ヨナ

Yona and Lili from “Akatsuki no Yona” by Kusanagi Mizuho.
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Princess Yona handmade postcard ^.^

“Akatsuki no Yona“ Fanart by me

Akatsuki no Yona & Sailor Moon crossover

Soo-Won as Prince Diamond, Yona as Princess Serenity, Hak as Prince Endymion XD

Princess Yona & Princess Kouren from “Akatsuki no Yona” © Kusanagi Mizuho

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My very first  CDJapan order came just in two weeks and I looove it! Akatsuki no Yona 34 Limited Edition with amazing desktop calendar and awesome Yona of The Dawn Fan Book (it’s in Japanese, but I hope there would be English version someday too).

Pfffft… This is just too hilarious. :D Yona of the Dawn manga/anime has become so important to me. I hope people would find this amazing story!  Go buy blu-ray and ongoing manga and let’s hope we will get season 2! Because I want to see so many more hakyona moments! Thank God I found Yona drama CD videos too, it’s so nice to hear their voices! ♥️ Chapter 84,  We Part Here.

-That Princess walks down a broken path-

Yona: Abnormal_walrus
Photographer: Btsephoto

“I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

Yona: Abnormal_walrus
Photographer: Btsephoto

“Somewhere deep in my heart, I probably wanted to believe in him..”

Yona: Abnormal_walrus
Photographer: Btsephoto

I forgot to post these on Tumblr, sorry! During the spring a friend took me to a park while no one was around to do some photos. Last time I did photos in this cosplay it was winter and were done inside since it was too cold. Now I was able to do some warm photos in the outside and greenery.

I really love this cosplay! I am so proud of the work I did. I hope to do more professional photos in the future when I am able to. I have soooo many photo ideas for this cosplay the requires professional help ><

Finally I get the share the full photos of my Princess Yona: Sword Dance cosplay. After all the struggle with shipping, I am so happy with how it turned out! <3

This cosplay also ended up winning Best Novice Category at Anime Milwaukee back in Feb. My first trophy! I am so happy, that I almost cried.

Took us a few takes to get a nice video of me spinning in my Yona dress. I am so happy with how this cosplay came out!

Here is Part 2 of my Yona’s Sword Dance cosplay WIP.

As I worked on Yona’s dress I used a light weight navy denim for the collar, cuffs, and hem of the dress. I left the sleeves unattached because I paid a friend do all the embroidery work. My hand embroidery skills are very limited and I knew I that a machine would do better work than I would. Once I recieved the dress back, I was able to sew on the trim that is between the denim and purple embroidery. After that I sewed the side seam of the sleeves and attached them. For the hem, collar, and cuffs I hand stitched them closed on the underside. I did not want a top stitch to be used for any of these areas. I wanted to make it look flawless. The lengthy part was hand stitching the hem. It took me about 2.5 hours.

For the sash, I finished adding the fringe. I would later add some gold foil to the denim fabric, which you will see in a future post when I do final photos.

For Yona’s shoes, I bought some simple black flats that I spiced up with some gold foil techniques. I had to go back to fill in some spots I missed with the foil glue.

This cosplay had a LOT of jewelry that I had to make. This was my first time working with beads and gemstones. It was very exhausting to find what I wanted to use. I picked gemstones that might be found in Asia.

First necklace: This necklace was the first one I finished and would be wrapped around the sword. It is made of three gemstones: 6mm amethyst round beads, 8mm blue dyed jade round beads, and large teal green apatite nugget beads. At the center of the necklace is a large Tibetan styled pendant.

Second Necklace: This is actually 2-4 necklaces in one, depending on your view. It sits around my neck and is the main focal point. It deals with a 3 tiered necklace that features  over 200 gold hematite beads and two lapis lazuli oval connectors. The other necklaces consist of 10 gold round pendants with 30 gold bar pendants and 6mm gold rondelle beads. For the gold pendants I had to file off two of the five hoop connectors to fit the style more. The necklace that consist of the pendants is actually attached to the last tier of the first necklace. this lessons the use of necklace clips and made it so that the pendants laid nicely across my chest.

Earrings: I have to say this was the easiest part to make of this cosplay. I used two large lapis lazuli barrel beads, two butterfly spacer beads, and two gold tassels.

The sword was also lengthy process to make, mostly because I am not much of a prop maker. I used a 24 inch long by 3 inch wide basswood, along with a smaller length for the handle, and thin balsa wood. The store was out of the normal 36 inch basswood that I would have used instead. I also used foam to add the layering effect on the handle. One of the major tools for the sword was a good burner. After I engraved the design onto the sword, I went over it with the wood burner. The wood burner also goes through foam with ease and made the designs go smoothly. Once the paint job was done I put two holes into the base of the handle and used some heavy duty white thread to tie the necklace into place.

I look forward to doing final photos this weekend.

At the beginning of September, I went to a Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Sadly, the day I went it was raining. So I was unable to get a lot of photos. Their Japanese Garden was perfect for my Sword Dance Yona cosplay. I hope to go back in the future and try to get some more photos.

Maybe one day I will make her royalty gowns <3