/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7859210
Crossplay has always been a means to an end for me. I get it that different people will have different reasons for doing so, such as using it as a convenient outlet for transvestism etc. But a great deal of the crossplayers that I have come into contact with, especially considering the touhou community, primarily attempt to be as convincing as possible simply because the characters they like ARE female and it becomes a matter of personal pride to look the part as much as possible.

>>7859327
This is pretty much true, but to narrow it down further for the sake of discussion face shape is the biggest giveaway. The body silhouette can be altered by selecting costumes carefully, padding up and corseting but it is rather hard to hide very strong masculine features. Short of prosthetic makeup, highlighting and contouring only works that much. Although in the borderline cases abit of educated use of makeup can make all the difference in the world.

>>7861730
I totally get the thrill of passing thing heh, but to give some concrit i think you should work on posing, style your wig to frame your face better (it seems to be puffing up and making your head look longer) and look at softening your jawline. Len is after all a young and androgynous character so rounding out your face might help the entire illusion though. Your build seems fine though, although from this angle I can't really tell how broad your shoulders are.

Hopefully this thread doesn't end up like the last one and we can get some good content and discussion going. Selfposting as contribution I guess