Espada188

 

My Eyes. THEY BURN...... IM CLEANING OUT MY GALLERY AND ITS GOING IN THE TRASH

EDIT: OH LORD JESUS. IT GETS WORSE THE LONGER I CLEAN

Any help is welcome, I'm planning to cosplay as Belarus for any up-comming Anime convention, and then Hungary for the next one~ cuz i the company that makes her dress is currently out of stock ((;´A`) (*sighs* Im pretty bummed out that I couldn't go to Anime Expo this year))

Anyways I saved enough to buy the cosplay /since yours truly already failed at a homemade Zelda costume/ but now im torn between buying the $94.82 costume, which looks the closest to the one she wears in the manga (www.cosplayfu.com/product/Nata…) and a somewhat lower priced, lolita like version www.milanoo.com/product/white-… /I can make it look like her original by trying to create the bow/apron/  

sooo heres what I've thought about and whats keeping me from making a decision. 

Cosplay version
Pros:
It looks like the original
 Dress length is long, i think past the knees
 It comes with the apron and hair bow
 Free shipping?
Cons:
Can only be worn as a costume, and not for "casual" wear
I still consider it expensive Y-Y;;;

Lolita version
Pros:
 It can be worn/altered to look like Belarus and also function as a "regular" dress
 Its different than normal cosplay like dress ( I basically stand out more)
 its slightly cheaper?
 I still pay a bit for shipping, but I have a discount that makes it almost the same starting price
Cons
I have to make the hair bow and the apron/bow /lord i have no idea how but i can try/
its shorter than the original length
Still expensive in my vision /thats just me being a cheapskate/
 
I can use paypal for both but I can really only buy one without over charging my paypal balance. ;-; plus theres the wig I have to consider. 

Any comments are welcome ;.;~

/watching too much Hetalia/i'll get over it sooner or later/
Apologies (once again) for my excessive absence here on DA, although I have been on checking and basically being astalker ninja, silently liking and cleaning my inbox so its not a big mess.  So some life updates i'd love to share with my loves here VvV~<3
i've been pretty quiet here for school reasons, since it was my senior year and I needed to finish strong. Lots of parties and official stuff, but now i am done and officially moving on soooo Espada has finally graduated/throws her cap in the air/ and is now moving onto college! hehe, i'm somewhat happy, but also scared cuz im getting older and now i have to worry about my major, hopefully I won't screw up.;;;;;;

On a brighter note and to my personal delight, Im finally going to see the world and starting off with the country i've always been dreaming to visit~ JAPAN~<3 ^^v ho ho~ Yes, after 4 long years of waiting, im going to be visiting and living with homestay family in Yokohama, then moving onto Kyoto, 1/2 a day in Osaka(much to my teacher's displeasure) and finally to Tokyo~<3 I'm so excited >///v///<

Ehem~ Art wise, It's taking me a little bit to get back into drawing, most of my doodles have been stress related or for school, but since school ended, my art flow seems to be slow. So i might not be posting much even though I have more time now V-V;;;;; I think its a small art block but we'll see. I've been thinking about expanding and finally illustrating some of my children, also I've been considering expanding my landscape and background work so Im gonna try practicing some of that in the near future i suppose.

Another note, A friend of mine is getting kicked out of her home so shes in need of funds to help with her new space for college 0n0~ fawningprince.tumblr.com/tagge… <- Shes opening up some commissions and her art style is absolutely lovely~ so if you have some characters to be drawn shes open for ya~<3 

To my friends and watchers, I apologize for checking into DA so late. Usually I post a journal just when my break has started, but the holidays has been quite hectic and not so cheery for me and my family. About this time of year, we usually leave for the slopes but this year we've been hit with unexpected, and an unfortunate event. The family car we took up to the slopes was broken into as we were celebrating my moms birthday, to top off the broken window, all our luggage and ski supplies were stolen, amounting off to about $3000 lost VmV (i don't wanna be mean, but i hope those thieves burn in HELL). This incident that has pretty much put the mood of the holidays into a humdrum and given me a series of head splitting headaches, so I also apologize for my lack of art this month and that Christmas gifts will be late.  

oAo /Sighs/ I was trying to lay off Deviant Art until the college application period was over.....but temptations and procrastination made me crack~ /i should probably get back after this >A</