Here are some highlight photos that I took at Dragoncon 2011. This is, I think, my fourth time goin since we started going in 2007. All of these photos were taken with my Droid X built-in phone.
One thing I noticed this year that I hadn't so much before is this:
people taking a specific point to pose with kids. Here a couple of
young boys pose with Spiderman and Iron Man.
A closer shot of the guy in the Iron Man armor. It was really quite
well done, with a lot of articulated pieces.
A fully-body Yoshi costume.
This sort of side room was off the mall food court. The sign at the
right says that this is "overflow" seating. I found this terribly
funny, as this room holds maybe 100 people, but the food court
immediately behind me was packed with thousands of
poeple, to the point that the air-conditioning was overwhelmed. This
is a finger in the dike.
This is still the first day and I was still fighting with being able
to get the phone to take pictures quickly, so I didn't get this until
he was aways away. The guy in green was dressed as a green plastic
army guy. He's carrying that base that the army man stands on on his
back. The green color is reqlly quite vivid, as you can see in the photo.
I went to the Back To The Future panel. Left to right is the
moderator, Lea Thompson (played Lorraine), Christohpher Lloyd (Doc
Brown) and James Tolkan (Mr. Strickland).
I snapped this one in the hallway. She's only wearing part of it, her
parents are behind her carrying the rest. But this is really a
terrifici articulated Optimus Prime.
This is a great group costume (Weird Science).
Another group costume, and cross-gender at that. Two women as Wayne
and Garth.
Xena on the left and a sexy "Little Mermaid" on the right.
This was an impressive piece of work. The strips are
electro-luminescent (like indiglo in a watch). She has a battery pack
on her back that powers it. (From the new TRON movie.)
I chatted with this woman a bit. This isn't a specific fictional
character, it's the traditional costume depiction of death in...Spain,
maybe? Her makeup is amazingly intricate and carefully done, and that
was after being around the con for a whole day.
Jereth from Labyrinth. This guy was great. He had the accent
to match, too. It was totally accidental, but the flash glows in the
globe and in his eyes really well in this shot.
At the Rifftrax panel; a wonderful Tom Servo.
Also at the Rifftrax panel; Tom Servo and Crow.
I ran across this girl dressed as Xena in the lobby of the Hyatt and asked her parents
if I could take her picture. She took the sword and Chakram and did a
really great "Ki yi yi yi" war cry. She was sooooo cute.
At the Carrie Fischer Q&A.
Again, a total accident because I'm taking this in the evening and
trying not to be obnoxious with a flash, but the glow of the
lightsaber in this one is really good.
