#<< tag for cosplay reference

[hopecomesbacktolife]

recently read the time magazine special edition “Star Trek: inside the most influential science fiction series ever” a good portion of it is stuff a lot of fans probably already know, but there was some info in there that was still new to me, and lots of gorgeous photos that were amazing to see in print, too, so still definitely an enjoyable read! (apart from a couple instances of weirdly superiority, bro-esque writing, but that only occurred in one of the articles, thankfully)

one thing I really enjoyed about the visual aspect of the magazine though was some of the costuming visuals! For example, these crisp shots show not only the tailoring and seams but literally the construction and stitching on the TMP era uniforms 😍😍 (check out the stitching on the sleeve ranks in particular!!!)

next up, some extremely cool science things I didn’t know about and love that they exist:

this shot is excellent both for De fans (me) and also for seamstresses and costumers (also me!) because of that excellent, and rare, shot of the back of a TOS women’s uniform with seams and construction visible… positively a seamstress dream!! such a good garment structuring reference 👏🏻

also, an up close on one of Quark’s outfits that shows definitively that this outerwear jacket is, in fact, rainbowy tweed!!, a fashion statement I vote we bring back:

(it reminds me of this couch and blanket from my childhood, it was extremely 1970s and I loved it)

this little Kirk & Spock character comparison panel appeared next to an excerpt of Shatner’s writing, and to me it would fit in perfectly with those “who’s dating who” activity panels etc in magazines like seventeen, which, excellent execution, that’s such a good vibe to have considering The Premise 👏🏻

speaking of— I wish they’d mentioned slash fic, The Premise, early fanfic mail chains etc waaay more than they did (and for that matter, highlight way more just how important and vital the women Trekkies were!) but hey, at least they mentioned Spirk shippers, along with other parts of the magazine mentioning queer and nonbinary+trans rep in trek. could’ve/should’ve been more, but—

anyways! It’s still a fun magazine to read through and has lots of fun images even if you’re already familiar with the stories. (did you know there used to be an Enterprise shaped landline phone you could buy? I didn’t, and now I very much want one lol) it also highly benefits from having article writers of multiple genders, so there’s that, too. 🖖🏻

#star trek #time magazine #cool things! #book quotes #sorta #special time edition #honorary tag of #spirk #as well #for the gossip column vibes of that one part that I absolutely love hehe #deck that one out in glitter and sequin hearts and it would make an excellent bookmark for reading killing time 1st edition with hehe ♡ #art #<< tag for cosplay reference

[crunchchute]

stupid, emo, dave

wtf has this world come to

#sort of a vent art piece because kids on instagram are making fun of my hair #ever since i posted that william cosplay selfie that shows my hair. well. imagine this #he looks like fucking.. emo timmy turner #only tagging for blacklisting purposes #fnaf #dave miller #sorry for editing the caption 14 times but i wasnt sure if i should add the reference but its making me laff

[generic-doomsday-villain]

the doctor is in (ppl who think lesbians can like/be men + vice-versa, proship, & endo dni)

#i missed drawinf this bastard (henry). changed teh way i draw him a little #upper left drawing is based on me (in henry cosplay) and my friend (in davetrap cosplay. was too lazy to draw the suit) playint roblox #we were bullying kids in maple hospital #also yes that IS a terrible things reference #le epic art tag #henry miller #dr henry miller #dave miller #(i mean technically davetrap but. You cant really tell unless you check the tags) #steven stevenson #dsaf #dayshift at freddy's #dayshift at freddys #art #fanart

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Mods are asleep, post Valery in his suspenders

#chernobyl hbo #valery legasov #I masked most the time so didn't really bother with makeup but want to do some subtle stuff next time like enhance the small dent in my chi #alas braces corrected my old tooth gap lol #this is it I'm out of Dragon Con selfies #my face #ok so my mother finally saw my reference pics of Jared for this cosplay #and she was like Holy Shit wtf #she was both impressed and weirded out and honestly I think it helped her see me as a capital M Man #this has been some unintentional trans feels in the tags #my chin not my chi let me edit tags mobile tumblr

[thtfailedartist]

Yo cosplayers have you got any tips on how to make Francis Mosses's hat?

I'm very new at cosplay btw be kind

#cosplay #tagging every possible cosplay tag cause I'm desperate sorry for spam #cosplay tips #cosplay help #cosplay tutorial #help #cosplay reference #cosplay newbie #thats not my neighbor #that's not my neighbor #francis mosses #that's not my neighbor milkman #milkman

[operafantomet]

THE PHANTOM'S RING: The ultimate photoset!

Hans Peter Janssens, Antwerp: Oval red stone in a narrow golden setting.

Peter Jorde, Copenhagen: Large square, faceted red stone in a golden setting.

Peter Jöback, Stockholm revival: Small flat black stone in a larger setting with chiseled sides.

Ivan Ozhogin, Moscow: Large big circular stone in a golden setting widening towards the stone.

Michael Crawford, original West End: Kite shaped faceted black stone in a chiseled golden setting.

Tomas Ambt Kofod, Copenhagen revival: Small, square black stone in a broad gold band ring.

Jonathan Roxmouth, Johannesburg: Small oval black or silvery stone in an ornamental silvery frame.

Thiago Arancam, Sao Paulo revival: Large oval faceted black stone in chiseled metallic setting.

A big pile of various rings in the West End!

Laird Mackintosh, Broadway: Large oval faceted black stone in chiseled metallic setting.

Hugh Panaro, Broadway: Probably as no. 10.

Marcus Lovett, Broadway: Circular, polished black stone in a golden setting.

John Martin Bengtsson, Copenhagen: Flat black stone in a broad gold band ring.

Laird Mackintosh, Broadway: same as no. 10.

Two different rings from West End: An oval, flat black stone in chiseled gold setting, and a smaller flat, black stone in a very rich silvery setting.

John Owen-Jones, West End: Small, flat and/or polished black stone in a gold setting.

He Liangchen, Shanghai: Circular small polished black stone in a square silvery setting.

Laird Mackintosh, Broadway: same as no. 10.

Cleyton Puliz, Sao Paulo revival: Faceted oval black stone in a richly ciseled metallic setting.

West End: Faceted black almost circular stone in a silvery setting with ornaments at the sides.

#for the person asking for cosplay reference #the phantom's ring #phantom of the opera #not tagging them all #erik the spook #costume design #maria bjørnson #i love the variations

[angel-blood-art]

i didn't think too hard about this one i just thought "what if my oc yang had a gore magala halloween outfit" and i kinda made stuff up from there

#monster hunter #dragon lady #oc #my art #gore magala #artists on tumblr #dragon lady is the tag right. she's 46 and also doesn't refer to herself as ''girl'' #so dragongirl isn't a fit #fun fact! this is loosely based on the failed gore magala outfit i tried to make in 2014 #this was before i'd ever cosplayed and i didn't know how to sew before i started either #it was above my paygrade but i don't regret trying

[good-beansdraws]

Happy Valentine's to ME 😤

One of those last Fuutas and the last two Lukas ones are traces of other art -- I don't have the originals on hand but I can try to find them for credit if people want👍

#retroactively tagging for organization but if you find this in the main tag oops #i hope you enjoy 😤👍and. sorry. 🙈🙈🙈 #ive actually got up the nerve to post some of those fuutas normally but i figure id add them to this collection hehe >:3 #the other lukas one was from a cosplay reference if im remembering right? i can find that too if needed #i had a few others of lukas from a while ago but im not as happy with them -- #if im gonna expose myself i at least gotta use my best art ya know 😂 #my ace ass gets one (1) suggestive post. as a treat. 😌 #milgram #fuuta kajiyama #fe echoes #fe lukas

[handdrawnfantasma]

some vaguely modern-ish Tillys (honestly? i just wanted to draw outfits) and also a bonus Ryse because she is not getting out of the music pun shirt club just because she has horns, Tilly would pay extra just to have buttons put in somewhere uwu*

(Ryse belongs to @neraiutsuze)

#my doodles #fel livebagels bg3 #(kind of) #there's a few easter eggs hidden in some of those outfits but you'd have to really zoom in i think LMAO #also yes one of them is just a whole-outfit cosplay/reference. if you know you know #two bards one party #(ALMOST FORGOT THAT TAG LMAO.)

[shooks-stupid-stuff]

how tf have i never posted these here-

#kyō (oc) #kaiji (oc) #tetsuno (oc) #shook doodles #len'en #...should i tag the len'ens theyre dressed as? i mean. yeah probably #im sure the len'en fans will enjoy some content even if it is just my ocs cosplaying cjhbvcjv #sukune katano #adagumo no yaorochi #adagumo no saragimaru #context bc i feel this is important: kaiji and tetsuno are siblings and kyō is kaiji's bodyguard #i often associate kyō with haniwa and well. the other 2 are siblings chbvjc #technically it would be more fitting with the len'en canon if kyō was dressed as saragimaru but uhhh i wanted to make the #sibling joke lol. bc kaiji is the world's most overprotective brother cjkhbgvjckhvk #ok anyways cjhbvjcv i was looking for reference and rediscovered this so i wanted to post this bc i like it :]

[mirkwoodcore]

[ID in alt text] Silvan (Green Man) Armour + details

#arondir #the rings of power #lotrrop #silvan elves #cosplay reference #tolkien tag #wood elves #green elves #armour #green man #my edit

[ourcwnside]

{ friend of mine did a demon Crowley cosplay and it looks almost exactly like how I've been picturing Crowley in the Prince of Hell AU. This is total coincidence since we've never thrown ideas around together (and she doesn't know I rp anyway) but I love it. Love that we're on that same wavelength }

#✦ x — ⊰ooc⊱ #{ her cosplays are always so good what an icon } #{ just for reference I'm also gonna tag this w } #✦ verse v — ⊰ prince of hell au ⊱

[belligerentbagel]

closing two artfights! reached my final goal, which was a nice round total of 10 attacks for this first year 😊

Alcarnarmo (ThArtemisHunter)

Phoenix Tian and Kai Terranova (@mimicmerchant)

#artfight #draws #kai and phoenix are a little sketchy because i woke up this morning and went HUP HUP HUP LET'S BEEEE AMBITIOUS #but i'm glad to have managed what i did! ^^ #and now to 1) close every tab i had open for reference images இ௰இ and 2) DIVERSIFY MY CHARACTER ROSTER WHOOPS #scraped by this year without designing anyone new; just pulling from past d&d characters and a witchsona l m a o #here's the thing #[🙏 innnnnhale] #two of those character options look near-identical bc at the time of creation; i was like 'yeah sure they can look like me - #- can i go build out the class features / start designing witch clothes now' #and sitting down last night with the intent of 'time to create new characters' made me aware that #oh! yeah my preference really is to build upon existing things (more of a personal interpretation than a perfect iteration) #which is why i like making fanart that doesn't stick *precisely* to the canon outline #or building cosplays that are tweaked and extended to my tastes (and why i like animated properties more than live-action) #(bc animated designs tend to be simplified and allow for a LOT of interpretation. live-action is fun to look at but - #1) the garment already exists. i don't feel the need to replicate an extant thing; and it's stressful to self-compare to professionals #and 2) i KNOW the community says 'appearance doesn't matter' but it. still. does. influence people's interactions with & responses to you - #esp if you're working from live-action & guess what! very few TALL east asian women in any live-action properties with my specific vibe 🙃 #(tamar kir-bataar is a recent one but COME ON that's just my warlock with bonus axes bahaha)) #big ramble in the tags today #uhhhh to circle back around: anyways! despite my preference for Variations On A Theme over designing OCs; #i now have some possible New Character routes to explore. exciting.

[nocaffeineforlevi]

So I'm going to a Doctor Who Convention this weekend and I not only just found out that I was selected as a panelist for two panels (I signed up because my mom suggested it and I, like a fool, listened) (I am actually excited though, don't worry) but also that they are going to be showing The Star Beast when it comes out. I should've expected this but I was keeping my hopes low so I wouldn't be too disappointed if it didn't happen.

On a funnier note I am panicking because one of my cosplays is almost impossible to sit down in chairs while wearing it so I'm going to have to strategically pick out which costume I wear on which day because of this.

#The “difficult to sit down in” cosplay in question is a Weeping Angel in case you were wondering #I'm proud of the wings but I have to do the Riker maneuver AND sit sideways when wearing them #Look at me making references to a different sci-fi show in the tags #Anyway #this is just rambling #doctor who #cosplay #I won't be sharing pics because as much as I want to I also want to keep my privacy #But expect a lot of me screaming in text posts #con crunch

[merryfortune]

🎃Happy Halloween 🎃

#art tag #yugioh vrains #vrains #yugioh #spectre (vrains) #outfit is a fire emblem reference! he's wearing jakob's halloween alt/costume #also repost because i forgot an element of his cosplay

[dykeredhood]

Maybe I’ll put together a The Penguin outfit for that costume gala in October, right now the only costume I’m really considering for that event is my forest moon of Endor Princess Leia outfit because my X-wing flight suit & gray Imperial technician jumpsuits don’t fit me right now

#the event is going to have a live auction of different art pieces… idk what’s going to be presented @ that but idk if I have the… #…$$$ on hand to spend on something like that #since the costume gala is a fundraiser after all #(I’m getting into the event via my work otherwise I’d not be able to buy myself a ticket for it) #but I need to come up with an impressive costume #and my First Order uniform is out of the question with my hair being SO shaggy #**it brushes against the back of my uniform collar and that’s unacceptable** #all things considered my FO uniform looks very plain when I don’t have my hair dyed General Hucc red #I’m just amused that it’s my forest camouflage poncho/cape that’s technically the most feminine cosplay I have #like: I need to wear vibrant red lipstick to complete the overall look #all the rest I can get by with a neutral toasted marshmallow lip color or a dramatic raisin lipstick if I want to be bold #I’ll DEF need to get some spirit gum for when I do put together an actual Penguin outfit/cosplay #I’m not scrunching up the side of my face for an entire night just to keep my monocle intact #personal #rant in tags #my cosplay #I’ll add some reference photos