Oreimo Cosplay Photoshoot - Goko Ruri 五更 瑠璃 / Kuroneko

Hello~ Happy belated CNY ~
Hope you've had an awesome holidays ^^ 

Today's entry is about Kuroneko's shoot . Kuroneko is a character from Oreimo 
Oreimo is short for 

Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai 
俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
which means "My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute" 

The character I cosed was Kuroneko 
This, below is the default version :'( wanted to go hardcore mode and shot 3 versions at 1 sessions since its a rare indoor studio session which otherwise wont be so affordable :P but sadly my default cos didnt arrive on time :( so next time for this...

However, I managed to cos the meido version and my friend Spinelo agreed to lend me her costume for the shoot !!! :D So in addition to the meido version, 

 managed to cos the pseudo- kimono / yukata version too :D 

during the shoot, we have pleeenty of people crammed in xD and luckily my senpais and my fellow batchmates kindly allowed me to hog some space for a while ^^ hahaha , else I wont get some nice shots which has a chance of happening in like 1 in a 100 OTL...

My first reaction when I arrived was 

"WAH NICE CURTAIN" !! 

so we tried to replicate this scene below here 

it turned out like this... 

Im admitting that Im really getting too old to cos the likes of Kuroneko T_T 

(which is why Im aiming to do as much cos as possible right now because I know the amount of time I have for cosing is just going to decrease as I enter the workforce in my field - healthcare :'(  - wondered how Misako Aoki juggled it since she's be almost as busy as most healthcare workers T___T ;;; ) 

upper angle is not so bad but Im not really happy about how the lighting turns out... a bit too glaring :( but we tried out best ^^ (yay) and I had awesome fun drg the shoot, ESPECIALLY because I get to meetup and catch up with some friends too !!!!

Group photo in the middle of the shoot ! 

Everybody drops whatever they're doing for this lololl !! 

And because I have to leave T___T so my seniors and friends very nicely gathered and took photo so we can have a complete group pic :')))  - ( on a hindsight, looking at this pic I think one of my girl friend is missing from the pic tho ... OxO; ) 

Would love to thank every single person - my friends, senpais and everyone in my school's cosplay society who had helped make this shoot possible ^^ without these awesome people cosplay scene in my school will be close to non existent or plain boring - they have regular makan sessions (which I never attended sadly because of my schedule) , prop making sessions and exciting group shoots :) !!! They are also an awesome bunch who will gladly help with advice when cos is concerned ;D Im glad I get to met them and join the club at the beginning of my first year - else, I'd probably have not learned as much  :) 

So Thank you minna-san, for helping me learn so much 

and I hope to learn more and do better the next time around ^^ 

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Haul ❤ Hello Kitty Make up Brush - MAC Inspired

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First and foremost apologies for the slow post this week . Im having my final year exam tomorrow ( TAT ) so I'm rushing studying for everything for the past few weeks. So today I'm just going to write about one of my recent haul  ❤  : a set of Hello Kitty brush in a Hello Kitty tin brush ( first and foremost apologies for the low resolution pics as I only have my phone camera with me recently ^^" ) 

Anyway ,I saw these and they were so cute I just couldnt resist ordering them !! I mean, these are freaking cute !! 

ヽ( ★ω★)ノ

Hello Kitty Brush Set 

This is how it looks like inside of the box  :) A set of 7 brushes with labels on the handles 

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧ The brushes included are :

 Face Brush

Foundation Brush

Eye Liner Brush

Eye Shades Sticker

Eye Shadow Brush

Shader Brush

Lip Brush

Apparently they're inspired from MAC's Hello Kitty brush set :3 the Tin is the one on the right below (the silver hello kitty shaped ones) , which is absolutely gorgeous ૮(ᶿ̴͈᷇ॢ௰ᶿ̴͈᷆ॢ)ა✧  I know the quality is of the inspired one is course probably totally diff from MAC's - actually the brush design itself is already not exactly the same - but honestly as a dirt poor intern ╭(๑¯д¯๑)╮ I cant afford that kind of thing so... for me these will do !! ヽ(=^･ω･^=)丿 - overruled by cuteness ٩(●˙▿˙●)۶…⋆ฺ

~ Le Original ~

With regards to the inspired brushes , what struck me most and taunted me to buy them is the ... pink gradation at the end of this brush ｡ﾟ( ﾟஇ‸இﾟ)ﾟ｡.... ( being an ageing lady , I am ashamed that I still cant control my impulse-buy tendency with regards to cute things ) When the brush arrived , I have to say I'm surprised that the hair is actually quite soft  ヾ(。◕ฺ3◕ฺ)ノ 
You definitely can NOT compare this to animal-fur brushes which were retailing in Japan at 60-$150++ per brush , but seriously for a brush SET which I bought for $8 ... I dont have much regret  ٩(●˙▿˙●)۶…⋆ฺ 

pink softness ~ 

Here are the rest of the brushes !
 Most of the brushes inside have white-creme-pink gradations except for one brush !!
The tip of the eye shadow stick ( the one on extreme left side ) is roughly a heart shaped sponge with peach colour on one side and white colour on the other side as you can see 

And for the one brush with creme-brown gradation, it is the foundation brush . Although since this is a foundation brush I guess when you use it with foundation creams , powder or BB creams it will turn creme-beige in the end and so even if it started off pink it wont show it in the end (╯︵╰,) so its allright for me :3  unless you planned to use it exclusively for brightening mousse or pink cc creams o(〃＾▽＾〃)o

Anyway , here are some nicer pictures I found from some eBay shops selling the exact same set of Hello Kitty brush :) 

Conclusion ~ Conclusion ~

Quite happy with my haul this time around ^^ I was afraid the brush will be rough and wont be functional and the brushes will just look cute. However , it turned out that the brushes are actually quite soft and nice to use. The compact size means you can easily carry them around too :3 Sadly, only the blusher brush comes with a thick plastic covering .・゜゜・（／。＼）・゜゜・．   The rest comes in the crackly plastic covering which is easily torn ... But I guess the metal tin kinda made up for it though cause I saw some online shops selling ones without the tin at about $7-$12  (。◕ฺ3◕ฺ)  Anyway this end my rant for today  ~ Will post sth longer in 1  to 2 weeks time after my exams are done ~~~

and see you again next post ;D !

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Senbonzakura [ 千本桜 ] Vocaloid Photoshoot - Megurine Luka 巡音ルカ

It seems like it took me years to write about me ^^ hahaha 

Basically, this is a shot of a vocaloid character , Megurine Luka [ 巡音ルカ ].

Now, Vocaloid isnt an anime or a mange - neither is it a game. Its actually a voice synthesizer programme :D !! 

Previously, I've shot Miku [Hatsune Miku 初音ミク ] from the same series : Senbonzakura 

千本桜 as you can read from my previous post *here*

If you're interested in the song, here it is :

by Vocaloid 

( the voice synthesizer / software version ;3 )

Cover by Wagakki ;D 

(kinda like *human version* of the song ^^ I like this version a lot too !!)

 I've decided to do a shoot for Luka from the same series because I just love the song (lyrings, arrangement and concept) and I love the characters' costume design as well ^^ ( as it is with most traditional-ish japanese costume hehehe ) 

So , here's the character concept for Luka in Senbonzakura :)

( the inner piece is so reminiscent of sakura wars time (´∇ﾉ｀*)ノ )~~

I rushed to Japanese Garden for the shoot on the few hours of free window I have but guess what ? It RAINED !!! =____= It RAINED and in the end we waited for the rain to subside for a while and when we saw that our time was running out and the rain didnt seem to mellow any further, we decided to shoot. Right in the rain, so if you see, in some of the pictures , my costume fabric is riddled with raindrops T___T

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　

君ノ声モ届カナイヨ 

此処は宴　鋼の檻　

その断頭台で見下ろして 

made the dango from random stuff. It was a 5 minutes thing ... ^^" 

The Luka paper head is the hardest one to make T_T took us almost 30 minutes to cut all parts neatly and glue it to that form T_T, sake bottle from daiso hahahaha xD I was not hapy with the eye make this time around :( am hoping for a more mellow look (but at the same time I want to give off the 'onee-sama' feel that I think Luka exudes too ) Kinda feel that I could have experimented with diff eyemakeup and eyelashes to see how it would suit her better T___T but all's done is done ...hurhur...

All in all it was a fun but half-disastrous shoot ^^ because of the short period of time within which we 'chiong' (rush) through everything and the rain + the fluctuating sunlight on that day T___T  I went to AFA with this costume and realised that the make up turned out quite dark so for the shoot and there was some problem with the wig (decided to puff it up in the end ^^) So for the shoot I decided to spend considerably more time on make up  (which for afa I did in like... under 20-30 minutes ? ) and do some brightening with my new  brigtening mousse and much more concealing :3 

三千世界　常世之闇（とこよのやみ）　

嘆ク唄モ聞コエナイヨ 

青藍（せいらん）の空　遥か彼方　

その光線銃で打ち抜いて 

Basically thats my experience during this shoot ^^ am in the midst of exams now T___T hope this ends soon ( and ends well ) so I can do some reviews if possible :3

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TOHO 東方Project Cosplay Shoot - Yuyuko Saigyouji 西行寺 幽々子

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today I'll be writing about my Yuyuko Shoot :3  which was like freaking long ago hahahaha ^^ ""Anyway , before I go there, during the recent new year I saw many people making a compilation of their shoot throughout the year , so I decided to jump into the fray and make one as well since I had more free time during the holiday :3 And it turned out like this - your normal photo collage - I did this in a rush and - to begin with - had no idea how to design a pretty collage anyway hahahaha xD ( talentless at scrapbooking) 

It kinda surprised me that I actually did 10 shoots in total with 12 costumes ( 2 of the costumes, meido kuroneko and default izuna isnt in the compilation) . I didnt realize that I actually did quite a few - an average of roughly one per month !! Hope next year will be the same or not as bad Q___Q ... Anyway, I started school on 28th December and had a semi-huge exam on 9th January ( Sadlife) and now , Im mugging like crazy again for my FINAL YEAR exam in 1.5 weeks time approximately =___= needless to say, Im dying slowly and am deathly afraid... At times like this , I really really REALLY wanted to just sieve through the PILES of shoot pictures I have and single out the decent ones . ( Its when I need to study MOST that my brain start to think that cleaning the house, cooking , or ANYTHING unrelated to studying is EXTREMELY interesting  ) 
Sadly, I do admit that I have to study :'( 
So yea, I'll continue to try to blog weekly as my new year promise indicated ... bit by bit ... but I dont think I can churn out much pictures hahaha xD its final years after all.. T__T (wishing I'm one of those smart people who somehow managed to chill quite a bit even before exam) 

Anyway, pardon my digression. Lets continue with the topic of this post 

Yuyuko's shoot !

Yuyuko is one of the character from a popular shooter game TOHO Project  ( or some people would like to spell Touhou / Touho ) :3 Its  basically a shooter game thats 

Developed by a single artist : JUN  

Illustrated by a single artist : JUN 

with Music Composed by a single artist : JUN 
and to top it off, if you're not used to it , toho is NOT easy to play ٩(●~▿~●)۶

(such an awesome japanese polymath (◐ω◑ ) )  

and here below is Yuyuko's original character Illustration by JUN 

The thing about Toho is, the character and story is more or less much more open to interpretation ;3 and the design is actually very pretty :3 As you can see, some fanart turn out to be really beautiful 

Sourced from http://www.zerochan.net/891574#full

Credit to the awesome artist :) 

To make things simple for non-TOHO fans , background wise, Yuyuko is the ruler of Hakugyokurou , the Netherland for Toho Universe. Kinda like Hades in Greek mythology or Hel in Norse mythology in soooome way if that makes it easier to understand ^^ Her hobby is eating (almost anything that tastes nice) and sleeping /lazing around ^^ 

Source :  http://konachan.com/post/show?md5=8cc9f6b3497e143d30f19b6a931f94c0

She has on close servant + gardener that is Konpaku Youmu :3 

Source : http://acm.zju.edu.cn/onlinejudge/showProblem.do?problemCode=3384

and so

now you know the purpose behind me truckloading so much food onto the shoot table set 

Actually got the cake at 1.5 from Cold Storage 

- HAHAHA -

and added the strawberries ourselves. 

They were on DISCOUNT !!!!! LOLOLOLLL Korean strawberries are the best ! (The USA ones seem too sour for my taste and I have not tasted Japanese ones T__T *digression auntie * ) ^^ The cupcakes and pastries were from a bakery opposite my HDB  block LOL. For Yuyuko's shoot, we did both indoor and outdoor shoot, so for indoor shoot we focused mainly on her 'foodie' aspect :) - the best thing about indoor shoot is AIRCON !!

In addition, because the shoot was indoor, we can start in the morning, have lunch and THEN venture out to shoot. I remembered that day , I had Indomie for lunch because .... err.. we're rushing before my face melted basically ^^ hehehe...

Post is turning into an indirect advert to indomie due to digression

The bad thing about an indoor shoot when you dont have a proper flash /studio is the lighting is freaking shitty.... Ee-chan (my photog) and I wish for that one day we can buy a proper flash , background etc and set up a small studio for indoor shoot T__T... 

Outdoor shoot at the right timing of the day meanwhile can give you awesome lighting ^6 However, I do worry more about outdoor shoot because, the moment you stepped out to do a shoot, you have to worry about so many things from forgetting a prop , broken prop , etc to melting make up - which is a potential disaster at times ^^" I have to bring the usual arsenal of emergency kit (safety pins , hair pins , emergency sewing kit etc etc etc ) before I feel safe . 

At one point of time , I was sitting on grass for a pose and were quite worried about ants and insects T___T In the end we managed to take the shot but I was deathly worried about the insects during the pose itself....

Changed the colour scheme of most outdoor shots since I want to try to replicate the 'netherworld' feel (hahaha hopefully 2 years down the road I wont return and feel this is damn embarassing and fail ^^)  

That's all for my Yuyuko shoot :3 still have some that I've yet to see .. Going to slowly sift through whenever Im free hahaha 

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