Take them off for pictures and it's all good.

>>2479014

Seconded

This is extremely relevant to my interests :D!

Use contact lenses. It could be very annoying to take the glasses on and off all the time.

No.
If you ask me in all honesty, it might not be an absolute crime, but I dislike it very much.
Glasses give the character a totally different air.

They make Inu Yasha look like a hobo, Sailor Moon like a geek-chic and Sephiroth like the-one-teacher-that-you-always-hated.
There are contacts even for people with absolutely bad eyesight (a friend of mine has multiple sclerosis and -10 or something and wears contacts only).
Use them.

Wearing them and taking them off for pictures is pretty generally accepted, I think. I had to do it at NYAF when I forgot to pack my contacts. However, you might feel like a jerk when someone asks for your picture and you have to stop, take your glasses off, find somewhere to hide them, etc. Or you might forget, or someone might take a candid shot of you.

If you can, I'd recommend contacts for convenience's sake.

Oh fellow blind cosplayer, I generally wear contacts, but there was one instance where I had no more contacts nor time to aquire an extra batch of contacts before the con I attended, so I wore my glasses.

It was really difficult to constantly remember to take off my glasses, since, as you probably know, it feels completely unnatural to not wear your glasses. But if you're doing it for fun, then don't worry too much about it. I still have pictures floating around with my glasses on while in costume, but I don't think people were offended by it, because frankly, I'd rather have vision than none.

>>2479047

I'm not made of money, contacts cost that. Especially for my astigmatism. I'm legally blind. I'd rather spend that money having fun.

>>2479082
>>2479014

I'd rather take this advice, thanks!

>>2479047
multiple sclerosis? isn't that a spinal cord disease? are contact lenses really a cure?

>>2479116
what about hard lenses?

>>2479114
Not a cure.
Just one of the symptoms is that her eyesight is constantly getting worse.
There is no cure, sadly.

Sometimes it can lead to some pretty funny candid shots. For example: Dignified Zangief

As for me, I just remove them for pictures. Its only a pain if your doing a costume that requires a mask

>>2479116
Overnight Vision Correction?

>>2479082
this. I'm not too picky on hall cosplay photos (if you remember, good for you, but hall photos tend to be all sorts of fail, anyway). If you're at a photoshoot or in a contest, you'll want to leave your glasses off as much as you can during that time.

If you can, try to wear anti-glare glasses with thin frames, they at least stand out less in photos.

>>2479117

op-

I had those once and dear god they hurt and if any little thing ever got in your eye it teared and watered up so bad you have to take them out. I have a feeling an unlucky person could end up with a nasty red eye in photos with those.

>>2479120
I wonder where he keeps that wallet.

Glasses on characters that don't wearing glasses just looks silly and is one of the obvious telling signs of a bad cosplayer.

If your eyesight is bad, wear contacts. Put the effort into doing a good job in a cosplay or don't do it at all. We have far too many awful cosplayers as it is.

Glasses is one aspect of cosplay accuracy I overlook. Some people physically can't/can't afford contacts and obviously you need to see. Just take them off for pictures, but don't worry about wearing them around the con.

Anyone that bitches about it is fucking asshole anyway.

>>2479105
>Especially for my astigmatism
How bad we talking here? I'm -3.25 in my left eye, got one friend with -5 and another with -7 and yet the one that takes the cake is -8.5.
I mean, we take off out glasses, yeah, legally, we're blind. So work with us here OP.

>>2479142
one of the mysteries of the universe

>>2479145
>Some people physically can't/can't afford contacts

This

The only contacts I can actually use are like twice the size of normal contacts and expensive as hell

>>2479146
-9

>>2479144
>one of the obvious telling signs of a bad cosplayer.

Or someone who can't wear contacts, or have a hard time taking off glasses for a picture because you forget you wear them because its nice seeing in 20/20 and not in 20/800 where you can't even see where the camera is cause you can't see that far, and you resort to squinting which makes for awful pictures.

Do you wear glasses on a 24/7 basis? Because I do and not seeing fucking sucks several dicks. Yea contacts are a solution, but not everyone can afford it, especially those with astigmatism. I'm lucky enough not to have astigmatism, but I think my eyes are somewhere around the -8.0 range and not wearing some sort of vision correction for even a minute bothers me a lot.

>>2479171
I love you. =(

also,
It must be nice to be a rich 20/20 elitist cosplayer

>>2479175
Now, there's no need to hate on cosplayers with 20/20 vision, some are lucky, some aren't, its just the pick of the genetic litter, I suppose. Us four-eyes needs to appreciate that we have technology on our side that makes it possible for us to see, and that glasses are in style now and all those faggots wearing non-prescription lenses are doing it wrong. Feels good :D

>>2479171
I have never known a person who couldn't wear contacts. And yes, they do cost money. Cosplay has expenses.

I'm not really a big fan of the "just do whatever and then make excuses for it" line of thinking. People should be encouraged to do the best job they can and be honest about how bad it will look if they don't do what is needed. No one ever improved themselves by being patronized.

>>2479145

It is, what it is, an inaccuracy.
There are manymany much worse, of course and I won't bitch if the costume is otherwise fine.
That doesn't make someone who dislikes it an asshole.

I can't wear colored contacts because of my fucked up eyes- people might dislike it because for them the characters eyecolor means much.
It's not a great deal to me, but it doesn't make them assholes that they bitch about it.

Generally, stop being butthurt in a thread that asks for serious opinions.

As long as you take them off for pictures I think it's fine.

>>2479185
I can't. I tried and they made my eyeballs so irritated that I had to go back to the optometrist and he told me to go back to my glasses because contacts just weren't happening for me. All you have to do is take off your glasses for a minute for photos or cosplay characters with glasses though. It's not hard.

Hi OP here,

I'm thinking now maybe I shouldn't cosplay now. People seem to hate way to easy. I just thought it would be pretty fun and a cool project, I'd rather not get ridiculed. Thanks for all the replies anyways.

>>2479206
>>I'm thinking now maybe I shouldn't cosplay now

Shut your whiny ass up and go get your costume on. The lesson you SHOULD be learning from this is that /cgl/'s opinion on any subject is based on simple idle shitheadedness and may be safely ignored.

>>2479206
lol don't be so sensitive. You asked for what people thought and got an answer. Doing a good cosplay that people would like takes time, effort and money.

But if you're the kind of person that doesn't want to go through the trouble of ditching the glasses or finding an alternative, maybe cosplay isn't for you.

>>2479226

I would gladly put forth the effort, however, being a senior year art student is very expensive and I do not have the money/time for a job/rich parents.

>>2479226
Never once did OP say it was going to be a serious costume, just something to do:

>I'd like to cosplay Reisen from Touhou but I would also like to be able to be comfortable. Since I dont plan on contests or anything, is this okay?

Its a matter of comfort, not a matter of whether they will be a good cosplayer or not. Chances are she won't even be recognized since she'll be cosplaying from Touhou, so what does it matter? Jesus Christ, maybe you shouldn't cosplay anymore with your shit attitude about it.

>>2479234
meowshi may be an asshole but he brings up good points. there are some things people are able to overlook when it comes to cosplay, but cosplay can be a pretty expensive hobby in itself. maybe if you're not keen on spending money, cosplay really isn't right for you. you have to buy frabric, prop materials which can get expensive, you need to pay con costs, if you stay in a hotel, etc.

Stop trying to convince us with cyber-tears.
You asked. You got opinions.
The minority told you they didn't like it.
You cry anyways.
Now you don't want to cosplay.
As if there were no characters with glasses...

It's not the contacts I can't afford.

It's the optometrist's appointment with no health insurance.

>>2479235
Serious or not, people should do the best job that they can do and not settle for mediocrity. Since OP asked a question concerning it obviously he/she cares somewhat on the topic. If it doesn't matter then don't bother asking what people think and just make some costume out of trash bags and duct tape.

People should be encouraged to be the best that they can be. Not coddled and told lies because you're afraid of hurting their feelings.

Who says I'm crying? I wanted to do something I thought was cool for fun. Certain people felt the need to be overly critical about a small detail that honestly is out of my control at the moment. All I was saying is that if this is how I'm going to be reacted to, I'd rather not bother. I wanted to have fun, not a shitload of anal people telling me how terrible it would be without ever even seeing a thing. Especially when apparently some consider that even if I am removing my glasses I am committing a grand travesty.

>>2479251
>>"How do you guys feel about wearing glasses?"

>"We don't like it."

>>"FUCK YOU ASSHOLES I'M GOING HOME."

>>2479248
your personal best isn't everyone else's best. the loads of people telling others that their mediocre costumes are good probably mean it honestly. that's just their perspective. you can't fault them for having a different perspective and bitch at them for not trying hard enough when they've done the best THEY could.

and some people really are in this just to have fun. not everyone is an elitist who thinks being the best-looking is the main goal here.

>>2479246
I got my last contacts prescription at Costco with no insurance. I think it cost about $70. Not too bad.

>>2479261
I don't think it's being elitist. I just believe that people should do the best job they can do. Too many cosplayers don't bother to take the time or effort to do a good job on a costume that they could vastly improve if they just spent a little more time or care on it. Even if you're just in it to have fun, I can guarantee you that doing a good, successful costume will give you much more fun than if you didn't.

>>2479251
Just do it then. Fuck other people. You'll have fun, believe me. Even when I wore my glasses the whole con, everybody praised my costume and said I looked awesome. I'm sure a lot of people thought I looked inaccurate, but it didn't bother me in the slightest. I'm not saying that if I had had the means to get contacts I would have still worn my glasses, but the situation being as it was, I worked with what I had and still have a great time.

>>2479277
so do you think that people in bad costumes honestly are that clueless in thinking they look good, or have they just been coddled so much that they just don't want to admit they look bad because no one tells them they do?

>>2479277
Maybe the best OP can do is to afford the costume supplies/con expenses and they can't afford an optometrist visit.

You ARE fucking elitist if you are going to bitch and moan because someone needs corrective lenses TO SEE.

OP, just take them off for pictures and don't let these faggots get you down.

Jesus christ people its just glasses. If your picture is being taken just take them off. Practice doing that in front of the mirror and have your friends take practice shots of you. This way you can take your glasses off and put them somewhere fast and make sure you have a shot that looks flattering.

You shouldn't have to go out and buy contacts. Who said cosplay had to be an expensive hobby? All your doing is dressing up in a costume and having fun. It shouldn't be something where you have to flatter everyone else.

>>2479283
I think that most people in poor costumes tend to be more "casual" cosplayers and don't fully realize what standards are out there or the potential they could possibly have for their costumes. And I suppose it's often true as well that the compliments of people they know or the meager attention they get at a con in their costume can fool them into thinking it's better than it is.

Which is why I think a little honest input can go a long way. Even if it's something that is tough to hear.

>>2479296
If you can afford a costume and a vacation to a con, you can afford a trip to the optometrist. If not, save up your allowance. Cosplay has expenses, what can I tell you.

>>2479277
Well shit! Sucks there aren't any Costco's around here that I know of.

imo meowshi selfposts

>>2479342
He's not a cosplayer. What would he post?

>>2479352

Well then, he's just a fag with an overblown opinion about everything everyone else does. I'll know to disregard everything they say now.

>>2479332
not to mention you have to be a member

>>2479352
I am actually. XD

>>2479358
Even if I wasn't a cosplayer, that doesn't negate anything I have said.

ITT: meowshi is a fucking dick.

>>2479371
Not really. Look closely and you'll see that I've never said anything against anyone personally. There's not a malicious bone in my body.

Who the fuck is Meowshi?

Newfag tripfags are the worst.

>>2479185
Weren't you defending Jessica Niggri the other day? Aren't her costumes the epitome of being lazy? A fucking yellow belt, a bra, and some put-together-in-5-minutes ears?

>>2479370

If you cosplay let's see what a great expert you are since you have such high standards and opinions I think. Also, why would anyone listen to someones opinion on something when they have never done it. I'd take a doctors opinion over a plumbers for a health problem.

>>2479386
>Implying tripfags are cool because they've whored themselves around here longer than another.

>>2479380
No REALLY, you are.
It was quite clear from OPs post they just wanted to cosplay for fun. Not everyone is concerned with craftsmanship/accuracy/competition. Some people really do just want to play dress up for fun and you come in and rip them a new one because they can't afford contacts. It's not even like they were asking if cosplaying without a wig or if spay painting their hair blue would be an ok way to save money. They were asking if wearing glasses (because they are legally blind) is ok.

TOTALLY not malicious at all.

>>2479391
I never said Jessica's cosplays were great. But I do think she did a good job of playing to her strengths. As simple as her Pikachu outfit was, it was flattering and looked good on her. My defense was more simply on the grounds that I thought her haters were being a little on the petty side.

>>2479392
I never claimed to be an expert.

>>2479407
OP asked what people's opinions where on glasses on no-glasses characters. She got an honest answer. Why is this so emotionally difficult for you to deal with?

My friend has some rare condition where she basically sees everything like it's several more meters away from her or something like that. She can't wear contacts, and without glasses she is legally blind and also looks like a tard cause she can't see shit.

I'm only slightly nearsighted, so I just wear contacts for characters who don't wear glasses. I've used my own glasses once for a cosplay but for two other cosplays I actually bought cheap pairs of reading glasses so I could have the right frames. Of course I have to wear contacts with them and look over the glass to see anything. It always struck me as ironic.

Touhou as a whole is so god damn subjective anyways. 90% of it is all fan made. There is tons of shit with that character wearing glasses and like 8 different outfits no one can seem to agree on. There's no anime, and like 4 shitty original CG's from like fucking windows 98 games. OP do whatever the hell makes you happy.

The only people bitching are just fuck up tripfags looking to stir up drama just so they can get attention and arguments.

>>2479449
:> Soni not included.

>>2479411
Aren't YOU being petty about the topic of the thread?

>>2479464
Not really. And I was talking about pettiness in terms of her personality/what she did/didn't do. Not about costumes.

>>2479411

op said it was casual and had a reasonable excuse. They wernt just like "oh well I'm lazy, screw contacts!" You are being sort of a bitch.

just do it. take them off for pictures if it bugs you that much.

>>2479007

this thread

>>2479481
That's neither what OP said nor asked.

Wearing glasses on characters that don't wear glasses looks fucking stupid.

If you idiots aren't emotionally equipped to take the truth then don't fucking ask about it.

>>2479504

no.
Youre just the only one making this thread into something other than what that person was asking

>>2479105
My legally blind friend can ONLY wear contacts. How bad is your eyesight? Sorry if you already said, I'm not looking through every reply.

On top of being legally blind while WEARING glasses, my eyes also do that thing where they wander off in different directions uncontrollably. The doctor said while it was possible to get contacts, not to get them because they could mess up some surgical stuff that was done when I was a baby, possibly making my vision worse.

So if I take my glasses off for photos but my eyes are also in two different directions, would people care that much...? If so, uh, I have no idea how I could fix that other than an eye-covering mask or something.

>>2479518 see >>2479158

>>2479532
My mom actually had that happen to her, but it was due to some thyroid problem and its really unsettling, but some things you can't help. If people are too up in arms about that, then well, fuck em'. Do what you want to do and don't let other people's opinions affect your decision.

>>2479513
Then maybe next time you won't spend so much effort trying to be defensive and it could stay on track. XD

>>2479532
Wow, you sound messed up. When you cosplay please wear a mask ok?

>>2479542
Thank you.
OP, you can easily get prescription circle lenses for $40 at most. Stop baawwwing.

>>2479565
I'm convinced you're a troll, you have to be. From now on, I'll be looking at your posts as trolling.

>>2479565
I have two in mind if I should, seeing as I'm cosplaying from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. One would be this one.

Although I'm in a group and it'd be odd to have only one character with the mask.

>>2479565
You're an asshole, but unfortunately, you're right.

While she should be able to do whatever she wants, anyone who's hung around /cgl/ for a while knows that people someone will make fun of her for it. It's just a sort of pathetic reality.

>>2479579
It was a joke. lighten up. :P But if you want to ignore my posts that's fine. Everything you say seems to be catty and grumpy anyway.

>>2479591
lol awesome! It all works out then. XD

>>2479565 I'm so clever XD XD XD

Please, you have nothing but shit to say in every thread you post in. The only time you defend anyone is when everyone else hates them and only then are you doing it to troll.

Whenever I get around to cosplaying I plan on wearing glasses and taking them off for pictures. So long as you can remember to take them off (and no one sneaks in candid photos) all the evidence will show your costume to look accurate.

I mean, if you're just doing it for fun then you shouldn't care if someone finds it inaccurate while you're walking around. If your goal was supreme accuracy you'd probably need color contacts anyway, and at that point you might want to see about spending big bucks to get them in your prescription.

>>2479014
second. Not exactly rocket science, though I understand if you forget. You could come up with some kind of exercise to remind yourself though.

>>2479120
Fucking win.
>>2479386
Fuck if I know, I thought it was Oshi making up some pun-name. Then I saw Oshi post. Maybe its a parallel version of himself that got dropped on his head or he has schizophrenia.

>>2479614
so precious. i wanna pinch your checks and baby talk you. who's the best troll? you are! yes you are! a boogie boggie boo.

>>2479617
On the contrary I'm mostly positive and I never talk trash about anyone personally. Which unfortunately is more that can be said for most people on this board.

>>2479622
The problem is that cons are not just photo shoots. The time you take for pictures is only a small fraction of your presence in costume.

>>2479007

If you can use contacts, that would be the best possible solution.

If you cant, just use your glasses and take them off for pictures. Try not to squint when you stop for pictures too, just remember where the camera was and pretend you see it.

Or go around blind as a bat. *That* makes for some fun pictures.

>>2479647
But who is really going to think back to costumes after the fact and go "Oh man I hated that Sailor Moon with glasses and an otherwise perfect costume"? At the con my primary objective is fun and goofing around (in or out of costume), after the con it would be hoping no bad pictures got uploaded.

>>2479647

Yeah not saying specifically to that person HEY IM TALKING TO OP, OP I THINK YOU WILL BE A BAD COSPLAYER AND A HORRIBLE PERSON IF YOU WEAR GLASSES, EVEN IF YOU TAKE THEM OFF HERP DERP makes it totally okay. You just happen to be shit talking people who do that in this thread.

>>2479532
>>2479650

Oh shit, is squinting a problem too? Because in addition to that other stuff my pupils don't contract so light really hurts. Hence constant squinting.

So I guess... uh... would people mind a squinty eye-wanderer?

>>2479659
Sailor Moon in glasses would be kinda weird. O_o; It wouldn't look good. But besides, the problem is mostly in that people who are willing to wear their glasses with their costumes are usually people who don't put much effort into their cosplays. If they did they wouldn't be wearing glasses!

>>2479664
lol wat? You have quite the overactive imagination.

>>2479679
There was already a picture of a Sailor Moon wearing glasses posted and I thought it looked fine. I actually really liked it, but that's a bias from glasses fetish.

>But besides, the problem is mostly in that people who are willing to wear their glasses with their costumes are usually people who don't put much effort into their cosplays. If they did they wouldn't be wearing glasses!

And her costume looked good. I want to know wear you're pulling this "they tend to not spend effort on their cosplay" thing from. Besides your ass.

>>2479659
Someone post that hot-ass glasses Sailor Moon from anime evolution.

>>2479235
>Chances are she won't even be recognized since she'll be cosplaying from Touhou
If it was this time around last year, I'd agree with you...

>>2479449
>like 4 shitty original CG's from like fucking windows 98 games
Oh, hey. I came over from /jp/, too! How are you liking your stay in /cgl/?

>>2479532
>The doctor said while it was possible to get contacts, not to get them because they could mess up some surgical stuff that was done when I was a baby, possibly making my vision worse.
Those are extenuating circumstances.
You have my condolences, OP.

But now I have to ask, if you're legally blind WITH the glasses on, why do you wear them at all? I don't want to sound insensitive or anything of the sort but if that's the case wearing glasses, would not wearing them make that much of a difference? Especially in the crappy lighting that hotels tend to have.

>>2479687
This is getting too much into a "nuh uh-yuh huh" argument so I'm just not going to bother. If I say black you'll say white.

>>2479689
Please don't.

>>2479709
So you can't actually back up your assertion in any way. That's fine.

Just take them off.

This thread, damn. I have pretty bad astigmatism and face the same issues as some post here. Easy way to fix: Cosplay characters that wear glasses, if you're character has eye color different from your own then don some contacts and put your glasses, again taking them off. Or just ask a friend with you to remind you to take off your glasses.

I like seeing at cons too, but if you really want to see then just wear your glasses normally and remove them during photos or shoots (stick them in a purse or bag, or just hang them by a leg into the back of your pants).

>>2479719
You can wear contacts just fine with an astigmatism. Quit making up lame excuses.

>>2479007

do in OP

in before TERRIBLE COSPLAY

>>2479734
If only OP was a professional-quality photoshopped asian girl.

>>2479703
Yeah, it actually does make a big difference. I can see just enough to be able to get around with glasses on, although to try and give you an idea I can't read shop signs on the other side of the street or recognize people from more than a couple feet away, or read a book more than three or so inches from my nose. While as without glasses everything is giant blobs of colour unless it's two inches away from my face. (if it's one inch it just gets blurry again)

Also my pupils don't contract - so basically, you know when you're in a pitch-black room and the light suddenly turns on and it's super bright and hurts? That's how light is to me all the time. But because of that I can see really well (comparatively) in twilight and stuff. Dim hotel lights are no problem!

>>2479703

Hello /jp/! This place isn't very nice.

This is OP, I'm not the person who says they have the seriously fucked eye issue. I just cannot afford contacts as a college student. I could but then I very well wouldn't have con money will I? Well shit, whats the point in cosplaying in my apartment?! I don't shit money like apparently most of you do. Maybe if you read anything you'd know my circumstances before berating me about my socioeconomic situation. I'm blind as shit, I cannot just "not wear" my glasses for the whole con, I can take them off for pictures if that is the recommendation as a few who can actually READ mentioned. GOD FORBID SOMEONE SEES ME BEING HUMAN AT A CON wearing glasses. You act like anything you'd cosplay would be walking around knee deep in weeaboo eating a hotdog like most people at a con will inevitable do.


tdgdgf; you can all blow me

I have reading glasses and sometimes I get headaches if I don't wear them all day (which makes no fucking sense at all, but, hey, whatever), and sometimes I need to wear them around the con just to get around.

I take them off for photos or deal with the candid shots of me wearing them. I'd rather be able to see/not have a headache and have some photos I won't post on my cosplay.com than be blind all day and not enjoy the con.

One of my friends, though, doesn't wear his glasses at cons and doesn't use contacts. He has trouble seeing more than three feet in front of him and has to get super close to see things clearly, I wish he'd wear his glasses but he's more afraid of looking derpy in pictures with them.

Tl;dr: Wear your glasses, contacts are a waste of money if you're only going to be wearing them for that one weekend and never again outside of cosplay. Take them off for photos, find a place to put them BEFORE you head to the con in your costume so you're not fumbling.

>>2479762
>"But I dont want to buy contacts BAAAAWWWW"

Either put the required effort in or don't. Your bullshit isn't our problem.

>>2479773
More subtlety, troll-chan. It's important.

1) I buy contacts I don't go to con- that's retarded, especially when I will NEVER wear them again and go to only one con a year

2) I don't cosplay because I can't afford contacts and a con - then I'm BAWWW apparently and don't cosplay because I'm shitscared of someone seeing me wearing my glasses when I'm walking the dealers floor? Thats retarded.

3) Cosplay at the con with removing glasses- NO U R A TERRIBLE COSPLAYER BLAH BLAH

shove it, people who think the solution is "buy contacts" unless you are willing to send me money it is not viable