There were tons of people dressed up! I’m not very sure what’s going on here but the girl was some kind of slave zombie Princess Leia. Interesting..

Stormtroopers are inevitable at every con.

Furries are also inevitable, but I just don’t understand them..

I saw some very nice Street Fighter cosplays while I was there. Here’s a Juri on the left and M. Bison on the right! At the expo, they had a copy of Super Street Fighter IV available to play a few days before it’s official release. Artists from UDON Entertainment were featured guests too and they had lots of Street Fighter artwork and books!

Here’s an artwork that I saw for sale from one of the UDON artists, Omar Dogan. It’s Ibuki from Street Fighter but she was drawn wearing a Lolita outfit! I love it so much and really wish I got it when I saw it. If I had gone again on Sunday I would have but I didn’t end up going, ah well~

A remote controlled R2D2 that a lot of people were taking pictures with. It moved and made sounds which was pretty neat.

Me in my Pikachu outfit with artist Camilla d’Errico. I was surprised that she was at the expo, I’ve been fan of hers for a while and I had no idea she was going to be there. I was happy to meet her and made sure I bought something at her booth while I was there!

Here’s what I bought while at the expo:

A wallet from Camilla d’Errico. The rainbow zipper is my favourite part!

A vinyl toy of my favourite Vancouver 2010 Olympic Mascot, Quatchi! I didn’t get this expo though, I had it before and brought it to be signed since I heard the artists (meomi) were going to be there!

Here’s my signed toy!

I also bought a print from meomi that looks like this! Very cute!

That’s about it from the expo! Thanks for reading! :)

Looks like I’ve disappeared from blogging again, yet another failed promise to keep on updating. :P It’s become a habit of mine, and I bet you’re sick of hearing my apologies! I don’t really have a reason for the lack of updates on here, other than lack of motivation. I’m pretty terrible when it comes to sticking on a task, I don’t have much of an attention span and lose interest in things quickly. I don’t want that to happen here though.

Anyway I’ve been working on a hosting provider change, so if you see this post it means that it’s all finished switching over! It looks like it’s going to be a busy summer for me. I’d like to get this sites design a makeover and for me start updating on it consistently and not when I just feel like it! I really want to focus on improving this site and having a lot more content so let’s hope I can keep myself motivated to do it!

xx, Tiffany

I took a bunch of Ryu drawings from the internet for reference.

Here’s the sketch that I came up with!

Here’s a full body shot of how the doll turned out. I’m very happy with it! The headbands, gloves and robe are all removable too.

HADOUKEN!!! Hope you like it! ^_^

Ryu is copyrighted by Capcom.

Hey all! These are my favourite songs and albums of 2009. I’ve chosen twenty songs and ten albums (2010!) and have arranged them here in ascending order. It was definitely tough to narrow my choices down to just these but here they are! Let me know your favourite songs/albums of 2009 in the comments section, I’d love to hear them!

Hope you enjoy!

My 20 Favourite Songs of 2009:

20. Jay Z – Empire State of Mind (featuring Alicia Keys)
19. Thrice – Wood and Wire
18. Local Natives – Airplanes
17. The Drums – I Felt Stupid
16. Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is The Move
15. Bat For Lashes – Sleep Alone
14. Muse – Undisclosed Desires
13. Metric – Gold Gun Girls
12. The Big Pink – Velvet
11. Jonathon Boulet – A Community Service Announcement
10. Bon Iver – Blood Bank
9. Death Cab For Cutie – Talking Bird (Demo)
8. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
7. Memory Tapes – Bicycle
6. Passion Pit – Moth’s Wings
5. Phoenix – Lisztomania
4. Miike Snow – Cult Logic
3. The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hysteric
1. The xx – Heart Skipped a Beat

My 10 Favourite Albums of 2009:

10. Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
9. White Lies – To Lose My Life
8. Matthew Good – Vancouver
7. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
6. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. Passion Pit – Manners
4. Tegan and Sara – Sainthood
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
2. Metric – Fantasies
1. The xx – The xx

Noteworthy Albums:

• Thrice – Beggars
• Muse – Resistance
• Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
• Paramore – Brand New Eyes
• The Temper Trap – Conditions

As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I have been working on some little crafty projects! I decided to make Christmas presents for a few of my friends this year because I’ve always thought handmade gifts were more thoughtful than buying them. I taught myself how to crochet just to make these gifts. It wasn’t very hard to learn, although it was very time consuming at first. The crafts that I made are called Amigurumi and it’s the Japanese art of crocheting animals out of yarn!

This is the first amigurumi that I made, an adorable baby seal! I gave this one to my lovely friend Arlene.

I made this kitty cat for my friend Claire! I really love the whiskers. This was my second crochet project and it’s when I started to get the hang of things.

Sorry for the horrible quality photo, it was taken on my phone because I didn’t get a chance to take a proper picture of it before giving it to my friend Cass! She’s a fan of zombies and the both of us always hang out and kill zombies together! >:)

If you are interested in making crafts like these, here are the two books that I used to make them. The first is called ‘Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts!: Amigurumi’ and there some very adorable animals in there. The second is ‘Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots, and More!’ which I referenced/altered to make the zombie.

Another extremely helpful resource I used is the website ‘Hooks and Needles‘. It was really good in explaining certain crochet methods to a newbie like me! Also, I bought all of my yarn/eyes from Michaels craft store and I found some super cheap crochet needles from a dollar store. Good luck if you plan on trying this!