Curvy Cosplay things

Ever since I have this blog I’ve been put the question: “Okay, how can I start cosplay.” In this post I’ll try to give you some easy cosplay tips for the beginning. So… Let’s read on and then nothing is left, but trying it. ;) Come on!

1. Buy a ready-made costume

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Sorry-

What was that?

I couldn’t hear you-

Too distracted-

By super babes-

That you said-

Couldn’t-

Cosplay-

So I’ll just leave these here -

While you sit-

In your little corner-

Of utter denial-

Hi everyone! I want to bring your attention to the #notacosplayer project run by Eddie of Food and Cosplay (facebook, tumblr). Pretty angry at those photos right? Yeah, me too. The top one is me and six of the other cosplayers are extremely close friends of mine. (I’ve tagged their pages if you click on the photos!)

#notacosplayer is here to tackle the bullying within the cosplay community and especially that from outside. A lot of people, too many people believe that you have to be a thin, white woman with large boobs and an incredibly attractive face to be “allowed” to cosplay, and then what? If you are you’re brandished a slut/whore, a fake geek and only doing it for male attention. Yes there are a small handful of people who do infact cosplay for attention and have no interest in the characters, but for the people with a genuine love of what they’re doing, this is massively hurtful. Comments like the ones above are received on a daily basis for a lot of cosplayers, whether it be a sly remark from another convention goer, on a facebook page where “well its just a picture on the internet” or some other form of online forum, the comments are read and they’re upsetting. Cosplayers spend countless hours picking costumes, hunting down where the best place to get them from is or locating the most realistic parts for a costume. They send off designs and reference to commissioners to ensure that their piece is perfect and just how they want it, constantly giving feedback and input on their item. Some other cosplayers spend hours and hours slaving away with cuts and burns to create something they’re proud of and love. They take a picture and hang it with absolute pride at how awesome they look, how they replicated their favorite character in their own way. They show it to their friends who all say how awesome it is and they share it around.