the first handful of pictures

[rivendellrose]

As promised... Halloween pictures! This is just a sample of what I've got, as it takes a while to get them edited, cropped, etc... and the ones I've bothered with are heavy on the housemates and I, and the Dora. ;) But here they are!

Duh. Must pay better attention to my coding. Fixed now! ...Maybe? Umm.... yeah.




The Endless. Clockwise from upper left, that's niwatorimegami as Dream (with Matthew the raven), me as Destiny, nekokoban as Death, miss_arel as Desire, maymargaret as Delirium, and her fishy whose name I've forgotten. From Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics.


Close on Desire, Dream, and Death.


Close on Delirium, partly for how pretty she looks, partly just because I'm smug over the makeup. XD


And sigelphoenix as Elphaba, and me as Galinda from Wicked.


"You deserve each other, this hat and you, you're both so... smart!"

Update: More pics, including some courtesy of niwatorimegami!


Kari makes a very good pirate. XD


Elphaba finds Destiny very creepy. Especially when it's stolen her hat.


Death loves a good burger joint.


Before: Can we take out the curlers now, please?


And after! Very very very happy about the curls. I honestly hadn't thought they'd work....


And one last shot (for now) for the Wicked fans - our attempt at the official poster. Unfortunately, Elphie's hat was not cooperating. :P

Comments

[sjen.livejournal.com]

Okay, everyone was talking about these costumes for weeks, but I still have no clue now that I've seen them--what are these costumes of?? Is it a book or something?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Heeeee, I kind of have that problem, too - they're from the Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman. I've only read a little bit of the series, but they seem really neat. ;)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Ah - with the exception of Galinda and Elphaba. They're from Wicked, originally by Gregory McGuire, now a musical. :D

[sjen.livejournal.com]

I see. ^^ Well, they look great.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ♥

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

And some movie or other.... (:

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. And the book before that... :P Usually people are confused about Elphaba's name, and since (as far as I know) that's from Wicked specifically........

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I completely understand. (:
Her character is also a lot better defined in the Maguire book, compared to the Baum book, too. The price one pays for having narrative focus on the wrong character, eh, Mister Baum?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

She is, definitely. I didn't particularly care for the ending of the book (it seemed very rushed, and a little as though he didn't have a clue how to go about it), but the first half to 3/4 of the book are wonderful, IMHO. Morally ambiguous characters are so much more fun than the sugary sweet perfect ones!

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

What you said on the book. I've avoided the sequel because I've heard it falls down, but I really loved the way he R&G'ed the original world. And sooner or later I'm going to have to see the musical as well. (It's Phantom of the Opera all over again...)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

And exactly what you said about the sequel. Every time I see it I kind of twitch - I really didn't like the whole deal with her son even in the first book, and the idea of a book all about him.... eugh.

I ♥ the musical unbelievably much. But I understand it's not some people's thing, and it does definitely simplify a lot of stuff from the book. Makes Elphaba out to be a more idealistic character, etc. It's just adorable, and the music is fabulous, though.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's not that I'm avoiding the musical--much like the ALW Phantom, I just haven't scraped up the cash to see it, and other things tend to drift higher on the priority list (like flying cross country to see Rose and stuff) so it probably won't happen soon. And I'm generally not a big fan of music from shows I haven't seen, although Cabaret is an exception. (I *so* wanted to see the revival with Alan Cumming who is The Sex with a side of Sex.)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I can totally empathize with that - I had to skip it when it came around here, and I'm just lucky that one of my housemates had seen it waaaaay back in San Francisco before it became a big deal, so she was determined to get everyone to hear the soundtrack... and explain where and how all the songs fit in, as well.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Oh! I wanted to mention how Delirium's make up makes one eye look bigger than the other and that's so cool and wow you're pretty even with curls.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

*Laughs* Does it really? I so didn't do that on purpose... but I'll pretend I did, if you think it looks good!

And thank you. XD

[iamlovely.livejournal.com]

WICKED!!!!! EEEEE! Elphie's makeup looks smashing! You have to be the cutest Galinda ever!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!! I had waaaaaaaaay too much fun doing her makeup. She's much more interesting than Galinda. ;)

[shoeless-girl.livejournal.com]

RINGLETS! RINGLETS RINGLETS RINGLETS!

Okay, I'm over it, truly. You are adorable!

RINGLETS!!!

No, seriously, I'm over it.

I very much like your Endless crew :) The make up is great! I'd love to be Delirium sometime.

RINGLETS!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

*Laughs* That was me last night: "I have curls!!!" Five minuts later - "No, really - I have curls!!!" So silly. XD

And thank you so much! I had sooo much fun doing everybody's makeup, but I was pretty darned relieved that I ended up looking okay, too. My skin's been acting so badly the last week, I was really worried. Thank the gods it calmed down in time that a little makeup mostly covered it.

[maho-kiwi.livejournal.com]

dsfasdjkfhasdljf how do I leave a comment in your journal lajdflkdasj

okay, obviously I found it, but wow. Complicated X3 Damn you kids and your fancy S2 styles ^^;;

Hee, the pictures all came out great -- I didn't manage to see the endless group from the front, just the side, when that pic was taken. It's really awesome to see you all...tall XD

And you really do make such a fabulous glenda XD

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Oops. I'm sorry for my S2-ness? ^_^;

Thanks! Yeah... I keep forgetting that it's me. Tall and me don't go together in my mind. Then I remember how hard it was to keep bent over like that with my knees bent, and I remember that it was me on that chair. :P

Eeee, thank you. Still very very happy about the curls. That was too much fun.

[maho-kiwi.livejournal.com]

Heh, yours is even one of more-intuitive S2 styles. I think I'm just retarded >->;;;

Ouch, yeah, I bet >_o

It suits you. In a, you small, "I'm small and cute!" way ^^

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

It's all just what people are used to, I think. I get totally screwed up by some of the other styles.

Hee! As long as I can manage 'cute,' I guess that's good. XD

[lacrimaeveneris.livejournal.com]

You make a fantabulous Galinda, and your Elphaba is quite impressive. Also, the Sandman posse was awesome.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was sooooo excited when Dora said she wanted to be Elphaba - she's got exactly the right facial shape for it. And the hair, too! XD

And the Sandman posse was just toooooo much fun. Glad you liked us all!

[zinjadu.livejournal.com]

Damn, I do make a good pirate! 8D

And everyone looks awesome! Glad the pictures came out! ^_^

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

You do!!! And you should check out the pictures Claire has from Friday night, 'cause there are some very nice ones of you in there, too. Even one where you're smiling. XP

[penmage.livejournal.com]

Those are fantastic costumes. I especially love the picture of Death drinking a pepsi. She looks so content - it's such a Deathlike expression. Perfect!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks! We've been trying to get her dressed up as Death for the longest time. She's very much like that in everyday life, with the bippy cuteness! XD

[windrose.livejournal.com]

Oh! Those are fantastic! Thank you for sharing. :D

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thank you! XD

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

Damn. You ladies out-did yourselves this year! Now I'm even sorrier I missed the party :(

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm sorry you couldn't make it, too! I don't get to see you anymore. :( We should see about fixing that one of these upcoming weekends, get together for coffee and writing or something.

[wanderingbeyond.livejournal.com]

request "old housemate group" photos!!!!!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I want it, too, but my camera was already out of film by that point, so I have to wait til Charlie gets his pictures posted! I promise I'll repost for you (or email them) whenever he gets around to it.

[sigelphoenix.livejournal.com]

I love these! Am totally saving for my personal collection.

I like your new icon, by the way. :D

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm really proud of how some of the pictures came out.

I thought you might. I just couldn't resist. :D

[barn-swallow.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh you are crazy cute! Ok that's not usually something a grown woman wants to hear but you have on a poofy dress and little curls so you get cute this time =P

I love the curls! It looks like you just tied them up with fabric, or something? I am surprised that works, now I want to try it.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Lol. Thank you! The dress is hideously poofy, but for Glinda, it works. :D

Basically, yeah. The idea is to take strips of fabric (whatever you can find, I just used scraps from something I had laying around) separate bits of hair and roll the hair under and around the strip and tie it at the top. We put a fat crayola pen in with the fabric so the curls wouldn't wind up too tight around the rags, too, and then slipped the pen out when it got to the top. It's a pain with long hair (and I recommend having somebody else do it - I can't imagine doing it on my own head, all over), but it works, and it's actually pretty comfy to sleep in - I just wore a knit hat right over the rags and all, to keep them from coming apart.

[tejolote.livejournal.com]

Wow, stunning costumes!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Double-commenting... I feel embarassed. A quick look at your user info tells me that I really ought to know who you are. Do you mind my asking?

[tejolote.livejournal.com]

We met at ryunohi's housewarming.

I'm a Sandman fan; not familiar with the other costumes, but they turned out beautifully, whatever the reference.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Aha! I thought it might be you, but I wasn't entirely certain.

Thank you! The other that I was involved in were the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch, via Gregory Maguire's Wicked. My friends and I are too geeky for 'normal' costumes, I guess.