/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8234365
Hey, a $300 dress can't kill someone on accident.

>still working on getting a job
>call manager (again) today
>he seems to remember my last name, so it's a step in the right direction

Cosplay-related:
>convention coming up
>was working on stuff in May for it, but nearly the entire month of June I've been slacking off
>fuck
>FUCK

>come up with another character to do
>want to focus my attention on that instead of my current lineup
>try to refrain from becoming one of /those/ cosplayers that never finish anything

>1. What was your first impression? How did you find out about it?
Looking for fanart on Photobucket, come across random cosplayers. I thought it was the coolest shit.
>2. Do you spend a lot of money on cosplay? From where you get money?
I spend more than I'd like, yeah. I've never dropped more than $500 on a single costume, though. I get my money from what's leftover of my financial aid for college, since I usually have about $1000 leftover after textbooks and budgeting food.
>3. Do you have some unpleasant experience with cosplay?
I've been glomped and hugged by unhygienic or drunk people, but that's about it.
>4. What your parents/friends think about your hobby? Do they like it? Do they support you?
My parents are scifi nerds who apparently took me to Star Trek conventions when I was an infant, so they're completely fine with it. If anything, my dad says I don't dress up enough. A lot of friends I have were met through cosplay in some way or another.
>5. Do you think that cosplay has a dark side? (e. g. sex videos/photos)
People incorporate sex into anything, there's no helping it. That doesn't mean cosplay is all about sex or every cosplayer is fine doing porn or any assumptive crap like that.
>6. Share a funny/sad/happy/scary story about cosplay.
Well I'm currently trying to draft a dress out of construction paper. It's a colorful tacky mess but weirdly fun.