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I've not been on dA for so long I've practically forgotten how to use the site. Goddamn.

Is there a way to schedule submissions so I don't just bulk upload everything at once? so used to doing things via tumblr that dA's submission system seems kinda archaic now, but maybe it's just because I'm so rusty lol


anyway, what have I been doing with my life? I've spent the last year living out in Japan--I come back to the UK in a few weeks actually, but before then I have exams to get through and a lil bit of travelling around to do.

I've done a fair amount of travelling (Hiroshima, Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Kumamoto, Usa, Fukuoka, etc), gone to a few anime conventions and events, even did some fetish modelling in Tokyo and went to some really interesting alt/fet events in Osaka and stuff.

I've done some crazy stuff too, eat off a naked geisha, tried a bed of nails, went to an izakaya where the nurse-cosplaying-waitresses slap you if you do tequila shots and you get served cocktails out of bloodied mannequin heads and sex toy casts. Also did the standard cat cafe and owl cafe things, as well as even getting a job teaching english part time on the side. It's been a really good experience, and you know今、日本語を話せる。よっかですね〜

But really I'm so looking forward to coming back, as much as a love Japan I think I've had enough of living in a rice field and struggling with the language and not being able to work on big art/costume projects because space/equipment is lacking. Living in a rural area has also been kind of difficult, not much to do down in Oita bar look at rice fields and more rice fields and more rice fields.....

but yeah, anyway, I am alive!!! And trying to get back into dA, though whenever I do this I just seem to get reminded how dead it is compared to when I first joined all those 10 years ago.
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I'm running at like 9000 miles an hour right now, so I've not been on here and uploaded anything in ages!!!

Thus why I'm now spamming everyone masssively now >.< Expo's just come and gone and I've started up an online art and clothing business so I've got so much to share! xD

Will get through messages asap, but yeah. Very busy right now * u *

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I'm not dead

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realised I haven't been on here in months D: sorry everyone. I'm going to try and sort through my messages and shit next week while on holiday from uni!

Uni being the reason why I'm dead; super super busy, but awesome at the same time :3

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Ohai~

Sorry for the lack of life on here, been busy with stuff.

I've recently entered a Kuroshitsuji cosplay contest, and if you guys would be willing to click the link and then click like on the page, I'd much appreciate it <3
www.miccostumes.com/blog/black…

On another note, my cosplay blog has taken off and is filling with stuff :3 so if anyone's interested (it's got stuff such as how to make armour tutorials, and tips on working with leatherette etc) it can be found here:
monsterteacup.posterous.com/

Anyways, I'll get onto my dA messages ASAP~

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Hello world~

Updating to let everyone know that I'll probably fall into an abyss or non-existent-ness for about a week, as I'm off to the IoW with my partner for a week and have decided that I need a break from absolutely everything going on in my life. I may be on a couple of times, but don't expect much in the way of comments and such until I return.

In news terms, I am officially going to university! I got my results from my foundation course on monday and I got a distinction. <3 Words can't describe how happy I am, since I went thought so much shit (and pulled about 7 all nighters in the last few weeks of it) to get that grade~

I've also decided to create a Cosplay Blog, which is now up and running here: monsterteacup.posterous.com/
I've uploaded a tutorial on my Loki cosplay armour, in case people are still wanting to see how I made it. That can be found here: monsterteacup.posterous.com/tu…
I intend to do a blog post about once a week (or more if I'm bored over the summer), with all sorts of things like helpful links, tutorials on things I've made, reviews of events and cons, feature posts on those who inspire me, updates about what I'm doing (like photoshoots and what not) and other things~ I'm actually really excited to do it xD I've wanted to have a place where I can spam my thoughts and opinions and experiences when it comes to the cosplay world.

Not so good news, I know I mentioned to a few people I had a potential commission piece for a graphic novel coming up, but I've had to turn it down because the time scale and amount of work necessary wasn't feasible, and with my back still pathetic after all I did to it last month, I don't want to risk breaking myself right before I start my BA. It also didn't really feel right, and there were a lot of elements to the content of it that I wasn't entirely comfortable with (nor was I keen on being paid less than 10% of a comic artist's usual income, as great an opporunity as it could have been.)

Further things, I'm officially confirmed for attending LFCC this year! I shall being doing Roxas on the saturday (and possibly also on the sunday, though I am debating bringing another cosplay still).

Another thing I'm also considering is starting up commissions (both the sewing and drawing kind; I was thinking of making accessories like hats and what-not since I'm pretty good at it, and I can draw pretty much anything anyone wants), but I don't yet know where I'm going with this. If anyone has any interest in it, let me know~ though I'm a bit unorganised in terms of how long things will take and what the costs will be like right now. But I'll sort that out after I come back next week. At least I've finally sorted out paypal and online banking and crap.

Anyway, that's all I've got for you guys right now so I'll bid you good-bye and talk when I come back!

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