The Cosplay Tutorial Blog

sashaforthewin:

Sometimes after a year of not sewing, you just have to sew multiple pairs of Regency era men’s trousers. I don’t make the rules.

cosplayinamerica:
““I was first introduced to cosplay without knowing what it was. I wanted to see what the conventions were all about and I wanted an excuse to dress up as one of my favorite childhood video game characters, Princess Peach. So I...

cosplayinamerica:

“I was first introduced to cosplay without knowing what it was. I wanted to see what the conventions were all about and I wanted an excuse to dress up as one of my favorite childhood video game characters, Princess Peach. So I bought a costume, wore it, and had a wonderful time. And since then I’ve been making my own costumes and attending conventions. I’ve learned a lot from this hobby and the people in the community and it’s a big part of who I’ve become today.”

- Teh Princess (New Orleans, LA)
Photo: Cosplay in America

lonesomebubblegum:

busstop:
homeboyhoedown:
lontra-ohiensis:
still not over how much I love this
Posts that would kill a peasant from 1173
Darrell Thorne on Instagram
Here’s some of his other artworks

thekimonogallery:

Process of Yuzen - The making of a kimono
Now I understand why real kimonos are so expensive.
I am in complete awe. Not only was the end result beautiful, but so was the making of. D: My hat is off to those who do Yuzen.

NYC’s Last Flower Makers Explain the Victorian Craft of Artificial Flower Production

vintageeveryday:

Science fiction & fantasy costume contestants posing at the 24th World Science Fiction Convention in Cleveland, 1966.

daciafu:
“ i-hope-the-roof-flies-off:
“ kaelio:
“ How did Dogma, a relatively low-budget film, manage to have the only good-looking angel wings? Like, even movies with tons of FX dollars tend to fuck them up and they look bad. These are very...

daciafu:

i-hope-the-roof-flies-off:
kaelio:
How did Dogma, a relatively low-budget film, manage to have the only good-looking angel wings? Like, even movies with tons of FX dollars tend to fuck them up and they look bad. These are very stylized, and you can tell they’re not real feathers, but they actually look… better than real feathers? They have a balance of curvature and sharp angles that just make for a great silhouette and they move wonderfully. I cannot figure this out!!
e: I looked on The Internet
I don’t know this show but that’s a fucking practical effect??! Better than most cg. Holy shit.
Please go look up the Crooked Feather. They make practical wings! They are so cool. Someday…. Someday I will have a pair 😂

star-anise:

When I was 19 or 20, I sewed myself a wool dress for medieval re-enactments. I hated it almost as soon as I put it on. The bodice was cut wrong; the lacing was uneven; the colour was garish; the front closure was historically inaccurate; the embellishments were sewn on with terrible thread. Wearing it, I was constantly aware of its myriad flaws.
Then in my twenties I hit my adult metabolism and didn’t fit into any of my old clothes anymore. I gave my old dresses to my foster mother, who sells costumes for a living, and the green dress sold. It entered the local medieval re-enactment secondhand economy.
Every time I go to an event, someone different is wearing my green dress. It draws my eyes because it’s a lovely colour and the fabric—real wool and enough of it—moves beautifully with the wearer’s body. I never recognize it at first, because every wearer has worn it a different way; it can be mixed and matched, dressed up and down, moved around a good century of history. From ten feet away its lacing looks elegant, its embellishments beautiful gracenotes. I think: Oh my god, that dress looks beautiful. Wait a minute, that’s MY DRESS.
That dress teaches me, every time I see it, to stop looking at myself through such critical eyes. That dress doesn’t just look good, it looks better than most other dresses in its category, because I put in the time and the effort (including using pliers to force a needle through six layers of wool) to make sure it was done right.
It’s my reminder that sometimes the things I do are actually good, and if I indulge my natural tendency to criticize myself in everything, I’ll end up missing when I’m actually awesome.

squawkingstone:

turing-tested:
turing-tested:
turing-tested:
non homestuck dont understand. if you have cosplayed terezi, sollux, or dirk at ANY point in your life you have bought shades from the same man. like its literally just one man whos making HUNDREDS of pairs of specialty cosplay glasses. it is literally JUST one man who makes those glasses on the entire internet
this one man controls the entire pointy anime shades supply. if he ever dies we are all thoroughly fuckt and left to make our own like animals
YALL HE FOUND MY POST AND RESPONDED
“homestuck keeps the lights on” im not crying youre crying
I figured I’d track down and link his etsy, so here you go:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Akujinscos

cosplayinamerica:
“ Skull from Persona 5 // Cosplayer : boolprops
I was enamored with P5 when my fiancee and I played through it together, but I decided to cosplay from the series when my sister and cosplay partner @calorline decided to cosplay from...

cosplayinamerica:

Skull from Persona 5 // Cosplayer : boolprops
I was enamored with P5 when my fiancee and I played through it together, but I decided to cosplay from the series when my sister and cosplay partner @calorline decided to cosplay from the game. I cosplayed Skull to complement her Joker because he’s my favorite Phantom Thief and these two characters are close friends like my sister and me.
The other major reason I cosplayed Skull was to cosplay the game’s user interface (UI), which is almost like its own character in the game. I’m a UX/UI designer, so I spend half my time playing games looking at the user interface/experience. P5’s UI is an inseparable part of the game and reinforces the theming and game “feel” so well I couldn’t resist incorporating it into the costume. Similar to how cosplay can translate character representations in the real world, props can translate graphical game elements into tangible artifacts. I can also easily transfer the UI prop to my sister when we cosplay from P5 and it’s her turn in battle!
For Skull, I bought the base costume from ezcosplay.com and made my own vertebrae pieces for the back out of EVA foam and spray paint. The mask is a gorgeous piece by @detravoid (IG) and the pipe is PVC from Home Depot. The wig is courtesy of Arda Wigs. The battle UI is comprised of a trifold display board, foam board, and construction paper - I’m a walking science fair display. Getting the base “backpack” to fit over the jacket vertebrae without damaging them was tricky, so I made a prototype with an extra board. Once I had a working prototype for the base, I added some adjustable backpack straps, which blend in with the black of the Skull suit, and the UI “wings”.
It made my day seeing how excited people got when they saw me with my sister as a complete P5 cosplay unit. I enjoy sharing our builds because this and many of our other projects are collaborative. It’s extra satisfying to watch a project come together when the result is greater than the sum of its parts and is a testament to teamwork and a shared vision. I’m glad we made people smile and recall the joy of experiencing Persona 5, because that’s what cosplay means to me: expressing yourself and the shared love of meaningful media, stories, and characters.
My one piece of advice is keep learning. Whether you’re picking up a new skill, having difficult conversations, or trying to understand the experiences of others, I think having an open mind and an open heart is really important, for yourself and others. You can learn something from everyone’s story.
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Persona 5 on Amazon https://amzn.to/2CXBgG8

so-i-did-this-thing:

Found clothing cosplay often needs rigging!
Nick’s coat needs a little help to have a more dynamic presence (and hide my boney little shoulders - see first pic).
That means doubled-up shoulder pads to fill me out a little, and some wire and mesh in the collar and epaulets so I can pose them to defy gravity.
Be especially careful when cutting wire mesh - I covered the live edges with duct tape. Luckily, the coat collar in the game has a convenient rip in it for me to shove in all this hardware. It seems a bit silly and makes storage and cleaning a bit more difficult, but it really helps your silhouette, especially for candid photos.

biologicalfandomhippo asked:

Any advice for cosplaying while trans (afab)? I am making my first pattern for a cosplay project and I don't know which form I should fit it to? I prefer to bind but I can't do that all the time for health reasons, and I don't want it to look weird when I take the binder off. Am I over thinking this?

I’m not trans so you may also want to reach out to trans cosplayers for more specific advice.

Generally, you plan how you want to present in the cosplay and construct the garment to that. This really goes for anyone! If you plan to bind, pad, wear a muscle suit, wear a silicone chest or fake breasts, wear a cooling suit (for mascots) you’ll want to use your measurements while wearing those undergarments.

But if you plan to remove the binder and still wear the garment, I would construct it for a looser / masculine fit but size it up to comfortably fit your largest measurement (chest size while unbound).

I suggest making a mockup so you can test the fit while bound and unbound to get a look and feel that you are comfortable with. Depending on your chest size while unbound it might look a little baggy while you are bound. You can use hidden safety pins, or other fasteners, to help with adjusting that fit.

I have a very old crossplay where I cosplayed Nova from Bleach. I used binding the first time I wore it (Pic 1, Pic 2) and later ditched the binding (Pic 3). The baggier top allowed me to do this, but the shape of my boobs were visible when I wasn’t bound, even with a baggy top, mainly because of their size. Doing a mockup can help you work out the construction to better hide the shape of your unbound chest or test out alternative non-binder options for your comfort (such as using a sports bra or wearing a tightish t-shirt underneath to slightly compress.)

I hope this helps!
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(I answered a similar ask poorly in the past and have worked to correct my use of language to be more inclusive. If there is anything here that sounds off, please let me know so I can learn and continue to improve.)

Beginner Cosplay Tips

scared-of-the-darkness:

I’ve just been down about mental health stuff lately and cosplay has helped get my mind of of it. I’ve been cosplaying for about 4-5 years now. So here are a few things I wish I knew before I started cosplaying.
1) You don’t own anyone anything! - This is dumb I know and you probably hear it all the time but I’m sure there is someone who needs it. I needed it. I was (an am) bullied for things like this and my mother make fun of me for it all the time. You don’t have to be anything for those people. You don’t have to make them happy, as long as you are happy that’s all that matters.
2) You won’t be good right away, sorry - I had WAY to high of expectations for my first costume, which was handmade and sucked! I was proud of it still but I didn’t quiet love how it came together and I was made fun of a little. Now I still hand make or thrift costumes and I’m much better at doing it. Time is really your friend so don’t worry. It gets better.
3) If you want to buy a costume, that’s perfectly fine. - I had the idea when I first started cosplaying that buying my costumes would be considered “fake.” That was dumb (and led to some very sucky cosplays). If something is out of your skill range, literally impossible, or you just want to buy a costume because why not that’s okay. I promise you it makes you no less of a cosplayer than if you make a costume.
4) Don’t be too afraid to branch out - Now obviously this is a personal thing but when I started I was scared of cosplaying opposite gender characters (haha now im enby but whatevs.) The key is to just remember that that as long as you feel confident and happy with a character it is always okay to try new things. Now masculine characters are actually my favorite characters to cosplay and I only have a few feminine ones.
5) Cons and photoshoots are more fun in groups - Cosplaying with others is literally one of the best things ever. I was scared at first because explaining this idea to others risks being bullied but my friends and I are now doing group things and it is a wonderful way to bond with people.
Okay so sorry this is long but I wanted to get into technique stuff.
1) Wig caps! buy them. - If you see a wig cap on sale you better buy like ten of them! Those things are great but they do break and its hard to use when they do.
2) Weather is important - I did my first cosplay in October and thought it would be fine to wear a very thin very short costume. No, I was miserable. I pushed through, FOR ART, but I was dying so, plan accordingly.
3) Bring extra equipment - I literally cannot stress this enough. Bring a bag, even a ziplock is fine, and fill it with all the things you might need. BobbyPins, extra makeup, tape, glue, saftey pins, a needle and thread, water, snacks, the whole thing. Trust me, when stuff goes wrong it can make life really hard.
4) Just Stay Safe!!!! - Cons are fun but there are some creeps and I know you know who I’m talking about. Remember that groups are best and don’t be afraid to ask another cos player for help. Everyone has had some kind of creepy experience and they will totally get it. Just take a breather for a minute and don’t forget you are there for yourself and no one else.
I hope this helps some beginners. Love you all and stay safe out there. You are perfect and I’m sure all your costumes will look beautiful!!! <3

NIGHTCRAWLER TAIL TUTORIAL

saberghatz:

Ever since I posted my most recent video of my Nightcrawler tail, my inbox has been filled with a bunch of miscellaneous questions of how I made it.
SO I just decided to give you guys a quick rundown with the WIP photos I’ve taken so far. Please feel free to use this method for your own cosplays, because the results are really amazing!! This can be used to make any type of moving tail, just edit the pattern to your liking!!
I loosely followed this tutorial, so credit for the original idea goes to him!!
Between his and my tutorial, this way of making an articulated tail should be pretty clear :D
Supplies:
-Paper
-1 Craft foam board
-X-Acto knife
-Denim or some type of non-stretch sturdy fabric
-Thick upholstery foam
-Scissors
-4-way stretch fabric
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1) DIGITAL PLANNING
OKAY SO I started out with a digital pattern that I drew myself. I know I wanted it to be very long, so I made it as long as I thought possible without it dragging. IF IT DRAGS, YOUR TAIL WILL NOT SWAY. ALSO make sure your tail is horizontal to your body. If it goes vertical at any point, it will not sway with gravity. Please don’t make that mistake!!
Be sure to number your pieces!! It’ll save you a lot of tears later LOL
Then cut apart each number box digitally, and place them onto separate document. Here’s exactly what my documents looked like:
— THE REST OF THE TUTORIAL IS UNDER THE CUT—

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