- Hello everyone, Katie Colleen here.
Welcome back Colleen clan or if you're new
then come join the family.
So today is KuroNekoConline,
a virtual anime convention
in place of the actual
KuroNekoCon in person convention.
Before we get into this con vlog
and really start checking out
the con conveniently located
in my craft room, I have a
few things I wanna unpack.
So first, I just wanna say KuroNekoCon
is my absolute favorite convention.
So KuroNekoCon is the one con a year
where pretty much all
of the other cosplayers
that I interact with and collaborate with
are at least in the Pacific Northwest,
they all kind of like come
together at KuroNekoCon.
The KuroNekoCon is just like
home, it's like coming home.
Kinda sad.
Just because this was my chance to see
all my cosplay friends
and I haven't seen them
in a very long time,
but I do want to just
kind of put out there,
I'm really glad that safety
is being prioritized.
I think it was the right
decision to cancel.
I just did not envision this for 2020.
Which brings me to the
other thing I wanna unpack.
But I just figured out last night
that Kumoricon is canceling.
So with the cancellation of Kumoricon,
my 2020 con season is over.
We're still gonna have a lot of fun today,
but just know that on the
inside, I'm kinda feeling like
uuurgh!!!
So let's check out KuroNekoConline
with that out of the way.
So everything is going to be held
through KuroNekoCon's website.
So it's kuronekocon.com.
So if you go to the website,
I'm gonna scroll down
and you can see what's going on today.
So the first panel we have is at 2 o'clock
and that's the Opening Ceremonies.
Then there's the Tik Tok Contest Feature
which is includes me.
The way that this convention
is running the contest
is that you will submit
your pictures or your videos
for the lip sync and the
cosplay contest in advance.
So I've submitted my video and pictures
on July 7th, I think.
And they're just going to
show those today for the con,
but it's already been pre-submitted.
And then we have some other panels here.
Cosplay Contest Slideshow,
and then it closes at nine.
Now I probably won't
stay up for the whole con
because I have old lady joints
and that sometimes results in me having
an old lady sleep schedule,
so I'll actually probably be
in bed before nine o'clock
but who knows?
Cosplay events.
This is gonna be like the
cosplay showcase for this vlog,
is gonna be this.
Okay, so we have the Tik Tok
Contest, the Cosplay Contest
and vote people's choice,
I'm very excited about this.
But I've not picked by
people's choice yet.
So we are going to attend
this cosplay contest
and pick together.
Cosplay showcase time.
Run the electric guitar music.
So first up is Addie and GenkiVlog.
I love the beading, I
absolutely adore the beading.
Next is Alex as Junkrat.
Here we go I can zoom in, perfect.
I love the prop work, this is amazing.
Amazing prop work.
Next is Annie as Hiccup from
"How to Train Your Dragon"
Again, amazing foam craftsmanship,
leather working too,
it kind of looks like, this is amazing.
Next is Lucina.
I love the cape and as
someone who has made
a Lucina cosplay cape and
like the tiara and stuff,
I can really appreciate that.
Okay, next is me, I'm not in
the running, you don't count.
I'm not voting for me.
Okay, who's next?
Faith as the child from
"The Mandalorian"
Look at the little Yoda
here, look at the Yoda ears.
Grady as Angel from
"X-men"
Okay, look at the wingspan on these wings,
like look at how big these are,
like they are a person across,
like a whole person worth of width.
Next is grumpybonescosplay.
Wow, was this painted?
This is like acrylic painted.
That is gorgeous, that is gorgeous.
Next is jesus_christ_helen.
As Persephone.
That's like what I really
love about this cosplay
is the wig, I kinda saw it
like up close on her Instagram.
It is gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.
Princess of Tea Cosplay.
And, that is like a crazy amount of skill,
like on top of actually
like sewing together
this type of garment which
obviously takes a lot of skill
and like time, the embroidery
is absolutely gorgeous
and I love it.
Next is Katelyn from
"Seven Deadly Sins"
It looks like they sewed
the like pillow together.
Yeah, I think they did.
I think they sewed the actual like designs
on the pillow too, and that
is like serious dedication
'cause that is a lot of little designs.
Next is Catherine as Tokoyami.
Look how perfect like the
eye shape and the beak.
It looks like completely,
like accurate to the source material.
That is amazing, like
It looks just like him.
It looks just like Tokoyami.
Next is Kenny as Spiderman.
Look at how the webbing sticks out,
like how it's like three dimensional.
I'm pretty sure that was like
handmade, that's really cool.
Next is nedleydeadly_cosplay.
Romelle from
"Voltron"
Beautiful shoe covers.
I'm telling you it takes some practice
to get shoe covers down
and then the belt is
also like looks so cute.
Next is Shelby as Shinobu.
That is, oh there's a
butterfly on the little.
Oh my good,
she made a little butterfly
and put it on the katana.
That is adorable.
Next is Sonja,
"League of Legends"
Like when I see this cosplay
I just see like smooth,
like look at those smooth seams,
look at how like perfect the edges are.
Next is SunflowersforTofu,
Nurse Joy from Pokemon.
Super adorable, super
adorable, I love the wig.
Aww and the little mask, that is so cute.
That's such a nice little
touch to have the little mask.
I don't wanna like not vote
for anyone else though.
Urgh,
I'm good.
It's so hard, it's so hard,
I think I have to go with that one though.
No, I'm gonna vote for,
I'm gonna vote for,
I think I got to vote for
the League of Legends one.
I really like how this one looks
and like they also obviously
put a lot of work into like
photography and posing.
Just 'cause like the foam
work, the sewing work,
and the like picture
composition all come together
like really, really well.
So that's gonna be my people's choice.
But I feel really bad for
not voting for other people.
After cosplay events they have
some other stuff going on.
They have creative activities.
Okay, they have a community
art and drawing board.
Oh, I can draw, I can draw something,
what should I draw, what
should we draw guys?
Draw your favorite character in a kigu.
Okay, who should I draw?
Okay, you know what, it's not
my favorite anime character
but I think I got to
do Catra and a cat kigu
and I'm so bad, I'm so bad,
I can't do her right eye.
Catra will have to wear an eyepatch.
Erase, erase my mistakes.
I can't figure out how to
make the eraser work on this.
So I'm just going over with a
thicker and thicker pen line.
So now we have
left our Catra, left our Catra
on the community art board.
So they also have a coloring contest
and you can color Pikachu.
So I guess we try this coloring contest.
I'm not sure,
I really have many traditional
art supplies around.
Here's our coloring page.
And this
is accumulation of art supplies
back from when I was actually in school.
Then I have some random like
school supplies, markers,
a peacock feather.
Now I decided I was going to
do the like creative category
and not color Pikachu traditionally
and he's cosplaying as Naruto.
I have like a whole house full of things
like, you know, my craft
room is very cluttered
as you can tell
and I don't own like a
single working pencil.
Broken.
No lead.
No eraser, no lead.
I don't own a single working pencil.
So I apparently don't own a red marker.
Like not a single one.
I have a red correction pen.
Come on red correction
pen from middle school.
You can do it.
Okay, so I'm gonna turn in my submission
for the coloring contest,
my Naruto Pikachu.
Beautiful.
Okay now that we've had a
chance to like check out
some of the con online, I do
kinda wanna get into cosplay
with like the way KuroNekoConline is set up,
no one will actually see this cosplay
except in this YouTube video,
like there's no zoom panels
and there's no like cosplay
contests like day of.
But this vlog just kind
of seems empty and bear
without me getting into cosplay today.
This vlog is a mess.
It is a mess.
There is so much going on.
I decided to cosplay Batgirl today,
I've been meaning to do some
pictures of Batgirl/Oracle
for Disability Pride Month which is July,
I have posted literally nothing
for Disability Pride Month.
Let me show you what
we're working with today
for the outfit.
Okay, so this is the
shirt I'll be wearing,
I'm not doing her canon outfit.
This shirt says Cosplay is for everyone.
It's one of Anyapandas shirt,
she did it for like all
proceeds going to charity.
I actually don't really
like it as a T-shirt.
Really, I really want it as a tank top,
really quickly make
some edits to this shirt
and then we can start
getting into cosplay.
- [Speaker] This was altered
by adding purple fabric to top,
they also made the wheelchair
banner and crutch covers.
They're most proud of the armor.
It was the first time using
this method to make armor
and it involves a lot of
applicative stitching.
Up next is nedleydeadly_cosplay.
- Okay, so I just finished
the cosplay contest
and Tik Tok.
They live streamed the entries.
Like right before my Tik Tok entry came up
I was getting like pre competition nerves.
There's a little chat on the side here
so I could see people being like,
"oh, this is so good"
and I was like,
like getting all those
like competition vibes.
So that was really cool.
Another little update, their
website is down currently,
they're still doing everything on YouTube.
The live stream is on YouTube,
that's where they did the
cosplay contest and Tik Tok
and the opening ceremonies.
So they're still running through YouTube
and they are like very quickly making
stuff work elsewhere too.
What I will say about KuroNekoCon
is their volunteers work very, very hard.
It's part of what makes
it my favorite con.
I'm probably gonna get into cosplay now.
The next panel I really wanna see is
Uptown Cosplay Q&A and
that's at four o'clock.
I have an hour to get
into my batgirl cosplay
and take some pictures,
maybe film some Tik Toks,
if I'm feeling up to it.
So I decided on the
Batgirl of Burnside outfit.
I did not make this.
I bought it off of Instagram.
She changed her username, so
when I find out her username
I'll put put it down here.
But I did not make any of
the Batgirl of Burnside cosplay,
it was purchased.
It is 3:30, so I don't think
half an hour is gonna be enough
time for me to do Tik Tok,
to do all the photography work I want.
So I'm gonna do some Tik Toks now,
I can watch the livestream in cosplay
or they will be posting it on their
YouTube channel afterwards too.
So I can watch it then.
Okay, on with the Tik Toks.
(upbeat music)
We're gonna head outside,
I'm gonna get some pictures
for Disability Pride Month.
(upbeat music)
Okay, I am out of cosplay,
my eyebrows are still orange,
the website's still down.
So we can't really check out
some of those other things,
it looks like
they have a schedule to some
of their other activities
they have going on,
And you can still reach
some of the activities here.
And they said that they're
going to extend that content
through July 26th.
So that's actually a while,
we actually have like a
week of that content up.
So I think I'm gonna end
at least today's portion of the
vlog now and I may come back
and check out the website
again when it's back up.
And if you do wanna see some con vlogs
of in person KuroNekoCon,
I have a whole playlist.
Thank you guys all for watching
and I'll see you all
in the next video, bye.
