sewing patterns get a bad rap for valid reasons but if you can make them work I promise you they will be your best friend as a cosplayer who crafts. For all their flaws and occasional fickleness they can make sewing accessible, and fun! Experience with patterns vary p2p
"Cosplay is not CONSENT" needs to be normalized in online spaces too because some of ya'll are reckless and downright disturbing with the comments ya'll leave on the photos of some creators.
Listen if you work full time you CANNOT hold yourself hostage if you're not able to produce content or consume it on the same level as other people. Ya'll need to be nicer to yourselves about these things please. I'm worried.
Damn I remember when cosplayers had "Signature" cosplay(s). When a single cosplay had longevity and folks were excited to see it. Fast fashion in cosplay has basically ended this and it makes me sad when I think about how the landscape changed fr.
Being a small cosplayer with not even 10K on any platform but hired and paid handsomely by a company to cosplay their most popular character it's absolutely insane to me 😭❣️
Snow White...but make her Black 🖤
This is the prettiest Disney Princess cosplay I've made thus far!
11 hours of labor & I am in LOVE 😭
Happy
#blacktober
If your Black Lives Matter don't include the moms with 6+ kids, hood rats, the thuggish, the ratchet , the "Non-respectable" black folk i don't want it. When I say Black Lives Matter I mean all of em!
Morning! if you woke up with a machine today. I've created a handy dandy 4-page sewing resource guide that includes links to sewing pattern shops, youtube channels, online fabric stores and so much more!
Happy Sewing!
As a cosplayer regular sewing machine maintenance includes giving your machine a pep talk before you start the project and thanking it once it's complete. Your user manual won't say this but I assure you it's a must.
I tell you what..there's not enough hours for creatives who work full-time. You'll have all the concepts in your head and when you get home you're too tired to do anything with those ideas only to see someone who had more time doing the idea and you spiral lmaooooo
So many adults working 8+ hours and stressed over not being able to post regularly or grow in their hobbies. I promise the things you love will be here for you when you have the time.
Non-Black cosplayers do y'all actually LIKE black cosplay content? or do you only share for the sake of being an ally, do yoy sincerely believe we deserve to be uplifted? I want to know what the truth is.
POV: You consensually took a sip of the absinthe I offered you, thus transporting yourself into my domain where you stay for what feels like an hour to experience the art of the high before the low.
#BlackFaeDay
Alright, ya'll since late 2019 and throughout this panini, I have been busting my ass and creating costume after costume which has allowed me to take part in really cool opportunities that align with what I'm about and most importantly to wow all of you.
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#loreolympus
Fat bodies should be accepted and loved on even when it's not oiled up or in lingerie. Just fat bodies in the ordinary celebrated, appreciated, and accepted. ❤
I get it the jealousy the envy of folks seemingly living your dreams while you cannot because of work/family commitments especially RIGHT NOW. I see you..I'm holding space for you because I get it and hell I've felt it. Our hobbies are what bring us joy it shouldn't stress us
Pssssst!! your Black friends aren't there for you to tag them in the section of a thread when the comments get crazy and you need proof you have Black people in your midst. We're not Pokemon do not "Choose us" when shit gets hard.
Do me a favor..stop asking Black cosplayers "Whats the hardest part about cosplaying while Black" Ya'll KNOW the answer to this question already, Ya'll knew last year, and the year before that. Remove this from your Q&A sheet PLEASE.
Y'all got amnesia so let me remind you that the natural black hair movement was started so that our curls would be deemed acceptable just the way they grow out of our heads. 4C hair should have been the face of it since it is the most curly and kinky hair type period.
I never thought I would get to cosplay this...let alone make the costume myself...a dream cosplay has been realized ya'll 😢😢
BTW you can join me tomorrow on my channel for my 1st sewing stream! Click the link to find out what we're making!
Hey...what if y'all talked highly of us black Cosplayers AND retweeted us on the days we're NOT angry?
You know just to shake things up. Start joining us with follows and retweeting us when we drop new cosplays and other visual content.
Just an idea.
As a Black girl what I really want is the space to be soft, vulnerable, and protected.
I don't want to be strong all the time, I want the ability to be fragile.
Morticia prioritized family, she was sexually open with her man, supported her kids, and respected the spirits.
I have no choice to stan Morticia Addams 💗
Cosplay made by me happy
#blacktober
#Spooktober
So when those feelings pool and well up inside you. I want you to say "I am balancing my realities in a responsible way that works for me currently and only I can do this" remind yourself that without your adulting you cannot sustain your hobby its VERY IMPORTANT.
If your black girl magic doesn't include black girls in the hood, the girls with 3+ kids, the girls that buy the cheap club clothes from danice and rainbow I don't want it.
Some of the girlies that make costumes have a THICC air of elitism in their tone. If you're a professional then pls be THAT. Do not shade the rest of us who's projects look homemade. These costumes are indeed made in our homes and that's okay.
Your kids are NOT Cardi and Megan's target demographic. If your kids are listening to those songs it sounds like a failure on your part. You're not monitoring YOUR kin that's on you.
So 4 years ago on this day a nerd asked me to marry him in cosplay 😌 💍 and it was a pretty rad moment.
Shoutout to
@melpoolcosplay
for being the best bob/ flower girl we could have asked for at our wedding🔥
Cosgods....I see how you have brought the Cosplay community together over this snatched wig.
Please unite us to fight
-Colorism
-Racism
-ain't shit photogs
- any other evils that stand to keep us from having a good time.
It is said and so it is 🙏
Balloons up on the profile 7/7 It's my Birthday! I've been a citizen of planet earth for 30 years officially 🎉
Here are some shots from my shoot featuring the gown I made to mark this special occasion!
Photography:
@SomeSayImModest
Are there ANY cosplayers who have excess anything they would be willing to donate to cosplayers who don't have the means to afford it? I'm willing to part with usable fabric scraps if it means finding them a good home where they will be used. What can we do to make shit better?
@ColourPopCo
That eraser will turn your paper black, the crayons don't color anything, them markers are dry af, and those scissors don't cut a damn thing 😭😭 yeah I had one and I can feel my childhood frustration come back 😂
If you're gonna exclude POC Cosplayers from shit
You don't get to be mad when we create our spaces
Don't worry about us over here ☺️continue to eat at your table while we feast at ours 💞
And remind yourself again and again what is most important for your well-being. Having a healthy environment, bills paid, and food available. Your hobbies should come 2nd to these essentials. Don't go broke trying to keep up with folks ya'll.
@ChrisHeDoesIt
@_ItsJustInes_
@Duxtch
@_KAY_DADDY
But you still remove it, where as our hair I protected and growing under our wigs and weaves. y'all have words and energy for us when it comes to this but see nothing wrong with cutting your hair off? That's clown shit bro and you know it.
A reminder it is NEVER too late to cosplay a character. I cosplayed 3 characters from early 90s and 2000s anime at ANYC and it was the most fun I had sewing cosplay in a LONG while because they were on my list waaaay before I suited up for the 1st time XD.
Ya'll! simplicity has dropped some NEW patterns including this Bridgerton inspired cosplay pattern with expanded sizing into 28W for the plus-size princesses as a small step towards inclusivity.
Not ya'll acting surprised we got rat RATS in NYC. There are no fairytale rodents here. They're big and stressed to hell. They work full time jobs, clock OT, and got relationship problems just like the rest of us. Anyway enjoy Anime NYC.