Charmed Seed Cosplay (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} charmedseed) wrote,@ 2008-03-18 16:33:00 |
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Anime Wasabi Report!
Well, back from AW, and (almost) recovered! Of course, planning for the Anime Wasabi cosplay had been going on for the three weeks prior, after the DCCS was asked for help. Cosplay preregistration had closed on Tuesday, and I spent the rest of the week getting paperwork printed and organized, much to our benefit (although next year I'd like to just fill out the forms actually ON a computer... my handwriting is terrible).
Anyway, here's how it went down...
...and dyed my hair. I dressed in my Paprika costume and got goin! XD I went at noon to pick up the ever-illustrious Eurobeat King Al from the airport, promptly missed the exit to the hotel, and finally got turned around and went to lunch with Al. XD
Upon arriving at the hotel about 1pm, there were apparently already questions about the cosplay for me. I met up with the con chair, Hightower, and proceeded to dive into the dealer's room for donations while I had time to kill before sign in started.
Sign in started at 5pm and I was joined by Christine and then Dahlia. Christine and I got most of our check ins, and I scheduled the craftsmanship participants for judging the next day. We were done at 7pm, grabbed some dinner, I had to go back to my house because I'd left all my shoes, clothes, and toiletries at home, because I'm retarded. So Christine took a ride with me, then we came back and I did paperwork until midnight, when we went to bed.
...and we started it early. My roomies made a coffee run while I stayed behind to pack up my papers and get dressed, and at 10 it was off for the last hours of sign in for the cosplay. Christine joined me shortly, and we added some folks for craftsmanship and the fashion show. We ended up with somewhere around 50 entries all told for craftsmanship, skits, and fashion show by the time check-in was done.
We got lunch going, and I met up with Becca and Nick for craftsmanship judging. We usurped the video room for about three hours, and got just about everyone in and through who checked in! A few folks missed judging at all, and I think some missed check in, but they mostly got in by the fashion show way, so that worked out.
Now, this is the first judging I've done, as well as the organization, and I pity every judge I've ever stepped in front of. This is a HARD JOB. Judging was absolutely more difficult than the planning. The cosplayers were really outstanding, and we saw so much amazing, challenging work. On top of that, everyone was really nice, and very patient.
Working with Becca on this was especially great, as she's really got a wealth of experience and knowledge, and I basically couldn't have done it without her. ^^
So we got a take a break before the actual cosplay, then I went to the green room to get things rolling. Sam already had it well in hand, Becca N. got out the big guns and got some water going for everyone, and Sam, Nathan, and Josh kept everyone happy in the green room. Christine even got to give an impromptu stage presence lesson. ^^
From 5:15 to 6 was about the craziest hour of the con, getting things settled and in place for the contest. Nick had to wing it with the sound guys, but it worked out fantastically, and getting the guest judges settled in worked well, too.
Once we got started it just... went! And went great! Everyone enjoyed themselves and enjoyed the cosplayers, especially us. Dahlia and Animo did some fantastic emcee'ing, they came off very composed, but funny and charming, too.
Afterwards we finalized the judging and printed the award certificates in con ops, and while the printer was particularly stubborn, we managed to make it though, and came back to present all the awards and honor our cosplayers.
We finished WAY ahead of schedule. ^^
All together, the con and the cosplay really turned out to be a big success, and I'm really proud of the DCCS and all the cosplayers for working so hard, and making such a great event. ^^
HAD SO MUCH FUN, OMG.
I'll update with the ONE NEW COSTUME I did later this week. ^^
In the meantime, here's Judge Becca in her best Yoko Ono impersonation.
Or, you can always check out Eurobeat King's photos from the con!
Well, back from AW, and (almost) recovered! Of course, planning for the Anime Wasabi cosplay had been going on for the three weeks prior, after the DCCS was asked for help. Cosplay preregistration had closed on Tuesday, and I spent the rest of the week getting paperwork printed and organized, much to our benefit (although next year I'd like to just fill out the forms actually ON a computer... my handwriting is terrible).
Anyway, here's how it went down...
...and dyed my hair. I dressed in my Paprika costume and got goin! XD I went at noon to pick up the ever-illustrious Eurobeat King Al from the airport, promptly missed the exit to the hotel, and finally got turned around and went to lunch with Al. XD
Upon arriving at the hotel about 1pm, there were apparently already questions about the cosplay for me. I met up with the con chair, Hightower, and proceeded to dive into the dealer's room for donations while I had time to kill before sign in started.
Sign in started at 5pm and I was joined by Christine and then Dahlia. Christine and I got most of our check ins, and I scheduled the craftsmanship participants for judging the next day. We were done at 7pm, grabbed some dinner, I had to go back to my house because I'd left all my shoes, clothes, and toiletries at home, because I'm retarded. So Christine took a ride with me, then we came back and I did paperwork until midnight, when we went to bed.
...and we started it early. My roomies made a coffee run while I stayed behind to pack up my papers and get dressed, and at 10 it was off for the last hours of sign in for the cosplay. Christine joined me shortly, and we added some folks for craftsmanship and the fashion show. We ended up with somewhere around 50 entries all told for craftsmanship, skits, and fashion show by the time check-in was done.
We got lunch going, and I met up with Becca and Nick for craftsmanship judging. We usurped the video room for about three hours, and got just about everyone in and through who checked in! A few folks missed judging at all, and I think some missed check in, but they mostly got in by the fashion show way, so that worked out.
Now, this is the first judging I've done, as well as the organization, and I pity every judge I've ever stepped in front of. This is a HARD JOB. Judging was absolutely more difficult than the planning. The cosplayers were really outstanding, and we saw so much amazing, challenging work. On top of that, everyone was really nice, and very patient.
Working with Becca on this was especially great, as she's really got a wealth of experience and knowledge, and I basically couldn't have done it without her. ^^
So we got a take a break before the actual cosplay, then I went to the green room to get things rolling. Sam already had it well in hand, Becca N. got out the big guns and got some water going for everyone, and Sam, Nathan, and Josh kept everyone happy in the green room. Christine even got to give an impromptu stage presence lesson. ^^
From 5:15 to 6 was about the craziest hour of the con, getting things settled and in place for the contest. Nick had to wing it with the sound guys, but it worked out fantastically, and getting the guest judges settled in worked well, too.
Once we got started it just... went! And went great! Everyone enjoyed themselves and enjoyed the cosplayers, especially us. Dahlia and Animo did some fantastic emcee'ing, they came off very composed, but funny and charming, too.
Afterwards we finalized the judging and printed the award certificates in con ops, and while the printer was particularly stubborn, we managed to make it though, and came back to present all the awards and honor our cosplayers.
We finished WAY ahead of schedule. ^^
All together, the con and the cosplay really turned out to be a big success, and I'm really proud of the DCCS and all the cosplayers for working so hard, and making such a great event. ^^
HAD SO MUCH FUN, OMG.
I'll update with the ONE NEW COSTUME I did later this week. ^^
In the meantime, here's Judge Becca in her best Yoko Ono impersonation.
Or, you can always check out Eurobeat King's photos from the con!
