/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9114210
but this isn't done properly OP. The fabric is incorrect and throws off the rest of the outfit.

I'll throw in something unpopular: anthropomorphized costumes, in simpler words, taking a fully animal subject and turning it into a human/animal furry hybrid.

If it comes out poorly, you'll look cringey and a furry, and if it comes out well, you'll still look like a furry.

This is the original seremyu group and those are the prettiest sailor outfits of them all tho?

>>9114258
Seriously? They make everyone look like a dumpy square no matter how nice your body is.

>>9114263
LOL, as soon as you posted this I was all "Ima prove this bish wrong". But then I Googled it and yeah..... It is not a flattering look on ANY body type.

How about forced, overly mashed-up cosplay? Usually featuring at least one of: worbla boob armor, slave Leia/Star Wars, or Disney Princess.

I don't mind the Leia/ Disney mash ups. I don't think I really mine any mash ups.

>>9114320
Not even sexy, necromancer version of your childhood fave? I'd post a pic, but fuck J. Night and her plastic boobs

>>9114210
I love this thread.

Here's a great example:

>>9111204

Perfection. But weird and goofy as shit

Those seramyu costumes are made to be seen from the back of a theater, and from a distance they move around and present a silhouette that works well. That being said, the photo is of the god awful costumes they were using in the early/mid 90s. Really the worst ones they ever used.

Posting a photo of their more recent costumes. Still crazy proportions but better, I think

Anything Steven Universe.

It's so heavily based on faces and distinct body types, mostly everyone look out of place doing it.

>>9114443
agreed with this. any show with a distinctive art style that heavily relies on shapes will never have 'accurate' cosplay without it looking goofy as fuck.

>>9114417

Yeah the japanese are famously long torso-ed and short legged. The outfit is probably proportioned to combat that and give them a long legged look.

Magicl girl outfits range from well done Godoka to thrown together Flamenco girls to you didn't even try Sailor moons, I've never seen anything but Madoka pulled off well in person.

>>9114417
Yep, the early 90s version of the costumes looked horrible, but these look great imo. And can I just say as a diehard Sailor Jupiter fan that I think this girl best the best Sailor Jupiter ever?!! Even more so than the live action, desu. I think the live action version generally is what comes the most close of how the sailor senshi would look like in real life, however I consider Yu Takahashi as the closest thing to Sailor Jupiter in real life.

>>9114237
>but this isn't done properly OP. The fabric is incorrect and throws off the rest of the outfit.

This isn't cosplay. So there is no "fabric is incorrect."

All of it

Literally all cosplay looks dumb so stop worrying about how other people are going to see it (ESPECIALLY not normalfags) and just have fun looking dumb

>>9114935
True the fanciest Worbla armor looks just as ridiculous as one made from duct tape and cardboard to an outsider. So do slave Disney Princesses or a Kamui from KLK.

>>9114935
Going to vehemnetly disagree here. If your boss saw your cosplay pics and they looked more like the left one you'd get a very different reaction than if they were all Homestucks like the right.

>>9115030
This anon.
When normal fans ask to see photos of my cosplay I show them pretty princess Zelda, not The Prince of All Cosmos from Katamari.

>>9115038
Normal fags*

fuck this phone

>>9114278
Ugh, this. Tumblr is full of this shit. I don't mind seeing it if it's just a set of hastily thrown-together pictures, because chances are it'll look okay and/or be easy to ignore, but once someone decides to dress up as Steampunk!Hipster!Obese!Leia!Elsa it melts into a horrible clusterfuck that's paraded around as a 'brave' and 'interesting' take on Disney.

Honestly, my biggest peeve with them is that the cosplayers don't know what the fuck they're doing and have egos the size of Jupiter. That Snow White is one of the better examples I've seen because her makeup is fine and she's not wearing a bikini with craft foam glued to it.

>>9115030
Wearing elf ears and a wig to cosplay an elf and wearing grey paint and horns to cosplay a troll are the same to most people. if you show them the left, they'll think you're some weird D&D fan who likes those "lord of the rings" movies. if you show them the right, they'll assume its a character from some video game the kids love these days.

to a total, normalfag outside, yes they are all the same.

>>9115094
If a normalfag recognizes it as a LotR thing they're more likely to be accepting of it especially since it's mainstream.

They only way I see your point is if we're talking about dressing up on Halloween versus any other time of year in general to be weird. Even then people who don't identify as "nerdy" or "geeks" still put together stuff for Ren faries

>>9114237
>image is from an older official Sailor Moon musical
>says fabric is wrong and costumes aren't done properly

okay....

>>9115071
Honestly this

>>9114210
the flip on those hems tho

>>9114278
mashup garbage like this grinds my gears to no fucking end because it never makes any fucking sense.
nothing will ever beat the time i saw a black girl dressed as slave harley quinn though, that was just the icing on the top of the whole mash up shitfest.

>>9114417
>hat being said, the photo is of the god awful costumes they were using in the early/mid 90s
No, the photo is god awful - it needs a gamma correct. It's too dark.

>>9114278
All cross-over shit is fucking garbage and looks terrible no matter who's behind the costume.

>>9115672
The worst part is that weird thing they have going on with the shoe wear.
I like how the shoulders and double skirts are done, because it looks better from stage.

>>9115030
Homestuck and ero are stupid in general so why in the fuck would you combine the two. It makes your character completely unrecognizable. Same goes with making "punk" outfits for everything lately - punk is meant to look grungy and looks bad no matter how "well done" it is

>>9116556
..Ero? The open cage skirt is stupid as shit, but it's really common in fan designs of any kind. And even as it's a stupid design I'd argue it's actually not too bad in relation to fitting the character.

>>9114320
I know someone who is doing a Sith Slave Leia for Otakon. I also know its going to be a hot mess because everything she makes is a hot mess (her Harley Quinn and Sailor Pluto are so fucking shitty and half assed). But naw its just because shes black that sje's not a popular cosplayer.

>>9114210
>this picture is so old the faces actually look like faces and aren't photoshopped to look like inverted triangles

>>9117009
^^
This!!

"Otakus" these days don't know that 'asians' are not real life animu

>>9117082
>'asians' are not real life animu

They aren't?

Fan-design costumes are cringey and all but they're old hat. I'm gonna go off of OP's image and dump some accurate but goofy-looking Sera Myu costumes.

>>9118340
The Eternal Moon is actually pretty alright in other photos but all of them look weird here.

>>9118342
This is the same Galaxia.

>>9118344
This Galaxia is much better made yet still looks silly. Shoop doesn't help

>>9118345

>>9118098
>those tumblr designs
get out

>>9118347
(marginally) more flattering picture

>>9118349

>>9118353
wouldn't exactly call these "accurate" but it's really just because of the horrendous skirt proportioning

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>>9118366
>that tux

>>9118370
These people actually have brooches unlike a lot of the other ones I posted...

>>9118373

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>>9118385
A lot of these pictures are for ants because they're so fuckin old.

>>9118386
Same lady in one of the musical-only casual outfits.

>>9118391

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>>9118399
"Stay away! I'm radioactive!"

>>9118400
And now I will conclude with a costume that is both dead-on and looks fucking fantastic.

>>9118349
jeez, Uranus looks like the actual planet in this one

>>9118402
she looks like a prince, come to sweep me off my feet

>>9118366
why would you ruin a perfectly good outfit with FUCKING SNEAKERS

Literally everything from Steven Universe. It translates so poorly to reality, I think ironically because the body types are too diverse and specific. Fucking crazy giant girls with multiple eyes or arms, colored skin, and just terribly designed characters like Peridot just make even the best cosplayers look stupid.

>>9118098
Dat Goku

>>9118532
I was at SDCC at the Costume ball and while mostly all of the Steven Universe costumes were sad and poorly constructed I thought this Sugilite did a pretty good job! but yes, sadly most are absolutely terrible.

>>9118349
I feel like you can always tell a bad photographer/ bad model by the way this angle turns out. if you see the subject has no idea how to pose in this angle either help them or change the angle. its super unflattering even to the skinnier girls.

>>9120054
It looks like one of those setups where the con makes a photobooth you can stop at and the photographer just snaps something without bothering to pose or adjust anyone

Most one piece designs are absolute shit.

>>9120033
Is that Sapphire using Sailor Moon gloves?

>>9118345
This is not the SeraMyu version.

>>9114210
i actually like seramyu costumes. the first time i saw them i was like wtf is this shit but now i think they're pretty good for musicals

Kingdom Hearts is my favorite game series of all time and I've never cosplayed from it because none of the characters look good irl. Most of the hair is pretty much impossible and the clothes have a weird Disney "poof" to them that real clothes don't.
Even most of the Org 13 costumes I see get the wrong type of leather for their cloaks.

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>>9121375
those jeans for riku ruin it but its pretty damn good on the silhouettes otherwise

>>9121375
the best/only good kingdom hearts cosplays out there
im surprised more people don't cosplay heartless

>>9118098
Is it bad that I think these are cute?

>>9114210
asians cosplaying as white characters never works, only vice versa

>>9121566

>>9118532
As much as I love SU, I tend to agree.

>>9118353
Yaten and puppies is my favorite.

>>9118340
>>9118342
I love this. Bury me in this.

>>9121566
>Calling the sailor senshi white when Naoko Takeuchi once said in an interview that they're 100% Yamato blood.

Yeah I know it's bait, but I just find it too funny how a lot of people don't even know that fact. I guess it takes a true Sailor Moon fan to know.

>>9122178
Such lies. They are based off European models. The live action sucks, BTW. They look nothing like the characters and their acting is terrible.

>>9114210
>Cosplay that look dumb even when done right

Every Asian cosplayer withouth shoop.

>>9115672
oficial =/= well done and looking like the character

japanese are known for shitting up everything with their live actions and musicals, with the sole exception of kenshin. their sebastian from kuroSHITsuji looks like a hippie on weed, unpolished and ugly, and this is just an example.

cosplayers are usually better than the professionals hired to represent a character out of an event.

>>9121375
Donald's costume looks like an adult fetishist diaper

>>9122626
Lol keep telling yourself that, I'm sure you're not even a real fan.

>>9122633
Uhmm excuse me? There are tons of live actions that look great, Sailor Moon included. The Naruto musical looks a far cry better than what cosplayers could ever achieve.

>>9122652
stretching

>>9122178
>>9122659
>omg do you even know the blood type of the writers grandmother? You're not even a real fan
This mentality is so stupid. To be a "real fan", you only have to enjoy the show. That's it.

If you've memorized a bunch of info on the show, good on you! Other people might enjoy the show without doing that

Get of your high horse

>>9122694
Context anon. I'm saying it because the other anon is being an obvious troll. Or wait, were you that anon that you feel so triggered?

>>9122704
I don't even watch sailor moon, I just hate that mentality of "I'm a real fan and you're not"
In the end we're all just geeks who likes anime

Unrelated, but honestly, even if they're confirmed asian, they still look white.
Have you ever seen a japanese with natural blonde hair?

>>9122178
Huh, and here I thought Venus had a British father, and that's why she was in Britain in Codename: Sailor V. Not sure why I thought that though.

>>9114935
Tumblr is that way >>>

>>9116556
It's the fancy dreamer designs. Before you decide to hate something and bash it do some research so you don't look like a tool.

>>9118349
>>9118347
That Uranus is a perfect reaction face. Dear lord.

>>9122178
Strange I thought minako was from
England and only half.

>>9122178
>>9122659
"Real fan"
Move out of the basement already.

Very few hetalia cosplayers get it right considering they all have military uniforms and normal human hair colors and hair styles. But that just might be because your average Hetalian is a cringe level weeb

>>9114278
I like mashups when it makes sense. Even though I don't like deadpool, I think most deadpool mashups are good and fit the character.

>>9123000
Agreed, that's the main reason hetalia cosplays are rarely ever good.

>>9122996
Minako is Japanese, but lived in England for a time in the 90's anime

The characters can be labelled Japanese, Spanish or whatever shit they want, but THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THE RACE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.

You guys are dense.

No Asian looks like an actual anime character just like no Spanish guy look like Balrog/Vega from Street Fighter.

>>9122633
The point is that that they said

>The fabric is incorrect and throws off the rest of the outfit.

The fabric is not "incorrect," because this isn't a cosplay. This is an interpretation of an outfit specifically designed for the stage in the early 90s.

>>9127216
It's rare that anime/game characters look like real people at all let alone any race.

>>9128144
people throw the term 'nightmare fuel' around a lot here.

fuck
that
noise

>>9122633
You're an idiot. It's official.

>>9122178
Basically they are humanoid aliens which have reincarnated in 1970's Japan...

At times I wonder if they had reincarnated in another nation...?

>>9122633
The Attack On Titan lam should have been international productions. With only Mikasa played by an asian actress.

Also at times I feel Kenshin is from Danish roots.

>>9127216
>just like no Spanish guy look like Balrog/Vega from Street Fighter.

Because Spaniards can´t be white... right? They all look like Antonio Banderas with his moor genes...

>>9122178
Funny how the actress who played Rei was more Ami like in the third Fast and Furious movie...

>>9118424
>jeez, Uranus looks like the actual planet in this one

I was thinking... "when did Cam from Modern Family find time to do Sailor Moon cosplay?!?"

>>9131058
You need to reread the fucking post
"Official" does not automatically mean "good".

>>9118370
Reviewbrah put on some weight, damn.

>>9128144

holy shit this is terrifying

>>9114443
Steven Universe, Homestuck, Undertale, they're all so stylized that it's nearly impossible to make them look good. Coincidentally, they're all major fads that attract a lot of awful attempts.

>>9120033
That Sugilite works because it's really more of a mascot suit, rather than attempting to turn an ordinary human face into a stylized character. The mascot-suit approach, if done well, would probably be the only way to translate most SU characters to real-life costumes, but the bulkiness of mascots means that it'll just look weird for different reasons unless the character is canonically large like Sugilite or Jasper.

i have never ever seen a vocaloid cosplay that looks good (especially miku!) I just don't think it translates super well into real life.

>>9138487

Her whole design just isn't suited for real life.

Inklings from Splatoon. I have yet to see anyone really translate the cute factor irl. I think the problem is mainly with the eye mask/makeup. It just looks really unappealing on everyone I've seen it on so far.

Never seen a truly good Sakizou cosplayer other than J. Hart. The cosplay can be beautifully made, but most look awkward since the art has such waifish characters.

>>9139278
it looks so... crusty?

>>9141480
I don't even think J. Hart does a good job. His costumes are beautiful, but the boys Sakizou draws have such round, soft faces, and J. Hart contours his cheekbones too fucking much.

>>9139140
This one was posted on here a while back and I think it's pretty much as good as it'll get