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astriiformes · 2 years

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hi! i was hoping to make a hunter cosplay of my own and ive been looking at a lot of different cosplays to see what works for people. I really like your cosplay and how you made it more real than cartoony, and I was wondering if you had any tips on creating a cosplay (and also I just wanted to say again that I LOVE YOUR HUNTER COSPLAY IT LOOKS AMAZING) 👉👈

Oh yes, I would love to offer some tips!! Let me say right out of the gate: I'm mostly going to focus on how I put my costume together, but I really don't want it to come across as intimidating/expensive/complex if you're newer to this stuff, so know that if there are ways you end up deviating or cutting corners or doing something totally different, that's just you figuring out your own path and that's something 100% encouraged! Cosplay is a cool hobby in part because there are a million ways to do it, and everyone makes mistakes along the way that help them learn. That said, here's a look into my process!

(Also my original response to this was apparently TOO LONG and tumblr wasn't going to let me post it, so watch this space for a reblog with some other tips!!)

I really like thinking about the, like, design and materiality of the costumes I make, so honestly my starting point for a cosplay like Hunter is first going "Okay, what do I think these different parts would be made of in the real world?" even before considering what I'm actually going to make them out of. For some things that's an easy question -- obviously the mask and pauldron of the Golden Guard outfit feel like they should look like metal armor -- but for others it's more complicated. Like, what types of fabrics would his clothes be made out of? Why? And for parts like Flapjack, how do you split the difference between "sometimes made of wood, sometimes a real, actual bird" in a way that feels satisfying?

For example, for Hunter, my thoughts were as follows: the Golden Guard outfit is fancier than the normal Scout ones and felt like it should look a little bit showy, but at the end of the day, it's also a military uniform that he wears out on missions, so choosing fabrics that felt both nice and durable seemed like the best way to capture the "feel" of the outfit. I wanted to make something that looked important but practical, and based a lot of my decisions off that vibe.

I also took note of some of the "impossibilities" of his costume as a result of the animated medium -- for example, his cloak shifts from being a simple over-the-shoulder cape (which is what most people seem to make when cosplaying him) to a full-on circle cloak that closes up in the front when he's standing stiff and at attention. That's possible in a cartoon, but not in real life, because those are two different types of garments that require totally different amounts of fabric! So with things like that, you sort of have to pick which vibes you want to preserve, as opposed to trying to mimic the show perfectly. For me, that meant patterning out a more complicated cloak, closer to the circle-cloak style but with seams and shaping in the shoulders that make it possible for me to pin it back and look a little like a cape, even though it isn't one. I liked the bigger, heavier garment because I feel like it really drives home his vulnerability next to Belos. But someone who prefers the cool swooshiness of his cloak when he's out in the field would have wanted to make the cape! If and when you look at patterns, definitely pay as much attention to the energy they have and what they make you feel as you do to whether or not they match Hunter's "canon" look perfectly. You're working with fabric, not animating, and embracing the medium you're actually messing around with is definitely going to help with capturing that realism you're after. Related, but just know you're going to have seams in your outfit where there aren't any in the show. It's impossible to make functional clothing without there being visible seams somewhere, even though cartoons rarely show them. Focus more on making the costume you want and learn to love the realism they add instead of stressing over "inaccuracy"

Another thing: I don't know how familiar you are with different types of fabric (being entirely honest, I am way less so than many of my cosplay friends, so don't worry if the answer is "not very") but doing a bit of reading on them might be helpful, and I really highly recommend going to a fabric store and walking around feeling the different materials, thinking about what kinds of clothes they remind you of and how they move and stuff. One of the things that adds a lot of the "realism" to my Golden Guard outfit is that I used a variety of different fabric types, all with fairly unique textures -- the undertunic is this thick, metallic linen, that looks almost like a fencing lamé, which felt perfect for evoking that "fancy, but also combat" vibe I was going for, the overtunic is a more synthetic material but with a texture to it that definitely makes it look less cartoony, the white cloak fabric is a nice, shimmer-y material that looks the most "luxury" out of all them, but I then lined it with a thick, heavy, gold cotton, which means it doesn't swish around as much but also maintains some of that practical/showy duality. Think about your everyday clothes -- I know right now, I'm wearing a light cotton t-shirt and jeans, both of which are made out of totally different fabrics. To really give Hunter a "real life" feel, I leaned into that same idea. The Golden Guard outfit especially has so many layers, so there's lots of room to play around with mixing and matching materials -- just make sure you like how they all look together, too!

(Here are all my fabrics before I cut them: you can see how they all look and act a bit different from each other, and how the textured ones especially break away from that smooth, animated look some cosplayers prefer)

(......and here were my dozen paint and spray paint tests to try to figure out which colors/sheens I wanted for his armor)

#hunter cosplay tag

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cuttlefishen · 2 years

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Back in 2016, I was a hot mess. I was depressed. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I was uninspired to finish school, and in fact I failed basically all of my classes for a few semesters. Mentally? It was the worst year of my entire life...

And in the midst of that, I got really into a lot of different fandoms - probably as a coping mechanism. The Adventure Zone, Wolf 359, Flight Rising, Critical Role - I watched so. much. Critical Role... I literally skipped class just to watch Critical Role.

And then I took a break.

I quit school. I moved in with friends. I worked and tried to be a real adult, mostly self-sufficient for the first time ever... And I still tried to keep up with all these fandoms, plus adding more. Eventually I got to the point where the first campaign of Critical Role ended and I tried to keep up with the new campaign, but then I started working a second shift job every Thursday - so watching live wasn't an option any more.

I got behind, and literally have never caught up, and for the longest time this has really bothered me. I felt like I was failing myself by not being able to keep up with it, and worse I felt like I couldn't interact with the fandom at all anymore for fear of spoilers - which I wound up seeing anyway...

With the start of campaign 3, I was stoked to be able to try watching live again... but I really just don't have the emotional, physical, or attention energy to watch hours of dnd content anymore. And even though it's only been a few months, I'm already way behind and getting super stressed about catching back up.

Because I love Critical Role, so I have to watch it. Right?

And like this is just one example of a bigger problem I've increasingly found myself in. I grew up loving Pokemon, but as I've gotten older I've just rarely gotten my money's worth in the games, so I'm trying to be smart and not buy the newer games - but then I feel guilty and stressed and sad about not playing them.

I used to get so stressed about not keeping up with my Animal Crossing town that I would just stop playing for years, and then feel so guilty when I wanted to try playing again that I would just restart the game, destroy all the things I had created, and then feel guilty about that on top of the guilt of not playing every single day once my interest inevitably waned again.

I want to crochet, and play Animal Crossing, and watch Star Trek, and revamp my wardrobe, and make cosplay videos, and build new cosplays, and play PC games, and design dnd campaigns, and clean my house, and finally earn my degree-

...

So I've been thinking more and more about prioritizing lately. I've been struggling with school and struggling with home upkeep and struggling with mental upkeep, and honestly? I just really don't have the time or energy to dedicate to all the things I'm interested in.

And... that's okay.

I need to prioritize, but that doesn't have to be the big scary adulting only endeavor that my brain likes to tell me it is. I can decide that Critical Role is a fandom of my past, and I can watch clips and look at fan content without worrying about catching up - because realistically I never will. I can decide that Pokemon is a nostalgia that I love and appreciate, but don't have to actively participate in. I can decide that Animal Crossing is something I just play in spurts every once in awhile, and my islanders aren't going to hate me when I reappear months later.

My whole identity doesn't have to be wrapped up in all the dozens of fandoms I attach to myself like an over-enthusiastic decorator crab. I'm not failing anyone by letting some things go. I can let some things just be part of my past.

I can allow myself to be okay with giving things up.

And idk I just thought that realization might help some other people here too.

#word vomit #introspection #2022 #i guess this is a new years resolution of sorts

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himbobeefcakephd · 3 years

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okay so, opinion time!

weirdly, something that's putting me off about the new part of Lupin is that they're putting these lines next to the characters' mouths and it's aging them... and like, normally I wouldn't have a problem with doing that to a character, but in the case of Lupin III specifically, it feels like that design decision is emblematic of how they're trying to apply long-term overarching continuity, to a set of characters that thrive on being timeless, and having episodic stories that you can watch in mismatched order, without any of them really giving clues that would solidify a strict timeline of events across multiple parts.

like, obviously it matters a little bit what order you watch the show in... different parts have different tone/style/quality/theme/might as well be an AU for just how OOC it'd be to apply this treatment of their character to the continuity of other parts... and you don't want your introduction to Lupin III to give you a poor impression of what the series is capable of. but I feel like the more modern parts are struggling to distinguish themselves from one another stylistically, and they introduce a touch too much realism, which I actually don't appreciate. I don't like that I need so much context to watch this newest installment... and I don't like the color palette! it feels so drab, especially next to the super colorful, visually interesting OP and EDs that bookend each episode. it makes Lupin look really gaudy in his teal jacket when everybody else is dressed in brown, gray, and beige... the world should be meeting Lupin where he is in terms of wacky bullshit, this is fiction, we can have bonkers behavior across the board! and they could still make it a story with more mature themes... just let it be interesting to my eyeballs at the same time.

sorry for whining about this in your inbox, I just don't have anyone else to express this to, you don't have to post it if you don't want to.

I haven’t seen the newest Part 6 episodes so I can’t make any kind of judgement of them yet, and I just started Part 5 so I’m really behind in the more “modern” Lupin offerings haha. Part 4 had some fun episodes and the animation was very nice but I really didn't like some of the character dialogue bcs it painted the crew's relationships to be mmmm distant?? or detached or something??? and Lupin was weirdly adamant about not being into men which seemed pretty out of character to be so hung up on about that he mentioned it several times. I dunno there were just a lot of parts where I was like This tidbit did not spark joy so I let those bits slide out of my brain like I did not see it at all haha

But YEAH I dislike the idea of introducing continuity into the Lupinverse bcs that's never been what it's been about and it seems a weird decision to apply that after 50 years of driving by their seat of the pants in terms of episodic shenanigans??? I thrive in "everything is made up and the points don't matter" type environments for fan art story telling so I really enjoy the idea that Lupin is timeless and can be picked up and plunked down at any point and it's still a fun ride. Hmmmmmmmmm a drab color palette is kinda disappointing to hear, pops is acceptable in his sensible brown trenchcoat but otherwise that's uhhhhhh an interesting choice on the part of the show runners ( ﾟｰﾟ)

But I admit that I'm partial to the cartoony excess of the Part 1 and 2 series tbh, so I would love to see a newer series that leans more into that feral Lupin energy from decades ago and take a step back from heavy "mature" storylines but that's just me lol

(link to the full clip of this scene below)

#lupin the third #asks #anon

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scary-ivy · 2 years

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Hello!

Aww, I love dogs so much! What breed do you have? What’s their name?

Mamma Mia 2 was definitely sadder than I expected too, and I just missed Meryl Streep the entire time!

Damn, do I miss the days where you could just watch movies on YouTube. I hope you managed to find Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat!

My sister loves the Polar Express and the live-action Grinch, but I always found him too scary 😂 I love Benedict Cumberbatch’s animated Grinch, though! Love Actually is one of my favourite movies to watch at this time of year, as well as Klaus, although it does make me cry! I love the Stop Making Sense concert. I think that’s a great one to watch at Christmas. I have a tradition of watching Lady and the Tramp at Christmas, even though it only has one snowy scene! It just brings me comfort and I associate it with this time of year.

That’s so sweet that you’re watching Get Back with your Grandparents! I’m also still trying to get through it, I feel like it’s taking me ages! But I’m trying to cherish it and make it last as long as possible.

I hope you’re good! — 🦈

Hi!

Sorry, I was going to respond to this sooner but my response got deleted when my computer updated. It should work now tho.

Thanks for asking about my dog, she's a toy poople/shih tzu mix so she basically just looks like a grey fluffball right now. She's 14 years old and her name is Noni.

I was kind of upset about how sad Mama Mia 2 is because the first film was a good lighthearted escapist film, sometimes it's nice to watch a musical where somebody doesn't die or w/e.

Klaus is a great film, I love the style and world of it. Lady and the Tramp is a great choice, it really does have a Christmas energy to it. I agree that the live-action Grinch movie is unnerving, it's kinda more like a halloween movie than a christmas movie, but that's why I like it. I haven't seen the newer animated one but I want too so I can compare the three diffrent adaptaions of the story (it's so wild we've gotten three very different versions of the Grinch in the last 50-something years).

I totally agree with you that Get Back is hard to get through because it's so long but also I want to rewind every second so that I don't miss anything. It's fun to watch it with my grandparents, sometimes they sing along.

Hope you're not to busy now that it's almost the end of December. I'm almost finished getting presents for everyone, looking forward to getting some time off. What about you?

#srs21

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