Apollo Im Burning:
Haha yeah I am really adventureous. I once was on a schooltrip to Paris, where a friend and I ended up going to the more local-ish areas, away from the specatcle of tourists, when we were todl we had some hours that wasn't school related, it was a lot of fun. ^^,
And yes those states definitly also have a lot of history to dig into and places to see.
Yep the tatoo idea with a bird on a barbed wire actually came to me as I wached a prison show, ever since he idea have been stuck in my head. A great symbolism of letting go of the past if you ask me.
To me, I easily get ideas for music as well as lyrics while writing, also made a few songs for my OC's xD so yeah it would be great but it would definitly demand anew computer and apartment first, current one have way to thin walls and as it's a ghetto-ish area, I had had a lot of stuff stolen both from basement and apartment Latest stolen thing was something as ridicolous as a box with christmas decorations and a fake tree + a can of bike oil OnO...
Ah, its not too complicated, its the embroideries and poofy sleeves that makes it look complicated, have helped make a similiar dress before. The most complicated part would actually be the emroidery in the leather on the guys uniform jacket ( it looks like leather to me.. got the book rl ) If it should go terribly or if I should have doubts my best friend is Tinyasuo cosplay, he and his gf could easily help me if I should have doubts xD
As for art examples I have old examples on 3 accounts on deviantart ( 1st is the old where i left cause i wanted to start over; its calld hachitaki, 2nd one I forgot pw as well as email for and dA staff cant help me despite I got proof the stuff is mine,; its called artshy1, and 3rd is one named Teatales also quite outdated artwise tbh, havent even uploaded the minipaintings. ^^;;)
Not even sure if I uploaded the plushies I made in any of these accounts o.o * just recall I made them lmao *
Bookbinding there are a lot of different techniques for. From the small stamp+ glue + pressure, to sew papers together, press-and-you-got-a-booklet, to the big ones which demands a lot of pressure, special glue + paper. But its stll fun. Just the other day ordered a book to my local library on bookbinding techniques from the victorian era, as it looks like its something like that I would go after if the book should be as accurate to the cosplay as possible xD