>just over a month away>no threadSeriously what happened? I heard some BS happened last year but it wasn't bad enough to wipe discussion off the board was it? Just got my room filled and looking forward to it.
>>10968541Leftshit opinions are lower than dog turds
>>10968541>>10968542Get a room.
Let's see how long we can keep this thread alive.
I think I miss the Ontario ALA years.
>>10970180It was comfy. Did ALA really get too big for Ontario?
Idk whatever happened to the help thread so I'm making a new one. Post your questions related to costume making, techniques and stuff.I used to scroll /cgl/ back in 2018 and participate helping other ppl. I took a long break from cosplaying and want to get back to it.
>>10970492I'll go first>Be me>Have a cute bf>Get Glitch Studios hype disorder, watch MID Drones show>Project too hard on main characters>Immediatly plan cosplaysHow can I make decent looking robot legs for Uzi Doorman cosplay.I was thinking maybe buy silver tights and paint on them. I've been looking Mettaton cosplayers for reference. How do they add black lines on highly synthetic fabric?
>>10970493Use a silvery stretch fabric. Put batting/foam between two layers and stitch together to make the ridges.
>>10970492>be me>first time cosplayer>first time at a con>Will do Asa MitakaMy grandma will help me with the skirt, is there something i should know to make the cosplay better? i will start with the ribbon soon
She is low tier compared to some chineses and japaneses.But when compared to americans she is pretty good.Most of the female americans are fat and ugly.
>>10965083she is skinny and instantly mogs the american fatties
>>10965083>But when compared to americans she is pretty good.oh, boi... there are no "good cosplayers" today anymore. all we have today is "well stacked hoes" trying to press some more bucks out of the simps.back in the day, WHEN THEY HAD TO CREATE THEIR OWN COSTUMES instead of buying them online with free delivery, that was the time of "good cosplayers".cause all the thots back in the days werent able or willing to actually put some effort into it.keep simping to e-thots posing in mass-produced, cheap, on-demand costumes - because they get a buttload of free money out of the retarded concoomer masses.
>>10965083Emiru is good but Belle Delphine is the best cosplayer in the world
Wait, Emiru as in "homeless Tifa"?
>>10965129Is he fat old and balding?
>be non black person (not white) doing cosplay>high expectations to be accurate with correct wig for contests and photoshoots>be black>no need to use wig or accurate cosplay. it's called ethnic wigs instead
>>10970440I lived through anime's surge in the US. From the small beginnings on tv through its highlight years in college, to its mainstream appeal now. At no point did a kid get beat up or made fun of for liking anime. Anime was always considered cool by some faction ever since it has existed. I knew both ghetto and sports minded crowds. All of them thought anime was cool.
>>10970441If anything, it was mostly nerd communities on the internet that got especially weirdly hostile about anime early on. But that's because the online nerd scenes were always filled with fringe racists who get mad at people liking anything not from the US. Even a lot of the oldheads pushing weebshit to western (American) audiences, even just movies or videogames, have a weird orientalism thing going where they don't really seem to respect non-white media to the full extent on to this day because they got so stuck in their times.It's pretty much the reason 4chan ended up existing. SomethingAwful nerds were too racist to be okay with the anime subculture existing.Regular people don't give a shit. But on the internet it was cool to be bitter, resentful, and angry at everything you didn't like.
>>10970441>>10970453You're replying to a special strain of loser who WANTS to be a victim and will never concede because it felt real in his mind. See also: >>10970027 This might the same person, but it might very well not be
>>10968695>when I say black>i mean weeaboos how just so happen to be blackthis kinda shit is part of why nobody likes you people>as a black anime fanthat's the problem with you people. everyone just says "anime fan" or "weeaboo" but you shitheads have to make being black your whole goddamned personality. you're a "black" anime fan, so other and different and special than the rest of us. black this, black that, blackity black black SHUT THE FUCK UP. if you people could just be who you are without making your skin color your entire personality, we'd be able to stand being around you.
>>10964631I know I'm replying to an old post but fuck, that shit in that pic with EBK really pissed me off. I've known Al for almost 25 years and the idea that it was anything except him being an out of touch boomer who isn't good with social media and just mindlessly liked a comment on his post is fucking nuts. Even more ridiculous was all of the people dogpiling him assuming he's "white" when anybody in the West Coast cosplay scene knows he's Vietnamese.
The wig better arrive soon.
>>10955338>>10959176>android phoneI can see you are popular in school
>>10959959are you?
>>10959176How tall are you?
>>10955338You need to be over 18 to post here, young lady.
>>10965167Not everyone wants to own a phone that gets its CPU downclocked by the manufacturer with every year that passes.
HiNovice cosplayer hereIm looking for some suggestion on some femboy cosplays i can doCharacters with cool props++Sexy or butt out character +++Lewd is good!
Lady HUNK?
Ooo Good suggestion!I loveee gas mask charactersplus no pants :3
You need to learn how to vibe and talk to people at conventions. If you're underage that's one thing. If you're old enough you should budget for a hotel room so you can party and party with strangers and make new friends. The best part about conventions is meeting people and subsequently running into them at other cons in other years and it's all so fucking beautiful. It's the only time you don't have to suppress your powerlevel because guess what? They know all the dumb memes you do and have a lot of overlap in interests and other things you enjoy. You can ask someone why they're green and actually learn something about Startrek because they fucking love star trek so much they painted themselves green! SO WHEN I ASK THEM THEY ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO GUSH ABOUT THE SHIT THEY LOVE! I FUCKING LOVE NERD CONVENTION SHIT HOLY FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>10969232this is the one I always think of
>>10964082>3. Dealing with them getting bored of events after ten minutes and having to leave the area or look at stupid shit on their phones like kids grabbing for an iPadThis isn't unique to zoomers, if anything my mid-30s friends are even worse. They'll insist on leaving a fun party or whatever after 15 minutes to go smoke cigarettes/weed by themselves in a parking lot for an hour.
>>10964082Everyone lives online now so they are never taught their words and actions have consequences, nor are they taught how to properly fight back. They think they can just do whatever they want and at most block someone or just delete their accounts and start over the next day. They don't ever have to take accountability for anything they do and worse yet is that when it does start to effect them in real life them, or the abusers can just say "Lol the internet isn't real nerd!" and everyone will just shrug and let it go.
>>10908957I'm nearly 40 and I talked to someone half my age because he recognized my Legend of the Galactic Heroes OVA shirt, and then we dove into small indie Japanese wrestling promotion talk.It's only weird if you make it weird.
>>10969293Woe unto he who giveth the deranged foid a chance
What's a good but simple cosplay idea? I don't wanna break the bank. I was thinking Cammy, but the issue is that I am 18.
>>10969198Are you trying to bait me into saying Zero Suit Samus? Literally a body suit and a wig with some blue contacts. Come on anon
>>10969198If you are a girl just do OF and get simps to pay for itIf you are a boy, well you can do the same if you pass
>>10969206>If you are a girl just do OF and get simps to pay for itYup... I'd love to pay for it.
>>10969198>I was thinking Cammy, but the issue is that I am 18.And the problem would be?
>>10969198>but the issue is that I am 18.huh? never wore a swimming suit in a public bath? or even a bikini? never went to the beach in summer? KEK.are you from the bible belt?
Nice CSS in this thread.
>>10963754what does CSS mean?
>>10964800Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for specifying the presentation and styling of a document written in a markup language, such as HTML
>>10912915a alien
How tall r u?
Do you guys ever like to go through YouTube and watch con and cosplay fandom videos from before the 2010's?It's a hobby of mine. It makes me sad.https://youtu.be/vc2Zj1C_uKY
>>10967777>>10967778Wow there, ease up on the hate, bitch. I never said I'm happy that normies invade cons. I like anime and I'm a nerd and I like people who have sewed their costume or show otherwise effort and are nice. My point was that everyone doomposting about big cons is forgetting that there are a lot of chill places still.>getting into anime, cons, and cosplay before it went mainstreamDon't tell people what hobbies to have, moron, and those were the best times, precisely because the hobby was free from normies. Most likely free from you as well.
>>10882742>people who've been doing cons since before 2009 still kind of sideeye animecons.comNot being a con person and never having gone to them I don't know why, I only ever used them for con photos.
>>10954711>unironically said it's one of the most political animes out thereHasanabi is a massive retard and the voting populace needs to be screen for autism if they actually take away real life political messages in fucking one piece.
>>10967847an imminently fair criticism, but even those people aren't really all that different. Even without the social media presence, people still do that social thing of wanting to appear important/cool at least as much as actually having fun. That sort of behavior totally predates tiktok>>10967834>Not being a con person and never having gone to them I don't know why, I only ever used them for con photos.Its kinda related to what >>10967847 was talking about. There's doing stuff for the love, and there's doing stuff for ancillary reasons. clout, networking, set up gatekeeping, imagined authority, etc etc. After the biggest cons either hit 10 years or crossed about 20,000 people, all sorts of websites and community chains started popping up. Some were genuine, some... did not feel as genuine.
Ancient anime expo tapehttps://youtu.be/O94fxq2qepc?si=zgIFcLC_k7P7NLQB
What make yall like the cosplay of a cosplayer?
>>10969284I hate to admit it, but these days I mainly prioritize bust size...
>>10969290What's the confusion here? If your race is too different from the character's the cosplay can look bad. For anime characters with ambiguous undefined features it might not matter as much, but for others it does. Skin tone also plays a big role. There's wiggle room, but if your skin is too dark or too white for the character it won't look good.
>>10969284It's either the cosplay being hard to do and being awesome (like most full armor cosplays, or Cyborg Raiden)Or the cosplayer is a hot woman wearing a hot cosplayYeah, I'm a pervert, I don't care
>>10969284I like seeing unique stuff. Things that aren't done commonly or from older stuff people don't do anymore. Seeing the billionth FOTM cosplay just bores me, even if it's super high quality effort.
>>10970319this desu. I'll always prefer a mediocre cosplay of some old obscure character I've never heard of to the billionth technically competent but extremely boring umamusume/kpop demon hunters/whatever other slop cosplay
were you there? didja bring a cosplay and everything?
...for that matter; what are your thoughts on theme parks that allow cosplays for a few events?
>>10970357I think it's neat. Not sure about Orlando but Universal Hollywood also allows costumes during HHN, though most don't dress up since it's usually very hot and uncomfortably crowded. Most of the cosplay I saw at Fanfest was from the featured IPs (I did not cosplay).As for the event I think they're kinda stuck between not wanting to pour too much money into something with so-so attendance, but also needing to do more and not cheap out to attract attendees. The lines for the One Piece restaurant were crazy though, so they're definitely making decent money on the food. If you like rides, pretty much everything was a walk-on including Mario Kart.
>>10970359ye and the lines for the character meet-n-greets were long as heck too
I'm looking for tutorials and guides how to make makeup and wig styling for crossplay.
New thread? New thread.Keep it /cgl/-related! Cosplay or J-fashion like Lolita/Brolita, Aristocrat, Kimono, Nanchatte, etc.!----------------------------------------------------------------------ITT you may post:- Useful guides that can be applied to crossplaying/crossdressing- Questions, help, sharing advice to improve your appearance to pass temporary as the opposite gender (Male -> Female, Female -> Male)- pictures of crossplay/crossdressing coords, selfposts- personal experience/stories regarding crossplay/crossdressingNOT allowed:- Anything in sexual context/fetish stuff- Anything related to gender transition like hormones, operation etc.; >>>/lgbt/ might be the better place for thisComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>Fourteen people were arrested and 10 victims were rescued in a human sex trafficking sting at San Diego Comic-Con Convention.>The San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force conducted a three-day operation ahead of the weekend bust, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a news release on Tuesday, adding that among those rescued was a 16-year-old girl.>Law enforcement officers went undercover as sex buyers to identify and arrest traffickers, as well as find potential victims, according to the attorney general's officers.>Undercover police also posted ads seeking sex as part of the operation.
>>10956708truth nuke
>>10931472every female cosplayer is a prostitute
>>10931421so some police officers were caught soliciting sex and they arrested some innocent bystanders to cover it up?
>>10931421They tried to traffic me at a con in 2019. I was drugged, and sexually and physically assaulted. Fortunately, I'm was too much of a contrarian to get out of the venue so they beat me up and propped me in a corner. I still go to cons and party by myself. They should have killed me.
>>10965985Hot
The signups have finally opened, for this year's /cgl/ Secret Santa event!>Rules, Hints, FAQ and More:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Od4uaaOZpm276bd2Sp9xDBL3ZK363eQ1V_4oHZ_l-xQ/>Sign-up Form:https://forms.gle/Wqn7aDGaGNgUdinX7Please don't hesitate to ask if you got any questions! You may use the thread, or the following email:secretseagullsanta@gmail.comSome important dates:>Signup deadline:October 22ndComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>10966078>>10966080Hi, could you share your ID number, as well as the ID numbers of the people who sent you these gifts, if you have them?
Thank you so much for the gift #3879! I'm so sorry to post it so late. I'm incredibly happy about your amazing gift and it's more than I ever expected. You picked out the perfect items. The h.naoto and Baby items match my style perfectly, I always wanted to get AP arm warmers and this Hello Kitty bangle. The sanrio gifts and the sweets were really lovely too. Thank you so so much!!!
If anyone is interested in doing a Secret Santa (or any sort of gift exchange) with /cgl/ users again this year, or any year in the future, please send me an email! secretseagullsanta@gmail.comI'll need to know if there's any interest, and I can also send an email as a reminder when Christmas is getting closer. It'll probably be done a bit differently from previous years, more suiting the small number of people, but if there's anyone left who still wants to do gift exchanges, I'll help make it possible.Also, if anyone has anything they want done in regards to the 2025 event, please email me about that as well.
>>10970286Doesn't seem like the community is there for these anymore. Very little excitement or hype chatter, and very few posts of gifts. It would be better off it was put to bed if there weren't enough people with their hearts in it.
>>10970368I agree, but even if only 2 people remain who want to exchange gifts, I'd help them connect. Even if it ends up being done in a way that doesn't resemble past events at all, maybe it'd all be done by email. And I don't think any new thread will be created, but if there's any desire to share things with /cgl/ this thread could stay up.But from the looks of it, the event seems to not have much of a future. I was thinking if anything could be done for people to go back and look at old memories, when new threads will no longer be made for the event each year. There probably would not be much interest even in that though to be quite honest.
