We now have a newly organized photo gallery for the website for photographs taken at conventions, fairs, etc!
The photos we took at Anime Central 2009 are the newest additions to it. They can be found at these two links:
If there is anyone interested in submitting photos to this gallery, feel free to contact me at lina@szmoon.net . Photos of any conventions, fairs, etc are accepted. 
Occasionally I receive emails through my Costume Maker Magazine email asking whether I can do commissions or help with making something for a costume. I think that people get confused and don’t take the time to find out this is actually a website for a magazine for costume makers, not a website of costume commissioners. xD Instead of telling them a few keywords that may aid them in a google search, I thought it’d be more helpful if there was a listing of costume shops I could refer them to.
I made a page just for that, with a nifty table telling if a shop does props/commissions/etc and what type of shop it is. It can be found under the “Resource” tab on our site or through this link. Shops that sell costume/sewing supplies can be listed as well (such as corset boning, patterns, etc).
A nifty little list of major anime conventions this May! (Some of us who are working on the magazine will be at Anime Central taking pictures this weekend, so keep an eye out. ^^ We’ll be posting the pictures up soon after.)
Anime Central ( www.acen.org )
Rosemont, Illinois
JACON (www.jacon.org)
Orlando, Florida
Delta H Con (www.deltahcon.com)
Houston, Texas
Otafest (www.otafest.com)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Anime Street Pavilion (www.eigomanga.com/ahsc)
San Francisco, California
Anime North (www.animenorth.com)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Animazement (www.animazement.org)
Durham, North Carolina
FanimeCon (www.fanime.com)
San Jose, California
Arkansas Anime Festival (arkansasanimefestival.com)
Springdale, Arkansas
Saboten-Con (sabotencon.com)
Phoenix, Arizona
Epitanime (www.epita-convention.com)
Paris, France
A-Kon (www.a-kon.com)
Dallas, Texas
JapAniManga Night (www.japanimanga-night.ch)
Winterthur, Switzerland
