/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10671687
I love irony.

>>10671374

I know everyone has their own goals in the cosplay scene, but you shouldn’t let the number of likes and feedback you get dictate how you feel. Everyone eventually grows out of cosplay or picks up a better hobby. Given the current climate we’re all in, I would figure that a lot of folks actually can’t show much interest or be motivated to work on anything given how weird about cons have been. Personally? I disbanded my Instagram, and I was one of the more helpful folks. It was fucking with my mentality so much to the point where I viewed my hobby as more of a job and that I -felt- like I needed to keep up with people across the internet. To a point beyond burn out.

I’m regaining my passion back for it, and it looks like I didn’t lose my touch at all, but I am going to say that you shouldn’t try and use social media as a form of validation. You, yourself are always going to be the worst critic of your own work but you should be looking into that as a way to motivate you to improve your craft. To be honest here, most of cosplay Instagram arnt the same hardcore cosplayers that used to exist back like a decade ago. It’s all mostly normie shit, but the hardcore ones who do appreciate the craft will reach out so I really wouldn’t worry about it that much.

Tl;dr - Instagram is not a viable source of your power level, just keep grinding.

>>8651252
good taste, my friend.
it is terrible, though. and it's really hard to find merchandise at cons and in artist alleys anymore too. it's a shame, really.

Family near major con cities.