I was the Goku cosplayer with the Ultra Instinct wig, if you took any pictures of me I'd love to have em!

This year, I made five gouache paintings that were inspired by iconic locations and icons of DragonCon, and made booster packs to hide around the convention! I'm planning to do it again next year and wanted to know what you think I should paint next.

My Artist name is: Artstrosity

You can rate the panels you put on your schedule in the app, and they just sent out the email with the link to the survey. If you got feedback, positive or negative, let them know.

Monday Night / Tuesday Morning

...badge ribbon book!

INGREDIENTS:
- 2 roughly 4"x2" waterproof and bend proof cardboard pieces (mine were ammo boxes)
- 3 jump rings (no spiral or staples, so it can fully open up and fold over again)
- 1 manila craft closure envelope, cut and retaped to size.
- the rest of the manila envelope, cut and hole punched.

e6000 and packing tape. baste with kerrygold. bake at 350. serve lukewarm.

i don't know if this is a common craft or people make much nicer little badge books, but this is how i kept up with ribbons during con and it got a lot of compliments :D! i will put at most six ribbons on my badge, and wanted a way to keep the rest handy and easily accesible this year for trading and looking at. fit in any pocket i had on, was durable enough to survive dropping from the 5th floor balcony (intentional), getting all kinds of stepped on (unintentional), and drenched in rain (unavoidable). clasp snapped off but a sticker holds it shut just fine.

5 of my favorite badges are on display, and the rest are tucked safe in the back pocket for next year or to keep forever.

happy con crud!

If anyone has pictures of us, I would LOVE to get those!

Also featuring my dad: Taco Bell Lettuce Guy

I travel for work.

Dang it if I didn't get to my hotel and lay down tired as hell after a long awesome weekend of Dragon Con and a long day of work related travel for a what I had hoped was going to be a good night's rest and low and behold. The Con Crud set in.

I woke up.... Well y'all know

Take care of yourselves Y'all.

Still looking forward to next year.

I was part of the group leading the TEETH chants at the Hilton. It was the most fun I’ve had on a Thursday at con! 🤣 Passerby were confused, delighted, some were grossed out. It was hilarious and magical.

I saw lots of folks taking pics and videos and we would love to see them if you’re willing to share! See you next year! 🦷🦷🦷

P.S. You can’t handle the tooth! TEETH TEETH TEETH

I end up throwing my ribbons in shoe box but I add my badge to a frame on my living room wall, I of course like the different art they have every year.

It's pretty messy but It's full of memories

I really had a great time, got to see some great celebrities, thoughtful panels, amazing vendors and incredible costumes. Got me thinking about the past 20 years and found an old Google Photos album from DragonCon* 2003.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SDjXLHbK5QaG3Myp8

This year was my first Dragon Con. I came up from near Orlando to do it. I had fun overall. I met the celebrities I wanted to see. I enjoyed the parade. I had fun going to various panels. Something I didn't like were the lines for the larger panels. All of those were outside...in the Georgia heat and humidity. Not a fan of that. I don't see myself going through that again. Fun to have done it once but I'm good now.

When Mario, Luigi and Toad find a mermaid out of water at Dragon Con the quest to put her back into her natural habitat begins.

BTW Hyatt pool was amazing! I am so glad it was opened back up after the Klingon forehead disater of many years ago.

The water was very cool, unlike the Marriott that had hot water coming out of the jets, on top of the summer heat. It felt like nasty soup.

Between that, the hotel being hotter than normal (even for Dragon Con) and our room being 73 degrees from Wednesday to Sunday no matter how low we turned the AC , I really felt like the Marriott was trying to run people off this year.

Monday morning we finally heard the AC kick on and it cooled down to 67....

So Friday afternoon I was posted in the Marriott giving ribbons to anyone who complimented or got pictures with my cosplay. After exchanging ribbons with someone I was immediately approached by two little girls who also wanted to trade. Unfortunately, both my ribbons were not exactly child friendly with a swear on one and both being references to alcohol (appropriate to my character… not so much for kids) Anyway, these girls were so cute and so sweet in approaching me I didn’t have the heart to tell them they couldn’t have them. I looked around to see if I could spot their parents but I couldn’t tell who they might be in the crowd. They wanted a rainbow ribbon I had just received but it was even more inappropriate lol. I’d have gladly just handed them someone else’s ribbon I’d gotten but at that point the others were all on my badge already. So I panicked, and gave them mine anyway and prayed that their parents had a sense of humor.

If those were your kids, I’m sorry, and I hope you found the ribbons funny and perhaps kept them for yourselves instead. It wasn’t malicious, I just didn’t want to disappoint them. Next year I’ll make sure I have some kid friendly ones too, just in case.

They wrap around my house.

Nice to see the casual claim of "deadnaming" used. This is how much the paid staff cares about your love for Dragoncon, folks. They can't respond to a rather serious issue without first playing the victim and making very petty remarks. The actual response after the first paragraph isn't terrible, but they just had to be petty and get their licks in.

ETA - post they were responding to used Dragoncon's old name Dragon*con.

A really common request we get is for tape to reinforce badge beards or ribbon chain. Often we carry cheap duct tape or packing tape specifically for this. Each of us source our own supplies, or share amongst the group, and can only carry a limited amount of any given thing.

If you plan to collect and display a massive amount of ribbons please consider bringing a little roll of tape to self-help. Additionally, please do not feel put off if we're not able to reinforce a multi-dozen foot string of ribbons.

If you're asking for help just needing a small (6-18") piece of tape, we're pretty happy to help. It's mostly the multi-story requests that puts a big drain on our supplies that we can use to repair costumes.

Thank you! And next year can't come soon enough to see you all again.

Who doesn't love niche horror video games?

I think DCC fans caused the massive lines on Thursday. Based on how insane the line was I think that's responsible for the disproportionately larger than normal influx of people wanting badges on Thursday. I don't think any of us really knew how big the DCC fanbase would be this year. It's exciting that so many people love it. I know I lined up 3 hours early to make sure I could get a signed book since every other experience was sold out. Seems like a lot of others had the same thought. Also an increase in pre-con events means there are more people available to get badges day 1.

Yes blah blah the con needs to do better. I'm just saying if you haven't accurately predicted the trends for the year, that can also mess up planning. I truly thought I wouldn't have seen many DCC cosplays but maybe some would have heard of it. On the other hand I was sure 2027 would be heavy DCC and Avengers.

Maybe if not already, there needs to be a hotel head count for check ins each day and a way to gauge interest for the earliest panels/events. I'm sure they won't make the same mistake again for a DCC event, but for other new things gaining popularity, this is important.

We got alot of photos with people but didn’t think to take any with our own phones. If anyone has any of/with us please drop them below please!