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Kiss from a bloody rose

Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing
Solid & Etc Tribute

Kouta Hirano's HELLSING

Baby,
I've...
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.
been.............. kissed from a rose on the grey.
Ooh, the more I get of you
...ooh...........the..
Stranger it feels, yeah
stranger it feels, ...yeah.
Now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the grey,
Bridge

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La preghiera all'alba

My First

ME as TRINITY' BLOOD CARDINAL CATERINA SFORZA, DUCHESS OF MILAN

My special gratitude to &

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Lost in translation

we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater

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Magnolia

Come to me "miss sleeveless",
In the morass... I squeeze you
and on the street, I smell you...
there is no place to hide.

Seras Victoria
Kouta Hirano's HELLSING
OVAS 7, 8, 9

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Cato Kusanagi's H PROJECT

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I want your psycho

I want your psycho, your vertical stick
Want you in my rear window, baby, you're sick
I want your love
Love, love, love, I want your love
(Love, love, love, I want your love)

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I want your psycho

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Patience

Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing
Kouta Hirano's HELLSING (OVA version)

Photographer: ROGELIO CUELLAR

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Homunculi

LUST

Hiromu Arakawa's FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

NOTE: The Ouroborus tatoo is absolutely REAL

Always a lady

Lady Angelina Durless
"Madame Red"

Yana Toboso' KUROSHITSUJI

Grell's hot dream

Sebastian Michaelis

Yana Toboso' KUROSHITSUJI

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Rehab

The man said 'why do you think you here'
I said 'I got no idea
I'm gonna, I'm gonna lose my baby
so I always keep a bottle near'
He said 'I just think you're depressed,
this me, yeah baby, and the rest'

KUROSHITSUJI

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Version of 'A thousand...'

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Variations of my photos by the great pin-up artist

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NEW IN THE GALLERY: THINGS GOLD:iconart-express:
#Art-Express
Artistic Expression
by Unbearable Lightness :iconunbearable-lightness:
Dr. Carla Johnson http://drlightness.blogspot.com
Be sure to vote for our Members' Choice: Artwork of the Week. Voting closes this Saturday, April 23, at 12 Noon EST.
The winner will be announced on Sunday.

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Good art has to be shared. A Feature.Lots of my favorites for you to enjoy.
Look. Be inspired to create your own art.
be it pencil, camera, brush or ink.
Love it then pass it around, show it off, be proud.

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HAPPINESS! I'M HAPPY
Everything's going great for me today. :iconimhappyplz:
And how about you?
POSITIVE FEATURES :bulletwhite: :bulletorange: :bulletwhite:
Please :+fav: if you like any of them.
:heart: Thank you! :heart:

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Featured Art - 1st WallRecently, I have been faving a lot of wonderful works from people all over the world, and I just couldn't thank you enough for inspiring and motivating me through these pictures.
What's a beautiful gift for any artists?
Well, I'll say the very same thing - Inspiration, Motivation, etc. Force that keeps you going and going, and this endless cycle of goodness will keep on going. Through this simple cycle, a lot of fantastic events will take place too and I just want to join in the fun to spread that goodness! It just makes me warm and happy when thinking about it, so I will feature brilliant arts from various artists to show you my gratitude to them, and maybe it's your turn in that cycle? To spread that goodness?

Featured Art
All of these featured deviations are from my Favourites, which mostly came from groups that I joined, etc...
They're just wonderful, take a look and they're altogether 20 pieces!

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Living, Breathing FeatureAnother Feature of some of my favorite pieces of Art
Make sure you give them some LOVE :iconfeatureplz:

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Manip-Your-Music's Top Submitters by `creativemikey

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FRESH FRUITS FROM OUR GALLERY:iconart-express:
#Art-Express
Artistic Expression
by Unbearable Lightness :iconunbearable-lightness:
Dr. Carla Johnson http://drlightness.blogspot.com
Be sure to vote for our Members' Choice: Artwork of the Week. Voting closes this Saturday, May 14, at 12 Noon EST.
The winner will be announced on Sunday.

FRESH FRUITS FROM OUR GALLERY by #Art-Express

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Our Winter Love:iconvoguing:
by Unbearable Lightness :iconunbearable-lightness:
Dr. Carla Johnson http://drlightness.blogspot.com
Voguing Administrator
Taking advantage of the free premium membership day, here are some of the many amazing works from our gallery received this Winter

Don't you just love it when the snow blows and you sit inside with a cup of hot chocolate or a hot toddy? Hey, kick back and view these beautiful works of art! The artists deserve our love

:thumb274384Our Winter Love by #voguing

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Thanks from the deep of my

for my dear friends. I love you too much

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I'm going to start an artistic work outside of cosplay, as photographer ... do you think that I should to open an alternative gallery in DA?

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15 deviants said Good idea!

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10 deviants said Mmmm...I think isnt necessary

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Artist | Student | Varied

Tuvalu

And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

Leonard Cohen

ABOUT ME

Writter & Journalist of profession.

Author of a serie of a novels called "Otaku trilogy" about manga, anime, cosplay & video games,

I consider me, however, an artist in progress; someone who seeking my path can not be one, but one which achieves the harmony of all facets of art that interest me. I want to be a creative model and an intriguing photographer with different type of cameras.

But my greatest passions are cosplay and pin-up art, and I aspire to display that both are beyond of simply pretty or funny images...that pin-up is not only an light enterteinment for men, and cosplay could be an art for sensitive adults...but I know that I have a long way to get it.

Complete cosplays:

HELLSING' Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing
HELLSING' Seras Victoria
HELLSING: THE DAWN' Girlycard
KUROSHITSUJI' Sebastian Michaelis
KUROSHITSUJI' Maid Maylene
KUROSHITSUJI' Lady Angelina Durless/Madame Red
TRINITY BLOOD' Cardinal Caterina Sforza, Duchess of Milan
FULL METAL ALCHEMIST' Lust
SPEED GRAPHER' Kagura Tenouzu
LOVELESS' Agatsuma Soubi

My next -¡ready!- complete cosplay!

CASTLEVANIA' Maria Renard

My avatar is a gift of my lovely friend:

Interests

Pure expressions

Journal Entry: Sun May 19, 2013, 10:06 PM

"Cuando yo era un niño pequeño –señala el fotógrafo portugués José Calheros - empecé a hacer fotos, y la gente me dijo que eran diferentes, que yo era capaz de captar sentimientos... y desde entonces no he dejado de hacerlo.

José Calheros, arquitecto de profesión, fotógrafo de vocación, nació un 23 de septiembre en Lisboa y es un fotógrafo con muchísima experiencia. Tanto que considero válido apuntar que vive, come y duerme junto a su cámara, porque hasta en sueños puede aparecer una imagen que seduzca su fino instinto.

"Mi primera cámara fue una pequeña Kodak, que usé un par de veces –prosigue José, nostálgico de la infancia en que fue tocado por esa magia -No había dinero para comprar la película, no es tan fácil como ahora. Mi primera foto, lo recuerdo bien, se la hice a dos amigos de mi edad. La conservo aún y considero que es una foto dulce y…dramática. Así la veo yo. Creo que captura en forma muy pura lo que significa la verdadera amistad.

Aunque Calheros se ha aficionado a fotografiar paisajes y escenas espontáneas –él mismo se denomina "fotógrafo de la calle"-hay "algo" en cada una de sus imágenes que haría suponer que esas imágenes estaban puestas ahí, aguardándolo. No importa si son parejas besándose en un rincón tranquilo, transeúntes contemplando anuncios o escaparates con expresión absorta o pensando en algo que no tiene que ver con lo que observan; niños prestos a la sonrisa o peregrinos fatigados. Quienes apreciaron aquellas primeras fotos de Calheros no exageraron: sus fotos son diferentes, tienen alma…proyectan más al propio fotógrafo que a los sujetos de interés.

Calheros ha recorrido el continente europeo en su totalidad y algunos otros países, armado de su amiga del alma, es decir, sus cámaras, una Nikon D800 con 14/24 (2.8), 24/70 (2.8) y 70/200 (2,8) y una pequeña Fujifilm X10 que ganó en un concurso de fotografía convocado por una revista francesa.

Foto con Fujifilm:

"España, Francia, Reino Unido, Italia, Alemania, Bélgica, Países Bajos, República Checa, Hungría, Islandia, Austria, Dinamarca, Noruega, Suecia, Finlandia, Irlanda, Suiza, Turquía, Marruecos, Angola y EE.UU… Las capitales europeas son muy interesantes en cuanto a fotografía de calle, y no podría citar solo una por encima de las demás. Si hablamos de un país que me haya cautivado en términos fotográficos, ése sería Islandia

"Me gusta caminar en las ciudades y sentir las calles y las personas; sus olores, sus luces, sus colores…sus historias imaginarias… y trato de atraparlas en mis fotos. Me gusta contar historias, y mi forma de contarlas es a través de imágenes.

"Hay gente a la que no le gusta ser retratada, se voltean para otro lado, pero son las menos. Recuerdo en particular a una chica que de inmediato posó para mí. Después me preguntó si trabajaba en una revista y si planeaba ponerla en la portada (risas) De cualquier manera quedó contenta con la toma.

"Las caras de la gente llaman poderosamente mi atención –prosigue- No es tanto la belleza, sino las expresiones. Lo que esas expresiones me dicen a mí. Veo belleza, tristeza, admiración y así sucesivamente. Hay todo tipo de caras increíbles en las calles y tantos sentimientos…y algunas caras son un verdadero catálogo de sentimientos.

La mayoría de las fotografías de José están en blanco y negro, aunque la ausencia de color, en su caso, es relativa… ¿Cómo logra José Calheros hacernos ver los colores ausentes?

"Creo que en blanco y negro se es más preciso para atrapar sentimientos. Hay que jugar con la luz para conseguir más o menos contraste y si la foto es buena, es mucho más atractivo para mí. El color distrae un poco, puede llegar a ser muy protagónico.

A este artista no le gusta retocar sus fotografías: "Solo realizo algunos ajustes. No me gusta para retocarlas, considero que deben conservar la esencia de lo que me llevó a obtenerlas. Hago la composición en fracciones de segundo en mi mente mientras mi dedos ajustan lo que quiero y casi siempre sólo hago una foto del sujeto, que es ése momento. Un segundo después de que no es la misma. Hablo, claro, de mi trabajo personal, porque si estoy trabajando para una revista o publicidad debo retocar mucho para hacerlos perfectos y alcanzar los intereses de mis clientes.

Respecto a esta faceta, José Calheros también tiene mucho que contar:

"Generalmente una publicación me contrata y yo hago todo el trabajo. Llamo a la agencia de modelos con la que normalmente trabajo y les indico qué tipo de modelo requiero. Después hago una pequeña entrevista con el modelo y hago dos o tres fotos para ver cómo reaccionan ante mí. Durante las sesiones de fotos siempre estoy hablando con los modelos, tratando de que se sientan cómodos antes de pedirles expresiones. 1, 2, 3 de expresión, ¡dispara!, 1,2,3, expresión ¡disparar!... Y puedo decir que les gusta trabajar conmigo a pesar de que soy muy exigente, porque también tengo mucha paciencia y estar en el estudio es como estar en casa.

Pese a la crisis que ataca actualmente a su país, José Calheros está por publicar su primer libro de fotografía titulado "Advertising", donde muestra la conexión entre publicidad y peatón, el tema más frecuentado en sus fotos:

"Soy arquitecto y se supone que lo de las fotos es un hobby… pero los proyectos arquitectónicos están muriendo lentamente, de modo que tengo que mantener mi mente en la fotografía. Me encantaría viajar a más países para disparar y hacer más editoriales de moda. También me gustaría hacer otro libro con mi fotografía de calle. Espero aprender más. Nunca se deja de aprender.

ENGLISH

"When I was a little child –says portuguese photographer Jose Calheros - I started taking pictures, and people told me that they were different, that I was able to catch feelings ... and since then I have not stopped.

José Calheros, architect by profession, photographer by vocation, was born on September 23 in Lisbon and is a photographer with lots of experience. Both I consider valid point that lives, eats and sleeps with his camera, because even in dreams may appear an image that seduces his fine instinct.

"My first camera was a little Kodak, I used a couple of times-continues Jose, nostalgic by childhood that was touched by the magic-There was no money to buy the film, not as easy as now. My first photo, I remember well, was made to a couple of friends of my same age. I keep it still and I think that is a sweet picture ... dramatic. So I see it. I think that I in could capture the pure meaning of true friendship.

Although Calheros has taken to photographing landscapes and spontaneous-he called to himself "street photographer"-there is "something" in each of the images that would suggest that these images were put there, waiting for him. Whether you are couples kissing in a quiet corner, watching passersby or window ads with rapt expression or thinking about something that has nothing to do with what they see, children ready to smile or weary pilgrims. Who appreciated those first photos of Calheros not exaggerated: his photos are different, they have more soul ... projected photographer himself the subject of interest.

Calheros has traveled the entire European continent and some other countries, armed with her soul, namely, cameras, a Nikon D800 with 14/24 (2.8) 24/70 (2.8) and 70/200 (2, 8) and a small Fujifilm X10 he won in a photo contest organized by a French magazine.

Photos with Fujifilm:

"Spain, France, UK, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Iceland, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Switzerland, Turkey, Morocco, Angola and the U.S. ... The Capitals Europe are very interesting in terms of street photography, and I could not name just one above the other. If we talk about a country that has captivated me in photographic terms, that would be Iceland

"I like walking in the cities and feel the streets and people, its smells, its lights, its colors ... their imaginary stories ... and I try to catch them in my photos. I like to tell stories, and my way of telling them is through photos.

"There are people who do not like to be photographed, they turn the other way, but are the least. I particularly remember to a girl who posed for me right away. Then she asked me if I worked in a magazine and if I planned to put her on the cover (laughs).

"The faces of the people call my attention -he continues-, is not only beauty, but the expressions. What those expressions say to me. I see beauty, sadness, admiration, and so on. There are all kinds of amazing faces in the streets and so many feelings ... and some faces are a catalog of feelings.

Most of the photographs of Joseph are in black and white, but the absence of color, if any, is relative ... How does Joseph Calheros us see absent colors?

"I think in black and white is more accurate to catch feelings. You have to play with the light to get more or less contrast and if the photo is good, it is much more appealing to me. The color distracts a little, can be very leading.

This artist does not like to retouch his personal photographs: "I just performed some adjustments. I do not like to retouch, I think that should retain the essence of what drove me to get them. I make split-second composition in my mind as my fingers fit what I want and I almost always only a photo of the subject, it is that time. A second later it's not the same. I speak, of course, my personal work, because if I'm working for a magazine or advertising I retouched to make them perfect and achieve the interests of my clients.

Regarding this aspect, José Calheros also has much to say:

"Generally a publication hire me and I do all the work. I call modeling agency with which they normally work and what kind of model indicated require. Then I do a little interview with the model and make two or three pictures to see how they react to me. During the photo shoots I'm always talking to the models, trying to feel comfortable before asking expressions. 1, 2, 3 expression, shoot!, 1,2,3, expression shoot! ... And I can tell they enjoy working with me even though I am very picky because I have too much patience and being in the studio is like home.

Despite the crisis currently attacking his country, Joseph Calheros is about to publish his first book of photography titled "Advertising", which shows the connection between advertising and pedestrian, the most visited theme in your photos:

"I'm an architect and it is assumed that the photos is a hobby ... but the architectural projects are slowly dying, so I have to keep my mind in the photograph. I love to travel to more countries to shoot and make fashion editorials. I also like to do another book with my street photography. I hope to learn more. Never stop learning.

JOSÉ CALHEROS' SEVEN DAILY DEVIATIONS

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Interview with Eva Desu

YOU CAN READ ORIGINAL VERSION HERE [link]
Thanks to much to

grace | August 10, 2012

1) Your Full Name

My real name is Eva Gil, but my older daughter named me EVA DESU and I adopted it as "artistic" name

2) Tell us about you

I'm writer, journalist and student of Eastern Cultures. I'm author of a series of novels inspired in dynamics of mangas and animes. Im mom of 2 children who are my teachers in cosplay art and I practice photograph and bellydance. I live immersed in the art world.

3) Where are you located?

I live in Mexico City

4) What started you on the cosplay path?

I began to make cosplay to accompany to my daughter to conventions, but now I consider it an art that I practice with same seriousness as I make my professional work.

5) When not cosplaying, what do you do?

I write. Literature is an essential part of my life. I practice with photograph too.

6) What kind of cosplayer do you consider yourself?

I consider me a ritualistic and perfectionistic cosplayer. Definitely isn't a game for me, however, I love to improvise with characters, without betray the essence of the character.

7) Do you have a current cosplay favorite?

Yes! Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing. Was my first professional cosplay, and I return to her ever I can.

8) If you have a long range goals in your life. What is it?

Yes I want to be great in every thing I make: I want to be a great writer, a great dancer and a great cosplayer. My idea is to be better every day.

9) Do you have a cosplay story — happy story, horror story, uplifting, artistic story — you can share with our readers?

Well I have an story in particular, when I made by first time my Caterina Sforza' cosplay:

I was possing for photos front a church doors of Coyoacan while inside celebrated the Mass of 6 PM. Unexpectedly appeared an elegant gentleman (very similar to Colin Firth) followed by his young wife and two young children and when he see me, reacted as if he had appeared the Devil.

-This lack of respect! – shouted him. Her wife and sons jumped scared -How dare to portray this woman with these ….rags at the door of a temple? A woman making fun of the costumes cardinal, my God, this country is at war!

Cato Kusanagi, the photographer continued taking photos; as if he had not heard anything, but I was really angry! The man continued to make reference to my "rags heretics", and suddenly, a tourist tell him: -What about the gentleman is that he is too upset that she would have preferred to see her dressed … in bikini.

10) Do you have any advice for someone who wants to get into the cosplay scene?

I advice to cosplayers that take it seriously. Yes, is very funny, but I think that a lot of people see this as a child game, something without importance, and cosplay is an ART.

11) There is a lot of debate if Western/Asians should cosplay. Your thoughts?

I am totally in love with Asian cosplay. Of course, there are wonderful cosplayers in every corner of the world, but Im seduced by the drama and elegance of Asian cosplayers.

12) Could you tell us a little about how you made the costume?

I would like a lot to be cosmaker too. In some cases, I have dressed to some cosplayers, but only when it comes to improvisation because I have an array of wigs, weapons, gloves, furry ears, etc.  I haven't knowledge of high couture, and when I require sumptuous costumes, I go with a wonderful designers who work for a TV channel, and they are my friends.

13) How far into the character are you willing to go while in cosplay? At the end of the day, are you "YOU" or are you your "CHARACTER"?

Is different in every case: some characters are installed in me even after removing the cospslay, as in the case of one Sir Integra… or recently Sebastian Michaelis. I have become much more friendly and contained since I did him … but in most cases, the character fades as I withdraw the suit.

14) Do you have any experience of taking a cosplay event in a foreign country?

No, unfortunately, but one of my biggest dreams is to participate in a convention in Japan or China, I REALLY love this countries, and I have reconstructed them through my imagination in my novels.

15) It is hard to exhibit the thoughtfulness and the spirit of a character, please tell me your secrets of success.

Well…I think that my secret to SEDUCE to people with my cosplays, is TO BE THE CHARACTER, not only a disguised person. I was a Theater Actress in University and I studied too much, but finally I decided to be the author of the works. However, these studies are helping me a lot for cosplays. I become totally in character, as Stanivslasky Technique.

16) Name 3 of your favorite (art/anime) books/ magazines.

My favourite mangas (even I could make a list too much large!)

1.- The serie of novels of TRINITY BLOOD

2.- HELLSING' Ovas and manga

3.- MONSTER (I prefer manga to anime)

17) What is your life motto?

As Nietzsche fan: "The maturity of man is having rediscovered the seriousness with which he played when he was a child".