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
Marcy Lee Cosplay 