Nice shots man, those are all some great costumes. I'd love to try and dress up for a con, like PAX AUS 2015 or something, but I don't really have the patience to try and make a costume, plus depending on the outfit getting the costume, getting the costume interstate by plane sounds like a pain in the arse.
Thanks Paradox, I'm glad you like the drawings. As for the judo, well... all up I had only four fights and sadly, I didn't win 'em. That being said, I fought better this year and I actually gave these guys all a good run. Normally I get my arse handed to me at the nationals, but this time I actually gave 'em all a good fight, so at the very least despite my losses - I am improving.
Here's a photo my friend took of me in one of my fights. I'm in the blue gi and my opponent (a black belt) is in the white gi. I'm attempting to throw him with a throw called "Uchi Mata" (Inner Thigh Reap). I threw him and scored a "Wazari" (a half point) but here's where I messed up... you can see my elbow is high, right? Well it shouldn't be. In a perfect world, my elbow should have been under his arm pit with my forearm essentially "glued" to his chest/shoulder, that way I would have gotten more lift and would have been able to floor him with an "Ippon" scoring throw (a winning score).
Like I said, I am improving. That's all that matters.