process smells like CAT PEE!

Character Makeup Lab - "The Skriker"

2007-05-10T22:27:20Z

Our characters had to be from a play. “The Skriker”, written by Caryl Churchill, was first performed at the Royal National Theatre, London, on January 20th, 1994. Skriker, the character, is described as “a shapeshifter and death portent, ancient and damaged.” Skriker has the ability to journey from the Underworld to the present world above, and is as damaged as the Earth currently is. She heads a group of other faerie type creatures.
At one point Josie arrives with Skriker in the Underworld to a feasting table of lavishly dressed people and creatures. This is all false glamour and clothes appear to be rags, the food becomes twigs and beetles, and beautiful people have claws and scary faces. The Skriker is now a “fairy queen, dressed grandiosely, with lapses”.
I won't post my WHOLE explination paper for you. lol

Give me your child.

Churchill or Shakespeare... both provide awesome characters to design.

Blood & Gore Makeup Lab

2007-05-10T22:17:42Z

I was the only corpses during our Blood & Gore lab, most everyone else survived their wounds!

Likeness Makeup Lab #2 - Work on a friend

2007-05-10T19:50:04Z

I'm finally posting some of my work from over the semester in my Makeup class. I'm sorry this photo isn't better. I only got one good photo of the makeup and she kept tipping her chin up. Let me pose you like a doll! lol

I made the braces out of jewlery wire and pieces along with fabric paint, glued to a set of false teeth. I'm damn proud of those. I also made her the Betty "B" necklace to wear along with the glasses and wig. Yay for props helping your makeup presentation!

dancing through life

Website Update

Webpage Update

Cure.com

Happy 4th of July!

DeviantArt

Christmas Gifts

Costume Update

Website Update

YAY! *dies*

Katsucon 2008 Photos up on Flickr!

Website Update

Katsucon 2008 Report - My photos will soon follow

Look mom, I'm acting! - Pom Tea Video Contest - Antioxidant Superhero

Victorian Romance Emma

Lady Amalthea Photos

Almost done!

Final Makeup Project

Carousel Opens Tonight!

Andre De Shields Sings at UW-Madison

Stylization Makeup Lab on a friend

Aging Makeup Labs

Prosthetics Makeup Lab

Character Makeup Lab - "The Skriker"

Blood & Gore Makeup Lab

Likeness Makeup Lab #2 - Work on a friend

YAY! dies