Hello From England

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Greetings From England! And happy new year!
I know I haven’t been updating my cosplaying blog lately. But I recently am continuing my studies in Bournemouth, England at the moment. I will be back in the States in 6 months or so. It’s so exciting to be in a different and new environment. To be honest, I was nervous and scared because traveling in a foreign country without knowing anyone is terrifying. On the plane, I was shaking from anxiety and nervousness. I’ve been here for a week now and I’m still adjusting. Everyone in the town that I reside in are awfully polite and nice to me especially when I tell them my backstory. They are really interested in what the States are like and curious about New York City. After being asked these questions, it put my mind to ease and I’ll fit right in. I am currently thinking about my future cosplays for the upcoming cons! Hopefully, I can attend to more cons this year! Stay tune for my list of future cosplays!

The Aftermath of NYCC 2014

Photographer: Jensen Rong

Oh my gosh, I had no time to respond to the aftermath of NYCC 2014. It was so amazing and great. I had a three-day ticket and I came from Baltimore on Friday Morning. Tired but excited, I met up with some friends and made my way through the convention. So many wonderful cosplayers and they were really patient with all the cameras pointed at them. I bought a pair of adorable cat ears with bells, I couldn’t help myself. I met with one of my friends who was cosplaying as Harley Quinn, her name is Amy and her cosplay name is Steamedeggs. After seeing everyone’s costumes, I was so excited to wear my Loki costume for both Saturday and Sunday.
Fast forwarding to Saturday morning, it took me two hours to get my make-up on because I had no idea what I wanted. Those fake lashes made me look like an anime character but when I dressed in my costume, I felt so ready to take on the world. Many photos were taken and I was feeling proud of my handwork because it was my first real cosplay and I made everything from scratch. Many people were polite and told me that my costume was amazing. I said my thanks and smiled. The whole day I was spending time with friends from high school and they were so surprised and proud of my costume. It made me realize that Comic-con is a place where you meet new and old people. You bond over comics and the subculture we live in.
But the end of the three days, I wish NYCC never end. I had the most unbelievable experience and I am so happy that I am in the cosplaying culture. Thank you for being so supportive and I hope to continue the work that I am making.

Lots of Love,

Marcy Lee

 

Loki Cosplay Preview!

I recently finished my Loki cosplay.  There are definitely some things that I love about it and there are some parts that I wish I could have executed better.  But overall this is a learning process and I have to be positive about my skills because it is my first official costume that I made from scratch.  So here is a preview!

My Second Cosplay!

Hey guys! I know I haven’t been posting much on my blog but I’m here now!

I realized over the time that I was working on my costume, I learned many things about cosplaying. Other time cosplaying, I spend time on designing fashion pieces, video games and recently I’ve been enjoying watching movies. To me, cosplaying is a different world where I was amazed by how people have the ability to change into one character to another. For me that is a gift, technically you can be anyone you want! With the power of makeup and costume, the results are endless! But then I realized when you dress up as a fictional character, you have responsibilities as a fellow cosplayer and audience.

1. It doesn’t matter what race or culture you are, you have every right to be the character you want to be regardless of what you are. This goes for your body shape, don’t listen to both cosplayers and audience when they criticize your body shape or skin color. Love your body and love the character you are dressing up as.

2. It’s a learning process. If the armor you made wasn’t perfect, it’s perfectly normal. Practice makes perfect! People, as I said before, don’t criticize the pieces even thought they are not perfect. The cosplayers and people who dressed up tried their best and worked with what they had. They don’t want to be reminded of their mistakes especially when they know what they need to work on.

3.  Read up on your character. Don’t just dress up as the character because you look cool or sexy in it. BE that character! Plus, be nice. If the cosplayer don’t know the character as well as you do, that doesn’t justify that they SHOULDN’T wear the costume. It’s not a contest of who knows more of the topic. If they don’t know, politely brush it away, don’t be mean about it.

4. Don’t be sexist! This is a big no-no! People are meant to be treated equally! Females in costume isn’t an invitation to be sexually harassed, this also goes for males too! When taking photos, ALWAYS ask the cosplayer permission if you want to touch them (hand on shoulder, hand on waist, etc).

5.   Don’t be discouraged about other “famous” cosplayers. They’ve been doing for years, entering contests, etc. Sometimes  I do get discouraged but in the end of the day, I realized that they have years and years of experience of cosplaying. Do what you love.

Lots of love,

Marcy Lee

 

First post!

I’m finally starting a new blog for my cosplaying and modeling. All this has been very exciting and I can’t wait to get started! But first thing: I recently got into cosplay and fell in love with it. I will be doing more projects in the future. Hope you can stick around with my goofy self.