#animenorth2018

Me and my fellow poison pokemon (2018) 💜 #animenorth #animenorth2018 #throwback #lunatyxcosplay #cosplay #gastly #zubat #muk #pokemon #gijinka

Ok, last nostalgia post! Anime North 2018 was probably my favorite convention we ever attended. We dressed up as the postman from Zelda and made a bunch of fake mail to hand out to anyone we saw dressed up as a character from Zelda. It was a lot of fun! #cosplaycouple #cosplay #animenorth #animenorth2018 #zelda #link #mail #thelegendofzelda   https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ4HhtQDg9L/?igshid=74157h2dwqja

This theme was the winner by a landslide! Thank you all for voting! :) Theme: Heavenly Bodies: Fierce Deities This year, Doll North is taking inspiration from the biggest night in fashion, the MET Gala. Are you itching to make something red-carpet worthy? This is your chance! This dress code is black tie only. The theme for this year’s beautiful fashions is Heavenly Bodies: Fierce Deities. Dress your doll in their very best red-carpet attire inspired by a fictional God, Goddess, or divine being. Whether it’s from a video game, an anime or t.v. series, or your own imagination, all are welcome on the best-dressed list. **Note: Only fictional deities please! We want to avoid any misunderstandings and/or representations of deities from cultures that do not approve of iconography and unofficial representations. We reserve the right to deny your masquerade application if we believe your entry does not follow this rule.** We will be posting the sign up for the masquerade in January but feel free to start planning! Also remember that we are changing the structure of the masquerade--more details coming soon! https://ift.tt/2A8g1wA

**Link for the poll is at the end of this post** For Doll North 2019, we want to see fashion fashion fashion! Doll North will be hosting our very own version of the MET Ball, and we need help choosing our first theme! Your challenge will be to create avant-garde, haute couture styles for the runway based on the winning theme. Think big! Wild! Unique! We want to see just how fashionable your dolls can really be! Our possible themes are: Heavenly Bodies: Fierce Dieties. We'd love to see fierce and ferocious gods, goddesses, priestesses, prophets and seers imagined as red carpet worthy looks. This theme will be specifically looking for fictional inspiration. Take a deity from your favourite video game, or create your own, but we'd like to avoid creating deities from cultures that do not approve of iconography or unofficial representations! Punk: From Chaos to Culture Once counter-culture and anti-materialistic, Punk has come a long way - and means a great deal of different styles than it once did! Show us how your doll might step out to shock and surprise the crowd and show their own unique style! Dark Carnival Be it the circus or Mardi Gras, popular amusement often isn't considered cultured, refined or fashionable. So prove them wrong! Take an iconic look and turn it into a showstopping number, or create something that has all the whimsy and mystery of the circus sideshow or Mardi Gras late night. But remember - we're looking for something just a little dark, gloomy, or twisted..... Warriors of Light: What if your pantsuit was a suit of armor? What if the gold around your wrists also stopped bullets? Show us your glamorous warriors, your fiercest fighters, your dazzling paladins. What would Diana, Princess of Themyscira wear to the MET? What would a Queen of the Dragons don to upstage all her rivals? How will your doll showcase those who fight for light, justice, and truth? 20th Century fashion: We've seen so much change from 1901 to 2001 and it's been reflected in our fashion. So this theme is really that open - pick a specific dress, or a designer, or a fad or fashion trend and use that to inspire your runway look - but remember to make it MET worthy! We've created a pinterest board of inspiration for you for each theme, so if you're not sure what it might look or feel like, you can take a gander and see which theme speaks to you here: https://ift.tt/2zs6ujS Also - for those not sure about what the MET Gala is, it's a red carpet event that is a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art (and also celebrates the Costume Institute's newest exhibition of that year.) Folks show up and usually try to wear something stand-out, possibly ridiculous, and hopefully to theme. Do you remember Bjork's swan dress? That would have fit right in. Or you can look up past MET Gala's for inspiration. Two of our pinterest galleries are full of images from previous Galas since we 'borrowed' the theme - Heavenly Bodies and Punk! Vote here: https://goo.gl/zJj3Gc https://ift.tt/2P608eP

On my table today. I realized after #AnimeNorth2018 that I was running super-low on Pride stuff, and that I hadn't had anything more than rainbows. Time to fix that! #LoveWins. #BeProud even if you can't be open. We love you anyway. <3~~~ Be sure to catch me this Saturday at the Barrie Public Library Comicon! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn1RnZnH6MN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kw57gcj57b61

Had a blast choreographing this fight scene with @doppoganga and filming with @ziyangyip.prods at Anime North back in May 2018. #cosplay #cmv #animenorth #animenorth2018 #fightscene #anbu #anbublackops #anbusakura #sakuraharuno #sakuraharunocosplay #sakuraharunouchiha #sakuraharuno🌸 #sakuraharunocosplayer #harunosakura #harunosakuracosplay #harunosakuracosplayer #harunosakura🌸 (at Anime North) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnCAhxrgsgS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ng1uymwcyl63

We hope to see you all again for Anime North 2019!

It was my first time doing anything like this and I was so nervous my legs were shaking on the catwalk. I actually stumbled while posing right at the centre......I’m really embarrassed about it.