I'm back! Or at least, I'm trying to be! Gonna try REAL HARD to post here more often cauz you know, social medias are not very kind to small creators lately! SO, let's start with some fun Malon photos I took this summer!
Costume by me, with patterns by NDLWRKshop
Wig by Minedoko
Photos by Erik Paredes photography, edits by me
Hello tumblr world 馃槶 I heard that tumblr is better for artists compared to Instagram and tiktok- I never used it so hello!!!! Cheers to a fresh and new start!
Ok, right, I haven鈥檛 been on Tumblr in who knows how long at this point but I thought I鈥檇 pick up the site again and start posting here again. I鈥檒l take this as a time to reintroduce myself.
I鈥檝e been cosplaying since 2007, taking interest in a wide variety of characters. In the last couple of years I鈥檝e shown particular interest in characters from the shows Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, enjoying the characters and interesting stories.
Award winning costumer who鈥檚 learned to slow down in their work, found my groove with making coats and cartoony hats - two of my awards are for said hats.
Since the start of COVID I took to TikTok as a new creative outlet with over 16K followers, focusing on performance videos mostly, and occasional crafting videos, story times, tips, and more.
Aside from cosplay I love photography, art, history, reading, movies and video games.
I鈥檓 also engaged to one of my long time best friends who I fell head over heels for this year.
I'm back home from my trip to Canada! This was the first time I'd been to Canada since high school, so it was a very special trip for me. I had a fantastic time at YetiCon and can't wait to share more photos with you all! 馃挅
Thank you to @iron-rose-revolution-blog for taking the photo of me on the Blue Mountain sign!
I can't wait to give my Yor cosplay a proper photoshoot! I need to find a good location for it still! This is one of my priority for the first part of the year!!
Long post incoming:
I've been meaning to make this post for quite a while.
Cosplay is meant to be fun, an escape from reality, to give us a sense of freedom, let us be creative. We all fall in love with it under one simple premise - we love to dress up as our favourite characters and have fun with our friends.
Sometimes though, cosplay can become a great source of stress. Many focus on views on videos, likes on them and on photos, and it gets to bother you. I've been frustrated with such things now and then myself. But I always remind myself, that I do cosplay for me, and no one else.
It's important to remember that for most of us cosplay is supposed to be this fun silly hobby that you get to do on the weekends with your friends. Likes, views, etc shouldn't matter. It's important to remember that when you're faced with negative comments, it's better to ignore those, and I understand it can be hard, and some are even harder to ignore. Just remember that for every one hater, there are at least tens more who are routing for you.
It's important to surround yourself with the right people in this world and in this hobby. I know I've definitely been doing that more.
I hope you're all able to keep yourselves surrounded by positive people in your lives.
Cosplay & photo by me