mikiikun

So it has been a while ever since I was seriously active in this site. I've been visiting and taking peeks here from time to time, but this site is starting to feel rather bland to me. I used to be active in submitting my stuff in groups, getting comments and favorites, but now all those memories seem to be so far away. I rarely update now, and when I do, it feels like visiting a shell of my past. 

Many times I thought of deleting this account, but refrained from doing so. Even though everything seems dull, this site contains a lot of my memories: memories of old art and the early stages of my cosplay hobby... Photos that makes me do a funny cringe and maybe a laugh or two. 

Perhaps I'll keep this account open and update from time to time. Because really now... Who knows? Maybe I'll regain that spark that I had for the site someday afterall... And I simply just don't want to part with all these precious mementos in the end~


As of the moment, I am currently active on the following sites:
Facebook - www.facebook.com/miki.kun.owo/
Worldcosplay - worldcosplay.net/member/3364
Twitter - twitter.com/Mikiikun

Feel free to drop by whenever you could. I would greatly appreciate it!

Oh wow... My last journal update was way back 2014... haha! I've been trying to update by posting a couple of photos here and there, but it just isn't the same anymore.

If there are still people interested, please do follow me in my facebook page: www.facebook.com/miki.kun.owo

I've been incredibly active there for the past few years, and I'm more... socially active there. I also talk a lot and I like entertaining questions and random small talks! I don't bite~

...well not a lot. xDDD

First and foremost, do allow me to do a shameless plugging of my official (lol) facebook page:
www.facebook.com/miki.kun.owo

Most of my cosplay stuff that I don't post here are over there, so feel free to visit and click "like" if you want to~ <3

Anywaaaaay~

I am still aliiiiiive~ I know, I know there are so much that I want to talk about right now actually, but I don't want to babble too much and bore you out. Haha! Soooo~ Christmas passed, New Year passed, Chinese New Year passed, VALENTINES DAY PASSED, and yet I wasn't able to post any journal updates. Haha! I fail as a blogger, I swear. xDDDD Anyway, lemme start with stuff that happened before Christmas, namelyyyyy~

I. Danganronpa/Enoshima Junko shoot~

This shoot actually took a whole lot of planning. We were planning this shoot for more than three months, and my costume and wig got postponed and postponed over and over that I seriously thought we weren't gonna be able to push through. My wig got delayed for so so long too. I had to resort to drastic measures and buy a wig from the same brand but from a different shop. I actually thought that I had to pay twice the amount and was worrying about what I was going to do in case the first wig arrived. It never did though, and the owner of the shop I ordered from first agreed to give me a full refund, so... whew!

Let me start off by introducing the team that made it possible~



I swear without these people we probably wouldn't be able to push this through. We have venue issues at the very last minute (well okay around a week before the shoot) and we didn't know of a good alternative venue. Good thing these wonderful ladies (plus myself, monokuma, and the photographers haha) were kind enough to get a permit inside their school. TTwTTb

The shoot itself was pretty much so much fun as well. We didn't have that much assistants, so Junko and Monokuma were helping out with sticking the caution tapes around, directing the lights, adjusting the props, making a mess out of the room, etc etc... xD Unfortunately, since everyone was busy during the set up, no photos were taken. Sad.

Here's another photo with the girls again xD



Here's my wonderful Monokuma next! I am so sorry, hon. Thank you for waiting for me to finish for THREE WHOLE MONTHS. Patient!Monokuma is patient... xD



Ah well... Junko couldn't help herself, so we called this photo Swag!Junko... haha!



With awesomesauce!Clintz, one of our photographers~ Junko wanted to try copying his facial expressions, soooooo....



Here's one with awesomesauce who worked with me throughout the planning of the entire shoot. Well... almost the entire time at least xD



Of course, as a gal, Junko wouldn't be Junko without a few selfies now, would she? xD



AAAAND IT'S A WRAP~



Lemme tell you a story. The shoot was scheduled for December 21. I started a diet from December 1 until December 21. I limited all my chips and snacks and rice because I know the Junko has a "body to behold", and I wouldn't want to fail doing her justice by not making the effort to at least be near her actual body type. (There's a whole different reason why I didn't show any cleavages though. It's just my morals... =w= ) Anyway, so I dieted, and I was actually quite happy with the results. But then...

...here comes December 22. It was just three days before Christmas, and the parties was starting. From December 22 until January 2, all I did was... eat. So when I checked my weight on January 3... Let's just say that the numerical value is not something a girl would appreciate. Haha! I had to attend a convention as Junko again on the same month (January) and I had no time to lose weight, so I was pretty much scared. I'm actually quite weight conscious, you see... And well, thanks to this cutiepatootie twin sister of mine who agreed to be the said twin sister one day before the event, I got over my nervousness and just decided to wing it~



I was still in despair though since I was still nowhere near my weight from one month ago... xD

II. Chinese New Year~

Well this isn't exactly cosplay related, but as someone with Chinese blood, of course I would also want to celebrate the holiday. I was requested by a few friends of mine to do a makeup trial of something Chinese related, and though it wasn't anything big, I wanted to do something that would actually show a bit of my chinese side.



I decided to ditch the contact lenses and false lashes and do something simple with my minimal "normal" makeup. I was glad that my real hair was working with me that day. It seemed to like the camera. Haha!

And now... here comes Valentiiiines~

And what better way to celebrate Valentines than to shoot something related to the holiday?

III. Sakamaki Triplets

...or is it?

As much as I like otome games/anime, Diabolik Lovers was the first otome anime that made me pity the main character so much. Whenever I see comments in facebook saying "Aww... the main character's so lucky... I wish I was in her place", I tend to cringe and question their... "sanity", maybe? I mean, who would want to be surrounded by vampires who wants to rape, bite, suck you dry, drown you, etc etc all because it's their way of showing love? Not me, deary. Though I simply have to admit that they're hot... And since I'm your local shota with a shota complex, I ended up cosplaying Kanato... with dear 's Chi as Laito, and Mina as Ayato~

NOT TO MENTION SHUN WHO DID A WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL JOB OF BEING YUI~ <3

I think she was pretty happy though... xD

Okay, now where was I? We were pretty sad that we weren't able to complete all the siblings, but we were also quite happy that we were at least able to complete the triplets. I still can't get over the fact that Kanato isn't the youngest out of the three though...

Anyway, were were supposed to meet at 10am so we can be at the studio by 10:30am. Long story short, we were only able to meet up at 11am, and Yui woke up late despite Kanato calling her 30 times. Why? She had her phone on SILENT. Good job , Yui. Good job. xD We couldn't wait for her though, so she ended up coming after us. The owner of the studio picked us up outside the subdivision. Thing is, we almost couldn't fit inside the car... sooooooo~



This is what happened. Haha! Laito was actually the one sitting on Kanato's lap. Luckily, Chi is actually smaller than I am in real life, so it wasn't that hard to have her sitting on me... xD Sorry dear~

Anyway, Kanato was the one who finished dressing up, so while waiting, he decided to take a few selfies~







...okay so maybe it wasn't just a FEW. xD

And of course, photos with the awesomesauce photographers is simply a must!



...forgive Kanato's cheeks. I know they're chubby... haha!

The shoot wouldn't be complete without a few bts selfies~



Kanato where are you looking? You're supposed to be looking at the camera, NOT AT LAITO. xD



There~ A better selfie. Yui looks happy to be surrounded by the triplets. Isn't she supposed to look scared? haha!



I never realized that Teddy actually looks big... He's really soft and fluffy and adorable though! I actually sleep with him beside me in my bed. Sometimes, he even becomes a substitute for my pillow! xD I wasn't able to finish making his pink vest unfortunately. Well technically I did, but I miscalculated the size. It was around a size or two too small for him... =A=

But anyway, what is a vampire shoot without blood~?





Ayato and Laito: "Kanato, your table manners are terrible."
Kanato: "...but Teddy doesn't mind..."



I can't help but think that Kanato looks manlier than Laito in this photo... xD

I actually want to show more bloody shots, but Ayato and Laito might want to post them on their own so... I shall leave the rest to your imaginations... haha!



Here's a photo with Dale, one of our photographers. We were like... "oh kanato... what is that disgusting face?!" Ahahaha~

AND IT'S A WRAAAAAAAAAP~



OTL we still look scary with our makeup on... Creepy white faces... haha!

III. JENESYS application

I actually also applied for Jenesys. It's a ten day scholarship in Japan that is centered on anime, manga, and cosplaying. I was quite happy when I got into the top 80 out of 600+ applicants for the interview, and when I heard that we needed to cosplay during the said interview, I decided that it was probably time to give this long overdue character a cameo. LOL.



Momoi Satsuki has been in my cosplay plans for so long, but wasn't able to actually cosplay her due to money issues and plans. Surprisingly, my MOM decided to sponsor my wig. My mom doesn't usually support my cosplaying, so I was surprised when she offered to buy my wig when I was sharing with her what I lacked for the interview.

Unfortunately, only 12 girls out of 80 was going to be picked. I didn't get in. xDDD

It was still a good experience though...

...AND MOM BOUGHT MY WIG. xD

IV. Future upcoming plans



And before you say anything, no. This isn't gonna be Gakupo... xD It's not even gonna be vocaloid~

Now here's something I'm looking forward to this weekend. I actually had the costume on rush and I thought I would have to borrow someone's costume for this. Luckily, my seamstress managed to finish it on time. It's actually hard planning costumes when you have work and graduate school (masters degree) to worry about...



...AND NOW I SHALL CONGRATULATE YOU FOR READING UNTIL THE END.

Here have a cookie. xD

It's been a while - as usual - since I last updated my journal... and here am I once again to show you guys that I am not dead just yet. Haha! I actually have so many backlogs, but do allow me to start chronologically first... (despite the fact that I actually want to go spazz about Cosmania now haha!)

I. Ozine 2013

I actually wasn't planning on going to this event, but for the sake of meeting up with my friends who I have not met for quite some time, I decided to attend. And who did I go as, you may ask? Well... I became an impromptu Hazuki Nagisa (FREE!) for the day. I actually bought the wig the night before the event, and the casual outfit was very very much rushed... Fortunately, my Haru-chan didn't mind. Rin-chan didn't either~ Though Rei-chan went with his girlfriend the entire time and wasn't able to spend much time with little 'ole meeeee~ //sob sob
Oh well~ Because despite all that...



...Haruchan and Rinchan agreed to my whims of being kira kira with them~!! It was quite funny though... I was so... yellow... and my camera filter was... YELLOW~ ))) It was starting to get hard looking at the photo because it burned my eyes with it's yellowness... Haha!

And well, when I changed back to my normal self, Rinchan kept on claiming that i looked like a female Haruchan... so this happened:



I-It's not my fault that he wanted a completely OOC fem!haru-chan... xD

II. Best of Anime 2013

My costume for this event was pretty much rushed, and if not for the help of my dear dear Haruchan from Ozine, I probably wouldn't have made it in time. She lent me her upper harnesses for this! I suppose you guys all know by now who it was that I cosplayed... xD



I cosplayed as the research addict titan loving scouting legion major: Hanji Zoe~
I did not have my 3dgm that time though... //sad
I did not have a Rivaille at that time either, so it was just little 'ole me walking around, saying hi to friends, meeting other SnK fans, and hiding from the crowd while having a shoot with my photographer friends.
The highlight of the shoot was of course... TO HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL TITAN. *points at the photo above*
Isn't he awesome?



That was my titan during our break time, being awesome as always with his fake mustache~



...and of course the shoot wouldn't be complete without Hanji oogling over her titan research (and her titan!eren stalker side)... xD

PHOTOS BY RC and KEI VILLANUEVA

III. Quartet Night Photoshoot
The next part of this journal is about... *drumroll*
...why do we even need a drumroll? xD


Our Quartet Night photoshoooot~ Look at those pretty heads~ xD

Mikaze Ai -
Kurosaki Ranmaru - Alexis
Camus - Gax
Kotobuki Reiji - Paola

...why do my teammates not have dA accounts? =3=

Photography by - Jump Pilapil <3

This shoot was actually very impromptu as we just inserted it to our dance rehearsal time in preparation for our performance this Cosmania 2013... Not to mention that not all of us already had our performance costumes that time. In the end, we all decided to go with our default outfits, and started borrowing the All stars coats of the ones who already had theirs (namely Ai and Reiji haha)...


"Welcome to Quartet Night! Hope you enjoy your stay, Princess~"


Oh come on, we're the senpai group. Let us have a cool photo or two~ haha!


Reiji: "KARUTETOOOOOOO........ HUUUUUUUUUUG!!!"
"Shut up, Reiji..."


Reiji wanted a group photo...Ai and Camus were desperately trying to escape while Ranmaru doesn't have a choice anymore... haha!


Remember when I said that we ended up borrowing each other's costumes? Here's the scenario behind it~
Ai and Camus had the chance of being the "Reflector assistants"...
...and the trio had the privilege of going OOC behind the scenes when Camus was away. xD

And if you can't read the dialogues...
UPPER PHOTO
Ai: Jacket please... Now.
Reiji: G-give me a minute, Ai-ai!
Camus: What's wrong, Kurosaki?
Ranmaru: I feel like the darn paparazzi is on us again.

LOWER LEFT
Camus: I think the people would appreciate a bit more emotion, Mikaze.
Ai: That is rather difficult..

LOWER RIGHT
Everyone is cheating heights xD

And finally...

IV. Cosmania 2013...!!!

Personally speaking, Cosmania's organizing team improved compared to last year. I can't exactly put my finger into it though... It was just a tad bit more... relaxing? Well it wasn't as if you could relax in a place jam packed with people, but for those who managed to attend, perhaps you could get my drift? The security people was actually somewhat nicer compared to Best of Anime 2013. Remember when I mentioned that I cosplayed Hanji during that event? The guards were actually kinda mean that time trying to "shoo" us away, but this time, they were somewhat nicer. During the first day when I ALSO cosplayed Hanji, there was this female security who told us that we weren't allowed to use a specific comfort room to dress up, but unlike last time, she was rather friendly - yet firm - which made me appreciate her a lot and cooperate with her without much of a fuss. Hopefully, the other security people were the same.

Now despite that, there is one thing that is for sure:

I. Will. Never. Again. Bring. A. 3dmg. To. An. Event. EVER.

It was very, very stressful... I keep on bumping people and I was getting scared that my gear would fall off. It DID fall off a lot by the way, which was extremely stressful for me. I feel like I didn't get the quality that I paid for, because I had to do impromptu maintenance on it before I could even use it. It lacked a lot of parts, and it was VERY hard to  put on. The crafting was nice though, but it was still a stress to put on. I actually don't think I would want to use it again any time soon... BUT I STILL LOVE THE CRAFTER WHO MADE IT THOUGH. HE'S AWESOME.

Nevertheless, it was still a fun day. I met new photographers who produced awesome photos - oh come on even the raw photos were awesome enough - that I can't wait to get their final outputs. I had a date with Rivaille Heichou too~



Hanji Zoe -
Rivaille -

Did I mention that Sasha was there too? She was sick though... So she wasn't able to hang out with us during the shoot...

Rivaille: "Hanji, you're photobombing again."
Hanji: "It's my joooooooob~"

And finally...

DAY 02 - QUARTET NIGHT x STARISH Teeeeam~


QUARTET NIGHT
as Mikaze Ai
Alexis as Kurosaki Ranmaru
Gax as Camus
Paola as Kotobuki Reiji

STARISH
Faye as Ittoki Otoya
as Jinguji Ren
as Ichinose Tokiya
as Hijirikawa Masato
Sam as Kurusu Syo
Jozy as Shinomiya Natsuki
Shun as Aijima Cecil
Group Name: All Stars Republic

This group our ours had so much drama that I lost count, but everything was long forgotten after the performance was over. And man was the performance a blast. We had technical difficulties (the technical team couldn't keep up with our lights, the doors were really slow to open, some of us forgot our steps, I (Ai - lol the pun) went out of character, stuff like that), but to hear the audience scream and sing with us during our performance was very very touching. Our friends even greeted us backstage after our performance was done, and people actually recognized us when we were roaming around.

We were in a tight schedule that day since we were supposed to be in a specific place at a specific time and we weren't exactly free to roam around as long as we pleased. The good thing was we had our own place where not many were allowed to enter so we could pretty much relax without too many people around. We could also move to and fro the two halls without going all around the exit to the entrance (which was three halls worth haha)... so we had shorter travelling time from hall to hall... xD

There was another Starish team who performed after us, but despite the fact that our teams were technically "rivals", we still ended up spazzing and congratulating each other when everything was over...! And speaking of the other teaaaaaaam~


Here they are~ Tada!! Starish and the Quartet Night members of our group "All Stars Republic"~

Here are other BTS shots~


Ranmaru is resting with his kouhais after the performance. Ai is apologizing that his camera was not as high tech as he is... xD

And speaking of kouhais...

I was such a happy Ai (i keep loling whenever i say this haha) with two sets of kouhais~ <3

And because we got bored while waiting for the announcements, we decided to give Piyo Chan some looooove~

Endorsing Piyo Chan plush! Buy now and get a free STARISH member for free~ haha!

More boredom photos ensued after~

BE AFRAAAAAAAID OF UUUUUUS~

And here's a megane Ai for you guys...


Allow me to do a little pimping for now...

Simply because I am in love with this shot~ <3
...and I am still waiting for the rest of the photos from the last minute shoot before going home.

And since I'm into pimping stuff right now, here's one more:
For facebook users, we would greatly appreciate it if you would like our group page~

www.facebook.com/pages/All-Sta…

<3

V. Not much of a teaser but...

...here's one of my next plans for the year that I have already started on... xD


This was from my first trial of Historia Ress, and I am very much excited to have a shoot with my Ymir~ <3
Will be improving my makeup for her some time soon...


Aaaaaaaand it's doooooone~