Hello! This is the personal cosplay website of TakagiNaoSama, aka Samantha. Here you'll find my most up-to-date cosplay and convention information, as well my my full costuming portfolio, masquerade performances and upcoming convention appearances. Please take some time to look around and feel free to contact me about anything that's on your mind ^_^
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May 20
Ms. Marvel and Gwen are finished!! They debut at Acen this past weekend. Ms. Marvel got a ton of attention, way more than I expected! Poor Gwen didn't get recognized by a single person, but I didn't really expect it to. I'm more excited to debut it on the net once I get some really nice outdoor photos ^_^

May 8
This week is cosplay crunch time! I'm finally going to finish Gwen, and I'm so excited about it!! I've been slaving over her shoes for the past two days (yes, I'm a reeeeally slow worker) so I'm almost at the point where I just want it to be done already. I wasn't able to finish Ms. Marvel for Comicon, so I wore Psylocke instead and got even more photos of that costume o_o I hope I can get both Gwen and Ms. Marvel done for Acen!!

April 19
Tekkoshocon was fun times, but I've barely got time to recover since Shinbokucon is this Sunday, then next Sunday is the Pittsburgh Comicon, then two weeks after that is ACen!! Craziness! I'm planning to finish Ms. Marvel for Comicon and Gwen for ACen.

I've made a couple updates to the site including my convention experience (I judged the Tekko masquerade ^^) and at least a few pictures are up for each of my costumes. I eventually want to add a tutorial section, since I feel my photo-rich documentation of the making of my SailorMoon wig should be shared :)

March 12
The site's almost finished!! Everything except the actual cosplay pics should be complete. Take a look around ^_^

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