Wearing glasses in your everyday life doesn’t mean you can’t participate in cosplay. Whether you’re open to wearing contacts or not, you can still look fantastic and be a great representation of your character. You can cosplay any character you want and still wear your glasses. Depending on how accurate you want your costume to…
An often overlooked but highly important step of cosplay construction is the process of painting. Even if you’ve done a fantastic job at sewing your costume or putting your prop together, it won’t look great if you did a shoddy paint job. To avoid paint that chips, runs, melts, or just doesn’t get vibrant enough,…
Sometimes people want to cosplay characters that don’t look like them. If you think about it, this is pretty common if you consider the fact that many comic and anime characters are purposefully drawn with proportions that are not realistic at all. But if your height or weight is drastically different from the character you…
Most anime and comic conventions take place in the spring or summer, making lighter costumes with less coverage ideal. However, if you want to cosplay for a winter convention, or even for Halloween, you’ll probably want to make some adjustments to these costumes so you don’t stand around shivering from the cold. The easiest way…
Everyone who cosplays will have their own reasons for doing it. And for most people, those reasons will change as they cosplay more and get involved in fan and geek communities. When I first started cosplaying, it was about dressing up as characters I loved. I didn’t care if costumes were store-bought and of questionable…
It happens to all of us. We’re at the convention having fun in our costumes, when suddenly something breaks. Maybe a seam ripped, maybe it was your prop, or maybe your shoe strap snapped. Whatever it is, there is almost always a solution for you that will make your costume wearable so you can continue…
I am short. Really short, only 5ft tall. Most of the time, I don’t care (very much), but sometimes I look like a little kid trying to play dress-up whenever I want to cosplay a more mature character. Maybe this is you and you want to walk around a little taller. Maybe you don’t care…
Most conventions take place in hotels and convention centers that have plenty of air conditioning. Even though many of these anime and comic conventions take place in the summer, it’s not uncommon for people to wear costumes that are not fit for the season since they know the air conditioning will be available. However, there…
When you’re stepping into the world of cosplay, crafting your own costume is half the adventure. One of the golden materials at your disposal is EVA foam, a favorite in the cosplayer’s toolkit. It’s versatile, lightweight, and relatively easy to work with. Whether you’re aiming to craft intricate armor pieces or simply need a sturdy…
You had a blast wearing your costume to the latest anime convention or comic con, but now you realize that your costume stinks. In fact, most of the time the dreaded con-funk that you hear of isn’t actually from people who don’t practice good hygiene, it’s actually from costumes that have not been washed after…