Tigercon
Tigercon was cute, little, profitable, and FUN! Me and Vanessa (who was the BEST table helper EVER!) went and worked my table in Artist Alley. I got to meet adorable , and saw some familiar con faces. Be sure to check out the video for what we saw: [link]

Team Fortress 2
You don't even WANT to know ALL the angst I went through to try make Steam work on my computer (TRUST me I picked that troubleshoot FAQ apart). But basically it wasn't connecting to Steam to finish it's update/install, however did so FINE on another computer in the same house. The magical way I got it to work on my computer was by copying the whole Steam folder from the PC it worked on my PC. And viola, fine. o_____o Downloaded TF2 / Garrys mod no problems! I went "yay I got it to work!" to Steam support and they responded:

Many users do find that copying Steam installations will fix problems they are having, at least temporarily. Sometimes the solution is permanent, other times it may need to be repeated, typically any time there is a Steam client update. I am glad that the issue is resolved to your satisfaction. Please let us know if you encounter any further difficulty - we will be happy to assist you.

WELL then why didn't you SUGGEST that?! (As I said I tried all your FAQ's already, which you so kindly pasted to me in your support responses WHEN I told you I TRIED them all. UG. And temporary, well, I'll deal with that if it comes up... >_>

And oh boy I played Team Fortress 2 all evening until 2 am.... XD
I even got to play with , her brother, and .

I was never too good at FPS's (I wanna be good at this one tho) but I did make a good handful of kills and achievements for being a first time player (and about 10x as many deaths :'D ) BUT IT'S FUN. I love my headset talking to the other players, it's a riot if you get some funny/good natured people on the server. And some were very amused I was a girl. XD Well, I vow to be a top notch Support class player! And it must be fate cause the first two items I unlocked (through the random granting system) were The Blutsauger and The Ubersaw >D ! Hell yea!


AND FRIEND ME on Steam so we can play together sometime if you play TF2
My username: LitheFider ... I shall give you da healz.


Zenkaikon
I will be attending Zenkaikon Nov 7-8 in King of Prussia PA because I was able to get in on table share with another artist in the alley! I should have my Fujimoto costume done for Halloween so expect me to be Fishy Daddy there!

FYI I'll be attending Tigercon next weekend, I have an artist table in the alley. Tigercon is a free, one day con at Towsen college (above Baltimore). Maybe I'll see some of you there!

I think I found my Fujimoto wig on Ebay , been stalling to buy it cause I was kinda waiting to see what the opening Halloween stores will have. I plan to find a white jacket (that looks like his) & mask off / airbrush the blue stripes on I wanna have this for Halloween, mmmm. Tho a TF2 Medic cosplay would be VERY Halloween appropriate Tho a lot more work than Fuji so I might go with him in lu of time.

Lots of things to post that have gone up in the past few weeks! :3

Stuff of mine:

Otakon 2009 - The Music Video [link] (It's finally up! )

New cute things in my Etsy store! : [link]

If you haven't read it, my sexy crack fic of Shibi x Kuroji (YES you heard right) has been up on Y! for all to read, but sorry 18+ folks only (cause you need Y! account to see it obviously). THE FIC: [link] THE ART: [link]

[link] My fic "Fujimoto and Granmamare's Story" which is me / Vanessa's brainstorming as to Fujimoto's human years has been up on FF . net

ALSO:

My friend Crystal's Aburame-win fan works all you Aburame Ichizoku fans NEED to see, ESPECIALLY the Kuroji crocheted plushie! : [link]

Some Youtube win:

[link] THIS is where I found the song I have been listening to all week, on a decent TF2 vid of some Medic's ubercharge chaining. If FPS vids make you sick just listen to the song.

Even if you have never heard of or seen the game "Portal", I'm sure you have heard of "The Cake is a Lie" well this catchy fan made Machinima music video basically outlines the game where this joke CAME from if you still don't get the joke [link] WARNING some SPOILERS...tho if you are not a FPS/puzzle gamer whatever cause not like you'd be playing the game :'3.

You've seen Slap Chop Rap, now let the Team Fortress Scout sell you this product! [link] Seriously, these are all just voice clips USED IN THE GAME, and it's scary how well it fits. XD

This Ponyo cosplayer gives me CAVITIES [link] OMG I WANT BLOOMERS. HAMMMMM!

Even if you don't know Team Fortress 2 this song/video all about the Medic class and how they CARRY YOUR ASS is really catchy [link] Just imagine Lither hacking people or something if you need extra amusement. :'D

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Etsy Store: [link]

Homepage: [link]



Commissions:
General Pricing Info: [link]

If you are interested in quality character sculptures, custom plush, drawings / watercolor paintings, or small-medium cosplay accessories email me : thenyssa@yahoo.com SERIOUS QUERIES ONLY PLEASE.

(SLOTS CLOSED) << Last Updated June 22 >>

> 'Trickster' plush [Pending]

> Art trade! [Pending]

> Art trade! [Pending]

> Plush Anthro Bat "Rainy" [Pending]

I didn't want to post about Otakon till I had the music video made but I have not had time to finish it XD! But I have other stuff to report so I'll post anyway. I do have a video up of the NARUTO PROM tho [link]

Otakon was GREEAAAT this year! I had a lot of fun! I got to see Duckie, Marcie, Tonks, meet Anna, and also meet a girl I met on OK Cupid for the first time. I also met lots of nice people at the con, even some new friends, miss you already ;3; I sadly did not finish Okami in time... We got a LOT done tho I need to take pics. I wanna be done by winter now so I can get pics in the snow!! I am not mad or sad about not finishing, so don't feel bad for me I'm cool. <3 we did out best and we have a lot worked out now, I'd rather it be done RIGHT then rushed anyway.

Instead I cosplayed ttly-thrown-together-in-two-days costume of Henry Wong from Digimon Tamers. It was an epic win excuse to carry around my life size official Terriermon plushie It was GREAT I got some many 'zomg Digimon <3 <3 !!!' fans yelling at me. So nostaligic! I also met super nice people at the two photoshoots. I posted pics of those shoots here: [link]

I also cosplayed Shibi of course , and Shino at the Naruto Prom in a suit. I met a super cute Hinata we had fun together! I'll have more pics/video of Otakon up sometime soon (just editing them together).

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We took a trip up to Canada for a bus camp out 'Buses of the Corn'. It was fun too - swimming in the great lakes is wonderful ;w; *swimming around like a dolphin with her flippers and mask* I wish we could have had more time at that one campground where I swam...also I wish it had been sunnier (It was cloudy all weekend). There was some drama with getting home monday morning dad's car was getting similar symptoms to our ill fated Ohio trip just around the Canada border XDD

...but we found the blockage in the fuel line this time, and lucky no more came down so we made it home okay. Though for like one night (we stayed overnight, this was unplanned, at a random hotel in upstate New York. We were cranky stressed and tired so we just stopped and didn't wanna risk it REALLY breaking down like in the middle of the night.) we were thinking we were going to have to spend hundreds of dollars to get us all home in time for mom to get to work. o___o It was not fun.

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This past Sunday we saw Ponyo in theaters. It was SUPER DUPER awesome, SO beautiful!!! The animation makes me weep with Animation Nerdy joy. It reminded me of Totoro - a more slice of life with magic interjected movie - like calming and simple with no violence or stuff, perfect for younger kids but also kept us older kids amused - especially with Sosuke's crazy mom and Ponyo's father Fujimoto, who I LOVE .

Within 15 min I yelped "I'm cosplaying Fujimoto NAO!" This is him btw: [link] (fanart but shows him off well). I was already sold on cosplaying him but then we heard the words 'DNA' come out of his mouth I was like "I WANNA HAVE YOUR BABIES!" D: Lither was jealous but he'll be over it soon, he's seen me fangirl over new character loves before and he always comes out on top Expect fanart, lots of it D: !

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Etsy Store: [link]

Homepage: [link]



Commissions:
General Pricing Info: [link]

If you are interested in quality character sculptures, custom plush, drawings / watercolor paintings, or small-medium cosplay accessories email me : thenyssa@yahoo.com SERIOUS QUERIES ONLY PLEASE.

(SLOTS CLOSED) << Last Updated June 22 >>

> Etsy commission: Clip on Ram Horns 'BreeDreger' [In Progress]

> Plush Pins Commission for Gayle [In Progress]

> 'Trickster' plush [Pending]

> Art trade! [Pending]

> Art trade! [Pending]

> Plush Anthro Bat "Rainy" [Pending]

I pretty much shall disappear from now until Otakon, I am serious about finishing my Okami cosplay for this year as well as a Moomba plush I owe my friend Kat (also making one to sell there too would be nice but I'm just going for those two for starters XD ). I want this for myself, my portfolio, and to just be F**KING done I bought the materials I'm making this thing >D I had work last week, and have it this week , but shall have all next week to work all day.

So far, it is looking good, I have about 1/2 of the foam padding on the suit and dad finally has a good vision for the hand gear and head rigging. Plus we already have from LAST year the tail / disc / gear for it made, like pretty much all the materials worked out, life size sketch, and research for how to make a quadsuit. As for the plush the fabric is due here any day and I'm really fast now at plush design so it should go fine

PRAY FOR US, SEND US GOOD KARMA, or whatever. PLEASE. We shall need it.

Some goodness for the buggie lovers :

I made good on my poll on Y! Gallery, here is the promised Kuroji x Shibi artwork (with a bonus sketch too ):

THESE LINK TO Y! and will require that you are a logged in member there to see them - sorry under 18 kids XD :
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The crack Kuroji x Shibi lemon fic is half done it shall be done sometime after Otakon. ^^ My goodness it is sexy. hehehe. XD

Also a friend of mine , who fell in love with Aburame Ichizoku after reading it, found a wicked cute really-close to Kaho's sunglasses at a DOLLAR Store and did some improvised Kaho-cosplay: [link] , [link] .... and Kaho in the morning! LOL [link]

And for cute overload here is her DAUGHTER in same glasses [link]

Not to mention the MU PLUSH she made: [link] like OMFG so cute XD

And in our RP's her one OC Naruto character Koiko is making buddy buddy with Kuroji (which is super creepy cause like, she made her long before reading my fic and she is a good match for him XD and they both have dead significant others too).

Lastly Chapter 23 (Part 1) of Aburame Ichizoku 2 was out like weeks ago BTW - and if you missed it for some reason that is here [link]

Speaking of Kaho cosplay - what sexy lady wants to be my Kaho? *gloms her Shibi-done-up-cosplay-self-all-over* Srsly, it would be amazing to run around with someone dressed as Kaho; how dork-tastic-sexy-awesome would we be? XD

My snazzy music video of AnimeNEXT 2009 weekend's happenings is up on youtube! Lots of good footage!!

[link]

The con was awesome! I liked the new location A LOT. And Duckie was there so it was 100% even more awesome!! We all found a yummy 24 hour diner on Friday night, we got screwed by the Garmin finding the Ruby Tuesday and went to White castle instead (but that's cool too I love white castle! XD) . STUPID Garmin it was like 500 feet down the street >( WTF?! it had to find the one like 6 miles away as the closest one and it wasn't EVEN THERE. IT DIDN'T EXIST! XD

My friend Charity got some amazing pics of me as Human Okami and Vanessa as Issun out by the lake. Those shall be posted shortly. For now here are some of the photos (smaller quality) of the weekend over at cosplay . com : [link]

I got lots of fangirl hugs as Orochimaru, pimped my Aburameness as Shibi on Friday and have out buggies out a few Aburame fans (two younger girls of which I kept seeing ALL weekend they were funny) Cosplay chess (I was Oro in that) I was like the third to die but oh well. It was funny I ran on board when Solid Snake died and was like SNAKKKkkkeeee!! The dating game was amuzing as human Okami, tho our bachelor was something to be desired :U hahaha

I was sad I did not get a table, but I was busy running around and having fun, so it's cool. I did see Joani and crew ( ) in the alley tho!! YAYY!!! I have not seen them since last year! They are so awesome. LUFF YOU GUYS!

My AMV looked awesome up on the big screen - sadly the contest on Friday was like EMPTY I have no idea, I have never seen an AMV contest hall so EMPTY. :U I didn't win but it's cool, I forgo to vote for myself anyway, maybe it would have made a difference? :/

FIND of the weekend (I think it was Kat or Charity who found it I forget who) - A SHINO WALLET. OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE. NO KIDDING. We were digging through a bin of Naruto wallets and they had all kinds of new styles we'd never seen before. THEY HAD TENTEN!!!! THE WORLD HAS IMPLODED!!!! And it is a sexxxxy sexy wallet. I almost don't want to actually use it but omg ;3; I was just so happy to find something with Shino. I also bought a CUTE as heck Hinata pin and a Kiba keychain (which they FINALLY MADE too) They never make anything with him, I own like the two figures they made of him, the kiba/Shino notepad of paper, and that's like IT, no keychains, no plush, no pins, no nothing. >(

Apparently the rave was amazing too, I was too dead on Saturday night to go, lack of sleep headache and whatnot. But it was good to hear a rave somewhere was good *cough OTAKON COUGHTfIXyOURrAVE :U *

But yea good stuff. And I started work at Girlscouts today, besides some supplies-not-being-in-on-time snaffoo it's just as fun/hetic as I rememebr it. Yay!

Now the real miracle will be to finish 2 moomba plush AND my Okami suit by Otakon XDD!!! Mmm.....we shall see. *crafts like the wind*

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Etsy Store: [link]

Homepage: [link]

Lithe-Fider Homepage (site in progress): [link]



Commissions:
Pricing Info: [link]

If you are interested in quality character sculptures, custom plush, drawings / watercolor paintings, or small-medium cosplay accessories email me : thenyssa@yahoo.com SERIOUS QUERIES ONLY PLEASE.

(SLOTS OPEN) << Last Updated June 22 >>

> [Finished and Paid - being shipped tomorrow ]

> Art trade! [Pending]

> Plush Anthro Bat "Rainy" [Design done, now awaiting down payment :3 ]