Cosplay line-up for Anime Iowa!!!

Friday morning/afternoon: Sonic dress
Friday evening (opening ceremonies): Wonder Woman
Saturday morning/afternoon: Dr. Facilier
Saturday evening/Masquerade judging: Mario
Sunday: Minnie Mouse

We’re headed out tomorrow! Can’t wait to be a guest this weekend and see everyone! We’ll have a booth in the vendor hall and will most likely be there when not running a panel or whatever other guest things we’ll be doing :) Feel free to stop by to check out our books, crafts, cosplay, geekery, hugs, and all that jazz <3

So I was listening to the Black Girl Nerds podcast last night, and they had PNW Fattitude as guests.  The podcast was amazing to listen to as they covered plus sized cosplay and were all very encouraging.  One thing that stuck out to me was the message of “making your cosplay your own.”  

A lot of times, plus sized cosplayers think they can’t do certain characters because of their weight.  I’m guilty of this.  I’m guilty of having this voice in my head that tells me, “No, Bri, you can’t.”  As confident as I am, I still have the voice of the fat, weird, black girl who was told that she was strange for being a geek.  She’s still there, you know?  

But the ladies on the podcast had this awesome message on how, essentially, you should cosplay how you want to cosplay, and do characters the way you want to do them.  

Make the cosplay your own.

And it’s something that I tell myself when that voice pops up in my head.  When I have that moment of insecurity, I quietly tell myself that it’ll be fine, that I’m having fun, that this is my take on a character and I’m going to rock it.

So here’s some examples of me doing just that  :)  I started to sketch designs for characters I wanted to do, and my wifey would bring them to life.  This is in order of oldest (my Green Hill Zone dress) to newest (my Mario dress).  

And remember, always remember, that to love your cosplay is to love yourself :)

everyonelovesrobots:

beekirby:

idontlikevideogames:

pinkhammers:

not-enough-sonic:

cheycherry:

captainpsparrow:

Human Sonic

Human Shadow

Human Tails

Human Silver

Human Knuckles

Human Amy 

Human Rouge

Human Eggman

Wait

C-C-C-C-Combo Breaker!

I decided to wear my Sonic the Hedgehog/Green Hill Zone dress on the last day of Geek.Kon because I hadn’t worn it in a while.  I also found a red hat to go with it  <3

My cosplay page is here.

My wifey of 12 wonderful years is the one who makes my stuffs ^__^

Also some finished clocks for Anime Central, should have more done by this weekend.  What is sleep?

brichibi:

I was trying to wait until Anime Milwaukee but NOPE! Here’s Storm and the revamped Sonic the Hedgehog dress  I hope everyone likes them!

Costumes made by the best wifey a girl could ask for, and she also takes commissions  ^^

Cosplay Page

For the morning folks  :)

I was trying to wait until Anime Milwaukee but NOPE! Here’s Storm and the revamped Sonic the Hedgehog dress  I hope everyone likes them!

Costumes made by the best wifey a girl could ask for, and she also takes commissions  ^^

Cosplay Page

How I’ve been spending my weekend.  Also known as, “That moment when you have three cons (so far) in the span of four months.”  

Yeeeeeeeeeeeah!

archimedespegasus:

captainkasky:

everyone please take a moment to appreciate this old 90’s sonic pasta commercial

food.

I’m watching this and my inner Sonic nerd is like, “That’s not the right music for that stage it’s not even the right game that’s Sonic 3 he’s playing but the music is Sonic 2 Chemical Plant Zone.”

Then the kid is like, “Food,” and I’m like, “Oh yeah nevermind that’s all that matters.”

Play on, kid.

thisismycleverhandle:

he’s so beautiful to me *hearts*

O.K. two things:

1.  What a cutie.

2.  That shirt though!