/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10723753
hell yeah

>>9605854
>always used to be really insecure about photos because for some reason my face looks really masculine in photos unless I get the angle juuust right
>not even manly-looking IRL so I don't know why the fuck this happens - I'm shortish with kind of round, girly face and couldn't pass as a guy for shit, but I swear some meetup photos make me look like an awkward brolita
>gradually learn how to pose myself for my own photos but it's hard as it feels like I have to remember a dozen things at once, and I still hated letting people take photos of me at meets as they turned out horrible 90% of the time
>posing can only do so much when the girl holding the camera is shooting from a low angle because she's short
>realising Mana uses the same feminizing techniques as I do in my own photos (chin tilted downwards, face at a slight 3/4 angle, camera usually at eye level or slightly above) made me feel a bit better about having to try so hard to look halfway decent
>get tell myself I'm copying the ultimate gothic pose instead of beating myself up over being ugly without trick angles
OK, that's not too weird.

>seeing Mana pull off lolita so well even in live videos where he can't be shooped girly makes me feel better about the photos I do end up looking masculine in
>actually start finding them kind of funny or endearing, like when I accidentally overexpose a photo to shit and look like I have no nose
I suppose it's healthier to be happy with yourself even when you look a little bit like a dude in a dress than it is to constantly beat yourself up over it

>>9485365
Because posting ugly shit like >>9485355 has made me feel dispirited, I'm going to end the dump on a high with a vintage 1999 Mana without the luxury of shoop.