I've been lacking in online updates lately because I've been focusing on doing illustration and design work. Productivity is great, but sometimes I also crave for a bit of quiet time to write journal entries. At least this week I'll be starting on preparations for a new group cosplay with my friends for next month.

Another thing my friends and I are doing is helping raise funds for the benefit of the impoverished community of Boni, Malabon. Here was my post about it on Facebook: [link] Will elaborate on this in another journal post sometime this week!


My friends at Alice and Rabbit's Shop for contact lenses are offering big discounts for some lens types which are almost sold out. I thought I'd share for the benefit of people who are shopping for lenses for their cosplays. You might find what you need at a good price.



My friends and I get our lenses for cosplay from Alice and Rabbit's Shop, and they're always great. Here are a couple of photos of us wearing their lenses:



CUSTOM ORDERS
If what you're looking for isn't on the main Web Store, you could even place a Custom Order on this page. There are a lot of other designs, more precise increments of prescriptions, as well as graded lenses up to -10.00 Deadline for the current batch is March 16, 2012!


Two thoughtful dA users are giving us the opportunity to use our dA points to help people in need. People can be hesitant to donate cash since they can't be absolutely sure where that money will go. By donating dA points, it's limited to purchasing things from dA, and that's all these two projects really need.

WARM WINTER PROJECT
=ToxicAlice92 has the Warm Winter Project. She will use the donated points to purchase deviantWEAR hoodies to donate to homeless shelters.

She wrote:

"I know there are people who say that the homeless need to just get their asses off the street and get a job. My father is one of those people, and always have been. But there are children left alone all the time; People who have been kicked out; Those who have lost their jobs and, in this economy, take q longer time to find another. It's not exactly easy to get a job if you have nowhere to live, no way to bathe, and no form of being contacted. At the very least, we can try to make it a little easier."

Read the rest of her post (which also has more details about the project) over here:

Warm Winter Project: 2012 - HALFWAY THERE!!!UPDATE 5 - As of March 21, 2011, we are already halfway there. The current time is 7 30 pm and we are, at the moment, EXACTLY AT 80,000 points! Talk about teamwork and gettin' it done, guys! This is so amazing and wonderful, and thank you so, so, so, so incredibly much to everyone for everything so far! :squee:

UPDATE 4 - As of January 16, I'm officially soon receiving a shipment of hoodies from :devSavoirfaire-Roma: that they so generously offered to donate in addition to the hoodies being purchased by the project here on deviantART!!!This is just awesome!!!
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UPDATE 3 - As of January 6, we've broken the 50k mark on the War

To contribute, simply go to her page and use the donation pool on the upper right side of the page.

According to dA admin $Heidi, the deviantART team is backing her up as well. If =ToxicAlice92 reaches her goal of getting enough points to buy 50 hoodies, deviantART will give her 50 more hoodies to donate!

PROJECT PLUSHIE
`catluvr2 is heading a similar donation project — to buy 20 dA plushies (10 Fella, 10 Super Llama) to give to Toys for Tots, so that at least 20 kids can wake up on Christmas morning with a toy to cuddle.

Read his post here:

New ProjectAfter the success of :thumb275338842:, I was inspired to do my own project along the same lines. I call it "Project Plushie". I intend to give 20 plushies to Toys for Tots this Christmas, and that would include 10 Fella plushies and 10 Super Llama plushies.

This is where you come in. I can't do it alone; I need help. I need points to buy them; specifically, 27,988 points. I recently gave my last 202 points to :devtoxicalice92: for her project. Go to my page and donate points so that 20 children won't wake up on Christmas morning without a toy to cuddle. I'll buy more if I get over my goal.

Thank you for helping me help others less fortunate

Again, to contribute, head over to his page at and give point through the donation pool on the upper right side of the page.

It's really inspiring seeing people stepping up like this. I hope we can all pitch in to help!


Another review for Alice and Rabbit's Shop contact lenses! This time it's for their limited red prescription lenses ($25 for one pair of lenses, including free international shipping). There are only a few pairs left, but you can check the rest of their web store for more cosplay lenses.




People usually ask me about contact lenses, so I put together this Tumblr post that will hopefully help [link]

I post semi-regularly on Tumblr If you'd like to follow me there, here's my page behindinfinity.tumblr.com