/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>Conventions Offered
2/10
None in my immediate area. Two cheaply run ones about an hour drive away. A slightly bigger, more organized one two hours away. And another shitty one three hours away.
Everything else is a 3+ hour drive and doesn't count. I find the cheaper conventions are barely worth my gas money.
>Gatherings and Festivals
1/10
Two annual picnics that's a two hour drive away. Not worth it, but I've done it just to see my con friends before. No cosplay-related festivals that I know of.
>Photoshoot Locations
3/10
I'm being generous with my rating. Lots of forest I guess. I also live next to a great lake so if you don't mind the heinous pollution, a photoshoot on the shale cliffs might be cool.
No remarkable landmarks nor architecture though. Thank urban renewal for that.
>Overall Cosplay Community
1/10
Non-existant. The only people I know of who cosplay are the same types of people who like to dress in closet cosplays and roam around in Wal-Mart with them. There's one tumblrite Homestuck cosplayer here that hams herself up a bit, but that's all to note. I'm nothing special either.
>Buying Materials
1/10
I have a Wal-Mart and a Home Depot. No real fabric store, no building surplus, no nothing else within a one hour drive radius. Sadly enough this could be worse.

Welcome to southwestern NY, nothing amazing happens here.