#cosplay tutorial

Want to level up your cosplay wigs? Try alcohol markers!

I don’t claim to have invented this technique, but I’ve had SO many folks ask for a video demo since I started sharing my custom coloured wigs. At long last, here it is!

This is a great technique for when you find a wig that’s the perfect texture, but not the right shade, or it’s a good base but needs some roots or lowlights to make it look more real. I’ve also used it to do entire ombre gradients, especially if it’s multiple colours, specific sections, sections or I’m worried about accidentally dyeing the lace front.

I use both copics and the artists loft brand from Michaels, but there are others out there, so if you give them a try I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Markers used here for my Galadriel wig:

Base root: copic “fig” or artists loft “carmel”

Dark root: copic “pecan” or artists loft “coffee”

Overall tints: copic “lionet gold” or artists loft “hazelnut”

Many many (MANY) were asking so here is my elastic strap system that makes my jaw move

Huge shout out to @ terr.hedgehog on TikTok for getting me started with this

Hope this answers everyone’s questions and helps with your own cosplays!

Also please ignore all the unfinished areas, this is still very much a work in progress

This series of posts was inspired by @boxstara's (insta) Artillery Witch: Foamwork post

My costume portfolio series will be happenin' every Monday/Friday for the next few weeks!

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This free tutorial, found here, teaches you how to make a simple belt bag!

The CovidSafeCosplay blog and its admin are unaffiliated with the patternmaker or website, and are simply sharing the resource. Blog admin has not personally tested this pattern. Please thoroughly read the pattern and tutorial for full instructions.

Are you a cosplayer? Are you painfully stubborn and tired of every video and tutorial out there about painting shoes telling you not to paint the rubber soles? Me too! So I did it anyway.

Here's a full break down of how I did it complete with suggested materials and pictures!

Apologies to those that use screen readers, Tumblr is NOT letting me add alt text on desktop, so I would greatly appreciate anyone who wants to add an image description in a reblog. I'll try to write one up and add it to the end of this post later, but you are free to beat me to it!

Take a photo and put it in grayscale. That's it!

When you want a design to read as recognizable, clear, and sharp from across the room, you want to be able to see the difference clearly in grayscale. Since I want the harlequin design to be clear on my Howl jacket, this will be perfect.

And you can use it the other way, too! For example, the reverse side of my pink fabric is a beautiful shiny light pink. In grayscale, it's the same value as the blue, even the same shine, and the only difference is the little bit of texture that comes through in the jacquard.