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Gretchen (Kansas City) & Sterling
I was so nervous! Everyone was so supportive and complimentary though. And I was so excited to dress up as one of my favorite anime characters! It ended up being a lot of fun, and encouraged me to do it more often. It was the most magical experience of my entire life. I felt like…
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DJ Croft (Atlanta, GA)
Photo : @mandragora_media I’ve always wanted to be Lara Croft because of how strong, confident, bold, and how fun she is as a character . My cosplay journey started back in 2016 when I was inspired to do a genderbend Lara Croft cosplay. I started learning how to make costumes out from scratch by watching others…
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Sunday Creature
Maka Albarn (Soul Eater), Spartoi variant (2010) When I started high school – I was in a magnet program, so I went out of area, new school, completely new people – a new friend there introduced me to manga, and later to the idea of anime cons. We planned to go to Otakon together (ironically,…
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COSPLAY NOTEBOOK – Hlee Xyooj
I print out multiple references and in my sketchbook I draw out the separate pieces that are not so visible. I also research fabric types and write them down so I have an idea on what I want and include extra pieces I might need to help me put the outfit together more conveniently. – Hlee Xyooj…
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Consuela Cosplay
The character of Consuela was actually suggested to me by a close friend when I was looking for a cosplay idea for Emerald City Comic Con. I didn’t want a character that was over sexualized, nor a character that would be common. I wanted a character that would fit my physique, simple enough to put…
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DeZBAH ROSE
Photo: @terrance_clifford Dani is one of the few fully developed Indigenous characters in comic book history, let alone a Native Woman. I decided to give her more authenticity by including items like Native-made jewelry and a bandana that highlights Indigenous philosophies and issues: Defend-Resist, Protect- Renew. The response at cons is always well received. Sometimes…
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Cosplay: The Illegitimate Child of SF Masquerades
by Michael Bruno The most enlightening panel of the entire convention turned out to be not what I was really expecting. During the “Cosplay Roundtable” panel at Nan Desu Kan 2002 this last weekend, I was expecting a panel of costumers to be answering questions posed by the audience. However, this was not the case.…
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Scrapper Costuming (New York CIty)
Photo: @making.with.megan The Classic Batman TV series, to my memory was my first real exposure to superhero media- my parents were both the right age to watch the show growing up, and around the time I was 4 or 5 I remember knowing when Batman would air on TV land in the evenings. Even as…
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Marc Kandel (NEW YORK)
Photo: @Miggychagon Iron Man, the Silver Centurion and later the Modular armor, were chosen as all my builds are, from a period from roughly 1982 to 1994, the height of my Marvel Comics readership. These were the stories that moved me, inspired me, that I couldn’t get enough of, and an alarming number of years…
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adri.nyan
Photo:@climacam People kept asking if there was real food in the bucket/peach mango pie container! I told them “No, don’t you think it’d be soggy by now?” I feel like as a Filipino it’s a little bit sacrilegious to eat soggy Jollibee. It’s best to eat it as fresh as possible. Other reactions I got…
