It's always nice to get validation that your work is really good. Saturday night at G.A.M.E. I took both first and crowd favorite at the costume contest. The judges, many of whom do either professional grade or close to it costumes, were all pretty much blown away with Johanna. The only real comments that they had were that I need to tweak the paint job on the mask just a little to make it look a little more realistic. Just need to do a dark wash and maybe add a little more depth to the latexmache on it plus maybe black out the inside of the mouth more. Nothing major. I'm just glad that I managed to get on and off stage okay. It's a little difficult to hop on and off a 2 foot tall stage while wearing almost 4 inch heels that don't quite fit properly with a floor length double layered skirt. Not an easy task but I did it.
So for now I think I may retire Johanna from the competition circuit. Next up is a creature I like to call a Foo Deer. It's part Foo Dog, part deer with maybe a little bit of kirin thrown in for fun. I still need to come up with a name for it though...
Also need to actually post some pictures of Johanna so that maybe folks will know what I'm talking about....