#fanx 2023

[dappermouth]

FanX Salt Lake happens this week! Sept. 21-23, I'll be signing and selling prints in the artist alley — swing by and say hi if you're there!

[idsfantasy]

Remembered I hadn't posted pictures of my FFPS Mike cosplay here, so here's me and this really cool Scrap Baby cosplayer I ran into at FanX

Also I met Matthew Lillard! So that was cool :D

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The Many Faces of Jared at FanX 2023

From sweet and attentive to funny and dorky, Jared always knows how to entertain a crowd!

[jaredwalkersam]

Jared | FanX 2023 | hair love

[ilikaicalie]

FanX 2023 was a great convention for me because Jared came to my little city of Salt Lake, and i got to meet him and take photos with him and his lovely wife. I was able to stand near where he was doing autographs and watch him interact with his fans. He is even more beautiful in real life than on screen!

He and Genevieve did a panel in our Grand Ballroom, in front of 5000 people. I got to sit in the second row and listen to him answer fans' questions; watch him interact with his wife and just be silly.

One of the questions he was asked was at first odd (at least i thought so), but his answer was hilarious. He was asked: if animals could talk, which animal would be the rudest, and why.

He immediately responded by saying pygmy goats and went off on an adorable rant as to why pygmy goats are assholes!

I found it to be so funny that I asked Kamidiox if she would please draw his response for me. And fandom friends, did she nail it! I present to you Jared and 3 asshole goats:

I can't thank Kamidiox enough for her wonderful talent and patience in making this adorable fan art exactly what I had in mind!

Kamidiox is a fandom treasure!

If you want to hear his anti-pygmy-goat rant for yourself, there are several recordings of the panel on youtube.

[jedipoodoo]

Free him

[bordonfreeman]

Fanx pic from day 2! Murder trio time :]

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Dust is @logos-likes-lore killer is @bugybug500

[therearenonutsforsomeendermen]

I got a spot poster for christmas from my sister

It hangs right next to my head, so now he angrily watches me sleep : )

And found the perfect place for the mini bagel I got from someone at FanX (if you're that person, hi :D) I also got a shirt of the spot from her AND A CUSTOM SPOT HOODIE FROM MY MOM (I WILL SHOW PICTURES OF BOTH LATER)

[shadows-peachy-pancakes]

My Springtrap fursuit (which is second fursuit I've made), The Badge I made for it (Signed by Mathew Lillard), and some FanX 2023 pictures. :3👍

(Oh, also one of my cats ,Boo, is there.)

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Credit Lauren (@laurenxann)

[mercysong-tardis]

Meeting Alex Kingston in Moll Flanders cosplay at FanX 2023

Just over a year ago, a little birdy (@now-theres-a-spoiler-for-you) informed me that to the best of her knowledge, Alex Kingston had never seen a Moll Flanders cosplayer. And as an avid appreciator of the Miniseries, I took it upon myself to become the first.

The Miniseries, "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders" (1996) of which Alex Kingston starred in alongside Daniel Craig, was Alex's major breakout role which led to her role on ER and her subsequent claim to fame. So considering the prevolence, I had to make it special.

I put in a LOT of work researching, sourcing fabric, internet deep-diving, and reading before I ever got started on the dress. The actual hard work of sewing the dress took a few months to make once the initial homework was done. Undergarments? Structuring? Patterns? All of these took a lot of guesswork on my part.

The original was created by costume designer, Trisha Biggar (Which if you are in the costuming community you will know her as the designer of Padme Amidala's wardrobe and the designer for Outlander) for the 1996 miniseries. The dress was constructed of fabric Trisha Thrifted in the 1960s in Sweden, most of which I am fairly certain is Indian Fabric specifically used for Banarasi Sarees. The dress is inspired by a common silhouette from the 1670s London England, based on common evening gowns worn at the time. Considering the substantial trade happening between India and England at that time, it makes sense that a dress is fine as this would’ve been historically constructed with Banarasi silk.

The original evening gown:

Sadly, I cannot afford to construct a dress entirely out of silk in this American economy, so sourced much of my fabric overseas and while I was in Egypt and Israel this summer. The rest of it was either Thrifted or appliquéd by hand by me. All of the notions and ribbons were Thrifted. I believe in doing everything possible to keep cosplay sustainable. There is a video on my TikTok which goes into detail on my construction process.

But once the dress was done, I was ecstatic, and It was time to debut it at a convention. The morning of Thursday FanX SLC, I got some pictures (in my River wig to preserve my curled hair) and this is how they turned out...

Then it was time to show The Queenston herself. I had been a little bit stressed that she wouldn't recognise the dress or wouldn't be very interested, but I held out hope.

Spoiler Alert; I had NOTHING to worry about.

Before I got to Alex, I got an autograph from Karen Gillan, who's table was next to Alex's. While in line, I was staring in awe at Alex, as she was just under twenty feet away. In between people, Alex glanced up to the crowd, then did a double take, and leaned over her table to see me through the crowd. Her mouth dropped open, she pointed straight at me, and she got all excited, and mouthed “You! Moll Flanders! Wow!” Time slowed down and I froze until I gave her a big smile (and I think a thumbs up?) and I was so starstruck that I was convinced I was hallucinating until she added “you look amazing!” still smiling, before going back to the next person. 

When I got to her table, she greeted me as Moll,and she said she'd "Never ever, ever seen a Moll cosplayer!" and I got to tell her that I made the dress. Alex absolutely loved my Moll Flanders cosplay. She told me it was the first one she’d ever seen. She was so sweet. I wasn’t anxious at all. I was so excited to finally meet her but I didn’t cry. I was actually so relaxed, which came as a surprise, as I have a track record of being emotionally overwhelmed and crying in front of Celebrities.

She was so nice and was so impressed with the dress. We got a Photo together and she ended up grabbing the shackles (is it even Alex Kingston without a cheeky touch?)

Then she signed my Making of Moll Flanders book and she flipped through it “oh this really takes me back. This was my favorite dress. The red velvet one. It was quite warm. I loved the big hat!”

For reference this is the dress she was talking about:

Then she looked up back at my dress and asked me “aren’t they fun to wear? Don’t you feel sexy?”

I said yes.

I was a liar.

I was actually incredibly uncomfortable but I would NEVER SAY THAT TO THE QUEENSTON.

So I just smiled and said yes. (I did feel sexy but 17 hours tightlaced in 1670s stays is not fun to wear)

Then at the photo op, Alex played with my hair XD

So that is the story of my most insane cosplay yet! I hope you enjoyed all you people out there on the internet.

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smokeebee drew me

can someone tell me why smokee bee drew me

[christina-sonikkukokoro3]

I finally got all of the Animaniacs signatures (including Tom Ruegger and Paul Rugg)! This is definitely a treasure! ❤️

[laf-outloud]

Here's another video of Jared and Gen's panel from FanX with better audio!

[jaredwalkersam]

Jared and Gen at FanX

[the-reverse-mermaid]

IM READY TO GIVE AWAY OWL HOUSE FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS AT THE FANX CONVENTION WHILE DRESSED AS WILLOW!!