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Otakon was amazing. Finally getting to wear my Azem summoning circle gown in person was so much fun. I had multiple people stopping me to gush over my costume and people from HERE telling me they saw it online and were so excited to see it in person. I haven’t been to a con since right before the pandemic and it was so nice to come back to a space I love so much. My goal of someone knowing what I was without me explaining was reached (thanks to the ffxiv photoshoot)! And I can’t wait to see the pictures of the group photo shoot. I added more details to the costume and (minus the stars which were my nemesis falling off the whole day) everything was perfect.

The gown itself took about 100 hours total. 85 originally and 15 to add finishing touches. The top is gold lamé and the chiffon overlay was ripping so I removed it. I have a whole costume breakdown under the tag for the original dress creation.

The necklace has an Azem summoning stone that my fantastic friends brought me from Fanfest which I repurposed. The most added details are the stars. I felt the black spots between the p design and the beams was a bit too big and wanted something to bridge the gap. I also considered adding my statics job symbols in the circles but they keep changing jobs XD

I added some more filigree details to the main Azem design in the front of the gown and individual rhinestones to each of the right angle v filigree and each of the small mirrored circles that make up the big circles because I’m extra along with a gold ribbon for the hem

Then I decided to add lights

Again because I’m extra

I don’t have skill with LEDs so I used individual 6ft fairy lights with tiny battery packs. I painted each battery pack black because the white shows through the skirt especially when lit up. There are about 75-90 battery packs I lost count at 2 am on Wednesday honestly ahaha. I looped them twice up and down so the effect would be less spaced out but I might edit that in the future if I figure LEDs and how to get more powerful ones because they weren’t really strong enough for 10 hours (you can faintly see them in the pictures above) and I kept turning them off when I sat. I used the same petticoat but added a hoop skirt because I was wearing tennis shoes (sadly sensible instead of fashionable) instead of my platform boots.

When people complimented me I would ask if they wanted to see my favorite part (which is spinning) and the laughs and gasps of delight were fantastic. Overall I’m so fucking proud of this costume. Thank you to all of you fab people from the FFXIV coordination who said such kind things I’m so flattered and lovingly overwhelmed. It was an amazing return to cosplay.

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When you're old AND you're obsessed with FFXIV. I'm sorry to say this but you're cooked. 😭

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Witch Lumen Another character illustration that I did for an event last year!

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Witch Nox Character Illustration that I did for an event last year!

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My latest little home! (for patch 7.1) Chaos DC - Spriggan Lavender Beds Ward 23 Lily Hills - Room 5

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A song of hope!

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I want to get on Vgen and offer art commissions there. My Vgen link

To be able to do that, I will need an Artist Invite Code to get artist access which will enable me to offer my services on Vgen.

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My alt and main ffxiv characters

I only have just noticed that I forgot the tails so finally went back and added it in!

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Alphinaud and Alisaie Leveilleur from Final Fantasy XIV

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「 Antiquity 」 Final Fantasy XIV fanart

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[Dreaming of the adventures] Khloe and T'kebbe from FFXIV

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S T E L L A R I S

EU | Spriggan Lavenders Bed | Ward 23 Lily Hills Wing 1 Room 5

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2024 Ryne and Gaia

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Finished commission for Nornedottir!

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pixel art set AngelusDemonus (4)

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Pixel art set zAuroraMoon (3)

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Pixel art set Maygi (2)