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
>>10908957That's never stopped met. turned 32 while at a con this last weekend
>>10908961Me neither another 32 year old.
>>10908957>>10908961>>10908994See, it's no problem if we all go together. Don't let zoomers take over.
>>10908997Zoomers are cool man, ever since I was 18 I partied with dude all the way up their 50s. I show the same respect down.
>>10908997As long as zoomers aren't virtue signalling wokescolds does it matter? There's at least one thirsty nigga who isn't exactly much younger than you doing the male feminist shtick. (ask in the ACEN thread)
I find that after wearing a costume to a con or other event I don't know what to do with it. When the next event rolls around, I want to make a new costume. This means I have a closet full of old costumes basically just sitting there...What to you do with your costumes when you are "done" with them?
t b h this is why I switched to lolita. I handmake a lot of my stuff so I still get the creativity aspect, and I can switch up the way I wear my dresses so each occasion still feels new to me
>>10905540I don’t wear a lot of costumes, but I would take that sort of thing to a swap meet. I usually don’t even trade stuff there, I give it away when someone wants it.
I try to choose cosplays where the majority of the separate pieces could be worn irl as actual clothes, and go into it treating anything which couldn't be worn irl as disposable. This may cause me to use some pieces which are not 100% accurate to the character or to historical accuracy, and my job is then to figure out how to hide those inaccuracies. If I know I would be able to use a part irl if it just didn't have a design or whatever on it, I purposefully make certain parts removable (such as attaching designs on fabric with temporary glue, magnets, temporary paint, etc instead of permanently gluing or sewing them on), or purposefully choose a version of the character (such as "prequel vs sequel", "manga vs anime") which contains less wasteful parts, or I pose the costume ("use the scarf from episode 4 to cover your neck so no one can see your neckline is actually just a normal t-shirt").I'm a public school teacher so I can't wear too "out there" stuff even in my private life, or I'll get found out and fired because random people take photos of you and send them to your boss and coworkers (schools are damn strict - can't be a ninja or even make a finger gesture of a gun like Vash in Trigun because that "advertises violence"). So I'm mostly doing tame costumes and stuff based off historical clothing.
>>10908447This! I recycle my pieces for casual cosplay like on weekends and nights out.
sell them on cos marketplace groups,, or let ur friends borrow them or wear them again
Films/tv shows that are based on cosplay/con culture or at least reference it in some way.I felt that 2Kawaii4Comfort was (for better or worse) the most accurate description of going to a small con and having a bad time at it. It's a shame it ended on a cliffhanger.
Did anybody see this?I'm not sure if I did, but I'm pretty sure I did. It's weird but I think I liked it.
>>10905992I tried to enjoy it, but the whole plot of the film is a major bummer. SPOILER:The plot is a Star Wars fan is dying of cancer and travels across the country with his friends to see one last Star Wars film before he dies (that ends up being a terrible film...). I know there's a "It's not the destination, it's the journey with friends" plot in it, but that's a depressing journey.
>>10905991>My Dress-up Darling>Do they ever get together? The manga is still ongoing and they haven't ended up together yet, but it's moving in that direction.
This has some con scenes
Has anyone seen Genshiken?Plot:Genshiken is an anime that’s more about otaku culture similar to Wotakoi. It’s about a group of college students who created their own otaku club known as Genshiken. Kanako Ohno is the main cosplayer of the group and is usually the main attraction for the club at student fairs. Normally, she’s soft-spoken but is extremely passionate when it comes to cosplay and talking about yaoi. She develops a relationship with Souichirou Tanaka, another cosplayer and costume designer in the club.
>cosplayer starts while taking the hobby seriously>does props, full costumes, sometimes sexy but only if she genuinely likes the character>she notices her few sexy cosplay gets insanely more popular than the non-sexy stuff>eventually, she does more ero-cosplay than non-ero >starts selling content but is non-risky stuff>then goes full erotic with risky angles>some pictures have little glimpses of her areola>she is still against nudity>after constant begging (and because she already sold some pictures and knows they would eventually leak anyway) she post her tits>then full nude>cosplay is set aside and most of her pictures now are lingerie, nude, ocacionally cosplaying the waifu of the month>at the end, you can find hd pictures of her spreaded pussyWhy does this happens so much?
>>10907266Some of her porn is REALLY good though, I've cum to the video where she's fucking herself in the purple thigh highs so many times
>>10907549it takes guts to cum to Lana Rain, she's a trainwreck and looks even worse nowadays
>>10907584The composer?
>>10907305>seeing this pic for the first time with its original watermark>2005>almost 20 years agoMakes me wish I was born 5-7 years earlier than I actually was so I could have been around for this fandom at an age where I could actually participate in it. Lately it feels more and more like what I thought was the peak that I actually got to participate in (2011-2013ish) was actually the fandom just running on the fumes of what it was in 2000-2010.
>>10907305the absolute legend
Popular female cosplayers seems to of become more of dressing slutty for attention than putting together a well made costume for a hobby
>>10907838>who makes stuff skimpy on purpose to make her bolt-ons look biggerYou say that like it's a bad thing
>>10906973Zoomers are the worst generation.
>>10889865she meant to say that they have no firm beliefs of their own, they can't stand up for themselves so they would never be able to stand up for her. Basically they are not masculine enough and don't set boundaries in a way that is attractive to women. Being a "nice guy" or a pushover causes women to take advantage of you, which means they are interacting BUT they will forever view you as beneath them so you'll never be considered for a relationship or they will only be in it reluctantly
>>10854442>Popular female cosplayersI don't even know who the popular female cosplayers are anymore. I can name Yaya Han and Jessica Nigri but they were big 10 years ago. I guess Amouranth is a modern example but her main hustle is streaming, I don't even know if she still does cosplay.
>>10854934>>10854942>It seems to me that most people have stopped cosplayingwent to a con last weekend and there was plenty of cosplayers there, works on my machine
Discussion and analysis of CAP & SNK cosplayers.Post cosplayers names if you know them.Also Event & Year of pic.
>>10906857this whore completely butchers it up, but that thingie who's name I don't recall is one of the top tiers of sensual cosplay
Is it weird to cosplay non-SF Capcom characters at an event such as Evo?
>>10906883Not at all. EVO has tons of games being played other than Street Fighter and there would be tons of Capcom fans there that would appreciate seeing them. Although it would probably be more well-received if the character was at least from a fighting game in some regard.
invisible cosplay
>>10903349Great boobs
Test
>>10903349bump
ive like never cosplayed b4 at all nd i LOVE stocking SO MUCH but i have no idea where to get the outfit and stuff… everywhere online is so expensive and/or just shitty material. would i be better off making it myself? im not sure how 2 go about it lol XD
>>10906636 they need to invent a filter to cover up those monster feet
>>10908645Those feet look perfect to me.
>>10870099I think her two tone hair is a really cool feature.
I cosplay one of the only Garterbelt's you will ever see.It's great, always have big bop off, even better with groups.
>>10908787you're blind, retarded, and into man feet
Old Thread: >>10886934Featured Idols: Signals (WOMP WOMP)
>>10908368>SunnyOmori refrence?
>>10908393do you follow them? there's ways to set it so that only your followers can see your pronouns. we had this same conversation with charlie from reso
>>10908403who tf is charlie from reso
>>10908403Ohh I didn't know that was a thing. I don't follow them. Might be why then.>>10908412They were the black male character they had in early resolucia days. They weren't there very long.
yall should just leave dead drama dead baka
Does anyone have any scans from vol 1-4 of this zine? (Or other obscure lolita zines in general?)
>>10905174Before internet they were a big deal, alt subcultures got their info from zines. I get you, I wish we have more quality zines but we don't even blog anymore.
>>10905175Just take the L and go. No one has a scan of your mediocre zine. Ugly quilt, bad taste.
>>10905176NTA but no, they shouldn't be really low quality, they're supposed to be passion projects. Low budget is different than low effort and low effort tends to be ita. I feel like it's one of those things where the people who chose to attempt it are the exact people who shouldn't. They don't have to be amazing or anything, but many I've seen especially in the western comm are narcissistic circle jerks. They tend to act like very personal opinions or experiences are universal and treat them like fact which is weird. >>10905060>>10905072This isn't really a zine and the page looks cringe in the personal ways I was talking about. Whoever drew that is really freakish. Also it appears to be written by 2 people.
>>10905239sorry let me just make an entirely new thread next time to look for a specific book instead of posting it in the already existing book-adjacent thread. youre so right. theres more to the book. it was a collaborative effort. There are multiple different comics, testimonials, etc. I want to read it first to form an opinion on it.
bumping this thread before it dies. would posting cgl-adjacent zines like idol zines be okay?
>covid is over>too shy to cosplay without a mask
>>10908372that heavily limits your options
>tfw still see people throw an autistic meltdown over people not wearing masks at cons in the year 2024 Why the fuck does mental illness run so rampant in this community?
>>10908739Is there any con still doing that? The last of them seemed to give in already that I know of, the final event that required masks I remember was Combo Breaker 2023
>>10908372>the ring in the handDamn that's cool
>>10907364Try Dinaranger cosplay. You can base it off a catsuit and standard hood from, say Hiro Gato.That way only your eyes are visible.
When did anime conventions in the west become pride events?
>>10906702probably got removed for being off topic. I don't know why people are so embarrassed to admit nerd culture has always been an outcast culture until only fairly recently- especially with the satanic panic- so of course marginalized people will be a part of it as well and want to feel welcomed. There might be a tendency for corporate to water down these ideas and make it hot white guy with glasses who's "just a little quirky" but I seriously don't like seeing it amongst our own. You're all autistic as fuck and you know it. I am too. Normies don't discriminate and absolutely see you fucks in the same light but you think you're better because at least you're not "degenerate" or some retard shit.
>>10906702Also just some of the dumbest shit I've read. Like the dude was too fucking dumb to even be too hateful.
>>10905743Always have been a den of faggoty
>>10905768An actual factual unironic sperg made this assessment.
>>10905768Based
>sfw board>four lewd threads with over 300+ replies kindly fuck off back to your designated porn boards saars Also, hellsing thread
>>10906553Are you too stupid to Google how to use a vpn
There's literally porn ads on your SFW board
>>10906774ywnbaw or impregnate one
>>10906420>sfw board>four lewd threads with over 300+ replies >kindly fuck off back to your designated porn boards saars The funniest part is that they'd get more interaction and posts on their porn boards but they'd rather come here and invade the "female board" (lmao not anymore, it's full of porn addicts and trannies just like they wanted) that gets maybe 50 posts a day anymore and has active threads dating back to 2018 with how inactive it is.
>>10908675Not everyone wants to see porn 24/7, sometimes you just want to admire beautiful cosplay.
Thread:>Post the cosplayer you have simped for the most>How much you have simped forMy example>Yukeshiro>400+ dollars, 100s of messages adoring herWhy? More simping = more good cosplay. We need cosplayers to know there is an army of simps ready to appreciate them.
>>10904386ok dan
>>10904097Even with photoshop her manjaw is so fucking offputting. Why cosplay a pedobait character if you’re over the age of 13? Kill all lolifags.
Name: Faira StarRussian cosplayer, she's very popular in China but not so much in the west. She's a chinaboo, and cosplays characters from games and old anime, plus her favorite vocaloid.Her skills as a model are top tier, but what sets her above the rest are her dance videos, and that she makes most of her costumes (pic related, self made). She also takes commission work though it may take time to finish the project. She joined an agency months ago and is currently swamped in official work for Genshin in China.
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>>10908692Her belly
Guys, how old is too old?Like, I am an oldfag in his mid 40s. Used to be very involved in the con scene back in the 90s and early 00s. I am currently on a very nostalgic mood about those days of yore, and planning to visit a few of the big cons to see how's the fandom nowadays. Would I be, as you youngsters say, cringe? Worse, would other congoers immediately assume I am a creepy pedophile? I don't really want to ruin some kids con experience like that.Two things, I would be attending alone because the few con buddies from back then that I still keep in contact, are too jaded and busy to give a shit. Also, I am considering if it is a good idea to go cosplaying as an old timer character.
>>10906476>Guys, how old is too old?No age is too old as long as you aren't letting your saggy dick/tits hang out of some skimpy costume. But all costhots are disgusting regardless of age.
the only thing cringe is not enjoying something you like because you think you're "too old"
>>10906921Well put.
>>10906476You went in what I consider the golden years so it won't be anything like you remember but cons can still be fun. Cosplaying an age appropriate character especially. I don't think anyone would think you're out of place. The average con age is probably higher now than when we went. Enjoy. Have a good time. I'm not quite as old (mid 30s) but I still enjoy soloing cons. The feeling you get at cons, even with the way the scene has changed (for the worse), it's hard to capture anywhere else.
>>10906476No such thing as too old man, I see plenty of people in their 50s. Plenty of characters to cosplay no matter what age you are.
