Hello! This is the personal cosplay website of
Samantha, aka TakagiNaoSama. Here you'll find my most up-to-date cosplay and
convention information, as well as 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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June 3
Finally got all the photos of my
Kaiba costume up, as well as more pics of
Peach and my
pink kimono.
May 3
please to be wanting to work on cosplay now ;____;
If I don't get to make something soon I think I'm going to explode... I've been
so deprived on cosplay-making because of the move that I now want to cosplay
everything I see! Playing way more of those free MMOs than I should be isn't
helping (yes, instead of moving crap so I CAN start sewing :P) All their pretty
colors and endless designs to choose from *_* I'm moving in the last of my
furniture next week, then it's COSPLAYTIMES!!!
Oh, and after lots of waiting to find out if I was going at all, it looks like I
will be at ACen. And no, I'm not excited, because I have no new costumes :(
February 10
Happy 2009! It's been a very stressful year for me so far, but that's
because I finally moved into my first apartment! This has put new costumes on
hold for a bit, but once everything's all organized cosplay production will be
so much easier (and hopefully faster) for me :) Ohayocon was the first
convention I've ever been to that I didn't cosplay...and it was actually kinda
relaxing! lol! I can't wait to start on a new costume though. I miss the
excitement of completing something.
As for site updates, I finally posted photoshoots of
Yuri and my old
Michiru
costume. Also I have received another gift from Rei, a
gorgeous CG of Ms. Marvel!!
November 9
I should have updated this sooner, but my Gwen costume won grand prize in
the official
Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest!!! ^_________^
October 18
I don't think I've done anything cosplay related for the past three months...My
s/o and I are moving in together after the holidays though so hopefully I'll
have my own cosplay space soon ^_^ Maybe I can finally make HIM a costume!!
As for site updates, I've added many
Gwen and
Ms. Marvel pics, please check them out :) I've also added
a new section to the site: gifts! The amazingly talented Rei Hisaki of
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 ^_^
"TakagiNaoSama's Cosplay" site, images and
layout are copyright Samantha Bates
all photos are copyright their respective owners
all characters portrayed are copyright their respective owners
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