I started with changing the background, header, and some of the colors. I got my background from patterncooler.com. I think that site is neat. You can select a pattern, alter the colors and size of it, and then download the pattern.
My About and Costumes pages have been pretty much completely overhauled. I also just plain got rid of a couple sections as well as galleries for costumes I’m no longer featuring on this site. Narrowing down the amount of costumes featured was a big change. I might not have left something included because it was old, or I didn’t have very many pictures for it(there were some galleries that really only consisted of one or two pictures), or they were simple costumes that I didn’t have to do much work on, etc. Quality over quantity right? My ACP account still has entries for every costume I even only have one halfway decent picture for. So anyone who’s really interested in seeing everything can check that out. ACP is only for costumes worn by the cosplayer though, so commissions aren’t up there. That means that I’ll try and get better about submitting things to deviantART, including commissions I have done. I’m liking the costume content on this site being more streamlined and uncluttered.
vampirate, July 23rd 2010 |
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I’ve decided to make this just a general personal site with some cosplay content. I just don’t think I’m that active enough with cosplay these days to have a whole site focused on it. So far this year I’ve only had one new costume for myself and I didn’t even need to make anything for it. At least that will be changing with Dragon*Con and AWA coming up. I’m even winding down on taking commissions. Once I’m finished with ones I’ve got in progress now, which could actually take a while, I don’t think I’ll accept any more. Keeping up with my own life has proven to be enough for me to deal with without constantly being concerned about schedules, measurements, payments, etc. for other people. I have been flattered by everyone who has previously come to me about commissions though. It’s nice to know that people like my work enough to wear it.
So I’ll be slowly changing the site. Today I installed the Social Homes plugin. It is so easy to use. A couple links I tried to add to it didn’t upload as nicely as the others, cosplay.com and bpal.org, and have been left out at least for now. The neat little links I did get working are for my LiveJournal, Facebook, deviantART, Amazon Wish List, and American Cosplay Paradise accounts.
vampirate, July 22nd 2010 |
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Wow, so in addition to still needing to finish the galleries for my older costumes I now need to add three more sometime soon! Earlier in the year I made some garments for a gentleman’s steampunk costume. And then this past weekend at Imagicon was the debut of mine and my dad’s Battlestar Galactica costumes. I was Starbuck and he was Col. Tigh. He has previously cosplayed with me as Death from Discworld and Agent Skinner from X-Files. I hardly had to do anything for my Starbuck costume but I made Tigh’s duty blues, vinyl piping and all!
Once I get all the galleries up I’ll finally get around to adding more info for each costume. And if I ever get caught up with that I might add a new section to the site for other projects I’ve done like non-costume clothing and purses.
vampirate, May 25th 2010 |
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I just wanted to let everyone know that as of now my schedule for commissions if full until, well until I decide to start taking them again. But I can say that kind of like I said in my last update that I will not accept any more for the summer convention season or Halloween.
vampirate, March 12th 2010 |
Posted in commissions, costumes
As stated on my About page I do sometimes accept commissions. But for right now I would like to mention that I will not be accepting any new commissions until June. I will be very busy with school this semester and already have three lined up that I will be working on into May. Then right after the semester ends I have two conventions that I’m also planning on attending in May, Imagicon in Birmingham and TimeGate here in Atlanta. So I will be available for commissions again in June and July, and I already have one lined up for that time frame. I probably will not be accepting any in August or September because that is when I am the most busy with my own costume and convention plans, Dragon*Con and Anime Weekend Atlanta. Not to mention school will be starting up for me again then too. After that I will probably start accepting them again in October, but I definitely do not plan on accepting any commissions for Halloween costumes in October because that is much too short notice.
vampirate, February 3rd 2010 |
Posted in commissions, costumes
I recently reformatted my computer and haven’t managed to successfully set up my email for this site through Outlook yet since then. Yeah, I’m kind of not very good with these sorts of things. So if you have tried to contact me recently or need to contact me for now send emails to vampirate777@gmail.com.
vampirate, January 18th 2010 |
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I just went to Anime South in Destin this past weekend. I didn’t have any new costumes for myself. But it was the debut of my boyfriend cosplaying from Doctor Who with me as the Fourth Doctor. I knitted the scarf and altered the coat for that costume. And my friend Megan also wore her maid uniform she commissioned from me for the maid cafe at the con. She cosplayed as Siesta from Zero no Tsukaima.
vampirate, December 21st 2009 |
Posted in costumes, events
Oh goodness, I just don’t know what I would do without tutorials on the internet! I just started editing my theme and a tutorial I found recommended I use Firebug to help me figure it out. So I changed a couple things including adding a background image, which I got from mycutegraphics.com. I also added some Amazon widgets since my last post too. I figure they’re far enough down on the page to not be obnoxious. And it’s a way for me to promote my fandoms and interests.
Otherwise I’m finishing up the fall semester at school and getting ready for Anime South. I’ll be hosting a panel and judging the costume contest there. For costumes I’m mostly just trying to get done the Doctor Who scarf of doom. My boyfriend agreed to cosplay as the Fourth Doctor with my Romana costume so we’ll see how that goes. I might take my Strawberry Panic(Tamao) costume as well. But I’ve been working on styling a different wig so I might be a different character. And I should also be getting in supplies soon to start on a commission to be worn at that convention too.
Have a good Thanksgiving everyone!
vampirate, November 23rd 2009 |
Posted in costumes, events, website
I still have a long way to go but at least I feel like this site is starting to come together. My biggest hurdle right now that I want to get over is trying to find a table for my Costumes page. I want something where I can upload thumbnails and then link them to the costumes page. I also really want to be able just to insert one for a new costume and have it display at the top left of a table without having to redo a whole new table. Basically something like the Costumes page for a specific cosplayer on cosplay.com is what I’m looking for. So, I’ll see if I can find something. And so far I am using the NextGEN Gallery, My Page Order, WP-ContactForm, DandyID Services, and PayPal Donations plugins. I’m also using widgets for some of those.
vampirate, October 25th 2009 |
Posted in website
I just installed WordPress today under the recommendation of my friend Meg! I am excited! I’m pretty helpless with website type stuff so I needed something this easy to work with. And my web host is LunarPages. I’ll try and get some more content up here soon, but if I’m slow feel free to check out what I have up on my deviantART page: http://vampirate777.deviantart.com/
vampirate, October 24th 2009 |
Posted in Uncategorized, website
