Comic Con Germany 2018

I need help! Any techies out there? My Scandisk SD Card won’t open! My camera won’t recognize it, or my laptop or my desktop. It’s got all my Day 1 & inside shots of Comic Con on it. I want my photo’s. I’m crying people! Please help? With a cherry on top?

It’s even worse because I didn’t go to Comic Con day two. I had a full day of work & homework. I did go pick up Deku, erm, Tess. And I did get some wonderful shots of cosplayers leaving the building. After weeks of cobbling together our own cosplay, we have an immense respect for cosplayers. It is an artform.

Tess has gotten very good at make-up and her wig game is on point. As I type, she has six styrofoam heads up in her room. Each balancing a beautiful, perfectly styled wig for different anime characters. Up until last month, I had no idea you had to style wigs after you bought the wigs. The things I’m learning from my kids!

For months Tess & Dave have been working on a Voltron armor. We’ve got foam playmats, heat guns, home-made patterns (I wish Tess had let me take pictures of her walking around in cardboard & duct tape!), and paints galore cluttering my living room. I almost don’t have enough room for my quilting any more!

Sadly, the Voltron armor did not get done in time and Tess cosplayed a modified Keith on Day 1 (photo’s stuck on SD card, please help!) and I gave up on my Haggar costume at the last minute. The hood was just not right. Next year will come soon enough. Part of me was sad not to cosplay, I love, love, love dressing up. Part of me was elated.

If you have a good cosplay at comic con, especially a group cosplay, then your day is spent standing & posing for pics with hordes of adoring fans. Or for hordes of adoring photographers (ahem, me!). And while I love hordes of adoring fans, I’m much happier moving around freely, unnoticed, taking pictures. That makes my day.

Look who Dane met in the bathroom!!!!

Tess cosplayed as Deku on Day 2

Waaaaaaaaaaay too many scary clowns!

Where’s Waldo?

The armor is especially impressive!

Must stock up on anime wine!

I love to sit just outside & watch the cosplayers leave. It’s like a parade!

You are never, ever, too old to dress up as a Disney princess ❤

Dane, Elly & Tess

…and it’s over 🙁

About the Author: Toiny

My name is Toiny (pronounced Twa-knee) and I am the Studio site owner and a Designer at heart. I especially love creating word arts and tools to help others create. I learned photoshop from my Father-in-Law while printing alien t-shirts for the tourists in Roswell, NM. Once I touched photoshop, I never let it go. It's a creative addiction! I currently live with four-out-of-six kids, my husband & two ornery cats in the Black Forest, Germany. Or as they say in German: Der Schwarzwald. I design under the name: Schwarzwald Design at the Studio.

12 Comments

Silbran 7 July 2018 at 8:08 am - Reply

Thanks for the cool pics and sorry for the problem with your card. Did you try a CardReader with a different computer model? When you are on Mac try PC and vice versa. Different software may work differently with your card.
Googling for “SD card not detected” or “Sandisk SD Card not detected” brought several results including one of a guy who just left the card in a card reader on his desktop computer and after several days it suddenly appeared.
This may also be a video worth watching:
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2GZMevL4qk
- Toiny 7 July 2018 at 9:58 am - Reply
  
  Thanks! Tess does have a MAC. I’ve already tried the laptop & desktop both run Windows 10.
  
  I’ll watch the video too. I’m so sad.
Susan Benabio 7 July 2018 at 9:36 am - Reply

Toiny, Did you check to see that the little lock on the card is not on? That happened to me once and that’s all it was. It’s just the tiniest little slider tab on the top of the card – I hope that’s all it is for you too!
- Toiny 7 July 2018 at 9:57 am - Reply
  
  Thanks Susan, yes I tried that. It’s not that unforunately.
Patti W. 7 July 2018 at 10:24 am - Reply

I had that issue on July 4th, on a whim my techie husband inserted the card into our scanner and wha-la there there they were. He sent them to the computer from there without issue.
- Toiny 9 July 2018 at 6:10 am - Reply
  
  I will try this! Thank you.
AJ 7 July 2018 at 3:34 pm - Reply

Here’s a fix I found online – may be it will work . . . https://www.easeus.com/storage-media-recovery/sd-memory-card-wont-read-or-open-on-my-computer.html.

GOOD LUCK!
- Toiny 9 July 2018 at 6:10 am - Reply
  
  I am trying this too. Thank you!
Caren 8 July 2018 at 5:31 am - Reply

did you try using the cord with the camera? leave it in the computer too I agree or try restarting the computer with the card in, that sucks sorry
- Toiny 9 July 2018 at 6:10 am - Reply
  
  Yes. I tried that, no luck.
The Cosplay Era 3 July 2019 at 7:00 am - Reply

[…] what popped up on all our devices. I’m still laughing over here LOL. Finally, for Comic Con Germany 2018, Tess came out of the bedroom and out into the open. Revealing her alter-ego Deku. Of course from […]
Eyes. Open. 22 November 2019 at 11:30 pm - Reply

[…] My main goal was to shoot Tess for her cosplays, so of course my model is Tess (again cosplaying as Deku). The edits are also guided by the aesthetic Tess […]

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