Fabric painting can be a really useful way to create custom designed fabric for your costumes. There are several different methods and techniques to fabric painting, which we will be exploring in this series. I hope you can find it…
When I first started going to conventions years ago I was your typical college student. I had a part time job to cover my food costs, school supplies, clothes and entertainment. When you make $6.25 an hour and you work…
Construction notes and photos for Timeskip Orihime from Bleach.
When I first started cosplaying I just kind of jumped in and picked up bits of information as I went along. I made a lot of mistakes when I first started out, which I guess is to be expected. I…
Construction notes and photos for Kinomoto Sakura from Card Captor Sakura.
Character: Chihaya KisaragiSeries: The Idolm@sterVersion: Diamond Luxury (Blue)Debut: A-kon 2013 As soon as I started watching the Idolm@ster anime I knew that I would love it, but the hardest part about being a cosplayer and loving idolm@ster is choosing who to cosplay and which outfit!…
Construction notes and photos for Lady Kayura from Ronin Warriors.
So how do you make a prop gun without using any powertools? With gratuitous amounts of foam!In seriousness though, I greatly admire prop makers who can sculp and cast and build lifelike replica weapons. I think I admire them so…
I originally wrote this piece about the cosplay photographer around a year ago for my Tumblr before I had this website. It is still something that I think is very important for cosplayers to understand so I’m sharing it here…
Construction notes and photos for Fionna from Adventure Time.