I thought it best to share this post with you since Fan Expo Vancouver is right around the corner. This has always been an issue in the cosplay community, and there is more and more awareness being brought to it each and every year. As the title says: COSPLAY IS NOT CONSENT So what does that mean? It means, just because someone is scantily clad dressed as their favourite character, or wearing sexy clothes doesn't give other people permission or the right to go and oogle them, harass them, touch, contact or haggle them in any way. They are showing their respect to a character they admire, and are dressing up in a style that is comfortable to them, but it doesn't mean it is an open invitation to other people to be rude or inappropriate towards them in anyway. It means, If someone is dressed up in a costume that may not look as polished or finessed as someone else's that you can go harass them, or bully them It means, If someone is dressed up in ANY form of costume, YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR PERMISSION! Permission for photos, permission to touch their costume, permission to stop them and have a conversation. Cosplayers don't bite, we want to have our hard work admired, we want to share the excitement of fandom with you, we don't want to have people harassing us and following us around and being inappropriate. So please remember, when you are headed to the Con this weekend, or any other Con, Please be respectful of Cosplayer's. They are fan's too, and are there to enjoy the con. If you are a Cosplayer, go with a buddy or a Cosplay tender, someone who is willing to be a buffer for you and help you out. Original art by Amy Reeder. Photo from cosplayisnotconsent.org
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Fan Expo is just over a week away and I'm officially starting to get super excited!
The convention is a lot earlier this year than in previous years, but the biggest change of all is it is now being run by the same fabulous folks that run the Calgary Expo. I have high expectations for this year just because of that! We are going for just one day this year, since last years Expo was only a few months ago, and we are going to Calgary at the end of April, so expo budget is tight. We've decided we are going to attend on the Saturday since this is usually the busiest and most action packed day of any con! I'm super excited to go and meet Patricia Summersett, who plays Princess Zelda in Breath of the Wild. The first official Zelda voice actor in the game series! Also going to to meet George Takai from the Original Star Trek. So even though I've been working my butt off to get Journey done in time for Expo, it looks like it may not happen. On the plus side, Fan Expo Vancouver is having their first EVER costume contest! I've entered Skull Kid and I'm super excited for my first time being on stage! Scared, but super excited! Can't wait to see how it all turns out! See you there! This is going to be shorter blog this week, but I wanted to share some of my work in progress on my Journey cosplay!
As I may have mentioned before, this is the first time I am following a tutorial for a cosplay, and I will definitely say that so far it's been interesting. It's a great tutorial, nice and clear, but there have been numerous modifications that I've had to make in order to get everything the right size. Lots of trial and error, but I will note, it says right in the tutorial "I'm no professional drafter...I'd suggest mocking it up on scrap fabric and adjusting to your discretion" If you want to try the tutorial for yourself, I downloaded the files here: http://venturecosplay.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-journey-costume/ The original tutorial is created by Blackkrogoth, you can find her on DeviantArt and Tumblr. And now onto some progress shots! |
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