/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I have never once seen an attractive person in a cosplay they made themselves. Some alterations done at most. Is making your own cosplay cope for ugly people?

>>10784609
I've seen tons of them, and dated several, but the cosplay scene has changed in recent years and it does feel like it's rarer these days.

>now have double the opportunities to try to get laid at anime expo

>>10784615
>now have double the opportunities to fail to get laid at anime expo
feels bad, man

i'm going to Not ALA this year i think. ALA for me is always a much more fun con than AX. gotta plan cosplay for it, since i can't do CWC anymore.

>>10784614
Your definition of attractive is not the same as mine then.

>>10784615
>>10784619
Did you know if you pretend to see girls as actual human beings and start a conversation with them normally with some light flirting they'll usually either agree to a date or let you fuck them depending on sluttiness? The trick is not being a bald ugly coomer who treats girls like sex objects fom the start, a ait until you're fucking to treat her like an object bro.

>>10784633
I am an autist and have literally 0 idea how to flirt & don't even try. I just talk to them, usually have a decent conversation, get their discord/insta, then never have contact with them again besides liking eachothers cosplay/con posts on instagram occasionally

>You enjoyed LineCon 2022?
It’s surprisingly mid, spent more time at the entertainment hall this year after realizing most of the exhibit hall was mostly third party
>pros for this year’s AX
The security entrance has made going in line less shitty, P&SWG S2 got announced (and yes I’m sitting through 3 shitty panels to see the premiere of the first ep at next year’s Trigger panel) and Solo Leveling anime getting announced
>You quarantining after coming back?
For the most part since I’m Vaxxed but I have a new job lined up next week.
>Damage report.
Spent nearly $175 on food to survive. $476.63 on at the atlus booth merch, ArcSys booth, AX official swag, the Trash Taste Lounge 21 thing and a shiki board for the bois to sign. Would’ve spent more if it weren’t for Nintendo revealing that preorders for the CE of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 are up at DAY 0 of AX.
>favorite cosplays you saw?
Truck kun, would’ve had more favs if I fell in the Genshin Impact bottomless pit
>enjoyed the concerts?
Teddyloid was great
>what panels did you went to?
Trash taste, would’ve went to Trigger but trigger bucks weren’t a thing this year (if it was, don’t tell me. I would be gutted if they did), the otaku debates (the questions were shit this year) and waifu wars
>went to that AX orgy that obviously doesn’t exist?
No, too busy this year actually getting shit done
>cons for this year’s AX, say now or forever hold your peace
The line issue is never gonna be solved so I’m not even gonna bother listing it as a con
>you going to Not Anime Los Angeles 2022 this November?
Would if my friends were going too but my friends declined due to blackout dates

>You enjoyed LineCon 2022?
It’s surprisingly mid, spent more time at the entertainment hall this year after realizing most of the exhibit hall was mostly third party
>pros for this year’s AX
The security entrance has made going in line less shitty, P&SWG S2 got announced (and yes I’m sitting through 3 shitty panels to see the premiere of the first ep at next year’s Trigger panel) and Solo Leveling anime getting announced
>You quarantining after coming back?
For the most part since I’m Vaxxed but I have a new job lined up next week.
>Damage report.
Spent nearly $175 on food to survive. $476.63 on at the atlus booth merch, ArcSys booth, AX official swag, the Trash Taste Lounge 21 thing and a shiki board for the bois to sign. Would’ve spent more if it weren’t for Nintendo revealing that preorders for the CE of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 are up at DAY 0 of AX.
>favorite cosplays you saw?
Truck kun, would’ve had more favs if I fell in the Genshin Impact bottomless pit
>enjoyed the concerts?
Teddyloid was great
>what panels did you went to?
Trash taste, would’ve went to Trigger but trigger bucks weren’t a thing this year (if it was, don’t tell me. I would be gutted if they did), the otaku debates (the questions were shit this year) and waifu wars
>went to that AX orgy that obviously doesn’t exist?
No, too busy this year actually getting shit done
>cons for this year’s AX, say now or forever hold your peace
The line issue is never gonna be solved so I’m not even gonna bother listing it as a con
>you going to Not Anime Los Angeles 2022 this November?
Would if my friends were going too but my friends declined due to blackout dates

>>10784606
>You enjoyed LineCon 2022?
I had a lot of fun. People seemed pretty open to socializing & the like compared to 2019, but I'm also way skinner & more muscular now so I look a lot better than I did then which I'm sure was a contributing factor
>pros for this year’s AX
Made some solid friends, people seemed to like many of the pictures I took of them, and the lines to actually get in were way better even if inside they sucked.
>You quarantining after coming back?
Kinda? I had covid 2 months back & feel pretty fine besides tiredness from my my fucked sleep schedule, but I WFH so outside of exercise & shopping I don't plan to go out at all
>Damage report.
$1050 on flights/hotel/transport, another $300ish on food, and another $200 on merch
>favorite cosplays you saw?
I saw this JP from Redline which I liked a lot due to the relative oldness/obscurity of it.
>enjoyed the concerts?
Went to the Persona dance for a few hours, but that was it. Fairly fun.
>what panels did you went to?
Gachi and FGO 5th anniversary.
>went to that AX orgy that obviously doesn’t exist?
Nope. Went to the Westin pool deck for a bit Sunday night, but it was dying down by the time I got there so I fucked off pretty quickly
>cons for this year’s AX, say now or forever hold your peace
I'm a pretty tall guy and fairly muscular and I almost got trampled, lines/line control were bad, security/fire staff were dickish.
>you going to Not Anime Los Angeles 2022 this November?
Nope, I'm out of state so a 2 day con is too expensive for me.

>You enjoyed LineCon 2022?
Yeah, but since it's still AX so it doesnt hold a candle to how comfy other multi-day cons are
>pros for this year’s AX
The badge system actually worked and the security placebo made things go faster. The silver lining in lacking content is that I was able to reach out to online people and they were down to meet up instead of the usual, we're all micromanaging every minute.
>You quarantining after coming back?
Took a test upon return, no other anomalies outside of my voice is still lost
>Damage report.
About 1,600$ (room: 250, FoodnBooze:200$, Rest on Merch[1/2 of it for other people though])
>favorite cosplays you saw?
Pic related. Had long fingers, lanky, and walked around all creepily. Didn't say a word to us and even returned to walking around all husk-like. The type of in-character cosplay I love.
>enjoyed the concerts?
Didnt Go
>what panels did you went to?
CWF & Model Making
Bad with time so I missed the Gachi one
>went to that AX orgy that obviously doesn’t exist?
Walked around the con hall at night taking nighttime photos, Persona lounge sucked glad I didn't pay for that shit, Westin pool deck was aight but those fags didnt play 1 anime song.
Other than that, my room somehow becoming dedicated party room and luckily no one vomited.
>cons for this year’s AX, say now or forever hold your peace
A lot of artists were too busy for comms and many of them are from far so this is the only california convention they come to
People are still fucking retards who don't know basic situational awareness
Cosplay Meetup Area by the westhall stairs, we weren't allowed to be on the stairs.
Fuck wristband and right arm REQUIRED
>you going to Not Anime Los Angeles 2022 this November?
Yes

Anyone have any experience with getting a refund from a booth after AX? Good Smile just double charged me and the number they gave me back then for support leads to some Valve Store bullshit.

i wish i could get a con bf

>>10784671
You're too old for me sweaty sorry

>>10784673
im 20 what the heck

>>10784674
Uh, did I stutter?

>>10784609
Hey anon, I make my own. I'm not fat. I'm just pretty introverted and I go to cons exhausted from costume construction that I spend most of my free time sleeping off the all-nighters.

>>10784666
>Cosplay Meetup Area by the westhall stairs, we weren't allowed to be on the stairs.
I went to 2 photoshoots there, they seemed to have move the ribbons blocking off the stairs forward on Sunday (not that they were very far back Saturday). Between that & douchebag security guards the photoshoot there Sunday was a huge pain in the ass to deal with. IK the guy who organized the shoot I was at plans to talk to AX about that, but we'll see if anything actually changes for next year

>>10784671
I need a con gf. You in the socal area? Actually pretty damn decent looking even though im a neet. Let me know ill drop my discord.

>>10784671
t. Skinny onions boy gay guy

>>10784681
i'm.... in the east coast....nor did i go to ax... i just like hanging here because its a super active thread

>>10784677
Being fat has nothing to do with being attractive though? Not being fat is like just a basic pre-requisite to not be ugly. I doubt your face is all that great.

>>10784684
I dunno, you tell me past all the makeup.

>>10784686
Makeup doesn't do anything to change what your face actually looks like, I mean I wear makeup when I cosplay any guy who doesn't is just a lazy fuck who shouldn't bother.

>>10784669
Call your bank

>>10784609
We’ll, considering that like 1/100 cosplayers makes their own stuff at this point, and most of us are older (not super old but late 20s and up), I’m guessing you prefer 18 year old onlyfans thots or just really young people.
In either case, it’s not a “cope”, but we come from a time where you couldn’t just drop $100 on taobao or Amazon and get a costume. You had to either make it yourself or pay someone to make it for you (questionable eBay options notwithstanding). We tend to cosplay characters we actually like from series we’re actually passionate about because we have to care enough to make it. I think that’s a lot more attractive in a person than just a pretty face who’s wearing a costume they bought because they figured it would get them likes on Instagram.

>>10784691
>passion
>care
Yeah, you're out of touch. The motto of the zoomer generation is, "I don't give a fuck, don't know how."

>>10784691
Pretty much this, the good cosmakers now are the people who got their start with *that* craft foam tutorial with Rub n' Buff + white glue, Katie Bair's Petting Zoo, Amphigory & Cosworx wigs (if not sharing a verified list of Chinese wig sellers on eBay with limited color options), and laughing at Milanoo.

any more fat nekopara cosplayers?

>>10784633
This isn't my problem at all. I'm just deathly afraid of seeming creepy.

>>10784705
Just be attractive and don't act like a creep?

>>10784606
>You enjoyed LineCon 2022?
Tried to
>pros for this year’s AX
psg2 (brief waifu) @ trigger, cinema nights, ladybug nendo @ gsc
>You quarantining after coming back?
Yes. Tested negative but dry coughing
>Damage report.
$1700 including hotel, food, merch, art
>favorite cosplays you saw?
Nothing comes to mind. It felt like a very low % cosplayed this year
>enjoyed the concerts?
Didn't go to any
>what panels did you went [sic] to?
Trigger, Trigun, MIA
>went to that AX orgy that obviously doesn’t exist?
No
>cons for this year’s AX, say now or forever hold your peace
Horribly organized obviously, tall asshole sat in front of me at MIA, sister almost went septic from post covid cellulitis
>you going to Not Anime Los Angeles 2022 this November?
Might as well. It's a shorter drive

>>10784704
There was a full group outside, like all 6 or 7 cats. Half of the group was bearded men.

>>10784710
got pics

>>10784711
Nope, they walked by pretty quickly and I didn't have the courage to ask an entire group of people for photos since they looked pretty busy the entire time. They were coordinated, all had the same sourced uniform and shoes. Hoping someone else did though.

>>10784706
Easier said than done.

>>10784693
I’m not a zoomer so I frankly don’t care. I cosplay from stuff I’m passionate about because I want to. If I cared about being “in touch” I’d buy a Genshit costume and call it a day
>>10784694
Yep, this. People don’t realize how good they have it now. It’s great being able to buy eva foam rolls and properly colored wigs for everything but it’s not the same as 10+ years of just experimenting with stuff because there weren’t many options.

>>10784718
>Easier said than done.
Uhhh it's pretty easy if you're not autistic

>You enjoyed LineCon 2022?
Honestly wasn't that bad especially with the "secret" entrance. Only really was bad last day surprisingly
>pros for this year’s AX
I like the idea of ticketed events, erases the fear of not making it to a panel. Lots of high quality content, didn't feel as "cheap" as some other post-pandemic cons. Absolutely nothing being enforced. CWF was great even if there was no heavyweight match and Skeletor won AGAIN.
>You quarantining after coming back?
Nope!
>Damage report.
For merch? $70. Only bought Sengoku Rance.
>favorite cosplays you saw?
MASK de Smith from killer7, sadly didn't get a pic.
>enjoyed the concerts?
Didn't go to any. Not my thing.
>what panels did you went to?
CWF, Fate, Chainsaw Man, Made in Abyss, Dr. Stone, JoJo Anniversary
>cons for this year’s AX, say now or forever hold your peace
Super late huge announcements like NIGHTOW being at the Trigun panel, made me unable to go see him due to conflicts. And I'm so sick of non-clearing rooms. It's so stupid. Couldn't get into Mob because everyone sat through some card panel that I know NO ONE who went to Mob cared about after I waited over an hour in line. The only time the crowd REALLY bothered me was at the Fate gathering. Some Normie event was happening and people and their kids kept cutting through and con staff kept yelling at them to keep moving because they kept wanting to stop since we were all taking photos. It was such a mess. I miss when gatherings were inside.Also why can't we use the stairs?!
>you going to Not Anime Los Angeles 2022 this November?
Yup!

>>10784709
>MiA
>Trigun

You sound cool, hope we meet up at Ontario.

>>10784725
>nightow announced late
https://twitter.com/CG_Orange_eng/status/1537632101839044608?t=dzGeIshQfHn8S0p2EUfRtQ&s=19

>>10784720
It's not actually being creepy that's the problem, it's the (irrational according to everybody who knows me IRL) terror of somehow being creepy. It's some kind of PTSD or some shit, spent way too long in an abusive relationship with a BPD girl and no matter how hard I try to be reasonable or rationalize things when I'm in the moment I feel like everything she ever called me is true and I'm some kind of disgusting subhuman abomination and the very thought of me having sexual interest is traumatizing for any woman it's directed at.

>>10784725
>mask de smith
I got you anon

>>10784719
I remember when the OG Sharpie dye tutorial came out, complete with photos of chopped-up Sharpie ink tubes in Tupperware, and the recommendation of 70% vs. 91% rubbing alcohol.

That said, after 15+ years of this toiling, I'm looking at buying my first cosplay. I haven't lost my passion, but I have to admit I don't have the same sort of energy as I did in college with a full-time job and children to care for now and the best Chinese costumes have gotten much better than those from the mid-00s. That and stuff like Genshit (unfortunately) have so much random-ass designs that it's far easier and cheaper to buy a good premade and modify parts than to attempt from scratch.

>>10784726
Thanks! I'll see you there

>>10784720
>>10784728
Also fwiw I'm not actually bad when I get a chance to get to know a girl and ease into things, it's just cold approaching women purely based on appearance, in public places where they're usually with other people, and then trying to push things beyond a conversation that gets me. I just don't really get those opportunities much anymore, I miss old con room parties where you could naturally just end up talking and flirting with somebody 1 on 1 without every other dude in the room trying to jump in on it.

>>10784633
Who metioned girls?

>You enjoyed LineCon 2022?
It was alright. Not my most favorite AX but it was good to be back.
>pros for this year’s AX
For one, it happened. New metal detectors work great and get people through quickly (they still can be socially engineered but I don't care, as long as it gets me through quickly). Constant free Pocari Sweat from their booth. Masks were not stringently enforced. I still wore mine, but it was nice to be able to take it off for a bit without giving a fuck. Crunchyroll had an open bar so I got plastered with my friends for cheap.
>You quarantining after coming back?
No, back to work immediately. I have a PCR test in a few days. No symptoms yet.
>Damage report.
$600~ because I went cheap as possible. Didn't buy much, but I'm out of the buying exclusives game.
>favorite cosplays you saw?
Zeta/Beatrix from Granblue Fantasy
>enjoyed the concerts?
lol what concerts. I did go to off-site concerts. One was really good (Nemophila)
>what panels did you went to?
Got dragged into Ironmouse. Went to PonyCanyon, Macross, ShindoL. Feels like I didn't do much this year overall desu
>went to that AX orgy that obviously doesn’t exist?
n/a
>cons for this year’s AX, say now or forever hold your peace
Guest list was underwhelming. No anisong concerts. Way too fucking crowded in the AA.
>you going to Not Anime Los Angeles 2022 this November?
Maybe. Depends on the lineup. I can fly for cheap and probably stay with a friend but whether I want to is another thing. I'll judge it as we get to late August or into September.

>>10784710
The dudes were probably have the time of their lives, don’t hate.

>>10784808
I'm guessing these were the Zeta/Beatrix you saw, they looked really good

>You enjoyed LineCon 2022?
Yes, compared to 2017/2018 I was able to actually afford attendance this year, and some of the ticketed events were great
>pros for this year’s AX
Badge system absolutely worked and the lines weren't actually that bad. Day 1 was probably the worst, we lined up at 8am and were in by 10am, which is completely reasonable for day 1.
>You quarantining after coming back?
Buddy caught COVID so I got tested, but I'm already worked
>Damage report.
$400 on air, $500 per person for a room at the JW, $300 on food, $400 on merch
>favorite cosplays you saw?
Moon phosphophyllite was cool
>enjoyed the concerts?
Steve Aoki was great
>what panels did you went to?
Bunch of industry stuff day 3
>went to that AX orgy that obviously doesn’t exist?
Yes :^)
>cons for this year’s AX, say now or forever hold your peace
Chainsaw Man panel was a fuckup in all respects, especially being scheduled directly after MiA in a nonclearing
>you going to Not Anime Los Angeles 2022 this November?
Cant afford it so no

>>10784816
Should've added that I liked how they scheduled day 3 content. I was able to hit Dark Horse, Crunchyroll, GKIDS and Studio Orange, with maybe a total of an hour spent in line between them. The Made in Abyss line was pretty bad in contrast

>>10784683
east coast north or south? >.>

>You enjoyed LineCon 2022?
i've spent more time waiting in lines for this con than in the past 3 years
>pros for this year’s AX
met some gulls, did some shoots
learned a bunch of stuff about shooting
>You quarantining after coming back?
probably, mom's unvaxxed and im staying with her for the rest of the summer
>Damage report.
2k on camera gear, 700$ on hotel, 850$ on flights from IAD - LAX, 400$ on merch, 300$ on food
>favorite cosplays you saw?
shimakazecock, that one Hoshiguma cosplayer
>enjoyed the concerts?
didn't go
>what panels did you went to?
trigger live drawing was pretty fun
>went to that AX orgy that obviously doesn’t exist?
if only, i was passed out every day after lining up at 6am to get in
>cons for this year’s AX, say now or forever hold your peace
literally getting gassed in the AA shopping
>you going to Not Anime Los Angeles 2022 this November?
no, no money/time

>>10784810
Yes, those are the ones. They do a lot of armor cosplay!

>>10784609
Ideally you won't be able to tell that someone has made their own costume. So, it's possible that you're only looking at the ones that seem obviously handmade (ie messy) and thinking that.

>>10784836
You don't have to worry about parking or taking the Metro or whatever. If you get a walking distance hotel like the JW you can just pop out to the autograph line easily in the morning or bring stuff back to your room, or if you need to take a nap walk over. Partying or hanging out late is no issue since you are already in the area. If you don't have a walking distance one it's less worth it though.

>>10784814
The venue rental price for 1720 was probably cheap because it's in the middle of bumfuck. It's a stank ass area where the line actually went by some homeless huts.

>>10784606
Ontario is like 30 miles away from me. So its not too bad, but wondering if its worth going to. Are they going to have exclusive panels or is it mainly going to be exhibit hall/artist alley

>>10784838
Yeah you can tell even for high quality ones. It will look professional but too much effort compared to careless machine errors and better options than some of the industrial foil and plastic bits, plus it won't resemble any of the costumes off Taobao. It will have a better fit and complicated or seamless and completely hidden closures and hand-made details like ribbons that premade will use premade on.

Be 29. This year was probably my most fun at AX and I've been going since 2015. Having disposable income to spend on hobbies and shit I like is amazing. Only problem was it was difficult to determine which girls were underaged and which were not. As a result I did not ask any girl out.

>>10784725
whats the secret entrance? the one near the hypeland?

>>10784826
hi i responded really late sorry but northern east coast

>>10784852
Maybe this one. I used most of the time with a couple exceptions and it was incredibly fast.

>>10784866
i feel like most people didnt use that one because it also shared the line to the premiere badges and most of the time people would line up in that one only to get kicked out.

>>10784866
Didn't even know they had a line in the basement

>>10784854
So am I. Although I don't know you enough to be your "con bf" I would love to at least make contact and be friends. I need more friends to go to cons with
discord: Choralus#1930

does anyone know what the random explosions in DTLA were?

>>10784883
if you want photographer retard friend i'll add you

>>10784886
>AX happened on 4th of july weekend
take a while fucking guess

>>10784615
2x0=0

>>10784888
I welcome any fren

so where are those faggots that constantly said AX was going to be ruined because of the abortion protestors?
yeah, there was fucking nothing. lol

>>10784851
>it was difficult to determine which girls were underaged and which were not
Are you autistic? Facial fat distribution makes it easy to tell even with caked on makeup.

>>10784886
That's just the good old sound of america sunny.

>>10784892
Speaking of that, though, anybody know where a ton of fireworks got set off right in the middle of downtown on Sunday night? I was at the Westin pool deck and it sounded really close but I couldn't actually see it, and all the buildings around made it hard to tell the direction. I think it was somewhere toward the con center though.

>>10784906
>Facial fat distribution
kek. no. imagine calling other people autistic with this retard logic.

>>10784925
Yes

>>10784926
It sounds like something Dennis from Always Sunny would say.

>>10784926
The facial fat under your eyes and in your upper cheeks goes down drastically after like 14-15 yo

>>10784946
maybe for ugly white girls.

>>10784947
for everyone who isn't morbidly obese

>>10784946
I doubt anon was talking about girls that young, though. The real trap is 16/17 year old girls that look somewhere between 18 and 23 or so. It's especially bad with Asian chicks since they barely age between the end of puberty and their mid/late 20s, I had a near miss with one a few years back, she was smoking cigs and talking about cars so I thought she was like 23 or something and then she dropped the 17 bomb.

>>10784950
>smoking cigs
>talking to men about cars that she knows are way older than her
should have hit and dip you pussy
a bunch of other dudes your age already did before and after if you're going to jail there's like 20 other dudes they're gonna be sending in with you (they're not sending in anyone including you)

>>10784950
16 is legal in my state why would i care lol

>>10784951
>>10784954
I would've if I were in a 16 state but fuck that, not worth the risk. Also I have a bad history with hookups trying to turn themselves into girlfriends and the last thing I need is a high school girl pulling that shit on me.

>>10784810
those are men with fake silicon boobs btw

>>10784956
kek now that you mention it there's a clear bulge on the left.

>>10784954
Where's AX again...? Your state?

>>10784961
I would never go to AX lmao

Any (fem)anons wanna meet up? I have a big dick

Any femanons want to meet up? I have a tiny little itty bitty micropenis.

Any anons want to meet up? I have tummy.

Do we even have femanons in these threads anymore? Feels like the only girls on /cgl/ these days are lolitas.

>>10784977
>Do we even have femanons in these threads anymore?
No
The only women are 40yo gulls in lolita threads.

>>10784956
>fake silicon boobs
i noticed those were super popular this year. i was talking to a chick while in line and she started mentioning about the fake boobs she was wearing. they totally looked real but i guess she went the extra step and painted them to match her skintone. it was funny because she was saying how it was annoying how she was spotting all the fake ones because of the drastic skin tone changes where its like their boob window and super light skin while their own skin was much more darker.

>>10784977
hi femanon here!! whats up i've been in the past few AX threads

>You enjoyed LineCon 2022?
Everything except for the panels and official events was wonderful. The problem was purely with organized and scheduled events.
>pros for this year’s AX
Guests seemed happy to be there (limited as they were) and there wasn't some unbearably limited presentation for major industry vendors and such so we could get plenty of promos and freebies if we looked.
>You quarantining after coming back?
Not until I feel sick.
>Damage report.
~$800 on con, $200 on food, $100 on Ubers
>favorite cosplays you saw?
There was a really cool Space Dandy I wanted to take a picture of but I was exhausted, as well as a bunch of wonderful Doflamingos
>enjoyed the concerts?
AX Dance had some decent DJ's out there
>what panels did you went to?
Made in Abyss, Chainsaw Man, One Piece, and Trigger
>went to that AX orgy that obviously doesn’t exist?
Yes, came a little bit in every hole I could find
>cons for this year’s AX, say now or forever hold your peace
The organizers are literal retards who seem to have never once arranged a convention before and it's starting to get tiring that basic shit that we've seen at every con ever is still seemingly alien to them.
>you going to Not Anime Los Angeles 2022 this November?
Already booked a hotel for Anime Los Expongeles in the hopes of just having an opportunity to drink, hand out ribbons, and pretend ALA didn't make the mistake of moving to Long Beach.

>>10784990
>pretend ALA didn't make the mistake of moving to Long Beach.
what was so bad about ALA being in long beach? i didnt go this year.
usually the main complaints was that "it didnt feel right". which i guess doesnt affect me at all. i hold no nostalgia to ontario

>>10784991
Convention center was slightly larger but they didn't use anywhere near as much space as they could have, the amount of (non-attendee) weird fuckers walking through was astronomically greater than previous years, the food options were pretty much entirely sit-down restaurants (and very few of them were impressive), and several other general nitpicks about the local environment like the huge fog cover ruining shots. I feel like we had a happy medium in Ontario even though I miss the Mariott.

>>10784991
Not that anon, and I didn't go either, but I've been to other events there. LB is just laid out awkwardly for a con, especially a smaller one like ALA. The hotels are far from one another and the con center, you have to cross major streets to get around, it's flooded with random normies, and it's expensive. I don't love Ontario either, and I really miss the days when ALA could entirely fit into one hotel, but at least everything there is pretty close to everything else and it feels kinda "private," the con center and hotels are set well back from the streets, there aren't many non-con people around, etc., and it also has the advantage of being cheap.

>>10784993
>the food options were pretty much entirely sit-down restaurants (and very few of them were impressive)

how can you say that about my boy outback steakhouse??

>>10784993
I wouldn't exactly say Ontario's food options are great either, though I guess at least you've got free and easy parking there so you can just hop in the car and go somewhere.

I (don’t) miss the obviously unsanitary hotdogs carts they charge $10 for no reason.

All you need to survive a full day of a con is 1ltr water bottle. A fruit like a large banana or apple. Two large protein bars.

If you need anything more than that between breakfast and dinner at your hotel you are a FAT FUCK subhuman.

>>10785010
the fucking gauntlet outside the west hall. god forbid there's a reason that people have to run, because they are way too fucking close together and would become a hazard

>>10785011
>needing to eat food
How fat are you? I'm 5'5" 115lbs (male obviously)
Just eat ritalin

Ok but FUCK Tom's genuinely the worst food in the area

>>10785010
7/11 unironically has some nice cheap food if you are slumming Anime Expo on a very limited budget

>>10785018
>not just bringing a electric kettle and eating cup ramen til end of con so you can buy that $119 kotobukiya exclusive figure of that one joker figure you already have but painted red

No poorfags allowed. Only high rollers eating at the Ritz breakfast lunch and dinner allowed

Greetings, I cos'd Ame/Kangel for AX and was pretty high at the con during Day 3. I apologize for the lack of energy and coherence I had towards those I took photos with!
>You enjoyed LineCon 2022?
Yes, it was incredible and well worth blowing my PTO over.
>pros for this year’s AX
Lining up to go inside as well as getting the covid wristband was very easy. Also main attract was that it was a physical event instead of that Anime Expo lite shit.
>You quarantining after coming back?
Yup. To nobody's surprise, I tested positive so now I am working from home for a couple weeks.
>Damage report.
$550 for hotel, I wanna say like $600 on merchandise and food expenses. Overall not bad. Things like cosplay, materials and supplies were spread over the rest of the year so the hit there wasn't much concern.
>favorite cosplays you saw?
I saw an ame/kangel cosplay on Day 3 and I was so happy to see them. I don't think I saw much NSO cosplay overall. Aside from that, there were some pretty good Hololive cosplayers, including Suisei and Korone.
>enjoyed the concerts?
I didn't go to any concerts this year, unfortunately.
>what panels did you went to?
Fakku Q&A, ShindoL, Chainsaw Man, Trigger, Made in Abyss, etc. Mostly premieres.
>went to that AX orgy that obviously doesn’t exist?
No thanks, I only have room for one incredibly contagious disease.
>cons for this year’s AX, say now or forever hold your peace
Lines and the staff who organize them are still a huge mess. It is so easy to line up for an event you think you're going to only to find out it is a line for something else. And staff sometimes let random people cut in front of you.
>you going to Not Anime Los Angeles 2022 this November?
Will try to. It would be nice if I had friends to go with, so I am trying to encourage my group to go with me.

Post all your post AX positive Covid tests

>>10785027
Mine was negative, told work it was positive to get extra time off though

>>10785023
Crossplay?

>>10784956
Oof I jerked off already to them. I feel sick.

>>10785010
Breakfast: target at figat7th
Lunch: sandwich wraps I bought at trader joes before driving up
Dinner: restaurant

>>10785015
I was at Yard House for dinner all 4 days. It got boring but at least the food and drinks were good

>>10785035
yup.

>>10785040
hot!

>>10785011
I could generally go the entire day like that. basically just a water bottle and 1 or 2 protein/fruit bars.
but i did stop for food here and there just to try out the food truck stuff. one of the people in my group absolutely needed to eat shit though.

>>10785010
There were definitely more hot dog vendors this year. Do they all belong to the same organization? I tried to only buy from the cute latinas instead of the dirty looking men

>>10785046
There’s more of them in LA in general now, there’s a few outside Fig@7th and on random street corners every afternoon even if there’s nothing going on. Pretty much no restrictions on street vendors at all here so they can pop up wherever they think there’s money to be made.

>>10785046
If you don’t support the illegal immigrants, they go away.

>>10784977
I'll be honest, it's getting harder to stick around the more coomer comments take over this thread and the coomer threads take up this board. I feel like a separate cosplay softcore porn board (or a dedicated thread on the beautiful women board) would greatly help, but I digress.

>>10785027
A lot of them are being posted on twitter, especially by the AA artists.

>>10784956
I talked to them. They're both female. The blue one just has small boobs.

>>10785058
lol thats funny especially since most of them had that "no mask no service" thing at their booths.
i wore my mask half the time and i still tested negative.
will probably double check again next week though.

>>10785061
the one in blue is obviously a male...are you stupid?

>>10785051
there are supposed to be "no vending" zones, of which LA live is one of them, but if there are no cops to do enforcement, it's free game

>>10785061

>>10785062
Yeah, beats me. It seemed like many of them were being pretty precautious, so it's crazy that it's still hitting them. Apparently the ventilation wasn't great, so it increases their risk after being there for 10-12 hours over 4-5 days. As attendees we're not there nearly as long touching hands with customers so that'd be my guess.

>>10784977
There are a factor of several things:

>Coomer culture in here and in convention threads
>Crazy bullying and criticism for those who do join
>This place is high risk, zero reward versus places like Twitter, IG, FB, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, where a run of luck can make someone rich

It’s common sense why cosplayers fled this place and found better places.

>>10784977
I'm a femanon, but why would I even bring it up

>>10785057
Just have a new place than bans guys and troons and you are good

>>10785066
The combination of not moving around, having so many people packed together, and the ventilation not being able to keep up with that many people certainly didn't do them any favors. Basically bathing in it

>>10785057
I think the coomers are kind of filling a vacuum as much as being the reason for a lot of people leaving, though. /cgl/ has been on a downhill slide for a long time and I don't come here much anymore either, pretty much just around cons I go to. It's hard for me to imagine many girls deciding to *start* using /cgl/ in this day and age too, both because newer cosplayers are so different from old ones (most prominently not making their own costumes, which means no progress threads etc.) and because 4chan's rep is so bad now that I think only dudes of a certain bent, catty lolitas who want to anonymously talk shit, and those of us who've been here forever and are too stubborn to leave are on here now.
As somebody who's been on /cgl/ since literally day 1 it's pretty sad seeing the state of it now.

>>10785061
Bruh look at his eyes, do you have face blindness? At least the shimakaze kun at the meetup could pass if you turned the lights down low enough. The blue dude is so manly it hurts.

>>10785061
Really..? wha-

>>10785071
People keep saying that other cons did it better. I genuinely wonder what they did that worked and how AX could improve (assuming they aren't moving out of kentai hall or moving the Annex)

>>10785070
Realistically it wouldn't take long for that to be taken over too.

>>10785073
Perhaps. I wouldn't mind sharing the board if they stay contained in their own threads, but like you said that's not the only issue with this board.

> It's hard for me to imagine many girls deciding to *start* using /cgl/ in this day and age too,
Absolutely agree. Especially because 4chan's rep is more public now and it's a death sentence to talk about actually using this site.

>>10785078
Fanime and CRX are much smaller cons so they don't have to deal with as many people at once. SDCC's artist alley is a lot less attractive to people (not as much fan art, very few things to appeal to weebs with) so it doesn't have that critical mass like AX does. Kentia seems more cramped but that might just be because it feels smaller and has darker colored walls. The ceiling seems lower too, but that might just be the mind playing tricks. Not having as many big name guests or other things to distract people with also meant more people having time to go to the AA. Ironically having the much-faster metal detectors also means more people could get into the convention center.

>>10785073
>those of us who've been here forever and are too stubborn to leave are on here now
this one resonates with me. been using 4chan as a whole for more than a decade and a half.

>>10785081
That makes sense. I'm definitely leaning towards trying other cons for a while since AX's ticket prices and attendance have increased. Also just for a change of pace I think.

>>10785079
>4chan's rep is more public now and it's a death sentence to talk about actually using this site.
Yeah, exactly. It was never the most acceptable place but now people think you're a literal nazi if they find out you come here. It sucks because there isn't really a replacement either, cosplay has always been a big ego thing and the anonymity here made it the only place you could talk candidly about it without having everything judged on how famous/attractive/etc. you were. /cgl/ was a godsend for me after my last big breakup, my ex was a famous cosplayer who did some pretty terrible stuff to me and this was the only place I could talk to anybody about it because her orbiters would've ruined my life even more than she did if I'd said anything publicly, and it helped me get through the situation without killing myself, nowadays I'd just be talking to a bunch of retard incels here and it's pretty damn sad.

>>10785084
Yeah, I'm almost an actual originalfag, not sure exactly when I started 4chan but it was within the first year. If only I could remember the early years better I could probably write a book or something.

>>10785086
I'm still going to go to AX because it's still the biggest con that gets the biggest guests when there isn't covid. I've definitely been looking at other conventions as additional options though. Now that I've got a solid job I can fly across the country without batting an eye.

>>10785090
200k /b/ get here. Jesus, that was a long time ago.

>>10785094
>200k /b/ get here. Jesus, that was a long time ago.
I remember "lol internet" but can't remember if I actually saw it happen or if it was a sticky, people reposting, or what at that point though. I know for sure I was here when it was still 4chan.net so early '04 at the latest.

Been here since 2009 but things have changed through the years. I still like it though

>>10784977
actual female(female) here.
I dont do the meetups since it just seems like a big circle jerk, and not in a fun way. seems like some of you guys pretty much have your own small clique so it seems like it will be pretty unfun and awkward for me. sorry guys, im sure some of you guys are cool though.

>>10785104
I met up with some of the group and I wouldn't really say it was a clique or anything like that, most people seemed to be meeting for the first time. One or two guys were a bit too openly /pol/ as well but otherwise most people were cool, though I met them at the Westin pool party and not the organized meetups so that may have filtered out some of the weirder ones. Being the only girl there might be awkward just because everybody's an awkward dude in the group but I think if a few showed up it'd probably be fine, and not that different from the way meetups used to be.

>>10785107
to be fair, my judgement is from what i saw for back in 2018-19 on the threads and discord.
seems like most people were generally orbiting around certain "named" people so its like if you werent friends with them, youre pretty much going to get ignored.
i dont mind the average /pol/ talk. ive been on 4chan long enough to stop caring. not my cup of tea in terms of humor but im so desensitized so if i hear someone talk about jews, blacks, gay talk, etc im not going to get triggered by it.

>>10785110
Could be worse. Could have been the tinychat days. Now THAT got cliquey.

>>10785110
Yeah, this year's version seemed pretty devoid of orbiting and stuff like that.
I'm the same way about the /pol/ stuff, my only real issue is the possibility of being associated with it.

>>10785040
I would mistake you for a real woman. Amazing crossplay (and great genetics

This is a long shot but anybody know the socials of this Yor cosplayer?

>>10785130
They're 15 years old you creep

>>10785150
They're Asian. They could be anywhere between 15 and 30, honestly

Hot take: Demondice sucks. Saw her live at the trash taste lounge takeover and she was basically a weeaboo Kid Rock

>>10785181
not really a hot take. her self-produced stuff is not as good as her other stuff, if only because her other stuff has a shitload of money behind it. she actually pulled her earliest releases off as many places as she could because they just weren't good

>>10785130
This is creepy, bad anon.

>>10784991
>>10784993
Long beach ALA was the best ALA ive been to, but im a NEET with no friends.

>>10785027
I didnt wear a mask
im unvaxxed
went all 4 days
still no signs of covid. dont understand how people keep getting this shit.

>>10785193
This year's ALA was one of the best ones. The only issue I had was with AX, security theatre bullcrap.

>>10785181
people legit think her stuff is actually good?
i figured everyone just pretends to like her stuff just because of the character shes attached to.

>>10785181
>>10785201
I left when she went on stage. I saw teddy then left.

The fact that the crowd gathered when she went on stage confused me implying people were there to see her instead of teddyloid

>>10785181
>>10785201
>>10785208
i have no idea who she is

The amount of yor csoplayers who put zero effort into their costume sincerely made me angry. I spent weeks on my 9s costume you lazy whores. How dare they cosplay as 2B when they're fat and have shitty proportions and put in zero effort.

>>10785234
>How dare they cosplay as 2B when they're fat and have shitty proportions and put in zero effort.
do i have your permission to cosplay 2B if i have big boobs and thighs

>>10785234
i dont give a shit about genshin but a friend of mine made her costume pretty much from scratch. I think she did buy the patterns but did all the materials and sewing herself.
while she did get a fair amount of pictures taken, she said she hardly got any compliments on her outfit. meanwhile, people that just bought their costume from the same place were getting compliments on how great their cosplay looks.

honestly, kinda felt bad about that. she went through the trouble of making some pieces look 3D rather than the typical drawn on shit you see on store bought costumes.

>>10785236
If your face looks like this and you're between 5'5 and 5'7 fine. And 2B doesn't even have that big of breasts her bust size is 33in which is big but not huge.
>>10785238
Ouch, honestly sounds like she was either ugly or 30+

>>10785062
I lol'd because one artist told me to put my mask on while I was buying something and I was just amazed because it's guaranteed that you'd get it sitting in that basement for longer than 15 minutes. There was no ventilation, there were hundreds of people pushed shoulder-to-shoulder going by for 8 hours. If there's artists that didn't get it, they're essentially invincible against the coof.

>>10785234
>I spent weeks on my 9s costume
post it. I'm gonna cosplay as 9s soon but hesitating between making it or just simply buying on Etsy or something

>>10785239
>honestly sounds like she was either ugly or 30+
well she isnt exactly a 10/10 but she had a mask on like most cosplayers so it wouldnt really matter.

>>10785234
>>10785238
It really bums me out that the entire craftsmanship element of cosplay is dying out and it's just starting to be about the attractiveness of the cosplayers themselves. The latter was always a factor obviously but it used to be that you had to get both sides right. I guess it's not limited to cosplay either though, you see the same thing happening in mainstream fashion where it's been trending toward simpler and simpler outfits and stuff like athleisure that looks awful on anybody who isn't naturally really attractive, as opposed to a decade or so ago where an average person could do a lot for themselves with fashion choices.

>>10785248
haha nerd get over it!

>>10785238
if she wants recognition for her craftsmanship she should make crafting content and post it on insta or youtube.
The same kind of crafting content you see for like woodworking or metalworking youtube channels but bits of costume making.

>>10785248
meh, its been like that for a long time now.
i generally go to both comic and anime conventions and even though you get completely different demographics, its still the same shit in the end.
some dude who made some huge mech suit from scratch would get less attention than some chick wearing a printed zentai suit and a wig that everyone would flock over.

>>10785061
trust me, the left is a man

>>10785257
I'd say the big change has been within the cosplay scene itself. Random dudes at cons never cared and just went for the hot chicks but making your own stuff was still the standard within the cosplay community and you'd get recognition from other cosplayers or people with a specific interest in the hobby. Go far enough back and even the randoms had some level of recognition too, since decent pre-made costumes were so rare and even non-cosplayers assumed stuff was handmade and could be impressed when something looked good.

I guess it's just another of the ways cons have gone to shit and lost what they used to be all about.

>>10785242
>post it
not on 4chan bro but I 3d printed the buttons and buckles, got a nice metallic finish that looks close enough to the in-game look of them
most of the time was spent on painting my prop swords tho

>>10785238
Your friend needs to remember that 99% of congoers have never touched a needle and don't know fuck all about quality

>>10785238
>>10785263
Anyone can learn to sew, 3d print, paint, craft foam, etc. ANYONE can learn to craft cosplay. It's not impressive. Not everyone can be born beautiful, being born beautiful is far more impressive. facts.

>>10785262
>not on 4chan bro
just post a picture of the outfit? You don't need to be in it. Or hell, just a closeup of the detail.

>>10785263
That's another way cons have changed massively in recent years, though. In my early days ('00s) the percentage of people in costume was much higher, and the majority of those people made at least part of their costumes. They might have been shit, but at least there was some effort involved, and the hobby of costume-making was a big part of the scene. Cosplay was also a great way to meet new people who shared your interests in those days and that's totally gone out the window, now it's mostly just girls who're only there to get photos taken and promote their social media or patreon/onlyfans/whatever, didn't make their shit, and in many cases don't even care about the source material or character they're dressed as.

I hate this fucking timeline.

>>10785265
yes, anyone can learn it. the thing is nobody wants to learn it when they can just buy the shit online.
people have access to free tutorials on youtube on how to sew, make things with eva foam, etc. but you know damn well most people today arent going to bother learning that shit.
so yes, it is impressive if someone can still make shit on their own.

>>10785257
Blame the thirsty ass photographers who should be married by now with kids.

>>10785265
>Anyone can learn to sew, 3d print, paint, craft foam, etc. ANYONE can learn to craft cosplay. It's not impressive. Not everyone can be born with big breasts, being naturally busy is far more impressive. facts.
Fixed for ya, a skinny chick with a gigantic rack and an average face will always get more attention than a small breasts and a pretty face. Granted, if she had both a sexy body and a pretty face, she won the lottery and she probably doesn’t cosplay. She would be a supermodel making hundreds of thousands of dollars.

>>10785277
Easier to be flat and wear fake tits than have massive bags that you can't remove

>>10785277
Yet another example of how normie-infested cons are now. Everybody knows a true otaku would be thirsting for the petite perky girls.

>>10785277
Excuse me, true mouthbreathing weaboo scum prefer flat chests.

>>10785284
I'm pretty sure that character is a dude, but otherwise based. For me it's small but not quite flat, though.

>>10785285
>I'm pretty sure that character is a dude
Yeah he is, but 98% of the people who cosplay as him are teenage girls lol

>>10785277
wrong.
>t. lolicon

>>10785286
Ah yeah that's true, and I do love reverse traps. (If they're still obviously girly under the short hair and boyish outfit.) Shame about the teenage part though, I'm way too old to be playing with that kind of fire. (Of course who am I kidding, I'm too old for anything good, I'll either have to settle for some hambeast single mom with no common interests or die alone at this point.)

>>10785287
Forgive me for bad English
But I think English word for lolicon is pedophile

>>10785289
zoomie girls grew up with hentai, ugly bastards are hot now boomer. stradle up your barrel and get your penis a gigglin.

>>10785238
Do you have photos of the cosplay?

Serious question, you don't need to post her face, you don't have to post the costume on her body. I'd like to see her handicraft and possibly figure out how or why people didn't really compliment on it. I sew all of my costumes and I've gotten insane amount of photos and attention for detailed ones.

>>10785265
Can =/= can do well

Most people discover that they don't have the time or patience to do crafting, or do they do and it's a shit job beyond their control. Most people don't have great standards for what's "good enough", either.

>>10785291
Delusional
Zoomer girls grew up with boku no pico

>>10785290

>>10785291
>>10785293
Yeah I get the impression that they're more into effeminate twinks (or whatever you call the tall skinny version of a twink). Even outside the con world that's what the dudes in most young couples I see look like.
That aside, I'm not one of those hentai ugly bastard types, I've held up decently well for a guy in my mid-30s. Zoomer girls do seem interested in me sometimes but I dunno, I just feel weird about it.

>>10784691
Old hag with the copium lmfao

>>10785298
Follow your heart and be a creep.

>>10785328
Don't be a creep, just be sexy.

Anyone in the La area wanna be friends?

>>10785346
r u a gril?

>>10785265
Yes, anyone can learn to craft stuff. But the fact is that most people are too lazy and unmotivated to do so, which makes it impressive when people do spend the time to hone their skills and learn to make quality costumes.
Being born beautiful is luck, and not impressive at all. Add to that the fact that many “beautiful” people are actually pretty plain, they just photoshop themselves or get plastic surgery. Even if it is all natural, again, it’s not impressive, it’s luck.

People like you who think the only thing that matters is beauty are what have turned the hobby into a soulless fight to get more likes on pictures, rather than a fun way to show that you’re passionate about a series or character. Social media was a mistake.

>>10785359
I think a lot of the motivation for making your own stuff is gone too. Being part of a costuming community, having other people recognize and appreciate your handiwork, finding other people who are fans of whatever series you're cosplaying, and so on were big parts of what made it worth putting in the work, and if you're just gonna walk around and be ignored in favor of thots in random lingerie and a wig it feels pretty pointless.

>>10785201
Her music is absolute shit. I heard she’s a cool chick though.

>>10785359
>>10785363
Look, honestly I think old peoples' way of looking at cosplay is actually insane. I wear cosplay of characters because I like the character, and if the person I'm paying a commission can't get all the details on the costume perfect I might alter a few things to get it just the way I like it, but why would I make my own costumes? Calculating the cost of materials, labor, etc. it's way way more efficient for me to just pay someone who is skilled at making costumes money to make my cosplays. It's the same thing as buying clothes for work, why the FUCK would I make my own suits and dress shirts when a tailor can do it way better than I can, has decades of practice and knowledge, and will do it with less waste and in faster time than I would? And in any case I get more attention than the whores wearing underwear since I'm better looking than them, simple as.

>>10785380
The simple answer is that, for most of cosplay's history, the hobby was as much (if not more) about making costumes as it was about wearing it. The best analogy I can come up with is that it used to be like being part of a woodworking community where people made and showed off furniture they'd made, or something, and then suddenly it just turned into a thing full of people showing off stuff they'd bought. It's a totally different thing with a different intent.

>>10785383
Yeah but think about it, people who make stuff are usually ugly and coping. This is an improvement, just look at pics people took in the wild of random cosplayers even 10 years ago compared to now. Everyone is way better looking on average.

>>10785388
That wasn't my experience back in the day. There were plenty of very attractive cosplayers who made their own stuff. I think they just look worse in photos because most were nerds who didn't really know how to do makeup, style wigs, etc. and didn't have all the tutorials that are available now, and because the quality of photography was generally much worse in those days. Nowadays most of them have either quit or they're 35+ so obviously they're not gonna look as good as younger people in their prime.

>>10785330
Trying to do this results in >>10785328

>>10785388
The level of photography skill is insane compared to several years ago, forget a decade ago. That alone makes any cosplay, even shitty cosplay, look amazing.

Congratulations AX for why LA is about to have another indoor mask mandate.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-omicron-ba5-los-angeles-mask-mandates/

How do you retarded weebs feel that you know your careless and senseless actions last week caused this?

>>10785254
This is unfortunately true. Like the other anon said, the only people who are gonna appreciate craftsmanship these days are other crafters. Putting your work in front of their eyes is really the only way to get it recognized.

>>10785416
>Doomfag returns at the same time that AX thread anon leaves

I told you niggas, they're the same person

>>10785426
what will he do once everyone stops posting in the AX threads? is he going to talk to himself for three months until ax ontario gets closer?

>>10785427
he'll probably go to the Tekko thread, that con is coming up real soon

>>10785416
Good. I like wearing masks anyway for fashion purposes and also because i get to hide my slight double chin.

>>10785414
Honestly you don't need that much skill nowadays if you can afford a decent average $1000 camera, it takes maybe 30 hours total of practice to be good at taking pics.

>>10785400
>Trying to do this results in >>10785328
Only if you're ugly, old, or balding. Sussy baka stop being old bald and ugly.

>>10785443
I already said I was in my mid-30s, but fortunately I'm not ugly and I've still got all my hair. Really though it's just that I'm hella shy about sex and if I try to force myself to go for it my brain basically crashes and I either do something stupid or just freeze up. I'm lucky I was hot when I was in my teens/early 20s or I'd be a 35 year old virgin.

>>10785445
Honestly you are ugly if you can't just flirt with random girls without them finding you creepy. Sorry gramps.

>>10785435
you don't even need a $1000 camera. what you do need is enough light. light is king. you'll notice that a cell phone in the daytime is great, but when its dark, it tends to be much shittier. get enough light and you'll be good to go.

>>10785446
I look pretty good for my age, younger women flirt with me somewhat regularly and are usually pretty surprised when they find out how old I am. They never seem too deterred by the light flirting I can muster either, it's just trying to go beyond flirting that I fucking suck at. Honestly I'm also really nervous at the prospect of hooking up with or dating a much younger girl like that as well and have backed down from obvious opportunities before because of it.

>>10785435
>>10785448
The real secret is learning to *control* light. A basic DSLR with a kit lens and a couple of remote flashes with umbrellas or softboxes will go way further than a pro body and $3000 glass if you know what you're doing. There's also a major art direction element too, you need to learn how to pick locations and how to direct cosplayers because they're not professional models. (Though these days they're a lot better than they used to be, and incidentally I think that's a big part of why old cosplayers looked so much worse in photos.)

>>10785448
>>10785452
You can't really control light in a convention tho.
Not unless you're in an area that's specifically set up for taking photos which is really common now.

>>10785453
>You can't really control light in a convention tho.
You absolutely can, that's what speedlights, modifiers, and reflectors are for. The art is in learning to work with and augment whatever ambient light you're stuck dealing with, and to avoid taking photos in places where it's too bad. This obviously applies much more to doing organized photoshoots than hall shots, but that's what you should be aiming for if you're serious about cosplay photography anyway, run&gun hall shooting sucks. (Though learning to use a single light for fill flash can improve that heavily too.)

fwiw if you're serious about this stuff, I can't recommend Joe McNally's "The Moment it Clicks" and especially "The Hotshoe Diaries" enough. He's one of the world's best location portrait photographers and they're amazingly useful books where he explains his thought processes, draws diagrams of lighting setups, and everything. I'm retired from cosplay photography now but did some very prominent work back in the day, stuff that went viral, ended up in Japanese books and magazines, etc., and those books were a major resource in getting there.

>>10785452
Ya I never got any direction from photographers back in the day. They just kind of pointed the camera at you and said “do a pose”. Of course we all looked terrible

>>10785470
Yeah, I was a cosplayer myself before getting into cosplay photography (already was a photog in the normie world but didn't start shooting cosplay until I started dating another cosplayer) so I definitely experienced that lack of direction and the shitty photos that resulted. I think directing is one of the hardest things to learn but once you get it down it makes a world of difference. These days it's not quite as necessary, though, because most of the younger cosplayers have grown up taking selfies their whole lives so they've already got some idea of how to not look stupid in photos.

>>10785453
you see all that extra bullshit photographers at cons are carrying? they aren't carrying it for their health

mfw carrying my stupid softbox and light and batteries and a stand. and this is the light gear, too.

>>10785416
>common cold cases are on the rise
>OMG IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD
This is how retarded you sound.

>>10785553
don't reply to him, he just does this because he jacks off to it or something idk

>>10785427
>ax ontario
That shit is getting cancelled if covid cases statewide continue to rise.

>>10785553
>>10785558
It's true am I right? SDCC will be as guilty as AX when we see more Covid cases go up later this summer. Why couldn't these big conventions wait another year? It wouldn't hurt to go 3 years without conventions.

>>10785459
>>10785453
>>10785452
Did any of yall see the guy walking around with light boxes on his backpack? Curious how his shots turned out.

>>10785553
>Omicron BA.5
>Common cold
The amount of stupid that flows with this one.

>>10785580
>>10785584
I think people are getting Covid a lot everywhere, not just AX. I got it and missed AX, despite always wearing a mask anywhere public and being really careful about hand sanitizer. I’m sure lots of people did get it at AX, but most people I know who went are negative. I’m sure a lot of it has to do with wearing masks, although that’s not fool proof obviously.
There is a rise in cases but I don’t think there’s a rise in hospitalizations/deaths, so while they may bring back mask mandates I don’t think they’ll cancel events. The virus is getting weaker, which is good, because it’s never going away. If it’s not hospitalizing/killing people, it’s essentially a new type of flu and things are more back to normal. Also, if there are concerts and sporting events going on we can’t really blame it on conventions. Any large gathering will spread it a lot.

>me in the middle at AX Ontario

>>10785640
>Responding to Doomfag

He literally jerks off to the posts
It's a strangely specific fetish but all that he has

>>10785640
most of these dumb ass sheltered weebs think that AX was the only big event this year so far.
when in fact there has been tons of large gathering events since the start of the year.
hell, i got dragged into the golden state warriors parade awhile back and that was like a 3 mile stretch of road jam packed with people. literally shoulder to shoulder and probably only like 5% of the crowd was wearing mask.

>>10785674
>most of these dumb ass sheltered weebs think that AX was the only big event this year so far.

This. Or they aren't currently attending college.
I got COVID again in May from either work or school, nobody wears masks at either place

>>10785674
True. That’s why there was this paranoid backlash for ax to require vaccines still. I’ve been to tons of gatherings larger than AX and no one fucking cares anymore. Made me cringe how mad people were thinking AX not requiring the jab was the most horrendous thing they’ve ever seen

>>10785130
Please kill yourself you fucking degenerate

>>10785684
And in practice it didn't require it anyway. The people checking were the minimum wage convention center event staff told to just hand out wristbands. No one was doing penetratiom testing to see if they were actually checking. Entirely performative.

Given how the AA covid map is not entirely composed of positive covid cases at every table, it shows that even in a shitty, shoulder to shoulder, lacking in ventilation area, where many people were static for long periods of time, and with limited sanitation opportunities, covid can be defeated or held at bay.

>>10785130
creepy retard

>>10785684
On the flipside, vaccine status may have made a difference for a lot of people. I spent most of AX with my brother and our friend, both of whom only got the first two shots last year, and both got quite sick after AX. I had my first booster about a month ago and was completely fine after the con. Might just be luck, might be Pfizer (them) vs Moderna (me), but there was definitely a difference and it's hard not to draw a correlation there.

>>10785698
That’s cute but I only got the first two shots, work in a hospital, and got Moderna and I’m still fine

I’ve never gotten Covid in my life

>>10785684
>>10785698
I'm vaccinated and boosted and COVID felt bad but no worse than the worst cold I've gotten in my life.

I caught it from my child who was too young at the time to get vaccinated in any way or take complicated medicines, and they got over it quicker than I did.

>>10785704
>>10785705
Yeah, like I said, it may have just been luck or some other circumstance. Maybe they shared drinks with strangers, maybe it's because I washed my hands more often, who knows. Was just saying it *might* have been the booster, especially because it was right in the window of peak effectiveness.

The vaccine do not work you dumb faggots. Even cnn is freaking out about the new variant that they say escapes the immune system entirely

>>10785150
Why is a 15 year old dressing up like a mommy thirst trap?

>>10785726
Why are you watching CNN?

>>10785709
Or maybe it was because there were plenty of people not wearing masks or not wearing them properly. Lots of vendors in AA were maskless.

>>10785640
>The virus is getting weaker
No it's not. People are still being hospitalized and dying from Covid. Events in the fall in California can still be cancelled because Newsom.

>>10785238
Still waiting on photos, I am legit interested in seeing how the cosplay looked

>>10785726
>Watching CNN

Bruh

>>10785196
>im unvaxxed
aren't you worried it's gonna kill you?

>>10785769
clearly not or he would have gotten vaccinated

>>10785196
Stop lying nigger

>>10784606

>>10785774
some of those fan art cosplays should have just stayed as fan art. goddammit, china.

>>10785774
eww that face
why do all ugly girls result to showing as much skin as possible to farm attention at cons lol

>>10785774
deserves cum

>>10785785
You can tell she has zero self esteem bro I guarantee you she was fucked that day.

>>10785774
>the goosebumps on her hips
hnggg

>>10785777
Hard agree. Like all the stupid “bride” versions that are just bodysuits cut so high that you’re showing your whole damn vagina. It’s completely unhygienic to be running around with that much vagina out without underwear. If you want to wear it for a photoshoot or onlyfans, ok fine. But I don’t think they’re appropriate for cons. No wonder most men are degenerate coomers now.

>>10785830
When a girl is below average in looks and has no father figure she will do anything for attention bro
Just fuck those girls and stop complaining

>>10785774
I would...

>>10785834
she's 13

>>10785830
This one at least appears to be wearing skin-colored leggings so it's not quite as bad as it seems.

>>10785830
>>10785777
The bizarre "Bride" and "Maid" and "Bunny" and "random cocktail dress" and miko/cyberpunk/"special collab"/etc. costumes need to stop. They're not creative nor do that even look like what the character would wear or the theme they're supposed to be. The bride ones are the worst, it's like fetish suits with a veil thrown over it. Nothing about them look like brides or incorporates the character.

>>10785848
Are you serious? Did you forget about the DLC that added THIS?

>>10784709
Welp. It's covid

>>10784709
>post covid cellulitis
this is a thing?
what the fuck does it even mean?

>>10785862
My sister got over covid a week before ax. On day 0 she was bit by a mosquito. Because covid wrecked her immune system the bite turned into a staph infection from wrist to armpit ie cellulitis

>>10785857
at least that's an actual canon outfit for a nier character. the random ass fanart cosplays are just stupid

>>10785839

>>10785857
I'm not talkng about the canon outfits. I'm talking about the ones where the cosplay store specifically says "this is a Bride version designed in collab with this fan artist!" and the artist draws 100 bodysuits with tweaks in colors and lace.

>>10785880
I think I have brain damage since I recognized this tweet from the thumbnail

>>10785875
>>10785882
Young teenage girls only have $50 from their allowance to buy a cosplay so they must get the cheapest one possible

>>10785839
https://mobile.twitter.com/MurderCrumpet/status/1543848162644766720

>>10785886
>when your friends are attentionwhoring so much they can't resist letting someone take a photo instead of saying no we need to get somewhere

>>10785886
I’m in that video lmao

Any AAfags gonna be selling at Anime Expo ever again?

>>10785948
Undoubtedly yes.

>>10784704
Bruhhhh this is my pic lmfao. Who are you

>proof

>>10785981
are you Sam Hyde in this pic?

>>10785994
I'm the maid. Are you taking about the buff dude? He's anya from spy family

>>10785040
I'm simping

>>10785839
https://twitter.com/SpongeyBuns/status/1543749408126148608
Shes legal

>>10785997
anon is saying you look like sam hyde

>>10786010
I think he's referencing the meme pic where Hyde chokes women.

>>10786011
He can't keep getting away with this!

>>10785948
>Selling copyright art as your own
How the fuck do you fags make profit and get away with it?

>>10785948
I took a huge loss at AX compared to ALA, so no.

So will AX in Novemeber just be where ALA was? Can't think of anything else over there that could accommodate even 10% of AX otherwise.

>>10786037
Seems that way, and I almost wonder if the whole impetus for AXO was that a lot of AX staff go to ALA and miss the old location. What I'm curious about is if it's just going to be a rebrand of old ALA or if the AX name will actually bring guests and other industry involvement.

>>10786036
How? Did you get a heap of stuff printed and it not sell?

>>10786042
I feel AX probably saw the profit margins and heard the community talk about ALA moving. Seriously the only reason I stopped doing ALA was due to the fact it's now at the new location. It's simply not worth going to in that location and parties were the saving grace of ALA.

Just thought I missed something from the announcement but can't find a specific location for it.

>>10786043
Not that anon but it's probably related to similar issues other conventions had on their first return, AX missing 2 full years probably was what caused them to sell the booths much higher and the cut much bigger. Raised prices on this turned people away and AX was never known for the bargin items, I'd almost always buy at ALA for my merch and then exclusives for AX.

I'm looking for a male Genshin cosplayer in the LA area to fuck my hotwife as Zhongli. I know this is a bit late but my wife keeps sharing her fantasies to me about how she wants to be fucked by a male genshin cosplayer.
You: fit, clean, fully vaxx, and tested
Us: couple in mid 20s, both clean, tested and fully vaxx's Im white shes korean
I will be wearing a mask during the intercourse and I ask you be comfortable while I watch

>>10786069
I’m down

>>10786071
Contact?

>>10786075
Snap matcha.tiramisu

if anyone bought bacon wrapped hotdogs outside the convention center you unironically need to die a thousand deaths

>>10786088
the real danger dogs were the futanari doujinshi they were selling in the 18+ section.

>>10786088
my whole group did but I didn't buy any, they're far too expensive this year

did anybody here go despite being unvaccinated?
are unvaccinated people even around anymore?

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2022/anime-expo/the-irresponsible-management-of-this-year-artist-alley/.187459

I've only ever been to AX so I don't know what the average anime con is like. I hate eng dubs though so I imagine that rules out a lot of panels. Does anyone have a past ALA schedule I can look at?

>>10785010
AX2022 was real fun. Coppin feels of cosplayers, takin creepshots, all while eating those hot dogs and lifting exhibit hall/artist alley booths. Even made new friends which was nice.

>>10786132
based creepshot poster, i hope you have more
who is this girl cosplaying btw?

>>10786132
is that a man....

>>10786132
post more

>>10786132
kindly redirect me to the ax creepshot threads?

>>10786088
Why won't the city of LA do anything about these people without looking like racists? Just by looking at them, they violated so more health codes than shitty restaurants, yet they are allowed to sell outside the Convention Center?

any more pictures of the girl with stickers on her ass?
or more creepshots?

>>10786150
They basically stopped enforcing any of the laws about street vending some time ago so now there's a cart selling diarrhea dogs every 20 feet or less in DTLA.

>>10786150
La doesn’t do shit about homeless people you think their liberal ass wants to displace Hispanic immigrants from their precious jobs?

>>10785234
The fat Yors need to stop. I wish there was a way to shame them or let them know that if they don’t have sharp shoulders then they can’t pull off her black off-the-shoulder-ish dress. I got this Yoru and it is a good example of how they should look like. Asian chick with black hair, BMI<19 or less than 100 pounds preferably. Also nobody cares about male cosplay.

>>10785238
Recognition and high-fives and compliments all stem from popularity of the cosplay and beauty/sex appeal of the cosplayer. A fat ugly old dude can cosplay and fit inside a giant pikachu outfit or any other popular series outfit purchased from Amazon and be an instant hit with everyone of all age ranges, and have an awesome time at a convention getting validation cuz everyone wants a picture with them. Same goes for costhots who just buy a bunny outfit and show off their skin because they’re degenerate whores who don’t have a proper father figure in their life

>>10786150
It's part of the ax experience to hear/see/smell them but NOT taste them

>>10786110
Yep I've been doing everything unvaccinated. Never got the coof and if I did I didn't notice it and it probably went like a cold through me. Believe me I've been doing a lot of shit that guarantees I'll catch the coof for months

>>10786136
God I hope

>>10786151
I put one on the cheek of an only fans girl at the westin party

>>10786198
True. Yor should only be asian. I saw Latina and white yor and it just looks wrong

>>10786231
Leave my Latina goddesses out of your debate. But really though she's not real bruh, anyone can wear Yor. Stop with the pol tier mentality

>>10786198
I agree with the fat Yor part but <100lbs and BMI <19 doesn't work for an accurate Yor. She's 170cm = 5'7" tall, so her BMI would need to be 15.7 for it to work at 100lbs, which is a bit too low for any sort of boobs or hips or muscle. She's also Slavic/Eastern not-European rather than East Asian.

i think any cosplay is improved if they have a nice butt

>>10786069
some of my friends made zhongli pillar cosplay. you should borrow one and just stand in the corner of the room

>>10786229
that butt is honestly impressive

>>10783119
Name of character?

>>10786231
>Yor should only be asian
>Spy x Family takes place in a somewhat fictional Cold War Germany
There were some good light skin hispanics amd whites that did a good job on her too.

>yfw you were in the same room when CDawgVA get Deez Nuts’d

>>10786198
Yor is white you dumbass. Any non-white should not cosplay her.

>>10786229
Is this from one of the AX orgies?

>>10786229
imagine the size of her shits

>>10786229
this is a disgusting landwhale

>>10786322
she's actually a rather normal sized asian girl bordering on petite. what do you consider "normal"?

>>10786276
Yeah I’ve seen the white yors. No thanks.

>>10786271
post em

Mamuro5254 delivers this year yet again.

https://youtu.be/UmbcqVWPhJ0

>>10786606
>ambulance in the back, someone possibly dying of dehydration
>"Ohhh lemme take an epic for the win cosplay video in front of it. It'll make me look sooo epic"

>>10786280
It's the westin pool party

>>10786389
That’s because all the hot white Yors were getting hogged by the photographers. All those tall, sexy, Yors with the big boobs? They were getting photoshoots.

>>10786662
Ambulances are common in a big city. He has nothing to be ashamed of. Shit, I'll play "how many ambulances will I see today?" on my way to work and back home because there are that many.

>>10786231
Are you high on meth? Every character in Drakengard, Nier, and Nier Automata has stereotypically white features. Every YoRHa looks extremely white. They have European facial features. They all have white skin (promotional shit in other games doesn't count). They don't even remotely look Asian. Yoko Taro has a huge hard on for white features.
>>10786249
2B's facial features don't look Eastern European at all.

>>10785459
Thanks for the reccs, bought the books
You got socials I can go ask bother you with questions on?

D-Piddy is also back

https://youtu.be/KWurizYEITE

Has anyone tested positive since AX ended?

>>10786852
2/5 people i went with have tested and recovered from covid so far, i think about 20% of the people selling shit in the AA have tested positive

>>10786150
dude they were literally blocking walkways with churro and hotdog stands that shit was definitely a hazard
it's funny the fire marshal wants to shut down AX but wont do anything about these vendors

>>10786852
Most of my friends caught it, they also walked unmasked once they got inside the convention center.

>>10786276
Lol I have yet to see a white yor at anime expo2022. Checked online and nearly puked. Gonna see how the yors at otakon are- pretty sure the Skinny Asian ones are gonna mog the skinny white ones.

>>10786852
1/5 in my group tested positive

>>10786883
I remember there was an exit so congested with so many hotdog stands at one point that you had to zigzag your way out.

>>10786721
Yor
>tall
>big boobs

Do you even watch the show

>>10787048
>>10786883
The west exit has been like that for the last few years. It's going to take people getting trampled in order for someone to do something about it

>>10786775
who

>>10787095
She's pretty tall

>>10787095
Yor has huge anime tiddies. I have no idea why flat-chested white or Asian girls are cosplaying her without bothering to use a padded push-up bra. Sometimes you can even see the top of their Taobao dress is sad and baggy as fuck

>>10786852
I did and now my dad has it

>>10787205
She's 5'6"
>>10787298
Her tits aren't that big honestly
Medium sized, her bust is 33"

>>10785948
I wish I could get in at all.

>>10786035
When you say it like that, that's not how it really works. It's a very shaky area that I'm not a complete expert on but there are rules about mass production, don't claim it's official merch, don't use official logos, etc.

So where are the pictures of the good white yors you bastards

All talk

>>10787524
Threads dead bro

Not Anime Los Angeles 2022
>>10787898

Another Anime Expo video which proves a good majority of the food at the con is kinda shit.

https://youtu.be/Epnm4bgoBdg

Also, no Okamoto kitchen. Bruh.

See y’all next year or at Not ALA this year.