Yui

What got you into cosplay?
A prophesy.
What is your favorite costume and why?
I guess...I shall say...Nightmare...? Because I would be harassed if I don't choose him.
Do you have a dream costume you'd like to make?
Um...I keep ending up -making- my dream costumes. The only one I haven't tackled yet is Vincent ( and all of his guns ) - but also offhand, I would like to do lots more SaGa and Soul Calibur ones, because I love those games. I also think I really ought to represent Castlevania one of these days, too. Then...on the basis purely of armor lust, I would like to do Ven. And Donut.
What has been your most memorable cosplay experience?
I think the most worthwhile experiences involved cosplaying for Psycho le Cemu at each their concerts over here - because they were very receptive, surprised and genuinely appreciative.
Do you participate in masquerades?
Only under coercion - and even then, I have to be juried in &/or have a significant message to warrant a skit. ^_^; Otherwise, I'd much rather use my con time exploring cool places for photo-shoots because an award doesn't mean as much to me than a nice photo does. To be honest, though, I've very rather enjoyed being a judge the few times I've had the opportunity to do so, and even though it is hectic and stressful, I'd much rather contribute to the masq in that fashion.
What was your best masquerade experience?
Dying on-stage in the first 11 seconds (and then hoping not to be trampled on for the other 90 seconds,) having a cash prize speared to my spiky bra, sword dueling in 7" platforms...well, yeah...compared to that, I like judging better. I will say that the treatment of costumers at Archon is mind-blowing awesome, and it's hard to want to waste time at anime cons after that.
Have you won any awards for your costumes?
A few. Mostly in the "Best Most Creative Craziest Use of Materials" category. I have no idea what class I'm in, though. It's kinda arbitrary.
Tell us a little about yourself
I'm going to be enigmatic for now, I think...
Is there anything else you'd like to add?
About 6" or so would be nice.
My favorite anime
Not into much these days except Berserk & 12 Kingdoms. Saiyuki, Fruits Basket, & Wolf's Rain are still up there though.
My favorite game(s)
Vagrant Story! Final Fantasy Tactics! Also...FF7, FF6, FF4, Grandia II, Star Ocean: the Second Story & Till the End of Time, Xenogears, Tales of Destiny, Kartia, Wild ARMs 1 & 3, Genji, Chaos Legion, Myst, Suikoden series, Castlevania series, Breath of Fire series, Mana series, SaGa Frontier & Romancing SaGa MS, most of the Zelda's...plus Crazy Taxi, Katamari, Guilty Gear X, the Soul Calibur series and Smash Bros. I'm in this cosplay mess today because of video games, if it isn't obvious! ( For the record, I rate Kingdom Hearts as a terrible game - I'm just all obsessed about it cuz of the Organization. XD )
My favorite book(s)
Neverwhere & Good Omens & the Discworld series
My favorite movies(s)
FF7AC, VHD Bloodlust, Hero...and MST3k's