/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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I feel that Sakizo's art shouldn't be cosplayed unless you are petite. If you're too tall or a little chunky you just don't look right in it. Look at Sakizo's art, her characters are mostly petite to the point that it resembles an undergrown adolescent if translated into real life.

And your corset better actually pinch in your waist because she never drew any bulging tummies.

>>6697695
agreed

>>6697573
Have a photo of her after she got too tired of her shoes haha. She was so nice!

>>6697695

Way too many corsets not serving their purpose.

>>6697707
I really dislike this one. If I'm thinking of the correct artwork this was based off of, it didn't show the bottoms so she could have done a tutu or a panty bottom or something. These plain shorts look so stupid. At least add lace or rhinestones or something ugh...

>>6697769
Her bottom half isn't shown, actually. But it likely is meant to be a pair of boyshort panties, not shortsshorts.

>>6697774
Durr. And you did say that bit about bottom half not being shown already. My mistake.

>>6697774
Yes, I said that. I was saying that she could have used some artistic liberty and done something cute. It looks like a panty with a tutu around it and it would have looked much better than those shorts she has :/ But taking another look at the ref pic, it looks like it's super unfinished anyway. (hopefully)

>>6697779
Yeah, she's missing a LOT of details. If it's still WIP, though, why wear it to the convention?

>>6697774
yeah but that big ruffle on the hip wasn't done at all in the costume

>>6697715
What are they all from? I'm only familiar in general with Sakizo's style of art, but not every series/design.

>>6697780
She's also missing the cake on the headdress, a slew of ruffles, the standing collar and ruff and all the roses. It's ... rather lazy and sloppy looking.

>>6697707
She doesn't have a cake on her head either.

>>6697701
JFC it took me ages to recognize those were the ice-cream sisters. None of them are kawaii at all and strawberry is super manly in the face, not to mention her socks are sheer wtf. Choco-mint is missing her chocolate chips, wrong wig color, and her waffle cups look like Shrek ears that high on her head. The three outfits are obviously supposed to be the same with different color schemes and socks but wtf they look completely different. also flats. why flats.

I hate it when people do Sakizou cosplay and don't bother with accuracy. I get that it's a complex costume, but it just feels like an excuse for people to tramp around in frilly knickers without any accuracy.

On another note, the three in the back look gorgeous and fab, anybody got the original illustrations? I don't think I've seen them before.

>>6697701
Not only is this poorly done - they are literally cosplaying wearing only undergarments to a public convention space. These illustrations are from a "beneath the dress" book, so tacky!

>>6697822
I wish the hair didn't completly cover the collar :( I really liked her WIPs but it's like the costume looked better on the dummy.

>>6697820
...And? They're more covered than half the shit at cons.

>>6697787
From left:
1 - Girl Meets Sweets (?) (Honey)
2 - Girl Meets Sweets (Mousse au Chocolat)
3 - Carousel Horse (Favorite March)
4 - Flower Girls (Marguerite)
5 - Sketch/Extra from Girl Meets Sweets + (Omelette)
6 - Afternoon Tea (Cafe Latte)
7 - Afternoon Tea (Coffee)

>>6697838
>3 - Carousel Horse (Favorite March)
Should have been Favorite March (Carousel Horse). Book is FM, character is the horse. Sorry.

Where does one purchase these artbooks? eBay turns up nada.

>>6697838
Also,
>1 - Girl Meets Sweets (?) (Honey)

It's from Parfum de la fascination. Sorry. It IS Honey, though. I just misremembered which book.

>>6697843
eBay, Yahoo! Japan Auctions, Alice Books (for new), Keibunsha Bambio ...

>>6697838
Also: shit. I missed the chick in green. I've got no idea who she's meant to be, either.

>>6697843
If you want them on ebay, you have to stalk. I managed to get a few books from Akibaline. Also try spelling the name Sakizo and Sakizou as both will pull up results on different sites, depending on how the seller listed it. There are about 5 books on ebay listed as Sakizo though.

>>6697852
Carnation. She's meant to be Carnation from Flower Girl. That's ... so sad. It looks nothing like her.

>>6697715
>>6697787
>>6697838
OKAY. Redoing the list from the left:

1 - Parfum de la fascination (Honey)
2 - Girl Meets Sweets (Mousse au Chocolat)
3 - Favorite March (Carousel Horse)
4 - Flower Girls (Marguerite)
5 - Sketch/Extra from Girl Meets Sweets + (Omelette)
6 - Flower Girl (Carnation)
7 - Afternoon Tea (Cafe Latte)
8 - Afternoon Tea (Coffee)

Okay, so I draw the line at scanning the artbooks you can still buy (because sakizo deserves the money), but I'm in the process of scanning the ones I have which are sold out/long gone. Starting with Parfum de la fascination.

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>>6697564
>No, really, I'm cosplaying underwear in the middle of February because I like the design....really.

>>6697891
Also, sorry for the shit quality. My scanner is old and crap, so leaving the files much larger than 500px wide makes the moire pattern ridiculously distracting.

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>>6697899
And that's the last one for Parfum de la fascination, unless anyone wants the "menu" pages?

>>6697903
You, miss, are awesome.

>>6697903
Okay, next up is Romantic Jewels. This one, the moire doesn't show up as badly in the scans, so I can leave them a bit larger.

>>6697909
*curtsey*

I do what I can. I spent a lot of money to get most of these second hand, so I know how much it sucks trying to find them and am willing to share.

>>6697892
Yes

>>6697915

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>>6697915

A million thanks for scanning these!

>>6697921

>>6697924
You're most welcome!

>>6697930

>>6697893
! Thank you for the Honey one! I have been looking for it everywhere.

>>6697915
YOU are my hero anon, I've wanted to see romantic jewels forever

>>6697935
I've been looking for Peridot! Thanks!

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>>6697936
You're welcome!

>>6697940

>>6697938
Gawrsh. haha
You're welcome, too. I know how hard it is to find them.

>>6697941
No problem! Glad to help.

>>6697947
Bless you for sharing - seriously. I've been stalking auction sites etc. for Romantic Jewels for quite some time. Thank you for scanning and sharing them!

I feel like I have the skill and the petite to pull off something for Sakizo, but I'm crazy intimidated by what's already been done so far... What do you guys recommend on executing a good cosplay of this especially if the bottom half of the outfit doesn't show?

>>6697947
Sketches of jewels that didn't happen from the back of Romantic Jewels. Names are in the filenames.

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>>6697952
You're welcome. I got lucky in nabbing it, but I paid more than I would ideally have liked.

>>6697969
I looked at elements from similar designs where she did do full-length drawings of the characters and kind of improvised my own stuff. The important thing is to keep the look consistent with everything else going on. E.g. if the costume has say, gold in the top, adding some gold accents to whatever bottoms you go with can help tie the pieces together. Maybe having some gold bows or accents on the shoes or stockings too.

>>6697973
This one, I can't figure out what the name of the second gem is. ピンクサレマリン? Pink Sarumarin? Something __marine. Any mineralogy nerds have any suggestions?

>>6697989
And that's it for the Romantic Jewels. Afternoon Tea or Favorite March next?

>>6697989
It says torumarin, so tourmaline

>>6697843
alice-books.com/item/list/all?tag=sakizo
they ship overseas and accept paypal. please sticky this into every new sakizo thread!

>>6698000
Ahhah. My bad. That makes heaps more sense.

>>6697994
On to Afternoon Tea, then.

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>>6697982
Thanks for the tip. I'm not very fashion savvy so coordinating pieces to match with each other isn't very easy for me. I'll consider looking at other drawings!

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>>6698054
Harb. Heh

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>>6698064

Fresh off of deviantart

>>6697930
Has anyone ever cosplayed this?

Requesting SaGa Frontier art. I have a few from the book but there's gotta be more than the 5 pictures I have

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>>6698081
ugh, they tried so hard but look so poor.

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>>6697855
>>6697822
>>6697699

I believe these are the only ones that truly came out looking any good...

The rest are women with overly sharp facial features that show off too much of their bodies (which obviously don't suit this kind of cosplay).

>>6698141
>>6697699
The only good ones. The rest are embarrassing. Just because you can sew, doesn't mean you should be in that cosplay.

>>6698145
More like the're all just too fat to be cosplaying dainty fragile looking girls. Ruins the look the artist was going for.

>>6698111
Okay, I was going to scan the next book, but I've got guests coming over, so I need to finish neatening up. Next time, I'll do more.

>>6698157
Fat and/or covered with cellulite to boot.

Do you girls even lingerie??

>>6697820
This is clearly a hotel room shoot you dolt.

>>6698183
Uhh, that's a public lounge at the Gaylord/neighboring hotel. Anyone has access to that area. They also took pictures in the gazebo which is a very open space, you dolt.

>>6698191
No one cares about wearing underwear in public you dolts. Happens every con so get used to it. It only matters if they are overweight or not.

>>6698191
And? They're more covered than Poisons or Yokos.

Has anyone read Sakizo opinion of people cosplaying from her art? There was a section on her website about it but the English translation is bad.

http://sakizo.jp/offline.html

'Please stop public presentation of the cosplay which requires the age limit.'

I wonder if what shes trying to say is that she doesnt want people to do the more 'adult' outfits outside of a shoot? IE the lingerie artworks. Maybe someone that can read Japanese could translate the Japanese blurb for clarification.

>>6698216
>http://sakizo.jp/offline.html
I think she meant more that she doesn't want her artwork used on adult/pornographic websites.

>>6698216
Actually, I think you're right. Looking at the Japanese section, it's a bit more detailed and says to be considerate of the location and event restrictions. Also something about how she won't take responsibility for your actions as a cosplayer?

Then again, it could just be that she doesn't want minors wearing costumes based on her stuff. I've got no idea.

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>>6698230
I think its a mixture of the two. Seems she just wants people to watch how they act in public in costume, and also that younger people don't wear the revealing outfits. Basically what you'd expect of all cosplayers imo. Some things which would be fine inside of a convention become completely out of line once you leave the area.

>>6698233
I wouldn't wear a Kneesocks/the other one costume out at a foodcourt, for example.

>>6698216
"A lot of my works involve exposure of the skin, cosplays of these works can lead to things such as abuse for which I will not take responsibility. Please pay careful attention to the amount of exposure and use your judgment as to what's inappropriate. Moreover, please refrain from cosplaying things beyond your age. If you perform an act such as cosplay, or a photo session at an event or public place, please dress with consideration for the venue rules and location."

>>6698242
There you go, then. Thanks for the translation, anon.

>>6698242
LOL Even Sakizo said it herself, STOP COSPLAYING MY ART IF YOU'RE OLD AND UGLY.

>>6698158
Thank's again!

>>6698314
I took it too mean if you're too YOUNG don;t do it?

>>6698242
Seems like a well thought out and concise wish to be made public. I would 100% agree/

>>6698553
Wow typos

>to mean, don't

>>6698553
This is what I took from it as well. Don't cosplay something skimpy if you're under 18. Though I think most who cosplay Sakizo are adult, I haven't seen many younger cosplayers doing it because it doesn't appeal to them/too difficult to make.

>>6697994
anon if you come back can you do Favorite March?

>>6697715
The problem is those AREN'T corsets, they're sloppy bodices with no boning and are very poorly fitted. The biggest girl will smooth out and have an alright shape with a real corset.

>>6698662
I probably won't get around to it this thread (about to head out), but likely for the next one. I'll also do Girl Meets Sweets 2 and Alice's World.

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>>6697878

These are so lovely!

I would love to do a Sakizo cosplay myself one day, but I'm not that comfortable with wearing the lingerie stuff, and I don't think the corset+ruffly butt would look flattering on me (petite but rectangular shaped). These are more dress designed and would be adorable to make a cosplay from.

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>>6698672
>go to Sakizou meetup
>Everyone is wearing "fitted" bodices that are puckered or not laying properly.
>My costume involves a corset. Make it like an actual corset with steel bones, pulls my waist in a few inches.
>Be the only person there who used boning, grommets, lacing, etc.
>Everyone asks "Is that a REAL corset?"

People seemed seriously shocked that I added boning to it. All but two girls were wearing costumes that should have had boning or heavily interfaced portions but none of them seemed to bother. It was amazing because they actually had *good* costumes, I don't understand why they didn't bother to make sure they fit/laid right.

>>6699635
honestly, the corset + ruffles looks fine on rectangular shapes since the corset gives shape and the ruffles obscure any more lack of shape

>>6699678
Because most cosplayers focus on the outside when the inside can be much more important sometimes.

>>6699689
Hm.. you're probably right. But I will need to get more experienced with my sewing before trying to make a real corset.

Going to buy Sakizo's Alice in Wonderland book that's available right now. These cards designs are just amazing

>>6699678
The way I interpret a lot of sakizo's designs is that they aren't really meant to be real corsets. Quite a few are, but there are a lot of them which are clearly just bustiers or longline bralettes. She even draws the seam lines on them the way they would be on a bustier rather than a true corset.

Thing is, most of the girls cosplaying as her characters are either too out of shape to manage a bustier without bulging out everywhere and need a real corset to get the shape she draws OR they do like you said and ignore the interfacing and plastic boning that would help smooth the shape out.

I want to cosplay as several of her characters, but refuse to do so until I'm in better shape purely because a steel boned corset would look nice, but give the absolute wrong silhouette to the costume with my current figure. Her characters are svelte and slim, but their corsets and bustiers don't give them an extreme waist change. They're fairly waifish.

>>6699701
I just submitted an order for that one myself! The first volume of Alice's World has the heart and spade soldiers. I'd love to see a group of all four together done.

>>6699712
Oh I would love to see that artwork! Also did you use EMS or Japanese postal service for shipping?

Do you think a Sakizo cosplay would look odd on a very short person (5'2)? All her designs look so tall and lean

>>6699726
I haven't gotten a shipping quote from them yet, but I think Alice Books uses EMS by default for Australia? I don't remember being allowed to choose. And here are the original two cards. They had tutu style skirts and ballet slippers, unlike the new designs.

>>6699726
Oh. And I'm sure your height is just fine. Just make the costume proportionate and that can fool the eye into thinking you're much lankier/taller.

>>6699736
Thank you! I'm off to order now then

>>6699749
Just to add to what I said before, I think when I ordered last time (Delicious Girls), it was under 800 yen for shipping.

Bump

Am I the only one who can't past how lacking everyone's make up is? You're in these (what's supposed to be) serious over the top avant garde garments shouldn't your make up be as show stopping?

>>6701876
Most attempts to really make the make-up a focal point just don't look right. Pic related. The actual character has make-up like that in the illustration, but on a real person, it ends up looking super harsh. Could be people need to learn to do the make-up better, though.

>>6701876
I think heavy/exaggerated makeup can look clownish really easily. The costumes and hair are already so obscene, adding several inch long eyelashes and pounds of blush can get very unattractive very quickly. Especially at a convention where you are wearing it for many hours and often sweating.

I agree that people need to exaggerate it a bit more, but I think the literal representations look bad like >>6701897

>>6701897

>>people need to learn to do the make-up better, though.

Even that is lack luster. These girls really need to figure out theatrical make up or they could get a drag queen to do their make up.

>>6701904
I honestly don't find that a literal translation, all it looks like is a bad makeup job. Like did she even try to blend that eye-shadow out? It looks like she just caked on some red.

>>6698235

Scanty.

>>6701897
Some of it might also be skin tone. Most of the art depicts girls with very pale skin and very rosy cheeks and bright eyes. Hardly anyone is going to have a complexion pale enough to pull it off

Any chance of someone uploading scans of the Girl Meets Sweets books? If I could buy them at the original price I would but since it's out of print on Alice-books...

>>6697715
>Way too many corsets not serving their purpose.


I really do not get that. The opportunity to wear a corset in a costume and have it:

1.seen (cause usually corsets are covered and no one knows the hard work you put into it)

2.actually help your figure with it being acceptable that it helps your figure. It's underwear cosplay people expect it to help the waist and boobs.

3.look even better than you normally do.


Why NOT make a real corset? I don't understand.

I like the one on the right.
I saw her blog and holy crap did she put crazy effort into it. It's hard to see it far away but when you get this close it looks like it was well worked on.

>>6702719
As much effort as she put into the details, she really didn't figure out how to keep it all together in the end. I think she underestimated the weight of different parts of her costume and didn't find a solid way of rigging it to stay on properly.

>>6702763

oh what happened? What parts didn't stay on?

>>6702763
Looks pretty good tho

>>6702776
Mostly the bustle, from what her blog said. She had to have her dad safety pin it to the corset in back or something because it kept falling down.

>>6702763
I love her and all but HOLY SHIT that weight miscalculation is something she seems to do a lot.

>>6702788
Has it happened before?

>>6702781
corset should be shorter, she looks awkward in it. It'd be perfect otherwise.

>>6702802
Really common problem with corsets in cosplay, I find. Either they're not boned properly or they're the wrong shape for the costume. Which is sad, because it looks like she put a hell of a lot of effort into it.

>>6702788
>>6702802
>>6702829


I'm not gonna knock it cause she looks a lot better than a majority of the thread and it's not cause of looks, it's effort.

>>6702708
Can somone pls tell me the name of this art of the cosplay?
I tried seraching, but I can't seem to find it

>>6702719

when I posted this I didn't realize that it's the least finished cosplay next to the crazy effort put in cosplay.

>>6702708
>>6702856
Gardenia from Dress Up Dolls
http://canal37.exblog.jp/i26/

The original cosplayer's blog.

>>6702883
Er. Now I'm not sure if it's a cosplayer or someone selling costumes TO cosplayers. Whatever. They list the information about where it's from at any rate.

>>6702883
Thanks SO MUCH Anon!
If you don't mind me asking, do you know where I can find the original art of this cosplay? I've tried reverse image seraching and searching, but no luck

>>6702901
Sad to say, I have no idea if it's online. I've only seen a few scans from Dress Up Dolls. Pic related.

Is it still up for sale on Alice Books?

>>6702849
Good costumes can still be worth critiquing if the cosplayer is humble enough to learn from their mistakes.

>>6702905
Ok thanks! I know what I need to buy now! Thanks again!!

>>6702917
>>6702901
here you go

>>6702905
I bought the two other books now knowing the awesomeness off this book as well.. Do you know if you can add an item to an order? I still haven't got any shipping quote or order confirmation

>>6703032
unfortunately, it looks to be sold out
http://alice-books.com/item/show/160-2

>>6703041
Oh no...
well at least I'm getting two other great books

>>6703062
Which two did you order? I'm really excited to get the Alice's World II book I ordered yesterday. Ridiculously excited.

>>6703065
Alice's world and deliciois girls. Have you got a confirmation email yet?

>>6703067
Only the automated one. Usually, there's no communication after that except for "thanks for payment!" after you pay their invoice on PayPal. So far, no invoice yet. Last time, it took a few days for them to invoice me.

>>6703069
I haven't even got a thank you mail... gotta check so I actually ordered the items now...weird

>>6703083
Check your spam folder. It should be a mix of English and Japanese with the title "[Alicebooks] Thank you for buying"

>>6703086
Well... I found the problem. I was missing a letter in my automatic mail insert. I guess I'll just have to re-order then

>>6703090
On noes!
The Alice in Wonderland part 2 is now sold out.
I have emailed them telling that the email in my order was misspelled and I really hope that the book is still available since I ordered it, but with wrong email!

>>6702719
I'm surprised at how much I didn't like this costume. It's not flattering at all. What little chin she does have just disappears.
I was expecting muchbetter from our underage queen and whoever it is that helps her. But I feel like a different outfit would have suited her better.
Or at least a different wig

>>6698059

FINALLY, FULL SIZE CHAI.

Bless you anon.

>>6703504
Damn. That was fast.

>>6697926
finally an excellent scan of Emerald!! Thank you anon!
>>6698099
I have it, I can photograph the images tomorrow and post them (I'd scan them but my scanner destroys all colors)
>>6703504
Ack! I haven't gotten anything other than my automated email from Alice Books (I did put in my reservation though when it was up for preorder). And I've been scouring my spam folder, although my filter is usually pretty good and puts their emails in my inbox.

>>6705915
Same. I've been keeping an eye out for the invoice since yesterday. Hoping that they didn't all sell out to Japanese buyers, because I don't fancy paying $40+ to get this one like I have had to with others.

is Sakizo Tomomi Kobayashi?

>>6705922
>Tomomi Kobayashi
No. She just did a doujin artbook of SaGa Frontier pieces.

>>6698087
is it me or do these costumes just not translate well irl? or maybe these cosplayers just aren't that good...

>>6698242
wow, what a gross statement. 'if you wear lingerie, you're gonna get raped. not my fault.' just say it, you japanese bitch. Blame the woman.

capta: pathetic rsortsa

>>6699744
>>6699747
Stunning!! Her real looking fruit really makes the entire garment stand out.

>>6706184
Same illustration, different cosplayer, so it can be done well. It's just that the cosplay isn't that good. They're lacking a lot of texture/detail that differentiates Sakizou's style from sexy Marie Antoinette halloween costumes.

I am very miserable now. At the very moment where I have only $22.48, my dream Sakizo book shows up. I know that I am not in a position to own it...I hope somebody will make good use of it:
http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m104396556

Also some links for those hunting out-of-print issues-
http://auctions.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?auccat=&p=%C1%E1%B5%AA%C2%A2&tab_ex=commerce&ei=euc-jp
http://stores.ebay.com/Anime-Doujin-Store-AkibaLine/_i.html?_nkw=sakizo&submit=Search&_sid=286662734

>>6706380
>>6706184
Better Carousel, too

>>6705918
Less than an hour after I made my post last night, I got my invoice. Hope you got yours as well, anon.

>>6706406
That chick is maximum qt

I'll be cosplaying a Sakizo design at the upcoming Fanime. I was told on here awhile ago that I shouldn't do it because I don't have the body and face/look for Sakizo. Honestly, why the hell should I, or anyone, listen to random anons? I've been dreaming of cosplaying and making something from her artworks for years now, and I know I will pull it off and can make it now.

>>6706728
You sound fat.
You won't pull it off
Stop asking if you're gonna be all fat/ugly pride despite what people tell you

>>6706728
Go for it. Just have the strong resolve not to be fazed by people, anonymous or not, who will probably tear you apart online and in their thoughts.

Honestly I give more props to the girls who aren't waif thing or super photogenic to go with Sakizo cosplay. Shit can't be easy to do and yet despite the haters they go for it.

>>6705918
>>6706534
It came through this morning about 5am. Paid it and now just waiting for the confirmation of payment and shipping! Very excited.

>>6706395
>http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m104396556
That same seller had that one and two other rare books up about a week and a half ago. I'd advise giving it a miss at the amount they're asking for the book. The account has 65 negatives, the most recent ones all relating to dropping contact on sales and items not being mailed.

>>6706728
Is that Rydia?

>>6707150
Yup.

>>6706728
Do it, we love having more material in the bad cosplay threads.

And if you DO actually look good, you'll be in the sakizo threads in the future for people to pass judgement on. It's win-win for us, no matter what happens.

>>6707155
Neat. Thanks for answering. I just saw the image on the front page and thought that's probably a neato Rydia design by this artist.
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You may get ridiculed on the Internet but fuck the police do what makes you happy...unless anonymous people's opinions matter to you about your weight/face/etc.

>>6707163
No worries. She's done a lot of designs for characters from games she likes, especially ff games. She seems to be in love with Tina/Terra, with how many redesigns she's devoted to her costume.

I like to think I'm relatively thin (i.e. not fat: 27" waist, so somewhere in between) but my thighs are so huge that I'm terrified of doing sakizo.
What I would give for dat thigh gap.
>>6697878
>>6697919 (amethyst)
>>6697947 (turquoise)
>>6698064
And Carousel seem like the only ones that might cover my upper thighs.
Should I go for it being a pear, considering I'm not exactly a hambeast? Or will my man thighs ruin it?

>>6707205
If the only part of you that you're uncomfortable with is covered in a bunch of ruffles, why not?

>>6707205
also, there are a couple good examples of Sakizou illustrations with some thigh coverage that aren't in this thread yet.

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>>6707395
Ugh, I just see the crust as a random cable-knit section of the skirt. It was so cute until I got there.

>>6697892
If it were a random slutty cosplay, this would be a valid point, but... really? This shit? You don't think it's 100% because of dat amazing design?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

I'm super self conscious about my body and I'd still cosplay the shit out of it because it just looks fucking amazing.

>>6707409
It'd be fine if they put legit effort into the costumes, but they half assed them.

If you're gonna dress like a tramp, especially a really beautifully intricately designed tramp, put in the full effort!

>>6707409
I think the point was that it wasn't a skimpy costume to a warm-weather con.
But it was to Katsucon.
In february.
In like 30 degree weather with a major wind chill.
I was there and it was fucking freezing all weekend.

exist any finished pictures of this cosplayer? I don't find anything.

>>6708097
Yeah, but they're somewhat less impressive than the costume itself. That. Wig.

>>6708097
not the same cosplayer, but this is one from Katsu. I saw it in person and it was jaw-dropping. Really well done.

>>6702957
Does anyone have a larger/better quality scan of this design?

I've been trying to figure out what I like more about some of the outfits colorwise and I realized something.

Why are almost all of the non-Japanese Sakizo cosplayers using WHITE everywhere?


Looking at Sakizo's art, everything is desaturated, low contrast, and in creams, with very little pure white, but then you get tons of super pure white in the cosplays and too much skintone contrast and it just looks wrong!

But then you get things like the absolutely perfect >>6699751 where everything is about the same color with splashes of white, or other colorschemes like >>6699747 and >>6699743 and it looks wonderful.

to do this right you need really low contrast, lots of creams, and TEXTURE!

>>6708567
I agree!!! I always wondered why people used stark white. I love Sakizo's artwork an one of the reasons why I wanted to make the costumes was because of all the different textures you can play with. Been working on my ice cream costume for a long time now, and I chose to go with different shades of creams for her lingerie. I used a more yellow cream diamond pintuck taffeta with a lighter and whiter solid cream fabric for the center. I also got different shades of cream laces and trims - along with dark red velvets and satin for her other trim. Even the stockings are cream. I also made a fully functional boned waist cincher for the first time ever. I figure it's a pretty attention whorey costume since it's straight up lingerie, so might as well try my best at the details and texturizing. I also went with switching all the pink polka dots to pink rhinestones. I like my bling and I think it looks good in real life. Hopefully I'll have this done by Wondercon!

>>6708567
I honestly kind of wonder if it's not because most western cosplayers are going off of scanned images, which don't have the best quality/colour accuracy to the originals, so they just insert white instead of using creams? Beats the shit out of me, to be honest.

>>6708567
Thanks for posting about this. So I was planing to make Milk later this year and I'm not sure if I should go with a pure white or a slight cream. IDK what do you guys think?

>>6708567
Keep in mind almost all the pictures you link are filtered with beige/cream overtones which changes a lot, the first especially.

That being said most Sakizo cosplayers seem to have no imaginative use of textiles or colours and end up looking fairly boring.

>>6708097
found this in an germany webside. She hasn't yet entered the costume somewhere. Saw it live and it is so incredible fantastic.

>>6703504
This anon again...

Alice Books haven't replied to my mail yet (it's been 3 days now) So I just guess I'm out of luck. I really wanted that Alice in Wonderland book, but I guess I'll just have to order the delicious girl book and be happy with that...

>>6709672
Is your regular email the same as the email you listed for PayPal? Check your PP account directly to see if they sent an invoice.

>>6709694
Yes it's the same email, so it had the exact same spelling mistake. I could kick myself for not spellchecking

>>6709697
Send them an email here: international@alice-books.com

It may take a few days to answer, but I had an invoicing issue last time I ordered and they were able to help me out. Hopefully, they'll be able to sort you out. Let them know what the "incorrect" email was and around what time/day you ordered (convert to their time if you're in the US/Europe/elsewhere to be safe). Hopefully they'll honour that order.

>>6709708
That exactly what i did. I told them I had accidently put in a spelling mistake in the email, saying what the email I put in was and which email was the correct one. I also said exactly what I ordered and on what day.

Maybe I should wait until the end of the week until putting up another order

>>6709722
Yeah, end of the week should be okay. I checked my past emails and it took them a good two days to answer me, though I'm in a similar time zone. I think that their English staff probably only works a few days a week.

>>6697564
Bump

Okay, back and about to start scanning a few more books. I have Favourite March, Girl Meets Sweets 2 and Alice's World.

For those out to buy your own copies, Alice's World II is back in stock on Alice Books:
http://alice-books.com/item/show/596-17

There are also available copies of Parfum de la fascination -HOMME-, Delicious Girls, Under the Dress, Sakizo Art Works and ETANITY still up:

http://alice-books.com/item/list/all?circle_id=596

>>6712318
Sorry, Favorite March.

>>6712318

>>6697820
>wearing only undergarments to a public convention space
> tacky

you know you sound exactly like my grandma from the southern US

>>6712338

>>6697903
thank you so much

>>6712352

>>6712357

>>6712359

>>6712369

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>>6712389
And that's it for Favorite March. Going to take a break to get something to eat, then I'll start on Girl Meets Sweets 2.

>>6712396
Oh. Also, the names/titles that she gave to the previous images in the book's contents are:
Tea, Tea Cup, Sweets, Tea Pot, Automata, Soap Bubbles, Carousel, Pincushion, Bobbin, Sewing Machine, Fantasy, Telephone Cover, Torso, Maschera and Moth Fairy (in that order)

>>6712400
Girl Meets Sweets 2, now.
First up, Gateau au chocolat

>>6712441
Classic Chocolat

>>6712448
Gelatin Cheesecake

>>6712451
Blueberry Cheesecake

>>6712453
Pumpkin

>>6712456
Sweet Potato

>>6712465
Fig Cake
(I think this is my favourite design from this book)

>>6712470
Cream Brule
(A close second favourite; those ruffles!)

>>6712483
Apple Pie

I am following this and saving each time a new one pops up, jsyk. you are a flawfree individual, these are great. I like fig cake as well

>>6712488
Anniversary Cake

Last one for Girls Meet Sweets 2. Alice's World is next.

>>6712493
On to Alice's World we go!

>>6712489
Happy to be of help to fellow fans. Like I said before, I know how hard it is to find the sold out copies.

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>>6712512
ooh! Does she make anymore kodona outfits like this?

Wow, you are just... ridiculously nice. Seriously, thanks, anon!

>>6712521
Sorry for vanishing mid-scans, got called away.

>>6712861
Also, I somehow missed the first spread in scanning.

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>>6712917
And that's the last of Alice's World. Only Dress Up Dolls left to go, but I've got to run again. So another time for those, I'm afraid.

The rest of what I own can still be purchased from Alice Books, so I won't be scanning those.

>>6697915
I need to go to bed but the last tread was pruned before I could save them all....thanks a million.

>>6712933
You are amazing!

>>6712908
I wish it was a male design. Still beautiful!
Thank you!

Where do you get this books, are they impossible to get for I feel that the internet is failing me in finding these books...please help me

>>6714659
http://alice-books.com/item/list/all?circle_id=596

New designs sold there. Otherwise, eBay.

>>6708498
are those....fangs?

>>6716993
I believe she has a lipring, actually. Still not really that good for the costume.

>>6697820
>wearing only undergarments
>undergarments from over a hundred years ago
>undergarments that are less revealing that swimsuits today

oh okay then.

Do people cosplaying these not realise boning exists? Even plastic boning would be better than the shapeless 'corsets' most of the cospalyers in this thread have.

Scan(on), would you mind if I put some of the book sets of scans that you've done on tumblr?

>>6718018
Not really. I've seen them floating around there already.

Just make sure to give credit for the art to Sakizo, so people know and all that. If possible, maybe list the name and artbook for the pieces, too?

>>6718217
Durr. Name in wrong field. Still applies, though.

>>6718217
Of course! I've just ordered three of her books and was going to title everything etc. Thank-you again for sharing with us, it's so nice to know what pieces belong to which collection etc.

>>6716993
>>6717026
Yes, there are fangs. She used her teeth for the reason that the prince looks like from the movie: Interview with the Vampire.

>>6720938
WTF. This is (as far as I know) the only male vampire anyone should have made out of Sakizo's designs.

>>6722061
I found it a little strange too. Emerald doesn't come across as a vampire at all except in maybe that the character has light skin, but so do all the other characters so that's kinda a silly. His outfit isn't very "vampy" either, not like the design in your pic.

So confused. I guess everyone likes to use artistic license.

>>6722333
>>6722061
>>6716993
>>6717026

oh my god, she wear fangs. That is so horrible.
Are you fucking kidding me? Her outfit and costume is incredible and fucking awesome. Who cares that she wear fangs.

>>6724560
No one has said the costume wasn't nice so calm your tits and simmer down with your obvious white-knighting. We're just saying that wearing fangs is a little strange because it's not in the illustration and the character isn't a vampire.

>>6724560
>>6724601

It's also a bit distracting when she has photos where the fangs are prominently on display. That being said, it IS a gorgeous cosplay.