Frustrating Things Cosplay Con Photographers Do

A photographer wants to take photos with you. Yay! That’s a good thing. It means they share your love for the fandom, or they found your costume impressive. But there are some times that there are habits they do that can leave me feeling frustrated and wishing I never stood in front of a DSLR. 

I won’t say that it’s fully the photographer’s fault–from my perspective, I really am not the most photograph-able cosplayer there is. I tend to look better in person then on film, and I normally choose costumes that are more fabric-based and not have weaponry/armors (as I make 100% of my costumes often “If you can’t do it yourself, don’t do it” is so me–and I suck making weapons). This means I lack enough props to interact with/pose with, so my pose choices are limited, and we all know in PH cons there isn’t an environment to interact with either. But nevertheless here are things they do that I find frustrating.

Adobo Time at Adobo Connection!

Anyone up for a food post? This Monday we’ll be featuring a favorite restaurant that my brother and I have been visiting a lot lately: Adobo Connection.

Quick and Easy: Fabric Painting with Stencils

Quick and Easy (and cheap too xD) time this week! Today we deal with something every costumer or cosplayer had probably thought of–fabric painting. Sometimes characters wear clothes with specific patterns that can’t be readily found in fabric stores. I’m going to run everyone very quickly to a technique I use–making and using stencils for fabric painting. ^^

Yuffie was my first ever cosplay way back 2010. So very sorry for the blurry photos, our cameras were a no-go back then. xD She has very specific floral patterns on her shirt that I did using this technique.

You’ll need some paper, cutters, a pen, a brush, and your acrylic or fabric paint. That and your reference photo. And that’s really all you need. ^^