CosplayBoy - Post #1

Starting Out

I love to cosplay. I learned about anime and manga in 7th grade. My friend handed me Fruits Basket. Cosplay came up into my life in high school. Now I am the Vice President of a cosplay club at IUPUI. I have made some cosplay and bought some to. This is going to be a blog on cosplay and cosplay culture.

Paws-chan as Cinderella

I bought my first cosplay. Which is fine to do, you don't have to make it to have fun with cosplay. It was Hinata from Naruto. I still have it today. The next one was Haruhi from Ouran High School Host Club. Problem was that I bought it from a China company and they don't have "American" sizes. I am not a small person. So be careful on ordering things from overseas. When that fell through, I went to my basement and found a lavender suit jacket. It was my mother's. She never wore it. So I got a patch and sewed it on. Black dress pants and white dress shirt plus a black tie did the job. Though once I was at the convention, I wasn't called Haruhi like I wanted. I was called Kyoya because of my new glasses that I had gotten that year. I went with it. (Plus I love Kyoya.)  

The one in the picture above is bought off of Ebay. If you can't tell it is a Cinderella dress and I am showing off some food items that you should eat. The club went to the Children's Museum and got a lot of attention from all of the children that were there. It is really fun to act in character as well. Though it is not an easy thing to pull off all of the time. You have to work at it and take breaks. 

Paws-chan as Natsu

This photo to the above is me in a cosplay I made. One of the first ones I ever did. I love this one as Natsu is close to my heart. Very fiery this one is. Though now I am planning to remake this cosplay since I now know how to make it better. It is okay for you to start out as not the best. You can get better as you go. Most professional cosplayers started some where. 

Have a paws-tastic day!
~Paws-chan