My friend is a cosplayer who dreams about living off, or at least making some good money by doing cosplay. She’s already got a decent following (27k) but her engagement is not that good and has started to lose followers. Any ideas on how to improve this?
>>10943430If they were smart they'd do feet instead. It's a better market with people who are willing to pay more.
>>10944111feet today means 2 fists in your ass tomorrow
>>10943434>>10943732>>10943078there are 3 roads to cosplay for money without selling your body1) you effectively work as a paid model for a niche, sadly a lot of these got culled by feminists who think they were doing a good thing. 2) you make or sell cosplay, the shit you get for under 100$ genuinely fucking sucks outside of a few non specific outfits characters wear, you make something higher quality and sell it for money, at this point you are a tailor who has a niche3) you learn how to take good videos and have a personality people like watching and make youtube videos either showing how you make them, or selling tutorials on how to do it. you can then leverage that into selling photos of yourself in good cosplay or more detailed write ups, hell possibly even a make it yourself kit with all the materials to make the for any 'reasonably' sized person who wants to cosplay that character. and then you have 4, it's not really cosplay, it's just a gravure model or porn star who uses cosplay to get a bit more attention, you know that one blond who has ok boobs who showed their asshole? you are probably thinking of a few hundred people, you know that one lady dimitrescu cosplayer who did a strip tease? it not only makes her a bit more unique, normal people will like how she looks regardless, while everyone who was in for the cosplay may now pay because you hit 2 things they are interested in instead of just 1.
>>10944319Hardly any are making money off 1-3But many are making money off 4
>>10944321few make money on any of them, well... 1 use to be the go to way to do this.4 has some big actors in there, but realistically, look at only fans, just as many show skin of pennys as they do making youtube videos. look at the stand out only fans people, they brought a following to only fans, and at that point you are already making money likely with 3.
How similar do I need to be to cosplay a character? I want to cosplay Big Boss from Peace Walker (picrel) but my chin doesn't connect to my jaw chin and I'm 5'8, other than that I think I'm okay, I'm slim but in the process of building muscle. Could I pull it off?
>>10942736I wanted to be big boss but im blond ;_;But not blond enough to be liquid sbake ;_;
>>10943702you just could dye your hair to dark blonde or brown
>>10943702just wear a wig
>>10943011you might could fill the beard out with makeup, similar to how women do eyebrows.
>>10943890I think it's not enough, it will be visible that it's just makeup when there is a real beard next to it
My friend and I are going to check out a local anime con and need cosplay ideas. She's a 5'9 black chick shaped like Megan Thee Stallion and I'm a 5'7 white dude and look like a younger Jon Stewart.I was thinking of going as race-swapped manlet Val Zod and her as race-swapped Power Girl.
Do Storm and WolverineEspecially with the heights
>>10944328Starfire and Nightwing
It's been 10 years Are cons safer now?Anyone encountered any con creeps?I (male) got my butt grabbed by another guy once, didn't bother me desu (not gay)
>>10930782they moved far left for a majority of the cons, there are some that are more at least center leaning, but they are hard to find and the last ones I knew about were too far away to attend.
>>10939413is there a way to not take a creep shot of that costume?
>>10944315People are allowed to exist and not want photos taken of them. Do you want a camera shoved in your face? Fuck off.
>>10944317Yeah ask her for a picSomeone just followed her and filmed her ass without her knowing
>>10944325>>10944322the one I watched was 12~ feet away and snapped a shot where she was likely in it, she preceded to freak the fuck out over it. only reason anyone knew was they had a flash on manually. you are in a relatively public place, in an outfit that grabs attention, in an area where photos are expected, and it's not like they were up close and being in their face. I get it if you are harassing them, I get it if you are being creepy about it, but jesus fucking christ you decided to dress up and cosplay for attention
I never went to these as I wasn't old enough but I've heard that conventions used to be more fun. Actual nerds going there having a good time.No social media attention whores trying to get cloutNot overly woke and annoying bullshit shoved down your throatJust nerds nerdin' out
>>10943048compared to the zoomers today, yes because they don’t know how to party
>>10943049The party scene ages as the newbies get older and the oldheads remain
>>10936780Go away homo
>>10926084sadly, yes, old cons were for weebs by weebs, modern cons feel like you are going behind enemy lines if you're not woke.
>>10943048yes and no By most people's standards here not really, you had to be more social and freaky sex shit was way more normal behind closed doors.What is gone and thank fuck are all the retard scene raver kids that would just try to hijack any space they saw as a scene without participating in any of it one bit. Retards here whine about roasties and instagram thots but scene sluts were literal and absolute cancer. >>10944314Pipe down latinx, seeing a groid at a con and not being allowed to call them nigger really ruin your fun that much? No ones making you go to odd gay panel that exists, no ones cancelling edgy or nsfw panels or saying you cant have fun if you arent a flaming homo. No one stopping you from wearing what you want and taking substances so long as you dont act like the niggers you hate. The enemies lines havent moved, you've just grown bitter and retreated.
We're approximately two months out now. Anime Weekend Atlanta is from December 12th, 2024 to December 15th, 2024. The venue has moved from the Cobb Galleria to the Georgia World Congress Center. Who all is attending? Any cool panels being hosted? What will you be cosplaying as?
>>10943939I've got a handful, though I've only uploaded to my PC the majority of mahjong pictures I took over the weekend, so it will be a while for me to port over the rest. Should I post them individuall, or make an album, or a little of the first and then an album just for fun?
>>10943939You can upload them however, you like, they're your pictures so whatever's easiest for you.
Meant>>10944200For>>10944157
A short clip.
>>10943746I went as Toki, which character did you cosplay as? I didn't see too many but it was cool that there were people cosplaying Blue Archive to begin with.
Not even a week away! Who is attending?? This is my first time. Any recommendations for what to do? what cosplays are y'all doing?
I for one am doing a Helluva boss cosplay since they're going to be having most of the Hazbin voice actors there.
I want to cosplay a lolita, do you think there is a lolita character that would suit me?
>>10943803it suit you,and dont forget to make up a little bit ,you can make it ;)
>>10943803I'm curious, what's a lolita character?
>>10943213sorry you got posted
>>10940386I literally almost pissed myself bc of thisjumpscare...
>>10940398pull the trigger fatty
>>10940359nice outfit!
5 months of the old thread and not much has happened.Summer cons have been and gone and once again everything is fundamentally different. I don’t think we’llGo back to pre lockdown glory.Ho hum.Theres a few more bits and pieces before con season is over but I cba looking them up this time.
>>10942563Toko is great if you enjoy attending events that welcome sex offenders with open arms
>>10942563I had fun. But I havnt been in years. Different atmosphere certainly, but it’s chill. Better with friends, but the campsite aspect and bbq, fires etc make meeting people easier as it’s a much smaller event.
any cosplay conventions soon?
>>10935842Are there any still active residential/social round-the-clock cons (like Koko, Kita, Ame, Hotaru) that do on-site sleeping bag accommodation? Whether having some of the rooms dedicated to it, a sports hall turned into a camping zone or just tacit approval for people to crash in random places?
>>10944195That's more of a European thing rather than a UK thing.
It may be pointless question to ask but...>Con lasts for two days but I can only go for 1 day because of reasons.What day is more likely to have more cosplayers?
its always saturdayMost cons also hold their biggest cosplay competitions/masquerades on saturdays
>>10944081Yes. And adding on to this>Friday is slow-ish / warmup day>Sunday is boring normalfags day
>>10944093>>Sunday is boring normalfags dayAgreed! I also wanna add that Sundays for cosplayers are the "low-effort/causal cosplay I can quickly throw on because I'm exhausted" day. Or they don't cosplay at all because they want to experience the con in comfort.
>>10944197I can go to a 4 day con and notice almost no Demon Slayer or My Hero at all...until Sunday. Way more strollers too
There has been a big rise of these types of events across the country for the past couple of years. 18+ conventions aren't new, but specifically 18+ ecchi events seem to be its own kind of thing. What is more, I see a ton more sex workers at these cons, and it kind of reminds me of a porn convention. However, for some reason they still have everyone wear pasties and no one wants to be nude like a porn convention. (perhaps that is the "ecchi" part coming into play but it feels contradictory to me for some reason).Do you think these types of events are a blessing or curse for the con scene?
>>10942127>dokomiAny experience? Thought they just had a small 18+ area
>>10942126Yunicon/Kokorocon in Austria have a whole floor for it
>>10940346I don't know if its the same on all countries but here the 18+ conventions got hijacked by literal prostitutes, not even being an incel, real prostitutes who found out that they can charge 10 times their usual rates by just wearing a 2b cosplay.The biggest 18+ con here was heavily penalized because the girls would start offering their services inside the con instead of having the decency to rent an motel or something.I think one of those prostitues even has a video of the whole thing on porhub, so no, it's not a rumor.It's kind of sad, but if a unpopular cosplayer does ero cosplay here, chances are is that she's indeed, a prostitute.
>>10941313>afaik ecchi just means naughty, not full blown (animated) porn.Ecchi, or H, is short for sex in Japan. Ecchi and Hentai have been incorrectly translated into English.
>>10944105More like "perverted" or "dirty." The Japanese actually usually use "ero," short for "erotic," for the kind of stuff we'd call "hentai" or "ecchi" - "ero-cosplay," "eromanga," and so on.
Portland's newest con, are you going?December 20-22I will be going as military santa and giving out candy canes if you want someone to hang out with add my discord777oliconWould love to meet someone in a holiday varient of an anime characcter
>>10943983what do you mean?
>>10943984They fall apart because the event organizers are (even more) mentally ill (than average the average convention organizer)
getting a new con off the ground is nothing short of a minor miracle.anyone got a guess on what kind of numbers they saw?
>>10943983The northwest anime scene is full of blue haired genderspecial psychos who can't run their own daily life successfully, much less an entire convention
>>10944025According to closing ceremonies, around 450 people attended.
Sweet lolita coords with cozy, warm layers, using soft or casual items like sweatshirts, sweaters, jerseys, slouchy socks, cardigans, relaxed cutsews, etc.
>>10941424A lot of coords itt are ita af but this one is super cute, love the hair
>>10941596Absolute fucking mess>>10941606The plastic wig ruins it>>10941964None of these items make sense together, from the granny sweater to the cutesy JSK to the abilletage tights to the fucking lav sweet shoes. Absolute eyesoreThere’s a serious lack of AP hoodie OPs ITT. Too bad it’s so hard to make posts here or I’d try to contribute
Have you ever thought about getting plastic surgery for cosplay?If you did, were the results favorable?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWX0BmC_TjM
>>10919926My ex did and it worked out for her cosplay "career" if you want to call it that. Unfortunately the surgery was botched and she's now in constant pain. As with any surgery there's a chance of complications so there's that big question to always consider.
Do any men get surgery for cosplayWell except trans I mean
>>10943562Yeah, trans man surgeries generally make cosplays worse. At least trans women can get ba.
I'm a guy and I crossplay and I've considered getting breast implants so I don't have to deal with breastplates anymore.
