nightopias ◾ ◾ visitor from another world : : . .

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hello hello! this is my first post on dreamwidth! wahoo!

i'm completely lost as to how this site works, as i just made an account on a whim after seeing a really cute layout on here (and because i was yearning for making blog posts again like i used to many, many years ago...) but i suppose i should make an introduction post for myself regardless aha <:'3

my name is jay, but i also go by the nickname "nights" online! 👽
also my pronouns are he/him!

i am a 25 year old artist and cosplayer from england! i've been drawing ever since i learnt how to walk and i was always very fond of dressing up in costumes as i was growing up, but i officially got into cosplaying and attending conventions in 2009. i have worked at conventions a few times as a sales assistant, but i have always really wanted to start tabling at cons with my own art and handmade accessories someday! at the moment i make art prints, stickers, badges, and accessories and jewellery with pony beads, but i would love to branch out in future and make even more things with other materials and methods. i'm super into fashion, particularly styles such as y2k futurism and decora to name a few, and prefer to create casual cosplay looks for characters rather than fully cosplay nowadays (then i can represent my favourite characters on an almost daily basis instead of only wearing a costume to events a couple times a year heheee)

i'm also a lifelong gamer and collector! the first game i ever played was the original sonic the hedgehog on the mega drive back when i was a microbe of a child... i still have the covers from my old sonic 1 and 2 mega drive copies! ever since then i've been super obsessed with sonic and many other sega titles, particularly nights, space channel 5 and samba de amigo. other than sega IPs, i really love third person action games, social mmos/mmorpgs, rhythm and arcade games. i'm especially drawn to games that have character customisation.
i love to collect merch of all my favourite things, both official and fan made! i'm always hunting for merch new and old that i do not own yet, and i love to support other artists and small businesses by buying fan merch or commissions! ✧･:₊·

lastly, i am a huge fan of vocal synths! discovering vocaloid and hatsune miku back in 2007 rewired my brain permanently, which led me to create my own mikumikudance and figma stop motion videos; and then my own utau in 2010 named BOBBI! they are one of my many many many ocs. also despite mostly owning several pieces of merch of miku, my actual favourite vocaloid is sf-a2 miki LOL

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as for my future on dreamwidth, i would like to somewhat consistently post updates about things! (<- very forgetful) i hope to at least post some art and craft updates when i have something new finished and ready to post, some fashion things, travel diaries and vlogs, and a lot of gushing about my ocs and all time favourite franchises and media. i would actually really love to use this site as some sort of an archive for my merch collections? just a bit of everything and anything to look back on in the future someday, and for anyone else who stumbles across my blog ( ´ ω ` )... given that this website doesn't ever go down or anything and loses everything to the void, since we all know how much of a nightmare internet archiving has been lately LMAOOOO,, i also really want to customise my blog's layout and make it look nice eventually too :D i know i have a lot of ideas constantly bouncing around in my skull i have issues and problems

but yeah! if you got this far, thank you so much for reading! ♡ i know it was a lot of words but it's nice to have the freedom to write as much as i want in a single post without being held back by a character limit, it's been a long time since i've been able to write something at length like this even if it was just an introduction <:3c stay tuned for plenty more word vomit

have a gif, honk 🛸✨