#cosplay tutorials

Cece Olson for Twin Cities Geek:

Hella Big Skirts panel

Ever wanted to make a hella skirt? Wondering how to keep your hella big skirt puffy? Join cosplayer fabrickind to learn the ins and outs of patterning, sewing, and supporting the large, fluffy skirts of your dreams!

This is just the bare bones of the panel, as many of the examples were elaborated on in-person, and it is just the slides, not any of my notes. It is not meant to be exhaustive or definitive, and is just meant for general advice and suggestion purposes only. If anyone has feedback they would like to give, feel free to do so. That said, I hope that people find this information useful.

Here is a link to a pdf of the presentation. You may download for personal use, but please do not alter the presentation, repost without permission, or do any sort of other unauthorized use. (If you have a question about how you can use this presentation, please send me a message with your question and we can work it out. I promise I’m not scary. ;]) Feel free to reblog this post as much as you want, though. I do these panels and post them because I want the information to be shared.

Absolutely! :)

First pair I made- I found these side zip-up boots that I painted with white acrylic paint (don't do that. It WILL flake off)

Everything else is 5 or 2mm EVA foam that I painted and glued on with either superglue or hot glue.

I don't have a pattern I can share, since this totally depends on your specific shoes, but the shapes are pretty straightforward!

These shoes actually held up REALLY well, minus the white paint which cracked horribly and there was absolutely no fixing it, although I tried.

If you paint pleather like this, you need to use a pleather specific paint, like angelus leather paint OR find a pair of shoes that has a more fabric-y texture and use either fabric paint or acrylic paint mixed with textile medium. Anything else will likely flake off.

I bought a new pair which had a more fabric-like texture and painted it with textile medium and acrylic paint. For this pair I wanted to build up the thickness of the toes, so I also added 2mm EVA foam.

Blending it with just paint ended up being difficult, so I scrapped that and glued white fabric on top of both the shoe and EVA foam. This step is totally unnecessary, but if you do this try to keep in mind where your foot flexes to minimize the EVA foam rubbing or bending too much.

These are the shoes after a full con day- no peeling or chipping this time! (The fabric isn't perfectly smooth but that's my fault- it's also not noticeable unless you really look up close at it)

oops ok i ended up getting this tutorial out significantly sooner than I expected so here's the full text and image tutorial for Lagombi and the snowclad! Its free to download but tips are always appreciated!

(Since we're watching the bird app set itself ablaze...)

Hi all, I'm Cass! I've been cosplaying since 2008, and I love combining my engineering degree/professional background with historical/cultural fashion influences and complex needlework to create award-winning multimedia designs. Catch me posting cosplay (both finished and work-in-progress threads), sharing educational panels/streams (I teach a lot of panels in addition to a university level class on making!), and talking about creative/design processes in general!

I love both participating in contests and judging them, guesting and hosting panels at cons, and generally finding new ways to encourage collaborative creativity and advance the skills of the community at large.

Kainè wig, before and after!

The first two pictures are what I unboxed. The last 3 are the same wig, after being completely disassembled and reassembled correctly.

This is the stream result of the past 2 days~

Hi! I’m Emmy and I’m a cosplayer! Welcome to the blog!

I started this blog because I want to make it easier and less painful for cosplayers, especially new cosplayers, to find resources to improve their cosplays. I’ll be posting wig suggestions, tutorials (wigs, makeup, etc), as well as links to countless other resources! I’ll also be reblogging cosplayers content.

This blog isn’t limited to any one fandom, so if you’re looking for something let me know and I’ll help you out as best I can!

Please reblog this so I can get the word out a lil quicker and let people know I exist!!

I made this so I could keep track of all the tutorials I found useful in one place (will get updates in the future)

Wigs

Basics of wig construction pt 1 and 2

dyeing wigs

Washing wigs

Hair spike

Volumous ponytail

Making unique hairlines

Dyeing half of a wig (todoroki wig tutotrial)

Bow shaped hair

Changing shape of head piece for better fit

Spiking up wigs

Danganropa suggested wigs to buy

Rose Quartz

Makeup/bodypaint

bodypaint comparisons

waterproofing makeup

makeup masterpost for beginners aka me

Makeup for beginners video

tips for beginners

concealing thick eyebrows

making your own manequin

contouring

Eyeshadow

Armor

foam armor tutorial

another foam armor tutorial

voltron helmet

Loki bracers

YouTube channel recommendation

Sewing

PSA to replace sewing machine needles constantly

Juliet straps

making plaid-ish fabric

two toned understitching

fabric choice

Jacket fabric choices

Lining material choices

Sewing ease

Drafting pant block

drafting patterns

Making patterns on illustrator

Another pattern drafting tutorial

fabric painting (freezer paper)

Understitching

Centered zipper

French seams

Skirt pattern references

Milted corners with bias tape

Very small hems

Bloomers

Detail stuff with heat and bond

YouTube channel

Coat pattern

Mending clothing

Arm wraps

Kimono pattern measurements

Photography

posing tips

Random

Beginning cosplay

shoe making tutorial

fixing cracks in props/items

how to improve your cosplays + lists of cosplayers

for glass wearing cosplayers

fake gem

working with foam

saving money

Paint for leather/rubber

Velvet rose

Another master post here and here

2 links to Pinterest boards

Worbla

Books

Sewing (blog has other books on cosplay)

Another sewing one

List of sewing books and their cost+reviews

Ace attorney

Magatama help

Trucy Wright cosplay write up (og post link is dead, this instead)

Trucy’s cape material help

Maya fey cosplay breakdown

Maya cosplay help

Athena pirate costume write up

Other character breakdowns/tutorials

Tokito