/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9224287
saw you in the help thread! congrats dude!!

>Do you have a job? Part-time? Full-time? Salaried?
My jobs vary. I write freelance for click bait sort of things every now and again when work gets thrown my way. During the season I work a Haunted House as an actor manager. But my full time career is an English Teacher Abroad. Took a year off after college and my first internship to come home and look for jobs in east Asia. Found one but because of the Japanese school year schedule I don't start till spring.
Unfortunately, none of these really pay super well.

>How much of your income/spending money do you spend on cosplay/jfashion?
About... 50 precent I guess? I don't really have bills since I live at home taking care of my parents right now, and their house is paid off and they compensate me for buying our groceries. My money mostly goes towards gas, hanging out with friends, savings, and then my hobbies.

>Are you in debt? How bad?
Nope no debt.

>Most expensive costume/coord?
Probably my Cinderella cosplay. Lots of fabric.

>What are you saving for right now?
I want to have a good cushion of money when I make the move to Japan, so I've been putting stuff away to cover the initial moving cost.

>Saving for any other major expenses (emergencies, car, house, retirement, etc)?
Just retirement I guess.

>Budgeting tips?
Use cash not card. You are way less likely to spend on things you don't need if you have to lay down physical cash for it. Also keep a list of what you're bringing in and what you're spending.

It was my first AX so I dont know how to judge it against others, but I honestly had a fantastic time.

It was my first time seeing a dealers hall so big so I was really impressed and had a blast looking at all the official booths and seeing things like the new Sakura figure. The AA was to huge for words, it was pretty overstimulating. I supposedly missed the bad days (folks said the air ventilation was worse on day one and two than three and four, but I only made it in yesterday and today so I cant really say) but it was still a bit uncomfortable in there. Got some cute stuff though and got to meet an artist whose work I'd been following for years!

I was also really happy with all the places to sit like the chairs every where, and I thought the line for reg on day 0 went super fast which was nice. I think we were in and out of there with our badges in less than half an hour. Oh I also really liked the entertainment hall, the sets were really fun!

I mostly just had a good time hanging out with my friends and admiring all the cosplays, they were all pretty cool. I think my one big hang up is the pokemon meet (the only meet I ended up attending) was really poorly put together. The location kept changing, there were too many people and they could organize them all, and the whole thing was just a mess.

Over all had a blast, very little to complain about on my end.

>>9071345
T H I R S T

>tfw when you have been taking advantage of the Joanns pattern sale and got 30 patterns just today for one dollar each

hitting the stores on the other side of town tomorrow

>>8959515
toppest of keks

>>8941689

>>8719731
I like the color you chose for your skin, but i'd love to see some contouring done so your face doesn't look as flat (I've seen some people use colored eyeshadow for wacky contouring of skintones like this)!!
Also would've loved to see the eye shadow blended out a bit more? But it also might work as is.. and lastly, the teeth look cool! Wish the yellow wasn't so blinding (contrasts a lot against the skin, but I suppose that can be a good thing too). Also, I really love the contacts!
Overall, a really good start, just a few nitpicky things that I think might improve the look!

>>8663861
>everyone cosplaying suited for their body type