Christmas was nice and quiet this year. Hung out with Papa all day, got some good books, DVDs, and clothes. Brookie and Kevin made HAM for dinner. Sounds wonderfully traditional for Christmas, but I can't eat ham (or most meat for that matter) so cold pizza for me! =D

So lately I've been considering costumes for Comic-Con, and I have no idea what to do this year. I don't know if I'll continue my traditional Alice cosplay with Sam, or do any other repeats this year. The more I thought about it the more I wanted to try a Tim Burton Alice and Mad Hatter. I mean, it would be fun to do since the movie comes out this spring, and Comic-Con will be a great time to do the cosplay. I even know a great seamstress could could make Alice for me. However a few downsides are giving me second thoughts.

For one, it's Comic-Con and I'm certain every other man will be dressed as Burton's Hatter. It'll be exactly like 2008 where EVERYONE was dressed like the Joker after The Dark Knight came out. So it wouldn't exactly be the most original costume. The other problem is that if I dressed as Alice, I don't really know who I could get to cosplay as Hatter with me. There aren't many guys I would trust to look good in the costume (maybe Sam, but I haven't asked him if he's interested), and also I would want to make sure the costume was done RIGHT. Which would mean getting it made and paying for it myself. And that's another problem - it's going to be expensive.

So I'm not sure. I mean, I already know I'm going to love the movie, and I really want to do this cosplay, but is it worth it?

Already I've been looking up sites and tutorials. I found a pretty good tutorial here, but I'm not the greatest crafts person so I would have to get someone to make it for me. I glanced through Ebay and found some sellers offering their own costumes like the coat and the hat. But HOLY CRAP $500??? Yah it looks nice, but not for that much money. GAH. I mean the best offer I could make would be $160, maybe $200 if I have a lot to spend.

This guy has a pretty good costume going but it looks like he actually got the $500 coat. O_x And like a protective cosplayer he isn't saying where he got the other materials.

Siiiigh. Well, I know a couple seamstresses and prop makers. I guess I'll ask around. Merry Christmas y'all!

Ahh i'm sucha bad friend, thanks guys for the lj gifts!! :D

Well I saw Avatar yesterday. ( Read more... )

also WHOO I got Little Rocket Man and Neighborhood Watch on HL2 booya

Anyone having display problems with DeviantArt? Images won't load, whole pages will appear as just texts and take an awfully long time to connect. I've got fast internet connection, no problems with any of the other sites I visit. It's been about two weeks now and it's getting on my nerves.

Oh, and I just saw this cute little animated film. It will be on for a limited time on the web so watch it while you can.

http://almashortfilm.com/

Talk about being MIA for a while!
For those of you who guessed "she must be busy", you win...er...something.
I want to apologise for anyone I haven't answered to, be it in comments or emails. I'm trying to catch up but I just feel exhausted these days.

Not that much happened when I think about it. I've been shuffled left and right on different projects, wherever help was needed. I wonder if I'll get credited for that. I guess it depends if my scenes actually survives until the end of the films.

Also being in a big drawing slump didn't help. Apart from day work, nothing else was being done. Creative juice and energy at an all time low. Thankfully, it's finally, slowly dissipating.
I have to thank the UrasawaXTezuka Pluto manga for that. After reading the first 5 volumes, I felt that storytelling need jolt awake.
Expect the finished Water Tribe notes in the near future. Just finishing it all up so I can finally move on.
Sorry Zhao, we'll have to say farewell very soon.
But first...



( More fun with toys! )

In case I disappear again for a long while, I want to wish you all the best of Holidays and New Year. Best wishes to everyone: health, stability, love, friendship and cheese.

New Alice in Wonderland trailer!!

Ah-HA! I knew it! I KNEW it was about Alice returning to Wonderland! So many people have been complaining that Alice is too old, that it looks too different from the original story. They never mentioned it specifically until now, but I had a feeling that it was meant to be sort of a sequel, a continuation of the story.

The whole 'Red Queen has taken over Wonderland' and dark and brooding scenery seems very much a mix of American McGee's Alice and The Looking Glass Wars (which makes me think about how Frank Beddor is gonna take this movie...Oooh, there goes any chance of his book making it to the cinemas any time soon).

I also gotta say I'm starting to really like Johnny Depp's Hatter, and I'm hoping there IS a romance between him and Alice. You know me, I would probably ship them either way. XD And I noticed Hatter's bowtie IS like a moodring. At 0:22 see how it brightens up when he sees Alice. I also like the first glance of the March Hare, just his one line had me giggling. Hell there's a lotta gags in the trailer that had me laughing. Especially the pig. And I really love the image of Alice in her armor. Oh and Hatter vs the Knave of Hearts? Yaaaah I can already tell fangirls are gonna go crazy over Hatter. Even I have to admit he looks pretty dashing. And OMG was that the Jabberwock at the end?

I just kinda wished they focused a bit more on Alice herself, considering that, you know, she's the CENTRAL CHARACTER! Give her a bit more dialogue or something! I know they're using Johnny to sell this movie but give Mia a chance, man.

Freaking excited for this movie now. o_o