Kickstarter backer feature #4

Today's features youll find on FB. Since we all spend so much time on there haha

First up is Urban Fantasy Photography: https://www.facebook.com/UrbanFantasyPhotos .

Their work is something I can certainly get behind - with bold and fun themes from steampunk to cosplays. Youll also notice, they had the chance to work with my huge fan girl crush, fetish icon Ulorin Vex! SO GREEN WITH ENVY!

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Next is Ground Nine hat clips! Well, they say they sell hat clips on their FB page but after looking at their pics i think they sell a range of merchandise.

"Ground Nine is inspired and modeled in part by the classic writings of The Nine Grounds from 'The Art Of War' by the warrior-philosopher Master Sun Tzu, and all the Rap and Hip Hop artists grinding it out night after night with all their heart and soul trying to push their music to the top and the people who can appreciate the effort it takes to make it."

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Ha-dick-en! All my boners.

 TWO DAYS TWENTY-ONE HOURS LEFT UNTILL I CAN GO ON FB AGAIN WOO!

    Welp, I *WAS* going to do a video for you guys on all the updates as of late but I just got wailed in the face with one hell of a bug. Im pretty sure i caught it while at work doing the open casting call. SO MANY PEOPLE *facepalm* anyhow, ONWARD! Onward with cold medicine induced rambles!

Iv been working a lot on costuming for all sorts of things from shoots to events.
Sort of last min ( for me anyway, im rather fond of planning ahead) I got invited to Wicked Fair and their VIP event, The Goblin Market. Certainly cant go a victorian stylized alternative changeling-esque atmosphere in your skivvies! So iv been trying to put together three outfits for that event. The only preview I can show atm is a very wintery earth tone gown that makes me think of Mrs Lovitt's gown in the market scene of the movie lol Tattered browns, fur trim, feathers etc Im looking forward to bringing along a light with me so i hope people are also putting together some epic things to wear come Feb!

My DarkStalkers Morrigan Cosplay is pretttty much DONE!
I just need someone to stencil on some bats to my ass and
the back of my legs. Other than that its all ready to go!
I think if im feeling better before someone can lend me
an artistic hand ill do the preview shoot of her and just
Pshop the back view. Though im still wondering where
I should shoot her?









On other notable things of epicness - the UPS guy left about 8 boxes of various dimensions on my doorstep this morning. I opened the door and practically got uppercutted by my own rock hard boner seeing them haha Thankfully my mail carriers think im nuts to begin with but the look he gave me as i started loading almost all of them on my shoulders like the hulk would have been telling. ( Believe it or not, carrying around 5-6 fully beaded ballgowns in your arms all day is pretty fucking heavy. But it pays off when trying to creep out your mail man it seems lol)

Psst here are some off the cam raw test shots iv been
doing tonight to distract myself from being sick.
 I cant wait to play with the bottom center set up!

Amongst the mighty bounty were my first ever strobes! I got 2 Alien bees - a AB400 & 800. A 48" softbox that doubles as a puptent, barndoors, gels of every color, honeycome grid set, a portable power pack, some vintage lingerie, a mink hat, silver Mylar paper, vintage German officers WW coat(complete with old blood stains in it) and a new tripod.

Im still expecting some untold tools of great and wordly domination. Gowns are under construction already but one has to wait to get started untill the tailor Kaito Milk gets back from Katsu Con! Boo! Though on the more fetish end, im a bit conflicted. Latex Sailor Mars or Latex Military Uniform? What do you guys want to see more?

On the note of Kickstarter, I just sent all the print orders in to my shop!

And I splurged a bit on everyone's prints and upgraded them all to Metalic paper.

 *throws confetti!* 

Okay. Im gonna go dream of the one (Rob Zombie's "Living Dead Girl" just came on Pandora as i was writing this. So make it 2 things that can make me feel better atm LOL) thing that makes me feel better when im sick, Monster energy drinks! *gnaws on her last can*

Soft Kitty...Warm kitty....not so little ?

Hey everyone! I figure id give a casual update since im still estranged from my fb audience *grabby hands* T_T In 8 days ill be BACK! I want to turn to my boss and be like " i need the week off" "oh wow why?" "...I havent been on FB for an entire month*Stares blankly*" haha


Monday is going to be pretty long since we are hosting an open casting call to anyone wanting to model for us and walk in our charity fashion show. There are so many charities Id want to help with - like the In-Sync Exotics Wildlife rescue. But we went with the Scholarship America fund this time which helps kids pay for college. Which i wish i had help from when i went to school haha

The In-Sync Exotics rescue center is based in Texas and is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue of neglected, abused and unwanted exotic felines. As a fairly recently established organization (2000) they house and care for so many breath taking creatures. Reading some of the stories of how they were found made me want to throw up and punch humanity though T_T

"When the door opened we were hit with an unmistakable smell of rotten meat. On the left was a freezer of old rotten meat that had been covered in maggots then refroze. Just past the freezer was the first “stall” on the left. There were two cougars inside with piles of feces, old rotten food covered with bugs and maggots and absolutely no water. What we saw next was the most horrifying of all. Kane was laying in a corner weaving and shaking back and forth and was obviously very sick."

"His condition was so bad upon his arrival that we were not even 100% sure he was a lynx. He suffered severe ringworm, which left him almost entirely hairless. He was also anemic and significantly underweight at only 10.5 pounds."

But reading about how they have rejuvenated these poor guys is wonderful. Course, since it is a non profit organization and taking care of these endangered creatures costs tremendous amounts of money they are always looking for donations and volunteers.


There are many ways you can help, including, but not limited to:

• Washing Bowls and Buckets
• Cleaning enclosures
• Preparing animal diets
• Helping with special events
• Fund raising
• Building new enclosures

In addition to volunteers helping with the day-to-day chores, they also need skilled volunteers to help with special projects:



Skilled Volunteers:

• Welders
• Plumbers
• Electricians
• Landscapers
• Carpenters

Marketing Support Volunteers:

• Press Contacts
• Finding contributions
• Setting up corporate/business sponsors
• Designing fundraising materials
• Producing/printing fundraising materials
• Obtaining donations for stocking gift shop

Website: http://www.insyncexotics.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insyncexotics
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Insync_Exotics
Photo Gallery of Cats: http://www.flickr.com/photos/insyncexotics/collections/

Kickstarter Backer Feature #1

So here i am, starting the new year off with the first volley of features of the many amazing and talented people who helped backing my first ever Kickstarter project, Manifest Fantasy! Today Im featuring 2 amazing photographers one I've known for a while and one im hoping to know better as the new year comes forward!

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Photo Happy Troll Productions

Based out of Alexandria, VA he describes himself as "a Photo Happy Troll and his camera and Kilt running around taking photos.". Over the years hes been a momentous supporter of my work and a great friend so I am more than happy to show you guys some of his own work!

Recently he has taken on a project entitled the "Tronage Fairies", 

a lil mixture of Ton, Bondage and the flirty fun of fairies. 

Low light is probably the demon that haunts my nightmares but its the environmental his work takes him in most often. Using battery operated El-wires the bondage is woven about his models creating a mega cool club/ambient feel. 

He frequents a lot of events from the fetish arena to anime conventions and renaissance fairs.

So between his main body of work you get a lot of variety. Anything from cute lolitas, sword fights to local parties. This Feb we may even be running into each other at the Wicked Fair, whos ready for some glowy latex?!

Contact Info
Website
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brothergus/
http://brthrgus.deviantart.com/
http://www.modelmayhem.com/2337799
http://pyrogus.livejournal.com/profile
Email
brothergus@comcast.net

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Next up is the fucking metal mind behind Kefkism Design! His work is that professionally polished quality you see the mainstream magazines applied to alt fashion and portrait work. In specific, he manages to wrangle large groups of people for these massively orchestrated images Id probably kill myself if i ever had to attempt lol Some of the images range from unique wedding group shots to editorial style work for clothing designers such as Alter-Eco Clothing & Dark Knits. He also shoots a lot of work for bands, from cover shots to event coverage.

Contact Info
Website
http://kefkasjudgement.deviantart.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Kefkism
http://www.modelmayhem.com/28470

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Manifested.

So 2012 is waning away and with it's passing it is giving rise to new greater better more amazing things than I could have imagined. Im sure 2013 is going to have it's fill of hardship but as Im sitting here looking at my first ever completed kickstarter im just blown away.

I claim this moment as one to be a sentimental cancerian! I kind of started tearing up in the video I just made...my voice cracking like an insecure teenager lol But I sort of feel that way. That build of nervous energy swirling around in the pit of my stomach with a tight ball of excitement building up. On one hand I certainly am feeling the pressure of people's expectations. So many people have come out of the woodwork of the...the world i guess *blinks at some of the international backers* in supporting my work for this new year. I want to make sure its worth their interest & funding.

On the other hand? I feel a sort of relief in seeing so many people regard my work in a way that is worth notice. Sort of validated I guess? Thats not to say I dont fancy myself skilled at what I do. If i didnt feel at least that for my work I wouldnt push it like I have for so many years. But there is always a nagging doubt that my work is lacking something since it isnt you know.. knocking down the doors of Vogue as it were.

I took a lot of risks at the end of this year. I quit 2 large corrupt companies to join 2 smaller just budding businesses that have the risk of failing and leaving me high and dry. But I dont regret it. I love my change to Geek Goddess.

Ironically the first year I felt like Iv made a lot of changes and headway is this year and it was the first time at my 1 mandatory family function a yr that no one asked how I was doing LoL *facepalm*

All that aside, I just want to crank up my music as loud as the speakers go, sing along to what ever plays and work out all this energy iv got built up.

Or  Channel my inner Zangief  in bear hugging all of my friends I can reach.

        

On a lighter note, I got another garment in from Milanoo to review!

This time it wasnt a lolita garment but a sexy piece of rubber! Ill spare you the text.

Why read when you can watch a video review of the product?lol

Manifest Fantasy

Hey guys! For a long time I had this half made website - it looked REALLY cool. Much cooler than this, I promise. But I had coding problems I couldnt get past and I couldnt afford to pay someone to do it for me. So thats how we get this!

As some of you may know, my FB got frozen in December so I had some time on my hands to whip this up haha After I hold my friends at gunpoint, ill have some new personal info up under "The Team" soon enough...so as things go along expect to see the blog evolve.

Drawings realized in photography which exemplify motifs such as the dark carnival, fairytales and the childhood camp of comic books.

 For those following my fundraiser - WE MADE OUT GOAL!

Now its time to KICK THAT GOALS ASS!

If we can keep this momentum going ill be posting tons of cool new incentives backer only journal posts etc!  Extra will REALLY help me get video capabilities ( all the behind the scennnesss!) and aid in making the shoots all the more extravagant ! And more..moreness?

I Also added some new pledge rewards:

 Pledge $50 or more

*1 X Photoset of 10 exclusive artistic/suggestive nude images. *1 X 5 photos professionally retouched by myself. *1 X Feature written up of your own artwork or business (of choice)posted on my sites & social media. *1 X Thx on blog/credit in the limited photobook production.

 Pledge $70 or more

One half hour WIZARDRY TEACHING SESSION! Um, in laymans: Ill hop onto skype with you for a half hour/hr and answer any photo retouching questions you may have and show you some tips n tricks!