/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9399398
It's such a cool idea! I have a star bag that I'm using for a JoJo themed itabag and I think I'm going to do something along the lines that you did.

How you decorated the outside of your bag is very inspirational

>Be 17
>First time going to a con/cosplaying
>Cosplay Karkat from homefuck
>At the time was overweight
>Had really bad anxiety
>Had a badly styled ebay wig
>Didn't buy a sealer for my body paint (Which is a goddamn HS cosplay sin, I know)
>The grey body paint is more blue than grey
>Upper lip starts to sweat
>The paint is coming off in just that spot
>I am now a grey troll with an embarrassing skin colored mustache
>Hold my arm over my face to cover it and run to washroom to reapply paint
>It looks better now but feel like a shit cosplayer and realize how bad I look
>In dealers room, on the verge of tears because I suck
>Another Karkat approaches me
>He's really nice, a real chatter box (which is good because I suck at keeping conversations)
>Compliments my horns and crab communicator
>Feel a lot better

All in all that was one of the highlights of that weekend, that experience really helped my confidence and I've lost a lot of weight since! This was back in 2013 so now I'm ready to jump right back into the con and cosplaying scene. I hope to actually come out of my shell and make the effort to talk to people/make some cool cosplay friends.