Cosplay is a new fashionable hobby that came from Japan and over the years of its existence has captured the entire globe. Its essence lies in acting out favorite anime characters, cartoons, comics, movies, and even real personalities: singers, actors, politicians, and so on. How to make cosplay at home depends on the complexity of the costume, details and image. Some cosplay models earn their creativity, for others it’s just a hobby. There are many theme festivals and communities where you can show your cosplay or discuss a stranger.
How to make cosplay
High-quality cosplay requires several components: a hairstyle or a wig, makeup, costume, accessories and wagering. Most cosplayers, including professional ones, work at home independently or surrounded by friends. This is a very interesting hobby that requires a lot of time, attention, strength and sincere love. Characters come in all degrees of complexity: from incredible space aliens that only professionals can master, to ordinary schoolchildren. Choosing who to cosplay a girl or a guy with will be quite simple.
Hairstyle
How to make a cosplay hairstyle? Most often, not wigs from live hair are used, but wigs. Over the years, an experienced experienced cosplayer can accumulate a lot of them - each on a separate character, or even not one. There are several reasons why experienced cosplayers choose wigs:
- The wig is more practical. The hairs on it are thicker than live hair, they do not curl, they have a saturated color, they shine and look more "cartoonish". This is good, since making an anime cosplay means becoming a cartoon hero.
- Natural hair can get out of hand. The wig will not be disheveled by the wind, the hair on it does not fluff and does not stick together from moisture.
- Not all hairstyles can be done on live hair. For example, many characters have an unnatural hair color or a length different from the length of the cosplayer's hair. Sometimes it is impossible to grow hair of the exact length that characters have, it is not always possible to style natural hair in a complex hairstyle. Some wigs are sold already laid specifically for the characters.
- Caring for your hair. If you cut your hair or color for each character, they will quickly become thin, brittle and inanimate.
Makeup
Cosplay makeup is required for both female and male characters. Of course, the degree of difficulty depends on the specific hero or heroine, but there are basic rules: the complexion must be even and light, the eyes are bright and expressive, so cosplayers use lenses and false eyelashes. Often advanced cosplayers resort to the services of professional makeup artists, but this is not necessary. On the Internet there are many instructions on how to make easy cosplay makeup for girls and guys who have just begun their journey in this area.
Costume
The most difficult and important part of cosplay. Costumes are its basis, the most expensive, but interesting part of the image. They also come in varying degrees of difficulty. There are several ways to purchase or how to make a cosplay costume. Some talented cosplayers prefer to sew costumes manually at home on their own, while others sew in the studio. The costume can be bought in the online store or with hands, but you need to do this carefully. There is a risk of acquiring a poor-quality item from a bad, inappropriate fabric, of the wrong color or size.
Accessories
How to make cosplay really interesting? Using parts and accessories. For the image to be complete, you need suitable shoes, jewelry and other details of the image (for example, a phone, hair clips or elastic bands for hair, a bag or backpack, wings, hats, crowns and so on). It all depends on the characters: you need to carefully look at what accessories and additional surroundings the heroes use, and try to get them out.
Wagering
This item includes the cosplayer's acting data and the ability to enter the character's character. It’s not enough to dress up as a hero, you need to become him. Location, posture, gaze, lighting and the like are very important when it comes to photography. In photos, post-processing is still very important. For example, you can change the color balance or contrast so that the photographs acquire the right atmosphere, become brighter and more expressive. Some cosplayers actively use computer graphics in their photos to draw elements of the hero’s world that could not be found in reality, or to create a more spectacular picture.
