I know, I know, so I've dropped off the face of the planet, and then suddenly here I am all in your face with a reminder that Ad Astra is coming.
I've been very preoccupied with LIFE, (you know what I mean); some good stuff has been going on in my life and some crappy stuff has been going on in my life. (Promises to give the general details
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Obvious ones:
-So you want to run a masquerade? Might be a little too specific.
-Digital photography for costumers. No worldcon stories allowed ^^ Could also do bits on photoshop too.
-A photo-hour where we just have a room setup for proper flash photos. Maybe saturday afternoon for hall costumes and such. I now own a proper flash rig, so this should be do-able.
Others:
The accessories panel - wigs/styling and makeup (i.e. non-FX makeup) for costuming
A materials panel - all about fabrics, what they do best and what to avoid. Cover the usual specialty ones like PVC, silks, shiny fabrics etc.
Props fabrication - get a panel made up of different specialties of propmakers to highlight how things can be done several ways, and what to consider when choosing your materials
Lighting and posing - kinda related to the photo panel, but how to get the best out of pics when j. random photographer starts shooting
Costume finishing - one I'd be interested in seeing; all about the little things like different seam finishes, buttons, topstitching, trim, pockets, lining. The little things that make costumes look like proper garmets.
I think it'd be neat to have one exploratory/social sciences panel on costuming. Maybe discussion of the growth/ends within the more recent cons, communities and gathers like those from cosplay.com, and other bits. I dunno - I can't forumlate a cohesive title for it, but it'd be interesting to have a "state of the community" panel where people can get all their "what does it all add up to" out ^^
There's some random ideas, beyond the standard ones run in the past.
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I like all these ideas alot. THe last one would be particularly interesting, but has the potential of turning into a scary story swap. LOL.
We've done wigs for a few years now I think we could give it a rest for this year. Everything else looks awsome tho. I'm going to try and work it in. :)
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