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Warden Asteria Cosplay

@wardenasteriacosplay

Hiya! I'm Asteria (she/they): A NorCal based cosplayer who's a giant nerd. Cosplays tagged by fandom and "cosplay," mine is tagged "my cosplay"
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“Of all the witches I’ve rooted out, none had such a collection.” . . . . Finally I’m posting a proper Lisa photo yay! She was so fun to wear at LACC! I can’t wait to upgrade her even more and wear her again, and maybe next time take pics with some Alucards! 📷: @fuzzypandacosplay Edits: Me! #wardenasteriacosplay #cosplay #cosplaygirl #lacc #lacomiccon #comikaze #lisatepes #lisatepescosplay #castlevania #castlevaniacosplay #castlevanianetflix

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aicosu
Anonymous asked:

how do you decide what to do with your face in pictures? there are a lot of tutorials on posing but they mostly just talk about the body and i feel like my face looks boring or weird in most pictures

AS ALWAYS this stuff takes practice. You get more comfortable the more you do it, but there are tips and shortcuts to help you achieve something more in your control then just smiling and hoping you look right. 

My favorite tips are the, “MMMM”  “me” “haha” and “you” tricks! And what they are, are words to say to yourself during your pose to help train your face into specific structures. For smiling for example, specifically with your mouth closed, practice saying “MMM” when you pose! It creates a really natural curve to your mouth, without making your cheeks ache and contract when you force yourself into a fake smile. I know this all sounds stupid, but seriously try it. Try it in some selfies, practice agnling your head. Say it out loud if you need to!Here’s me saying “MMMM” to make a closed lipped smile! 

For an open mouthed, natural, teeth smile, say “Me” when you pose!! You can either say “Me” as you smile for a prounouced smile, or simply say it as the shutter goes off to catch a more candid looking, happy state of your face. 

These are all “me” poses, where im literally saying the word under my breath to train my face. 

Saying “You” so youself as you exhale through your lips, creates a very neutral, easy, UN TENSE, looking face. Its my go to for everything. YOU poses are awesome for static poses, where you just need your face to look normal, natural, and pretty. Lol. It’s great cause if you dont do this and keep your mouth closed, you often look boring or too stiff. Sayng “you” activates your muscles and livens your face enough that you dont look dead or lifeless. 

These are all You poses. I’m literally saying that word a I pose. And some of these I say YOU while putting a little smile in there by thinking happy thoughts.

I don’t use “HAHA” as much, but it really is just like you might think. Saying HAHA out loud as you pose creates that easy going, natural look of laughing. 

As you might tell, Posing is a lot about ACTING as well as knowing your body. 

SO GET LOOSE. In between photos im CONSTANTLY moving around. And after a few shots im cosntantly stretching my mouth wide, making fish faces, puffing my cheeks, RELAXING my muscles so they don’t do that horrendous School Day smile that we all dread. 

And again PRACTICE. Get in front of that mirror and try out a bunch of stuff. Try DIFFERENT WORDS to see what saying them dos to your expression. Try angles and poses at home, so when the camers in front of you, your ready. 

Then youll be able to do more complicated stuff too. 

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shroudedrose

More Aymeric! he’s almost finished!  the last details need to be painted and weathered, then it’s time to finish the leg armor, shoulder pieces and his wierd neck dragon..snake…whatever. and then it’s onward to Alphinaud! let’s see if I’ll be able to finish them both in 6 weeks… wish me luck!

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katvalkyrie
The Crusade Calls!
Oh Akarat, bless this, thy holy flail, that with it, thou mayest smite thine enemies into tiny, tiny, unfathomably tiny bits, in thy mercy. Let it be so.

Diablo 3 Doom Crusader Cosplay: @valkyriestudios​ FB | IG

Photos: JGR

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“My dad had gone to a Halloween event as Walt Disney one year and it occurred to me to take it to the next level and try doing the statue of Disney. I asked my dad for about two years if he would do it and finding a wishy washy response I told him “if you don’t do it, I want to!” And my dad told me to go for it! The costume was thrift store clothing that I painted with layers of matte and metallic spray paint and liquid latex to give give the clothing more stiffness and dimension. The hardest part was making a 28 inch Mickey plushie into nearly 40 inch tall. I actually had to take fabric from a Minnie Mouse doll to lengthen Mickey’s limbs, something I found a little funny in a way. I used coat hangers to make a skeleton I put inside Mickey to make him stand when I held his hand and only after all that could I paint him. I actually finished Mickey the day before Megacon! The reaction was better than I could have hoped for. I was a little worried that the concept wouldn’t translate well but everyone I met loved it. I think that was partially because I was at an Orlando based convention that was attended by many Disney fans and people who work at or have been to Magic Kingdom. I don’t know if I would have been as popular or recognizable anywhere else. I was astounded when people in really intricate and complicated cosplay wanted to take MY picture. It was very humbling and a major honor. Also meeting little kids with their families were adorable. They were more interested in my stuffed Mickey than me.“ – Mollie Tees ( https://www.instagram.com/mollietees/ )

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And the last batch! All the red robes, the lup’s and a BBJ (sign says Nerd Alert if I remember correctly)

and finally a group photo! Thank you all for coming, we had a great time and next year will be even better <3

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