#solarpunk cosplay

[tacofriend]

Something that I think should be an important part of solarpunk aesthetics is screws.

Look at your smartphone. No screws. You've got to have specialized tools to get inside your phone to repair something. There are certain pieces of tech that are glued in place and glue can't be undone without permanently breaking the bond.

But screws!

You can take apart a broken old radio, repair what's broken, and, if you were careful in taking it apart, you can put it back together and have a fully functioning radio and all you need is a common screwdriver!

It's hard to build screws and other mechanical fasteners because it requires more planning than clamps and glues, but isn't that what solarpunk is all about‽ It's about care and sustainability and and a radio or a computer built carefully with repair in mind is a sustainable computer that stays out of landfills and in use.

#solarpunk #solarpunk cosplay #cosplay #taco talks

[roseredsnow]

Been meaning to make this for a while and finally found round to doing examples when the the power was out last week so here we go.

(Currently all text and a couple photos at the end but if someone wants a video just let me know)

Basics of hand sewing!

First things first: what to use when learning.

When starting out you're gonna want things easy to use so no fabrics that are too tough, stretchy or liable to fraying, basically cotton or denim from old clothes or sheets should be great.

Thread wise will depend a little on your dexterity, if you're going to struggle with smaller thread try something thicker possibly embriodery thread, there are also things that will help you to thread your needle but I haven't used them so I don't have much advice there.

Otherwise just give your thread a little tug to make sure it won't snap under the slightest pressure and you should be good.

Unless you're going straight onto you're project and want to hide the stitching I'd recommend using a different colour to the fabric so that it's easier to see where you've sewn.

Needle wise again if you don't have the dexterity and don't mind bigger holes embroidery needles are slightly bigger and have bigger holes so they may be a little easier.

For non embriodery needles there's some that are a little thinner than others I don't like them much but if they're all you can find they work (I've got poundland ones before and they tend to be the thickness I like.

Threading the needle and securing the thread:

Again there are devices to help you thread needles but can't provide much more on that.

The other two ways I tend to thread needles is by

1) Bend the thread in and the point made tends to go through the hole a bit easier.

2) Dampen your thumb and next finger and twist the end so that the fibers stick tother instead of fraying as it goes through the hole.

Now when securing the thread there's three options I know of.

1) Starting with the easiest: once your needle is threaded double over the thread (make sure you've got double the length you need) and tie the ends together, this method means your needle won't become unthreaded and may be a little more secure however does require more thread.

2) This is what I tend to use, have a bit of thread one side of the hole so it hopefully doesn't come undone and knot one end. This means you're using less thread than method 1 but the needle may unthread.

3) Make sure you keep the end of your thread from going through the hole while you do a couple stitches and it should secure itself.

Pictures below show method 1 on the top left, 2 bottom left and 3 on the right.

I dont want this to get too long so I'll make another post soon with different stitches, feel free to ask any questions.

#solarpunk #solar punk #visible mending #cosplay #sewing #new skills #learn something new #hand sewing #hopepunk

[poorwhayfairingstranger]

You know what I think would be cool. A spray tan parlor but instead of just the normal orange to Black you could get every color of the rainbow.

Imagine getting a spray tan and coming out green or purple or blue

You could even wear stencils while you're getting spray tans so that you can have different color spots and cool patterns on your arms and legs and body and stuff

Why has nobody made this yet! It sounds awesome

#business opportunity #financial advice #body modification #humans are weird #I'm just saying if I could I absolutely would #Red skin #orange skin #yellow skin #green skin #blue skin #Indigo skin #Violet Skin #purple skin #rainbow skin #abstract pattern #tattoos #Syfy #solarpunk #cyberpunk #cosplay

[daisy-bread]

I got to skip class to watch the eclipse!!

#funny stuff #sketches #anime #makeup #cosplay #solar #solarpunk #solar system

[binarycafe]

YOWU wireless elf earphones

#not sponsored #waiting for things like this to become mainstream so my broke ass can buy it for 25 bucks at walmart lol #cosplay earphones #elf therian #elfkin #robotkin #elfcore #robotcore #techcore #otakucore #solarpunk #cottagecore

[notsoterriblymisanthropic]

Today's utopias are much the same. They are buried in the blue glow of screens that look like windows but are something less. We have seen breathtaking cathedrals built in Minecraft. We have wandered in melancholy worship through the "liminal spaces" of urbex vloggers and backrooms forums. We have felt the sublime warmth of Miyazaki and the solarpunk imageboard. Sometimes, we can even pretend that distant locales offer something more substantial: the Lacandon Jungle, Rojava, Cuba, even the Pyongyang of the propaganda poster (at that perfect aesthetic midpoint between Stalin and Wes Anderson). But for most of us these "real places" remain images, unmuddied by the murk and blood of material struggle. Like the soft blue glow, they are an intimate coldness. Cosplay, rather than politics.

Phil A. Neel and Nick Chavez, Forest and Factory

#Phil Neel #Nick Chavez

[flowersandfutures-blog]

Hello, Tumblr! I’ve gotten really into solarpunk lately (a hopeful, beautiful vision of a sustainble and just future is kinda exactly what I need right now), so I decided to start this blog. 

I wore my first solarpunk cosplay today, to an awesome steampunk flower show at the Tower Hill Botanical Garden. I had fun putting it together, and I’m excited for experimenting more with solarpunk outfits.

I just got the vest at a plus size clothing swap yesterday. The top and skirt are from Amazon, and the teggings (leggings/tights hybrid) are from Re/Dress. For the “headdress,” I just clipped a bunch of hair flowers and a necklace into my hair. I may be slightly obsessed with flower hair clips/fascinators/flower crowns...

The earrings are from Kateri Morton, who sells jewelry made with vintage glass beads at Leaves of Glass, and jewelry made with vintage Lucite beads at Urban Legend. Everything she makes is so unique and colorful. The leaf hairclip, which I clipped into the vest, was made by my friend Emily Garfield. 

#solarpunk fashion #solarpunk cosplay #fat cosplay #fatshion #solarpunk #plus size fashion #me #solarpunkfashionweek

[merryclaus]

esI was extremely inspired by some Solarpunk city pics to make a Green makeup cosplay

The pics above were my inspiration. The first picture was posted on Momento Social but Isaac. The third image was posted on a cite called Outside the Box. I'm still looking for the source of the second one.

These down below were me experimenting with an idea. Except the bracelet is really mine.

#cosplay #makeup #solarpunk #go green #green goddess

[solarpunk-gnome]

#solarpunk #cosplay #additive manufacturing #3D printing #fabric

[renthony]

I need way more fun shit on my dash, so like/reblog/comment/whatever if you post a lot about any of the following:

* Steven Universe * She-Ra * The Owl House * The Dragon Prince * Over the Garden Wall * The Sims * Animal Crossing * The Elder Scrolls * Minecraft * Gardening * Costuming/cosplay * Solarpunk * D&D * Aquariums/fish

#original post

[notasliceoflife]

Neji’s Fashion Styles

Techwear

Rave/Raver

Solarpunk

Urban

Skater

Pastel(Goth)

Industrial

Gypsy

Cosplay

Oriental

Favored Brands

The North Face

American Eagle Outfitters

Armani Exchange 

Givenchy

Clarks

Aéropostale

Wrangler

New Balance

Ermenegildo Zegna

Valentino

#NejiInformation #NejiCloset #These images are just examples of what he would wear

[roseredsnow]

Because I'm working again now and the weather in the UK can't make up its mind between rain and too hot to function half the time I haven't had much chance to do anything solarpunk to share so I was wondering what people would like to see or learn about, not just from me but from the community in general?

My two main areas to help with are probably gardening/plants and sewing but if there's any specific things people want to know about those it'd be cool to know.

#solarpunk #solar punk #hopepunk #gardening #sewing #visible mending #guerilla gardening #cosplay

[nonasuch]

Friendly reminder that I have original comics, printable paper dolls, and fanzines available on Gumroad! 

The comics and paper dolls are a dollar, and the zines (which I edited, but they contain work by multiple people) are free. They’re from a few years ago, but I’m still really proud of them.

I Fought The Law, written and drawn by me, is about a bioengineered teenager in the distant future who discovers punk rock. Because there’s plenty of steampunk and dieselpunk and solarpunk but there’s surprisingly little science fiction about disaffectected teens playing electric guitars in an unheated warehouse. Punkpunk, if you will.

Out of The Ice is a queer SFnal spin on Sleeping Beauty, feat. aliens, cryogenics and, technically, the end of the world. It’s written by me, and drawn by my friend Jason, whose character and spaceship designs are so good! I am still not over how good they are.

The two sets of paper dolls -- Cosplay and Vintage Fashion -- are interchangeable, so you can use the outfits from either set with both dolls. Both also come with a blank, customizeable doll on the back page.

There are also collaborative fanzines, edited by me, for a bunch of fandoms: Doctor Who, Discworld, Buffy, Star Trek, Pushing Daisies, Les Mis, Galaxy Quest, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Plus a solo zine I made about my relationship to fandom called Fangirl 4 Life.

I don’t have a ko.fi or a Patreon, because I feel kind of weird about the idea of people giving me money and not getting anything tangible back (which is my own issue; I don’t think anyone else should feel the same way). So if you would like to throw a few bucks my way, this is probably the closest equivalent to a tip jar that I’m going to have. And you get zines and comics out if it!

#it me

[rpgsandbox]

Return to the Stars, a tabletop science fiction role playing game, helps players create their own stories in an optimistic space opera setting.  

Return to the Stars is designed to allow the creation of characters that evoke the best elements of geek culture. In the far future hyperspace travel gave easy access to countless worlds, and humanity sorted itself into like-minded communities. One such society was the Convention Authority, founded to celebrate the now classical arts of science fiction, fantasy, and gaming.

One day, without warning, the stellar beacon that illuminated hyperspace went silent rendering galactic travel impossible. The systems of the Convention Authority stayed connected thanks to a replica fleet of early starships. Now, after more than a century of effort, a long-range exploration craft has been built. Its purpose: to return to the stars and reconnect with lost civilizations of humanity.

The players of Return to the Stars are a new generation of geeks — makers, genetically enhanced cosplayers, scientists, and pop culture enthusiasts setting out on an adventure of exploration and discovery.

If you enjoy tales filled with optimism and hope, where players can paint a better future in bold primary colors, then you should prepare to Return to the Stars!​

Easy to Learn, Simple to Play

Return to the Stars is powered by the popular Fate Core SRD, an indie game system that helps you tell rich stories without a lot of preparation or calculation.

Carl Sagan once said “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” We’ve provided a science fiction setting and skills  so you can jump right in and tell stories of adventure and exploration.  You might think of the game and its setting as a pie crust—a foundation you can fill with your imagination.

Return to the Stars comes with an adventure specially designed to teach the core concepts of the game.  In playtests at many different conventions, new players have been up and running and having a good time after ten minutes of explanation.

Our goal: if you love anime or games or science fiction or cosplay, and have thought about trying roleplaying games, you can get Return to the Stars, read it, and play.

Cool New Tools

If you already love games powered by Fate, we’ve added some fun new subsystems that you can enjoy in Return, or adapt to your existing games and settings.

Character Arcs

Often in fiction a protagonist has a problematic way of interacting with the world. It kinda works for them, but its shadow side takes a cost. Eventually, they learn they need to change and grow. Character arcs are a structured way to spotlight how someone grows past their Trouble.

Competitions

Competitions are a type of contest in which the drama comes as much from trying to perform at the limits of your ability as it does from overcoming the opposition.

Downtime Tinkering

Creative options that players can have fun with between sessions to make the game richer for everyone, getting minor in-game benefits. Equally inspired by the Amber and Pendragon RPGs

Props

Return to the Stars is a game about who people are not about the stuff they carry.  Still, loot makes players happy.  Props are gear that you can have fun collecting but which are only used a single for a dramatic effect. Like an intriguing prop in a well-made science fiction movie it provides a moment of cool that shakes thing up and advances the story, and then you don’t see it again.

Space Opera Skills and Stunts

Skills tailored to tell science fiction stories—play as a scientist or an academic rather than someone with “lore”. Hack into computer systems, change your genetics on the fly. Skills can be varied with over 100 fun stunts, including many novel templates you can repurpose for other settings.

Explore Ideas and Ideals

Return to the Stars is episodic by design: players travel to reconnect the lost worlds of humanity, and have adventures with strong science fiction hooks: adventures that can only happen because of technological or social progress. Player characters bring their ideals and abilities to face the unknown.

The game comes with scenarios and encounters that provide interesting starting situations from which players and game masters can improvise intriguing stories.  Also, since December of 2017 we’ve been tweeting daily sci-fi headlines from the game’s setting, an archive of useful prompts to inspire your creativity.

The game’s themes:

Optimism: humanity can be better in the future thanks to science, cosmopolitanism, diversity, and humanism.

Space Opera: space battles, pulpy melodramatic adventures, romance, and risk-taking

Pop Culture: your heroes come from a post-scarcity society of enthusiasts enjoying and thinking critically about the media they love.  Imagine Worldcon, if it were an actual world.  

Hopepunk: Kindness doesn’t equal weakness, and that in the face of cynical oppression caring is a political act. An act of rebellion.

But wait, there’s more…

Return to the Stars is a complete game, but if you chose, you can extend it with the Stellar Beacon, a zine which includes:

One Atom of Justice, One Molecule of Mercy, and the Empire of Unsheathed Knives an original essay by novelist Alexandra Rowland, exploring Hopepunk, the new sci-fi sub-genre she identified last year.

Aphrodite on Deck a solarpunk themed scenario for Return to the Stars by designer Brie Sheldon

Fallen Juggernaut designer Emmett O’Brian brings us a “hard SF” adventure where players explore a mysterious megastructure.

The Stars, My Sandbox non-linear encounters by Return author Mark Sabalauskas.

The Beginning Gamemaster Pep Talk a column by comics writer and illustrator Amy King, providing encouragement for new game masters from a new game master.  

Paint a better future in bold primary colors-get Return to the Stars!

Kickstarter campaign ends: Thu, November 1 2018 3:59 AM UTC +00:00

Website: Festive Ninja

#RPG #kickstarter #Return to the Stars

[solarpunkfashionweek]

Solarpunk Fashion Week

June 24th to 30th

What is it?

Solarpunk Fashion Week is a community event that prompts us to design, dress up, and share photos of our solarpunky outfits. The outfits can be something you've made up and worn before the specified week, but the intent of the week is to inspire people to think about the ways people in a solarpunk future, or people working towards it, may dress up! You can share your designs of solarpunk clothes or outfits even if they're not something you own or would personally wear.

What kinds of clothes/outfits fit the theme of the week?

Solarpunk tends to reject fast fashion and the often exploitative and damaging clothing industry. In today's world, the solarpunk ideals are most apparent in clothes that are thrifted, second-hand, handmade, repaired and/or made-to last. Using these kinds of clothes in the outfits is encouraged, but other kinds are not rejected, either. You are encouraged to come up with both everyday outfits that evoke a solarpunk air and inventive cosplay outfits that seem to truly be from the future. There are many examples already presented online. Solarpunk has no one style, so feel free to experiment and incorporate your own twist to it!

Why this blog?

This blog has been created to collect and showcase outfits created by the community. To get yours shown (reblogged), tag your outfits with #solarpunkfashionweek, @ this blog and/or send them to this blog via messages. The ask box will be open for any questions about the week, and a tag system will be used to help sort outfits by use and style. Follow this blog for updates and to see what people come up with!

#solarpunk #solarpunkfashionweek #solarpunk fashion #blog business

[solarpunk-stuff]

Solarpunk Fashion Week day 5

My dress is actually the skirt from my bell cosplay. I made it out of curtains I got from a thrift store! its meant to go over a hoopskirt though so its pretty long. Its got great big pockets in it too, because everything is better with pockets.

The cloak was made from curtains my sister was getting rid of. Its some kind of faux suede material I think? The trim on the cloak is also from my sister it was part of a fabric flower thing she got me to take off of her dress. the clasp is a brooch from the thrift store.

[Image description: a full length picture of myself wearing a flowey gold dress and a brown cloak with a metallic looking trim. I have shoulder length blonde curly hair and no makeup]

#solarpunkfashionweek #fashion #We need to bring cloaks back into fashion #This is a very fun outfit to spin around in very swooshy.