It was hot

[clevermanka]

Super low energy (still) after Crypticon, and I'm not up for making a post about it yet. My body is being all sorts of weird right now. Low energy, spectacular swelling issues, discomfort in my guts, general all-round unwell. But here are a couple pics.

Pit Girl.

Full-size pic here

On Saturday, I got to make out with a Predator. A highlight of the weekend.




Today's Tumblr collection is Tuesday, August 20: Devils.

Comments

[etcet.livejournal.com]

re: tumblz - there's a reason my tattoo is what it is :-)

(I sent a friend the last one in your set, and immediately got a congratulatory note on the publication of my biography....)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

[etcet.livejournal.com]

pertinent to snogging the Predator, if you're familiar with the game "Apples to Apples" :

The card in play:

SUAVE

The contenders:
[junk]
[junk]
[junk]
JFK
[junk]
[junk]
Tyrannosaurus Rex

The verdict:
"Everyone knows that JFK was a motherfuckin' pimp, but *nobody* says 'no' to T. Rex."

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Well done! The scar looks great, too.

I love the comparison of your two make-up jobs.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thanks! There was an air-brush booth near our table that would do a single slash for $5, so fuck yeah.

I got a lot of compliments on Dead Girl's makeup.

Edit: Hey, whaddya think of the evolution of your jacket? =D

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I love it! It's even an about-town wearable now. I can see it with a pair of cigarette pants and a cami.

I applied for an airbrush make-up workshop at the local Beauty College, but they aren't doing them here. Poop.

[miischelle.livejournal.com]

YOU LOOK fANTAStiC!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

this!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you, bb!

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

Boy, do you look GREAT! And I looooooove the jacket with the silk symbol transfers. You look like 2 different people in the top and bottom pix...but what a sexxie predator you found there. :P

The devil pix are really interesting as a whole set because each image of the same thing has a slightly different spin to it. But there are a couple of individual pix there that are real heart stoppers. The kids!! The one that looks like a tarot card is gorgeous! and the white woman are my faves, though i like them all.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I get lots of compliments on my various make-up jobs. Had someone once tell me I was as changeable as Madonna, which was a pretty awesome thing to hear. I think it's from playing around with makeup so much as a teen in the 80s. I have a really good feel for what looks good on my face and what looks bad on my face, and how to make either of those things work toward the desired result.

So glad to hear the Tumblr collection appealed! It was a fun one to pull together, if a little weird digging through all the search results.

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

i got carried away with the images and forgot to say that I'm sorry you feel crummy. :(

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Aw. Thanks. I super want to go home RIGHT NOW. Bleh.

[sherwood21.livejournal.com]

You look AH-MAY-ZING. Sorry you're worn out and bluh feeling though.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sweets!

Yeah, I think a three-day con is a little too much for me. Ah well, live and learn.

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

loved the engraving of a woman exposing herself to the devil.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

That was one of the earliest ones I found for the collection. Loved it!

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

Gurl, you look GOOD! ;)

Hope you're feeling better by now!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Not feeling much better, no. =( Hopefully by the weekend.

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

Con pics AWESOME!
Feeling ick, NOT.
Loved the tumbler, now I'm feeling all heathen.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks for the compliments!

Feeling better now, but I haven't eaten yet today, soooo.....

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Love those pics. You look awesome, bb <3

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly!

[kazoogrrl.livejournal.com]

Love seeing the final result after all the teaser descriptions. You look fabulous!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I felt good in them.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I am unfamiliar with the character you are cosplaying in the photos, but DAYUMN GURL

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Wheee! Thanks!

Pit Girl is an imagined character from my friend Sean Demory's book Zobop Bepob. He pitches it as The Divine Horsemen meet Super Fly. So if you enjoy voudoun and blacksploitation stuff, you should check it out.

Dead Girl is from his short story The Ballad of the Wayfaring Stranger and the Dead Man's Whore. It's an Appalachian Depression-era ghost story that made a couple of honorable mention lists, including (I think) Best Horror of 2012 and the Hugo list.

He's a master at developing ambiance.

[pointoforigin.livejournal.com]

Late to the party, but I have to say that jacket was fantastic. Your hamsa blends perfectly. You really are brilliant at costuming.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Late, schmate. I'll never turn down a compliment.