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SweetAlissum Cosplay

@sweetalissumcosplay / sweetalissumcosplay.tumblr.com

Part time magical girl & aspiring wood elf
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I don’t have a lot to wrap up in 2022, but I managed to accomplish two big cosplay goals, which given everything I went through makes me very proud indeed. This gown is one of the two! My good friend and I were enamored instantly of Vax and Keyleth’s formal outfits when Legend of Vox Machina first premiered. I spent a lot of time sketching, gathering all the world’s olive green fabrics (and dyeing even more), and made my own version of Keyleth’s gown in time to wear it to a real ball! I have some things to improve about it but gosh I love this costume. I can’t wait to wear it again. I’ll share some of the snaps of me with my Vax soon!

Photos by zephyr silver | Costume by me | Antler base by mudandmajesty

#vox machina#keyleth#vox machina cosplay#critical role cosplay#keyleth cosplay#keyleth of the air ashari#legend of vox machina#lovm cosplay#lovm#labyrinth ball#tlovm#tlovm cosplay
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Hello again, tumblr! I haven’t posted my cosplay here in 4 years so I want to get back in the habit, as much as I can. At some point I’ll try to get some of my favorite work from the last few years on here! My sewing skills have definitely grown!

I always wish I’d done more winter costumes since they’re so romantic. It’s a fun challenge to work with fabrics like wool or velvet, or to tailor coats! At some point I’ll get another done in time for the cozy season. For now, here’s my Queen for a Day winter Rapunzel, one of my favorite projects. Making lined mittens was especially fun.

Photo by @lets-become-stories | my wig by Lisa Fabio | costume by me

#rapunzel#tangled#disney cosplay#tangled the series#rapunzel cosplay#disney princess cosplay#Disney princess
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A few weeks ago, I went to see the Distant Worlds tour of symphony arrangements for Final Fantasy music. For the event I decided it was finally time to tackle another dream project of mine - Queen Garnet til Alexandros XVII.

She’s still not fully complete as I ran out of time before the concert for some of the skirt decoration (and other finishing touches) but I couldn’t help taking her out to the symphony hall. I’m so happy so many fans of Final Fantasy IX came up to talk to me about this beautiful game.

Once she’s finally complete, I’m going to be spamming so many photos of this costume!

#ffix#ff9#garnet til alexandros#final fantasy ix#final fantasy#final fantasy cosplay#photo here by my boyfriend
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I spent all of last year wishing I’d finished a new Rapunzel costume and by March of this year, I’ve finished two. I still need to shoot the first one but for now, my Happily Ever After pink gown is the best thing I’ve ever sewn. This was a costume I’ve dreamed of making, and I can’t believe it turned out this well. Now I have to challenge myself to bring this level to all of my upcoming costume plans! 

Pink Epilogue Rapunzel // WonderCon 2018 Photo by keepittogetherx on Instagram  Costume by me
And thank you to @lets-become-stories for peppering my face with freckles before we left the house for the con!
#tangled#rapunzel#wondercon#wondercon 2018#disney costumes#tangled cosplay#pink rapunzel
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femaleganondorfdragmire

If you’re an artist, then this is for you.

This year, I want you to be unapologetic when you create.

Don’t apologize for your writing, drawing, music, designs, films, sculptures, cosplays, knitting, sewing, cooking, and anything else I might’ve missed.

Don’t apologize for the quality.

Stop being afraid of what you can accomplish. You might think you can do so much better, well guess what? You will. You’re always improving. But if you start to apologize for the best you can do at this moment, then you might restrain yourself, stop yourself from taking risks that will help you.

I know this is a hard thing to stop. I do it all the time. When I submit art to people that I’m not so confident about, I’ll apologize in advance.

This year, I challenge you, and myself, to stop doing it.

#cosplay positivity
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It’s the end of the year and I wanted to do a cosplay wrap-up, but truthfully this year was extremely hard for my costume making. Turns out being told you’re useless every day at your job and coming home to an apartment you constantly have to organise to live in it kills your creative energy. Despite that I still cobbled together about 11 new costumes for myself and put together 3 new ones for Cole. Most of them aren’t flashy and I didn’t get to spend the time I’d wanted on any of them. I’m the happiest with my Last Unicorn look and my two Star Butterfly costumes. I’m looking forward to 2018 where hopefully I can actually take on projects that get a fighting chance at coming to life. 💕 I have better hopes for this year. Thanks for sticking with me, everyone. This was a really rough one and your support got me through.

#svtfoe cosplay#disney cosplay#2017 costumes#taz cosplay#the last unicorn#anyway seriously thank you all
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arkadykoshka
Anonymous asked:

Do you have any advice for a chubby cosplayer nervous about cosplaying skinny characters? I'm really worried about not being able to do them justice

arkadykoshka answered:

Insecurities in cosplay are a major, major pain to get over, even if you have tons of supportive friends telling you that yes, your cosplay will absolutely do the character justice (because that’s true, you will absolutely kill it and do them justice!). I think the best way to deal with insecurities isn’t by aiming to get rid of them completely, but to just close your eyes and run screaming right past them. Getting rid of them is really, really hard to do and if you focus on that, you’re going to end up psyching yourself out, waiting for a really long time for them to go away, and missing out on a lot of chances to have fun with cosplay. Because in the long run, the only rule of cosplay is making yourself happy. There are literally 0 other requirements for cosplay. And limiting your cosplay choices because of appearance will never ever make you happy. But getting to be your favorite character for a day absolutely will! It’s a matter of letting your love for the character grow loud enough to drown out any other pressures or expectations or worries and saying “fuck it, I’m gonna DO THE THING!” And I’ve learned that often by doing the thing even when you’re scared, you get less and less scared of it in the future and it becomes easier. Once you start cosplaying out of your comfort zone, the nervousness should begin to fade. 

I’d also recommend following more chubby cosplayers. There’s thousands of wonderful chubby and plus sized cosplayers in the community and many speak very candidly about their experiences and offer support and tips to others. Surrounding yourself with cosplayers who have similar experiences as you and who talk about them is a great way to feed from their positive energy and follow their examples. Seeing other people killing at cosplay and doing justice to their characters can help you see that your killing it too. There are always cosplayers like you out there, the community is far more diverse than it seems on the surface, and there’s tons of people who will support you and love your cosplays. So DO THE THING! Cosplaying a character you love will always make you happier than sitting on the sidelines wondering what it would be like. 

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