Espeon mini photoshoot

Hello~!
Yeah, in the end I decided to publish my Espeon photoshoot pics first - figured it would be nice to keep the chronological order.
I guess it's pretty obvious by now but I'm a Pokémon fan, been since childhood. Eevee and its eeveelutions have always been among my favorites, my ultimate favorite of them being Vaporeon. And when it comes to the day and night buddies... To be honest I prefer Umbreon to Espeon but that doesn't mean I wouldn't have had fun cosplaying the latter - definitely will again in the future! I just need to fix that dress first; even though it is very pretty and comfortable to wear that doesn't change the fact that its upper part is way too big for me which, of course, had an effect on how I could pose etc. But definitely will do that so I can cosplay Espeon again! 💜

I also love how dream-like the photos turned out... Or, at least most of them, prepare for the derps at the end of this post :'D 

The pics~!

Character: Espeon
Source: Pokémon 
Cosplayer: yours truly
Photos & edit: Shiro Samurai

This is my favorite pic from the shoot 💜

Despite being cremated alive by the July sun I enjoyed this photoshoot a lot - the dress was pretty, my make-up for once didn't derp to Hell and back and the location into the bush we go was pretty much perfect for this one! 💜
...well, speaking of derping though. My make-up didn't do that. I did. And here's the proof for that 😂

"What did you say about my mother!?"

When your face becomes a Minecraft block and the creeper notices it xD

During this photoshoot I also realized how hard it is to smile in pics, like seriously! Smiling is something that doesn't really come naturally for me - and I don't really like my smile anyway - so this definitely was a challenge. It was a positive surprise and a huge relief to see how good these pics turned out to be!

And it's a wrap!
Next post: Mericon summary! 🌊

Until next time.

-Firith

Dragonair mini photoshoot

Hi! ^.^

As I mentioned in my Kummacon summary, we - meaning Shiro Samurai and I - had decided to take some "at least this shows we had costumes on lol" proof pictures but that kind of escalated to a 2 hour long photoshoot. I also mentioned that I would publish the pics soon so here they are~! I'm so happy how these turned out, especially considering that we had some problems during the photoshoot, such as finding good light conditions because the sunlight was very harsh etc.

I plan to photoshoot Dragonair again at some point (also known as when I actually get the wings attached to my wig so I can do more than just one pose); when that will be, that I don't know yet. I still haven't had a proper photoshoot of Alicia either due to lack of time, oops.

To the pics we go~!

Character: Dragonair (gijinka)
Series: Pokémon
Cosplayer: yours truly
Photos & edit: Shiro Samurai

I would have loved to take more pictures by this lovely water area but harsh sunlight and water don't go too well together - I'm glad we got this one good pic at that location ;__; 💙

As you can see I couldn't take any other poses because, well, I couldn't move my hands since I was keeping the wings in their place. These pics are great but can't wait for taking more - after all Dragonair is one of my favorites so yes, I want more pics of this costume ^^ 
Oh! The wings and bracelet are made by Shiro Samurai (and some parts of the costume are borrowed from him), thank you so much! 💙 

I may have had a huge cosplay crisis going on just a few days before the con but he solved it by suggesting swapping the Pokémon to another.

Wait, you thought we were done here?
...you're wrong. You're SO wrong.

Bring in... The derps! 😆

"Yours truly, lady Whistledo--- Oops wrong series :I" Seriously, I look like I was a character in Bridgerton and just heard someone spilling the tea xD

Okay so usually I don't like to publish too unflattering pictures of myself but I've been laughing my ass of every time I see this, I look like your local Mama June ffs XD

Okay, now we're ready with this post! xD
If you want to check how I managed behind the camera, go check Shiro Samurai's mini photoshoot post!

After this post back to the circle lens reviews it is - I'm seriously losing hope on sewing anything before Nekocon so yeah, sticking to the content I have a lot send help lol. Oh, and my next con will indeed be Nekocon in July - already looking forward to it! 🐱

Until next time.

-Firith

Alicia mini photoshoot

 Hello~!

I know I said in my last post that the next post would be my Nekocon 2024 summary. However, change of plans since I got my Alicia mini photoshoot pictures from my photographer (none other than Shiro Samurai, thank you once again <3) and decided to post these now! 

I plan on photoshooting Alicia in the near future again since we were pretty short on time when we took the pics - hence why mini photoshoot. I think we literally had like 10 mins to take these pics so yeah, considering that we got surprisingly many good photos!

And now: the pics.

Character: Alicia (or Aliisa in Finnish)
Series: Moominvalley (the original animation series)
Cosplayer: yours truly
Photographer: Shiro Samurai

 

Tbh I don't even recognize myself from this pic.

 

Fun detail fact: the pendant of the necklace is actually a rose quartz piece to bring some witchy vibes to the costume - after all Alicia studies to become a witch.

 
Aaaand the obligatory blooper pic in which I look like I wanna sue the taxi company for something xD

"I WANNA SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER!!"

So yeah, here are the pics of this shoot~!

The next post will surely be the Nekocon 2024 summary - that just might bring some more witchy vibes to this blog... 👀
And yes I'm trying to write that asap since I have way too much content just laying around 🆘

Until next time.

-Firith