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sales horror stories thread. give us your worst.
just in case you forgot, here's the story of the moldy orange peel AP JSK
>http://getoffegl.livejournal.com/508566.html
>>8709714
classic
Who can forget the classic real cookie brooch.
https://warosu.org/cgl/thread/7620309
>>8709716
What was the story with this one?
Have you made your dream cosplay? Are you working on it now? Well why the fuck not? DO IT SEAGULLS!
Post you in your dream costume. Post progress. Post what it is and your bullshit reasons for not doing it yet. Then have other gulls yell inspirational things at you.
Pis related, I'm working on it for Katsu
>>8683743
Seriously, fuck Lulu's design, the top half is awesome and great and everything but those fucking belts ruin it for me. I've never seen a cosplay where it doesn't look stupid, because it even looks stupid in 2D. If only she had an alternate outfit I could cosplay her, she's basically a perfect character for me looks and body-wise. Fuck Nomura, seriously
>rant over
Finally tomorrow I will bring one of my dream cosplay, Eiko Carol, stil hating her "pants".
>>8683784
Godspeed on those shoes, anon
How dead is fairy kei?
[spoiler]it ded [/hiropleasegivecglspoilers]
>>8649627
>>8649629
>>8649631
So...anyone going to be cosplaying anyone from this?
God I hope so
Didn't think anything of Zebei then I heard his voice and hnnnghhh gimme all the husbandos
>>8745645
I want to see Kushi with that giant fuck-off hawk. Or Tungar with his turbansword.
Fuck it, I really want to see all of them.
Except fatties attempting Phoebe, that'll suck.
There was a Razmi in a recent WIP thread
Old thread is in autosage.
>Resources
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l-9tZn_PaqsZWkb5SB_aqwh7uvURyoLgdsQiuz_Ty08/edit#gid=0
>Taobao/Alibaba services
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14zGSegr0b-429wZq5_xdMbE9hpLcXg8fqqe0OxnU2Yo/edit#gid=0
>Artist Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ESQ-1h4IRUivbGNaxJFxXyDU1lSv26xTmMdH0sDX7sU/edit?usp=sharing
does anybody know where you can get full colored lanyards printed from?
>>8723384
If you want them cheap, and don't mind mass quantities, the answer is pretty much always going to be Alibaba/Aliexpress. You can also get smaller runs at pretty much any place that does dye sublimation, but it's not going to be as profitable.
>>8723389
You're awesome, thanks! I never shopped Alibaba before. How do you know if a seller is legit and won't run away with your money?
New Chibipa/Florida thread since the last one died. Anyone figure out a meetup location?
Meet at eight in the common area by all the panel rooms?
>>8716596
I'll be lurking around. first time going to this one but the location is whats selling it for me.
>>8716771
Okay, so I guess eight by the couches will be it.
Do any of you guys use DA anymore?
I noticed a lot of my favorite cosplayers have abandoned their accounts, some even leaving journal entries announcing their departure and telling people to follow them on Tumblr and Facebook instead. Even some of my friends ditched Deviant Art for Tumblr.
So is Deviant Art officially dead for cosplay?
Oh, and if you do still use DA, feel free to post your URL. I'm looking for more people to watch.
>>8712859
Christ that new logo still makes me shake my head. It doesn't make sense no matter how I look at it.
Ever since they re-branded the site its really gone downhill. The price for premium membership has gone up drastically and unless you want your page to look like arse you better be ready to fork out the dough for it.
FB and other stuff is more relevant but I always preferred DA over them since you can present everything nice, clean and organized without all the bs ads and junk that comes with FB and...
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Not really a big fan of the updated site and logo and as >>8712957 mentioned, that premium membership price increase is rather off-putting. I used to use and renew regularly but now, hell no.
As you observed, most of the community has shifted to other sources and likely brought their following with them. I used to like having a way to create folders and rearrange/organize costumes individually or by source but since letting my premium membership expire and seeing the kinds of shit that groups were allowing in (and as a mod...
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I quit deviantart after they changed their policy so that they basically own all the rights to your pictures as long as you hold them on your site. So if they wanted to make money with your prints, they could. You agreed to the terms.
The community was shit too and attracted furries and fetishists so I gave up.
Looking for photographer advice.
Let's say your a cosplayer, and you get back a photoshoot and the photographer has neglected to clean up your shiny nose or massive bags under your eyes. Or left your underwear hanging out, or didn't do any color correction, etc. any manner of small, easily fixable flaws.
What is proper etiquette? Should the cosplayer approach the photographer and ask for additional edits? Should they do the edits themselves and hope no one notices? Or just... hope no one sees the photos and pretend it never happened?
>>8710241
example: this is a cute photo, but the photographer didn't edit out acne/eye bags/yellow teeth/bobby pins. otherwise the lighting and poses are great.
(This photographer has since upped their editing game)
>>8710241
I'm a cosplayer, and I say for things like eye bags or shiny nose, it would be nice if the photographer edited them out automatically for you, because chances are at the beginning of the day you looked fine but being at the con + sweat + touching your face has made your make-up slip a little. Whereas if you're underwear is hanging out, either your photographer's a creep, or you looked a bit shit all day and should have seen it and fixed it. Same with yellow teeth, or other lasting issues. Generally though...
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>>8710246
What are you talking about, the lighting is far from great, and the pose is highly unflattering for both of them. It's not a shit photo, but far from great.
What was the most you ever spent on a cosplay/lolita outfit?
I just ended up dropping $200 on Spider-Gwen, once all the accessories were accounted for.
>>8742052
>$200
Uhm
What?
>>8742052
Most of my bigger cosplays end up falling in the $150-$300 range. I usually don't spend more than $15/yd for fabric because I have a few local stores that are accessible, so it keeps the price lower than it might otherwise be.
>>8742052
I just spend 1,200 buying new from Baby a dress, underskirt, blouse, bag, tights, shoes, bloomers, wrist cuffs, necklace, bracelet, headdress, and parasol. I have no self control. I walked out of the store and immediately went, "oops". But it looks pretty at least ;-;
Shit that makes you angry related to cosplay
>explaining cons/cosplaying to normie bff
>"I'd go to a con, could I do a cosplay?"
>showing legitimate interest
>get excited
>"I wanna do something sexy"
>die inside
>"I could go as Harley Quinn"
>"I mean yeah, just make sure you invest in...
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people who ask for help but have their own ideas about how to do everything and bitch about your suggestions
>"anon, how do you think I should do this armor?"
>"well you could do foam, or thermoplastics, or...."
>"do you think I could just sew it and stuff it?"
>"I don't think that would look good"
>"it'll be so much easier that way!!"
weeks later...
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