ive done alot of cosplay. Ive dressed as:
~Naruto
~Sasuke
~Hinata
~Mello (Mihael hollier keehl)
~Konan
~Itachi
~Gin Ichimaru
~Germany(axis powers)
I love cosplay its awesome. i love to dress as any character i love my fav out of the list above is Mello off of death note.
How many of you like to cosplay????x3?

For a long time I had thought if I ever cosplayed I would go as Sailor Saturn. I'm short like her and also normally have short hair. I would just have to figure out how to dye my medium dark brown hair purple haha. I'm pretty handy at sewing so the costume shouldn't be a problem. Just carring around her staff all day would get tiresome. Even if I made it light weight that still would pose a bit of a problem.
But if not Sailor Saturn then I would go as Eva from Tweeny Witches. Again also short so I would just need a wig prefferably made out of yarn to best mimic her thick blond pig tales.

I'm not a fantastic cosplayer, but I still love it! We don't have many big anime events around here (i'm involved in getting one here, I'm on the main and original staff of QC Anime-ZING... it's planned for 2010, we're a baby con that's just starting, haha) so I only cosplay to small events that are in my area- store events at FYE mainly, but I LOVE cosplay!

L from Death Note is incredibly easy to do... He was my first 'official' cosplay, meaning he was the first cosplay I did with effort and wore to an anime event. Really, any of the Death Note characters (human, I mean) are. My sister cosplays as Misa Amane from the same anime, and everyone always tells us we look great. Technically, mine is Crossplaying, but still... haha.

I think acting like the character you're cosplaying as is a big YES, especially for pictures. I'm not saying u have to act like them that whole day, but know the character, practice poses for pictures that are in-character, etc.

For example- L stands/sits weird- all hunched over, and if he's sitting, his knees are pulled to his chest and he's technically crouching. And he's ALWAYS eating sweets and always looks shy- doesn't really smile wide or anything. So I take that knowledge and use it for pictures or for when I'm in a cosplay contest- my L cosplay won 3rd place in a contest in which the attendees picked their fave cosplayer, factoring in costume accuracy, hair accuracy, poses, etc. The whole room started chanting "L" over and over again when it was time to decide the final winner. It was pretty awesome. :D

Another thing I LOVE seeing on cosplayers is WIGS. If your hair isn't the same style or color and you can't color/style it (i have long black hair, and there was NO way I was cutting it for L) wigs are the answer! Pre-styled ones can be found for almost any character online, but they can be pricey (well...all cosplay is pricey, honestly. it's an expensive hobby and breaks my bank more often than not, but I still love it!). I like to buy wigs that aren't styled yet and then style them on my own because it's often cheaper that way. BUT if you choose this route for a wig, BE CAREFUL! Wigs aren't really like styling real hair- they can melt if exposed to too high of heat (like really hot curlers or straighteners) and some products don't work well on the fibers. I researched styling wigs and asked for tips from other cosplayers. For all my wig tips, I went to www.cosplay.com. they're amazing people there. :D

If you're crossplaying (a girl cosplaying as a guy- like me cosplaying as L, or vice versa) you may want to consider binding, if you're a girl. Guys can 'tuck'- for more info on that, go to cosplay.com- it gets graphic in details. I have a rather large chest size, so I bind when I crossplay- I use athletic tape and an ace bandage. It's just a thought- L doesn't have breasts so I bind. :) Cosplay.com has a wonderful thread detailing how to bind, and that's where I got my info for it. It works really well. :D

I hope this helps u at least a little... :)

I think this site might be able to help you

http://www.animecharactersdatabase.com/

Cosplayer here. When I started out, I did same thing trying to figure out who I looked like so i could pull off said character that much better.

I wont reeally do bishi male character cause I really don't see myself as bishi. For one I have stubbly most of the time and i don't know to many bishi with facial hair.

Anyway, start with choosing a character from a series you love as well as a favorite character, even if you don't look exactly like the character theres ways to pull it off, from make-up, wigs and the like to more extreme measures of binding and padding if you going for a different sex character.

As for ones I've done (Mostly Video Game characters) Luxord from Kingdom Hearts 2 (My fav) Zuko from Avatar the Last Airbender and Kenji from Katawa Shoujo (Thou he looks almost exactly like an anime version of Harry Potter)

I throw all looks aside and cosplay as characters I love. I cosplayed as Nekozawa from Ouran High School Host Club at the last convention I was at, and the next one I'm either going as Usopp from One Piece, Stein from Soul Eater, or Break from Pandora Hearts. (I'm working the register at the next convention, so I figured that dressing like Stein would be fun. Hehehee~!)

That being said, I think you should do someone you love. If you want to do something easy, I would recommend doing something that you can adapt a little, like the human form of some creature. My first cosplay as a Mokona, from xxxHolic. (Black is better than white, I say.) But I'm sure that you know which creatures you've seen.

If you don't mind doing something everyone else is doing, then L from Death Note is really easy. Sheska from Full Metal Alchemist (without the uniform) would be pretty easy as well, but if you're not with a group of FMA cosplayers, people may not recognize you as well.

I hope this helps!

Hey if you dont look too detailed than be detailed in their spirit! If their in your heart than you cant go wrong. Also, I live in Valdosta, GA, if anyone posting here would like to help me out with cosplay and cosplay events and perhaps lives by me then please pm.

Also, if any ladies would like to cuddle up and watch anime with a cutie as I (; then pm. I Love anime and am very open to new ones(Ive mainly watched mainstream but I want to change that). Oh and Im 18 and Im not going to break any laws if you know what I mean.

Oh wow. I totally forgot. How do you know when a cosplay is happening nearby you?

if u want to in a cosplay u can add slight changes to the cosplay to make it unique as in what im doing in my next con is a cross between tonks (from harry potter) and a warewolf it is sexy yet unique because in the books lupin and tonks have a baby and that is what i pictured what it would look like

As someone who has cosplayed for quite a while, I can't stress enough how important getting the hair colour of a character is. Lets say you want to do someone with pink hair, but dont want to buy a wig, it really takes away from the cosplay and often doesnt look as good.

I would suggest possibly doing Yui from K-ON! in her school uniform. It's a simple closet cosplay and she has brown hair. All you would need to do is style your hair around the front the way she wears it.

i would really like to cosplay as tifa!!! heres a pic
http://www.menewsha.com/forum/member...cture32794.jpg
think i can do it?

Originally Posted by akhmonster

i would really like to cosplay as tifa!!! heres a pic
http://www.menewsha.com/forum/member...cture32794.jpg
think i can do it?

You have a great look for Tifa ~ C:

i'm going to cosplay in two weeks as Tifa Lockheart from final fantasy VII i am so ecstatic! and it's my first con too! :3