Hello everyone!

PHEW.

So I decided to suspend my Facebook page... Yep.
And it honestly feels great!
I feel like this massive burden has been taken off my back.

I love cosplay and I have no plan on stopping but I began to doubt these " Fan pages"

I've made mistakes, I've grown and will continue to learn. I've matured and come to realize that I want this to be my beloved hobby and not my job. I don't want the attention I thought I once wanted. I want to make these costumes and bring a little life to them for my own reasons and share them with people that want to see them instead of forcing my updates onto everyones feeds.

I got back into cosplay in 2011. Everything was new to me again. I didn't have parents around telling me I couldn't wear this or dress up as that and I suppose I just wanted to push my own limits. I found people enjoyed my costumes more when there was less of the actual costume, it felt nice to have people recognize what I was wearing (or wasn't haha). It made me feel all those late nights, broken sewing machines and stabbed fingers were worth something. It's easy to get drunk of that kind of positive feedback but recently I began to see past it.

I've always been a people pleaser. The thought of anyone disliking me or what I do has had me in heaps on the floor. I fell victim to the pressure of wanting to be a "hot cosplay chick" because it was the cool thing to do. I wanted to fit in and be admired. I wish I had been a little smarter.
I don't regret any of my costume choices, some I wish I handled with a little more class but I wouldn't change anything.
I've had enough of what feels like this never ending competition for page views and likes and I refuse to try "whore" out half-assed work in order to meet peoples expectations.

I am not happy with how things were and it sounds like I wasn't the only one. Getting slandered and harassed just wasn't what I wanted out of all this. Far from it. Negative comments constantly about my body and appearance to people doubting my work. Just wasn't worth it all in the end.

I feel happy, the page is still there incase I ever change my mind so I'm just seeing it as an indefinite break from Facebook and the ever so popular "Fan pages".

I feel amazing at the moment.

I will cosplay who I want at my own pace. I've grown old and tired of the fame games and the nastiness that comes along with them. Back to the days with Fandoms and passion for cosplay.
Here from now on you will see a lot more heart in my work, more effort, characters I will cosplay because I WANT to cosplay them ( Chii, Fuck yeah! Chest bind for Chobits!) Right here on my dA.

I did this for myself and my well being. No one else.


And just like that I feel more motivated then I ever have.

Peace!

Katyuska

GANGNAM STYLE DANCE FTW.

It was before my Psylocke shoot and  I couldnt help but shake my booty.

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Hi everyone!

I did upload a yoko image last night which got a lot of attention, I did not expect it too as none of my other work really has caught that much, especially hitting the front page.
I just wanted to say a couple of things, thanks for the support from all the lovely people who complimented the photo. I chose to delete it due to negative attention it was getting and in all honesty I have done better work that I thought I'd rather be known for. It was a personal choice but thought I'd leave a reason here. It wasn't post processed the best and I should have known better then to upload a picture Im not sure on.

Anyways! now that's cleared up!

I have a lot more cosplay plans coming up.
Im working on Bayonetta at the moment for EB expo in Sydney. Perhaps a Jill Valentine depending on time before the convention to plan.
Bayonetta is going to be challenging but I really want it to be my stand out costume for the year. I've started gathering for it and have 2 months to prep!
WISH ME LUCK.

I've been meaning to make more youtube videos. But Im just so darn awkward. I dont know what to talk about and my words escape me D: If you have any suggestions for topics please leave them in the comments ^^

Thank you all!

<3 Kat

Been a while since I've been on DA... Getting back into the cosplay making!
My list has gotten a little off what it should be though, all the costumes I want to make are ones I haven't planned really. Mainly Rinoa and Ultimecia from FF VIII
Im a biiiiiig fan of VIII, its my favourite game of all time. Enough so to have many playthroughs, emotional connections to characters and many a theory I have on it ( R = U anyone? )
Anyways considering Im replaying the game its setting my focus on my other cosplays off right now.
Thinking maybe I should cave and just make the costumes and leave my others a little later. Plus make my boyfriend a squall outfit!

Anyway Im feeling real crappy and disconnected from cosplay and looking my best lately.
I recently bleached my hair trying to go white. Now Im a light blonde, Im sure missing my red though!
Need to get in shape also, those full length mirrors make me die a little inside haha,

Anyways competition time!
Was thinking I was going to be lazy with this and just forget about it like I usually do but I really want to win anything this year!
So liking would be appreciated and sharing around.

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Thank you all for Reading my silly little journal!

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Finally got there! So happy.

Can't wait to share more of my work with you in the new year and I hope to see many more dA viewage milestones~

So xmas is drawing near and so is complete brokeness, so I should be able to afford to fund  my 5 costumes I'll be doing up in the next month!

Other then those 5 shoots Im working on bigger projects for conventions. Battlesuit Jill Valentine for a res evil group in April and a Night Elf hunter costume the following day.

I'm also going into prep for a Bayonetta costume. I've been playing some lately and I just can't resist, she's too charming.

Anyway fellow deviants, What are you all doing for xmas?