/ot/ - off-topic

I've always wanted to make cosplay armor but I always get intimidated by it.

>>170116
It's not that hard anon when you start with something easy. Things like simple shoulderpads and arm guards while working up your way to something more complicated. Many people start with straight out full armor and then get disappointed when it looks like shit and never try again.

Am I the only one a little tired about cosplayers (espec. azns) who do their makeup like it looks like in the goddamn series, not 'the real life' version but rather having lines around your eyes, thinking you would automatically become 2D. and the asian shoop, omg.. (just search random anime character name + cosplay and you will see..)

I feel really terrible lately about my skin color. It's funny, my main concern relating to cosplay was my weight as I was on the higher end of a healthy weight. I lost a bunch of weight (obviously not just for cosplay reasons) & I feel content with my physique now. But now I've focused a lot of disdain towards my skin color.

I honestly have been brought down a lot by the majority of people in some cosplay communities finding brown people cosplaying white characters so ugly. I can't even say I disagree entirely; it's RARE I see a black girl, let alone, a brown girl pulling off a great looking white character.

Pic related is very similar to my skin color.

>>170119
fam, that skin colour is a dream. It's not too dark but also not too pale.
And I've never seen (outside of chan boards I mean) people who complained about black people cosplaying whites. As long as the rest of the costume is great, no one really cares

>>170119
Anon your skin color is fine and unless you're truly dog faced you'll rule over the poc cosplay community.

>>170121
This. Also be super careful with foundation tones, you don't want it to look great IRL but when you take photos, suddenly it's all ashy or grey. Experiment a bit, take different photos, play around until you have it down pat and you'll be fine.

>>170119
I love you skin colour tbh, I wish I was that light. I get so self conscious about cosplaying sometimes because of how dark I am (I'm not super dark but kind of that in-between colour??). Even though I've had a ton of people compliment me on my cosplays and never even really had people call me out on being black even on 4chon etc. its still pretty discouraging.

I'm sure you'll be fine though!! You have the dream skintone imo.

Im going to my first con and I want to cosplay. Except im clueless on where to start. I have a bit knowledge on craftmanship. But not much really tbh. I want to cosplay some main stream characters but I acutally never watch any of the "in" shows and I know thats looked down upon the cosplay community. If any anon can give me links to get started that would great!

>>170124
Learn basic makeup skills. No matter who or what you cosplay, doing good makeup can make any cosplay go from meh to good-tier.

As far as characters, my main tip is it doesn't matter how popular or how obscure the media is, just make sure you are IN LOVE with the character you cosplay. It doesn't matter if it's a character that has one line of dialogue for an entire season or a character you know half the convention will be cosplaying, just LOVE your character. It will make building/buying/wearing your cosplay 1000x more fun.

Craftsmanship-wise, it's always recommended to make a cosplay yourself. Not so much because store bought cosplays are seen as cheap and lazy, but because buying takes most of the fun out of the cosplay. Simple sewing tutorials on youtube are a great place to start. If you are truly clueless about DIY, that's also okay as it's your first cosplay after all. Buying clothes from goodwill and sewing buttons, dying, or ironing on trim is still craftsmanship. You might be impressed by how much you can do with $10 and a lack of a sewing machine.