#i love cosplaying but i hate MY cosplays

[meimeikyu]

watching a really long video about how someone made their cosplay and GOD is it interesting but also it makes me feel really bad about my cosplays

#this is gonna get kinda venty in the tags be warned #.. #im just so #all of my cosplays are either bought (cheap and like. bad quality) or made out of random shit i had lying around and dont look good #i cant even fucking style wigs properly #i want to be like them so bad #i want my cosplays to be so much better #but im so shit at sewing and i cant style wigs #and its not like i could commission someone to as much as i want to #and i cant even fucking LEARN how because that costs too much money to try #and i dont have enough money to do anything #i just #i love cosplaying but i hate MY cosplays #i cant ask for supplies to cosplay bcs it costs money and even if i say i only want this as a gift id never get it #and i cant ask outside of gift things because of course i cant it costs money #and sure i get some of my own money but i dont know where id fucking start #i really want to open commissions to get more money but i dont think anyone would actually be interested #im just #i wish i had money to do things #i wish i could just #be better #... #vent #personal #ok to interact #actually pleae do intereact if u can idk what im doing rn

[tyudeongi]

#how is this the same person ?!

#kim hongjoong #hongjoong #flashing tw #ateez #ateezedit #atzsource #kaeptin #*teejeu #stage*teez #dawn.gif #hongruella come back to meeeeeeee #i love the duality of the demon line like !!!! they are PERFORMERSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!! #this is my fave hongruella stage outfit ughhh sooo good!!! #and i had to gif at least one hongruella seen as i am currently cosplaying as him lmaooo #my hair absolutely hates me for bleaching it 3 times but i love it!!!

[h0lyhandgrenade]

Suddenly outs myself over here as a huge Ghost fan

#ghost #terzo #ghost the band #i love him #i've cosplayed him lol #this is a poster i made but i can't link it because tumblr hates links #i'll stick the link to my shop in my bio #ghost bc

[serenedash]

leans into microphone.

I don't listen to people that haven't played a new Kingdom Hearts game since 2006. Yes yes kh2 we all love it yes kh2fm is amazing yeah yeah we've all see kh2. Play more kh games, that is literally game number 3 in a series that's like 15 games ongoing. "It's confusing" it's just long as fuck so its a lot of information to take in and that's okay. People literally take so much time and care to explain the series and lore to people who are lost. Like just say you enjoy kh2's gameplay and move on, if you really cared about the series AS A SERIES you'd be paying attention to it as a whole. "Dream drop distance what a stupid title!!!" that is the LEAST stupid thing that has happened in this series. "It's on too many consoles" watch a cutscene movie. Read a wiki page! I own a Playstation TWO!!!!!!!!!! like I have nothing more recent other than my switch. Do you think I've played every game lmao??

Anyway stan kh mobile games I don't care if you don't like them its not a hot take by any stretch of the imagination to not like them. You should read my khux/dr plot summary actually <3

#im tired okay #the clowns found my kh twitter post #I dont hate kh2 I LOVE IT like everyone else. but there are more games. #that meme of the soldier getting attacked by all those knives while a kid sleeps in bed is me with the khux haters #I go on the internet and say 'please pay attention to kh plot especially khux' and I am DOGPILED #khux fans get behind me /j #every time im at a con and cosplaying khux you wouldnt BELIEVE the shit people say TO MY FACE #BEFORE ANYONE SAYS IT I WAS EXCLUSIVELY A F2P KHUX PLAYER!!!! I PLAYED DAY 1 ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF SERVICE TOTALLY FREE!!!! #I DO NOT GAMBLE!!!!!!! I WAS OVER LVL 500 AND I COULD RANK TOP 200 SOLO AND COLISEUM! I PLAYED EVERY SINGLE QUEST! #not proud mode tho admittedly that shit was hard #im rambling #khux #khdr

[theriverbeyond]

🗡💀WE DO BONES, MOTHERFUCKER💀🗡

Harrow @trickstercheshi // Gideon: @theriverbeyond

bonus: CavCab™, the best on demand-ish necromancer transport system in the Nine Houses (CavCab™ assumes no liability for head bangs, kicks, drops, or any other injuries sustained during transportation)

#the locked tomb #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #tlt cosplay #the locked tomb cosplay #gideon cosplay progress tag #gideon nav talking time #<- those two r my cosplay tags..... #anyway this was so much fun!!! <3 love u #hate that my robe is falling off my rt shoulder in almost every single pic but we move forward. it is fine. #posting this in the middle of my productivity sprint bc i live based on vibes only. and also i had it drafted. #all images have alt text #i wanted to add more emojis but that would have pushed it to multiple lines on mobile :/

[kate-bot]

OKAY SO I've gotten two asks about my Noisette cosplay AND THANK YOU SM FOR THE KIND WORDS !!!!!!!! It was sm fun to make this cos, so I will gladly explain everything I did in hopes that it might help someone else!! also both anons please share your cosplays with me when theyre done i would love to see them....

I've tried to link everything where I can, where I got stuff etc... I only rarely cosplay (although I am thinking of going as the noise in May Comiccon) and this was my biggest ever project so!! It's very trial-and-error! But without further ado

KATES EXTENSIVE(ish) GUIDE TO COSPLAYING NOISETTE FROM THE HIT GAME PIZZA TOWER!!!!!!! (warning its kinda long)

THE HAT

Okay i’m gonna be real my mum helped me so much she basically did all the sewing for me. Sewing is the fucking bane of my existence I hate doing it so much so we planned it out together and she basically executed it. Props to her for that she’s so real… She also wrote down what she did!! So i’ll just paste and colour that in for you to read!!

“The black material (seen in the above image) was originally a beanie hat that was picked apart to use as a template…

This was game changing basically. We had experimented with making the hat from scratch but it was far too difficult and we were both too stupid so we just unstitched a pre-existing hat and stole the template. The hat we cut up was one we had lying around for years so i cannot tell you where to get one from, but any beanie that is stitched together will work i guess! So I would recommend finding a hat that fits you snugly and doing the same thing!

…and the wool fabric that was utilised gave the finished product was stiff enough to be structurally sound.

I just got this from my local fabric shop, I would recommend wool over something like felt because it’s super sturdy and I was pulling on my mask a LOT.

Once sewn together, I attached a stiff card facemask to the front to help provide some structure, and to locate where the eye holes should be cut.

I think this picture shows it pretty well, my mum was able to curve the shape of the fabric to fit a pre-existing mask- we got ours from Hobbycraft, just one of those stringed white template masks yknow. We cut off the string, made the eyeholes a little bigger and just stuck it straight on!! I should mention this was pretty much all done with a sewing machine as well!

After that, we made two ears from a paper pattern, stuffed them and put some wire inside to allow them to be positioned, before sewing them onto this headband, which was then sewn into the hat. The bottom of each ear was also stitched to the crown to give it some additional stability and to secure the headband correctly in position (having fitted it on the wearer).

Yeah it was actually less of a mask and more of a headband!! That was what gave it most of the support and meant the ears would stay up, I’m not sure how it would work without it!! The ears were the only part that I could actually help with LMAO i just freehanded a little template, stuffed it, and then put in some modelling wire to make them able to be posed :)

Then it was a lot of hand sewing, and glueing the eyeholes to the mask to create a cohesive look.

AND YEAH that’s pretty much all it was! I also attached some little felt eyelashes to add to it as well. Honestly I could never come up with a step-by-step guide for the process because it was such a trial and error thing (i’d made two test-hats before we even came up with the method) but it was so fun!!

I would 100% recommend if you want the ears to stay UP to stuff them AS MUCH AS U CAN and/or put wire in them!! :) I also made some cute little bows to clip into my wig in the same fabric to make it more cohesive!! I also put a bow (and a bunny tail heheh) on the back of the dress too!!

THE DRESS

Super simple! I just found one online (okay for some reason the link has been taken off of the website, but just look up "overall dress" on google shopping and you will 100% find something super cute)- I made sure to buy the dress first, and then take it to the fabric shop to try and colourmatch the mask fabric as best as I could. Then it was just buying some big ol buttons off eBay and sewing them on!! (I could actually do that bit by myself, I'm bad at sewing but im not THAT bad)

EVERYTHING ELSE

Cute patterned knee-high socks cuz shes cute like that. Leg warmers, I think I got them both off of Amazon... Converse I got from Depop and I had wanted to buy a pair anyway so I was super stoked to get them cheap!! I chose converse over a pair of high-heels or Mary Janes just for comfort reasons, I was walking around loads at the con so... Everything else apart from the shirt was from Amazon or just. Somewhere online(I have no idea where to get fancy white gloves LOL) and the shirt was from Depop as well! I liked how frilly it was, re: Noisette is cute like that!!

oh yeah and the wig. I hate wigs it was awful. I have no idea how to style them. underneath the hat was the most awful bowl cut ever I just. It wasn't my best moment. Dont ask me about wigs please .

Also I should mention I got this bag for the cosplay (which I now use all the time cuz its so cute) because i needed space to store shit and I wanted something on-brand with her cafe... this isnt the exact link I used but I just got it off of ebay :P

PROPS

Unfortunately I don't have a lot of WIP pictures of my props but they were pretty simple to make!! The coffee cup was literally just spraypainting over a reusable coffee cup and using POSCA pen to draw on the front! Fun fact the cup says "To Peppino" because originally my boyfriend was gonna go with me as Peppino before the Cruetly Squad brainrot got to him so. YEA

And the tip jar was also pretty simple, I just painted on the lid a plastic jar (can't be glass, not allowed at ComicCon) and cut out a bit of vinyl to work as the sign. The cobweb was just hot-glued 3D printer filament, and the spider was made with foam modelling clay (literally the best thing ever if you're making small models like that) and i stuck him to the lid of the jar with Kandi string so he'd bounce around :]

AND I THINK THATS IT!! i may as well post a pic of the full cosplay since I dont think many people would have made it this far.... But I think it turned out pretty cool!! I got recognised a few times as well which was amazing!! (cropped out my bf cuz idk if he wants his face on tumblr gfhhfg)

SO YEAH!!!! if anyone has any questions please let me know.. but GOOD LUCK IN UR COSPLAY MAKING FRIENDS!!!! :D

#ask #pizza tower #noisette pizza tower #noisette cosplay #pizza tower cosplay #Yes this is very longwinded! But I really wanted to include all the details!!! #also second anon im so sorry it took me so long to reply i completely blanked on its existence #I HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL TO SOMEONE... ANYONE #re:noise cosplay in may? i'd love to try out making a mask (like out of paper-mache of his whole face) rather than a fabric one #might be fun? not sure #also face reveal ig i hate How i look in the cos cuz i rely so much on my hair to look half decent but. #IN THE NAME OF HELPING SOMEONE... ough #anyway ill stop rambling #thank u for the asks!!!!!

[stars-and-wish-fulfillment]

"Thank you for all of your works!"

"What image would you put on my lifeless body?"

"I used to be empty, but now I'm filled with memories"

#rev posts #creatoR's Art #Ink sans #Ink my beloved #utmv #[ut]mv and my insanity #PERSPECTIVE #I HATE AND LOVE YOU AT THE SAME TIME #hatsune miku #HATSUNE INKU #Is this my contribution to #miku day #? #Probably #Anyway Anonymous M by PinocchioP is very cool #The vision of Ink cosplaying as Hatsune Miku laying down and looking straight at You smiling in this perspective has been in my brain for- #quite a while

[outlying-hyppocrate]

(my girlfailure girlsona; mx. crispina edwardia)

#random thoughts #i'm not creative. so. that's her name. #i love dressing like a girl!! but i hate being perceived as one. so. drag persona. #also if you recognize that wig from my enmu cosplays NO YOU DO NOT. #fun fact. i am wearing. sparkly lip gloss. [: #mx. crispina edwardia

[howlingdemon13]

There’s only like two other staff members dressed up for today’s spirit day.

But you know I wouldn’t let that stop me.

#i have the movie and musical ost playing at my desk #and a Halloween trivia slideshow for peeps to watch #ahhhh this is the vibe #tbh I don’t even hate the wig #it was cheap and I styled it myself #not perfect #but I love it so much nddjwjndkdnddjc #beetlejuice #lydia deetz #cosplay

[vulcanette]

one piece is so crazy bc I will see someone say that [wildly unlikable character I was just introduced to] is their favorite character and I have 100% learned to have faith and trust that they will have a backstory or character development that is SO mind-blowing that they will become my favorite too

#one piece #I remember when Robin first joined and I was like :[ I don’t trust her #I remember when we first met Franky and I was like I WILL NEVER LIKE THIS GOON #when we met Law #when we met Kidd #when we met Bon Clay my best friend Bon Clay!!!! #when alabasta ended!!! how could I ever imagine having fond feelings for Crocodile let alone cosplaying him??? #oda has a really really significant talent at doing this. like you are like I will never like or trust this person #and he makes you LOVE them??????? #personal #a small diary entry #I can’t even hate doflamingo all the way. I do. but. something about that pink feathered bastard man. something about him!!!!!!

[caramelmochacrow]

yukaeso harumichi cosplay yayyy <333

#crow's scribbles #d4dj #d4dj groovy mix #yuka jennifer sasago #esora shimizu #yukaeso #kyoko and shinobu are here but..... well. theyre at the back so im not tagging them #the moment i noticed a few things i drew this haha (well i noticed earlier but i didnt have time to draw this until now) #i promise i draw yuka w more energy it's just that i was very tired while i was drawing yuka haha (esora was a few weeks(?) later) #ive drawn them cosplaying a lot of people lol this is just one pair. i got. like. so much more. #ive drawn kyoko and shinobu cosplaying people as well but the outfits are too complex so im leaving them another time heheh #sorry for all the yuka posting ive been doing this was backlogged for a bit #i drew this in the same layer/canvas as the wish you luck redraw btw (you can see the corner of it in one of the drawings) #yuka w short hair is fucking terrifying for my heart. i both love and hate it. esora's reactions are based on a little bit of mine. #anyway. sorry for the ramble. take these dummies

[tunapesto]

cosplaying is healing me personally (killing my wallet, also)

#mmmmni love having expensive hobbies HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAJHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHYAA #Tbh for most of my life all i did was draw so like #i get surprised when shit costs stuff #w drawing #esp digital it s kind of like an investment #where u buy one device then after that have fun go crazy #w cosplay it's like . paying up Per character and Per accessory which is Yay #amazing even #and then i picked up cooking #it's consumable so obviously . youd have to buy shit all the time #im just very . i forgot the word. cautious about my money and end up spending it on dumb shit anyway #i am a hoarder at heart #but also deeper inside said heart is just a monkey brain that smiles when yellow color sad when blue color etc #simple minded activities of a person trying to feel something after being numb for a long time #also trying new hobbies because i fear the passion i had for drawing has been spent #i still do it because its what i do best and itd be a waste #but like yeah i kind of hate it sometimes #its cool when it turns out nice then a few hrs later i dont wanna look at it ever againnnnnnnnn #truthfully #i want to restart my brain #maybe itll do better on its 2nd try

[that-was-anticlimactic]

this spell lets me devour your soul! you see, the souls of the pervs makes me strong📖💙

god, steph! we're only 22! much too young for you to carry my books!

@zukkaoru & i were grace chasity & steph lauter from "nerdy prudes must die" this year🥰

#notice how the books steph is carrying for grace is just a stack of 'and then there were none'... 👀 #yes the pictures were taken in my classroom lol #we weren't allowed to dress up at work bc we want to discourage kids from dressing up and bring plastic swords/weapons to school #but i Have to dress up! so i did grace chasity because she wears clothes that work as professional clothes! minus the jeans but also i hate #jeans and don't own any so i just got blue pants lol #tehe i love cosplaying #i had a picture of grace on the screen today and like stood by it until kids noticed oiuytfgyhuiop

[tricksterlatte]

There was this post I saw awhile back that asked what was the one thing you would get pretentious about since everyone has at least one. I didn’t reblog it at the time, but my god if I have to see any more bad faith or media illiterate surface level take about Chainsaw Man, I’m going to become the literacy devil

#Parker says things #I’m not going to get into spoilers especially from the manga but please 😭😭😭 #this is a story about fear and love and cyclic abuse and societal perception and just #relationships developing in the mundane moments and how those can also be twisted and so much more #I could write a whole academic thesis on Kick Back alone. or the other pop culture references and what they symbolize #or the psyche of any main character or even more #but too many people reduce the anime to ‘waifu bait’ or hating Denji or any other character for surface level reasons #anyways this is on my mind bc I was thinking about Makima again shfjfjfjfh #I don’t care if someone drops the series or doesn’t like it but don’t tell me it’s a cringe fanservice or whatever when it’s not 👍 #you can dislike it overall but I’m gonna be annoyed if you walk up to me in cosplay to tell me I’m a bad person for dressing up as an antag

[catboy-cyrus]

I have a love hate relationship with this url

#love: my url is fucking catboy cyrus #hate: my url is fucking catboy cyrus #Galactic boss Cyrus #cyrus pokemon #pokemon dppt #my art #will my general distain for the fact i draw this stuff stop me? no #will it stop me making a catboy cyrus cosplay? also no! #Evil Team Leaders (cat edition)

[numbuh424]

art vs artist 🕴️

#what a lovely young man! would love to see him in a fit of agony #yttd #your turn to die #kimi ga shine #shin tsukimi #tsukimi shin #cosplay #yttd cosplay #yttd shin #fanart #art vs artist #elle cosplay shenanigans #I cosplay too surprise #I hate that most of the clothes came straight from my closet bc that implies shin and I have the same fashion sense which is terrifying #imagine if you will me finding a chair to sit down and rest on and then having An Idea #which lead to whatever this is #idk maybe I'll post more cosplay pics here bc I actually cosplay a lot lol