Cosplay Culture Survey

greatcosplay:

Master’s level paper on the culture of cosplay and cosplayers.

If anyone wants to help, this person is doing a master’s paper on cosplay and needs cosplayers to fill out a survey for them! I plan to do it at some point today myself, even. (:

zeekayart: public service announcement for cosplayers who use bodypaint

greatcosplay:

cosfluff101:

zeekayart:

please seal your paint

if you don’t seal your paint, this is what happens. you sit down.

lalalala sitting down

then you get up and realize oh shit, damaged property.

no one wants damaged property!! and please don’t think “oh i’m just doing my hands and face, i won’t need to seal”….

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!!

please PLEASE SEAL YOUR PAINT! Because you have to realize that the con has to pay for damages when this stuff happens! And in worse situations, the con can even be prevented from returning to a great hotel simply because too many people didn’t seal their paint.

I’ve also heard stories of people leaving this stuff all over their own hotel room, and having to pay high fees to get them cleaned, which means you have to spend all your hard earned con money on paying back the hotel.

I’m very lucky *knocks on wood* to never have had someone leave smudged paint on my prints/crafts yet but I greatly appreciate it if this never happens.

Signal boosting this excellent PSA.

Arda has released wig shampoo and conditioner!

greatcosplay:

It’s formulated for synthetic fibers, so if you are feeling a bit too lazy to make your own (or just want something just for your wigs), this is a really great release.

Stuck on Homestuck Cosplay?: (Terezi) Devil Glasses review

homestuckcosplayhelp:

So I bought these devil glasses, for a total of 11 dollars including shipping and handling.

I think that they are great for any budget cosplayer like myself, but they are came in bad quality. The screws were very lose and some parts appeared to be falling off.

The glasses actually DID fall…

I use those glasses for my Terezi, and I found that it’s easier to sand them if you take them apart completely so you’re left with just the lens. No worries about them falling apart while you work on them, then. (:

Proof!