>great cosplay
>wore dirty tennis shoes

>couldn't afford boots
>wrapped sneakers in construction paper

This one isn't very common, but...

>lol I'm Asian, so I don't need a wig!
>nobody notices because 'OMG KAWAII ASIAN JUST LIKE THE REAL THING'

>Shiny party store wig.
>No make-up. Pimples, pimples everywhere.

>Great cosplay
>Shitty wig

>>4813274
I beg to differ, I see that all the time!

alternatively:

>half assed, or closet cosplay
>OMG BUT SHES ASIAN SO KAWAII

Wig + Random clothing +/- random accessory that relates to character = CASUAL!COSPLAY

No. Unless the character is known to wear random clothing, you have created a legitimate design with SOME creative process, or at least it would be relevant to the character in some way, it's annoying and tired.

>people buy nice wigs but don't treat them accordingly
>Tangled messes of wigs EVERYWHERE

>not to mention uncut bangs and those stupid Miku-bangs on characters that don't have one

>girls that don't bind for crossplay
>lack of makeup on people that need it
>the overuse of satin
>wrinkles on an outfit
>shoes that don't go with the cosplay at all
>long wigs that aren't taken care of
>shitty closet cosplay
>terribad props

>>4813315
>Wrinkles on an outfit

I am so, so guilty of this.
>I'm ashamed.

>False lashes and girly makeup on crossplayers

They. Are. Still. MEN. For fuck's sake.

People who try to color their eyebrows to match a blond wig and it ends up looking yellow.

>>4813341
Adding on to this.
I have seen far too many crossplayers putting eyeliner on in a winged-eye type of style.
WHY
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

>heavy make-up on male characters
>party store wigs
>yellow instead of blonde wigs
>no binding
>claiming you made an outfit when you bought it
>XBOXHUEG heels on male characters that don't wear heels. (Asian APH cosplayers, I'm looking at you.)
>asians who think they can get away without wigs/proper outfits because kawaiidesu. (And they do)

>Can I get a photo of you two doing something...in-character instead of kissing?
>WHAT YOU DON'T LIEK YAOOOIIII?

>>4813341
are you retarded or just jealous that a guy can look better than you and may have better makeup application than you do?

If not the latter than your probably the former.

>people wearing Japanese tops the wrong way

ALL MY HATE. Learn some culture.

>>4813385
Female to male crossplayers, not the other way around, you enormous faggot.

>>4813341
>>4813376
The point of crossplaying a girl is to look like one, you know.

>>4813385

I posted this>>4813341

Sorry, meant girls cosplaying dudes. I have nothing against male crossplayers, I think false lashes would do miracles to them!

>>4813405
Not the same anon, but you just needed to clarify your posts hon.

>>4813406
Not the person, but I thought it was pretty obvious they were referring to female to male characters.
Unless the male character dresses like a drag queen in the series they probably wouldn't wear pink eyeshadow, lipgloss and heavy eyeliner.

>>4813384
FUCKING THIS.

>>4813378
>XBOXHUEG heels on male characters that don't wear heels
Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis. Oh my god, that is the number one reason I mostly have westerners in my cosplay folder: The Japanese have this bizzare notion that "WELL, THE CHARACTER ISN'T SHORT, SO BEING SHORT WOULD BE INACCURATE! SO I'LL MAKE UP FOR IT BY WEARING TOTALLY INACCURATE HEELS!" is okay.

Jesus Christ, in solo pics, or with people your same height, nobody will even notice how short you are.

>>4813414
I stand corrected and retract my response with an apology. Carry on.

>crossplaying a male character crossdressing

>NOT TAKING OFF YOUR FUCKING GLASSES FOR A PHOTO

Obviously wrong materials being used to make costumes, most annoyingly for characters who wear every day clothes.
Shiny fake leather shit, especially.

>great cosplay
>does not portray character-like emotions

and
>bad/no wigs

>Cosplayers that suck in their stomach to skeletor proportions for pictures

Jesus H Christ we know you're not that skinny. BREATHE. You look just as bad as having some pudge, because we KNOW you're trying to hide it.

>>4813422
It looks ridiculous on female characters too, pic related.
Stripper heels are totally practical acrobat attire, right?

>"I HAVE BROWN HAIR KIND OF DOWN TO MY MID BACK WHO SHOULD I COSPLAY? ^_^"

i'm looking at you, /cgl/

A lot of people argue this with me, but if you're going to cosplay or do Lolita, PLEASE wear some makeup.
I also hate it when bangs aren't cut on wigs, cut too much, or just not even styled. I think bangs are really important.

>cosplayers who stare at you when you ask for a photo or ask "lol wut do you want me to do?"

I WANT YOU TO POSE MOTHER FUCKER. POSE. YOU WENT THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF DRESSING UP AS THAT CHARACTER YOU SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE 1 POSE IN MIND

Cosplaying memes.

I always hope faggots with trollfaces, Rick Astely songs, lolcatz, Peter Griffin in butt scratcha gear, etc, get punched by someone. Hard. And it becomes the next meme.

> When you go through the whole con doing the same pose.
> Look up pictures of yourself post-con.
> That pose was awful WHY DID YOU DO THAT SELF?!

>Sailor Moon cosplayers with bright yellow wigs
and
>Sailor Moon costumes made of cheap satin ALWAYS STOP IT PLEASE

>ignoring details just because "no one notices them anyway lol"

>>4813467

semi related
>want to cosplay touko
>"I HAVE BROWN CURLY HAIR SO I DON'T NEED A WIG RIGHT"

just because you know how to put your hair in a high ponytail does not mean you don't need a wig. her hair is long and has lots of volume so even if you have long-ish hair and it's "wavy" it's still gonna look like shit.

surprised no one said
>>when they are insanely fat

>awesome cosplay
>shitty shoes

>Ducklips.
>Less-endowed people cosplaying busty characters.

Well, that last one is more of a nitpick. I just see more flat looking Stockings than most, a girl I feel is more suited to curvier people okay.
Is padding really so difficult?

It could go either way, I guess.

>Badge prominently displayed on the front of their person.

Hide it under a costume piece. Throw it at your friend. Unless a staffer is actively bitching at you to have it on, HIDE IT. It makes you look like an amateur!

>>4813482
>get stopped for pictures a lot
>finally, this will be the year I see a picture of myself in cosplay online!
>lol nope

;_; Someday...

>>4813475
This, also:

>Sixty billion hours of effort on cosplay, wig, make-up, and you don't remember to take off or hide your lanyard for pictures. Half my fault as a photographer, I know. But still. FUCK.

>>4813539
Did you go to Otakon this year?

Flavor of the month cosplay.

Things like a cosplayer having a great costume, but shitty shoes... they're annoying, but I can ignore them by taking a picture of only their top half. And for the most part, I don't care what a cosplayer's outfit is made of if I think it looks good. Meanwhile, the massive fucking entire floor filled with Homestuck cosplayers at Otakon this year may very well have been impossible to ignore for all but the most focused masters of the martial arts... or the extremely oblivious. Of which, I am neither.

>cosplaying a character from something you haven't watched/played
I can get it if maybe your friend is a fan and really wanted to do a group/pair thing, but I hate it when you see a character you recognize, start talking to the cosplayer, and they just go, "Oh, I didn't watch it. I just liked how they look."
CosPLAY, children. If you're going to dress up, play the part.

>>4813562
No, I didn't. I'm in the Pacific Northwest, and unfortunately, anything but Sakuracon and Kumoricon are out of my budget.

>People who snipe pictures, especially ass shots

My Atom Eve costume is an ass costume, there's no way around it, and there's not really anything I can do about people sniping shots when my ass is hanging out there, so most of the time I ignore it. But when I hear half a dozen SLR clicks going off in quick succession DIRECTLY BEHIND ME, I'm damn well going to turn around and say something. At SDCC this year I caught two guys at once. One guy apologized and said that he was trying to capture the ambiance of comic-con with candids and I looked good in my bright costume looking at comic books, so I gave him a pass. The other guy (who barely spoke English) said he was sorry but he just had to take a picture of me because I was "so beautiful, so beautiful," and then he asked if I had a Facebook. Pic related, my face.
My ass isn't even that great, guys, what the fuck. I have a white girl butt.

Also at SDCC this year an old guy asked our group for a picture, we obliged, and then he FOLLOWED US taking pictures of us trying to adjust our costumes, look at the program, etc. I didn't realize that he was following us at first since it was so crowded, but when I saw him for the third time taking pictures of us, I very politely told him off and he finally left.

I really think there needs to be a "photography etiquette" section in every con program.

>>4813522
>Less-endowed people cosplaying busty characters.

I'm afraid I might be guilty of this soon. Friend of mine talked me into cosplaying Yoko since they're missing her for a group. (Just to add, yes I have watched the series and enjoyed I did enjoy it.)

I'm skinny enough to do it, but I'm a little small in the chest compartment. Is there any good way to pad a bikini/top like hers without it looking like a bra?

>>4813609
Have you ever tried Radcon? I went to the last one and the badge was $35 then they had an area to get free food.

Lazy fucking Miku cosplay. Cheap-ass looking ebayed from Hong-Kong costume? Check. Shit tier wig that you bought at a Halloween shop and never bothered to style? Check. Stripper boots? Check.

Jesus fucking Christ there are like a bazillion fucking outfits to choose from. And not only do you chose her basic look, you half ass it? Pisses me off every..single..fucking..time!

>>4813600
I know that feel anon.

>cosplay from (series)
>see cosplayer from same series and ask for a picture, crack an inside joke with them from the series
>blank stare, no recognition, wtf did you seriously not watch this show? there's only 12 (or sometimes 26) episodes. and the joke is a recurring joke.
>whywouldyoudothat

>>4813568
>Flavor of the month cosplay.

>that feel when you're cosplaying PSG and Kingdom Hearts to your next con, and planning a Vocaloid cosplay to the one after that

I was planning Disgaea 3 and Touhou cosplay... How did this happen?

>>4813626

Do a costume of hers that isn't the regular bikini outfit. Maybe her bounty hunter, Yomako sensei, or S.t.a.r.S. outfit so you can pad better or hide it. Alternately, you can sew padding to the inside of a bikini and seal it up.

>Fat girls cosplaying skinny, busty characters, because they're busty.

Lazy costumes executed in a lazy, unimaginative way. Ness/Lucas and L cosplayers may be the biggest offenders of this rule.

Bad wigs, bad shoes, poor choice of fabric.

Bad makeup & bad poses.

Crossplay & OC. Once in a very rare while, it works. Most of the time it's just laziness.

>>4813657
A large part of cgl suffers from the hipster nerd syndrome.

They liked it way before it became mainstream.

>Cosplayers who have thick ass eyebrows, and dont even bother to take care of them or anything. Girl or Boy.
> People who's wig caps show through their wig.
I mean most time people dont even notice, but sometimes I KNOW they notice, but dont care. It just looks sloppy and dumb.

>>4813662

Or they see costumes as an advertisement of similar interests.

>short, fat girls choosing to cosplay as short, cute, loli girls because they're short
No, you aren't allowed to cosplay as Madoka, Taiga, Rin, Dalian, Menma, Azusa, or Dragon Kid just because you're 4'11''. You're still 140lbs. You don't look like them. Choose costumes that don't make you look fat as hell.

Oh and
>"hey guys I'm a girl and 6'1'' do you think I could pull off Taiga or Azu-nyan?"

>>4813642
Like that huge Yoko that thinks that it's fine because she has the boobs for it.

>>4813657
I think anon meant people missing out on basic information from a series.
I had this before, cosplay from TWEWY as Sho and encountered a Beat cosplayer and went up to make small talk.
He didn't know who I was at all, even when I mentioned the character/etc in the game.
Come on, he doesn't get introduced that far into the game.

>>4813642

Toning is key!

>>4813657
I think you read it wrong, Anon.
You don't have to be a total nerd to cosplay from something, but you better know SOMETHING about it. Don't cosplay if you know diddly-squat about the character/series.

>>4813657
No, it's not that. It's the fact that when you don't even know the other main, recurring characters in the show.

Also
>Madoka cosplayers who have never watched the show

>>4813657
Why the fuck would you spend your money and time on something you don't care about?

I'm not one of those "OMG YOU DON'T KNOW OBSCURE TRIVIA FACT HIDDEN IN THE JAPANESE-ONLY LIMITED RUN ARTBOOK GET OUT FAG" assholes, but come on, if you don't know a basic running joke about the series you're cosplaying? What the fuck are you even doing?

>>4813666
That's about as dumb as thinking that girls in skimpy clothes are sluts.

>>4813681
Yeah, it's totally moronic to think that someone who went to the effort of making or even buying a costume would like the character or at least the series that they're cosplaying from.

>GIANT HOOKER HEELS
>never watched/read/played what character is from
>great costume except important prop/accessory is missing or poorly done (no one can get haruhara haruko's bracelet right it seems)

>>4813625
My ass will be hanging out of my costume but i don't want people looking at it or any attention.

never change /cgl/

>>4813662
But I really was into anime & videogames in the early/mid 90s before it became popular.

Seriously though I see what you're saying. I don't mind if someone isn't a HUGE fan of the series. I just like seeing good cosplay. The person being a fan of the series is just an added bonus.

really? and no one's mentioned
>Robin!Ciel?

>>4813701
It's more the "not asking" part that bothers me.

You really want a shot of my butt? Sure. I'm the one wearing the costume, I know it's hanging out- that's part of the character design. If you ASK ME, I can pose so I can display said not-that-great white girl ass to the best of my feeble ability.

I don't particularly like finding pictures on Flickr where my ass looks godawful because I was in the middle of squatting down to get something, etc. Asking for the photo makes things much better for both parties.

I think the key we need to remember to not playing something your age, body type, color, breast size, etc is: As long as you look good doing it. Sad but true.

Or can no black people cosplay white people? Can large breasted petite women not play Rin unless they bind to the tightest amount possible? Tall guys people can't cosplay Negima? What's the line you draw here, cgl?

Also:
>Bugs me when they don't know anything about the character or series

This board is fucking full of stories of friends asking friends to fill in for someone who ditched a group and they need someone to play a Taiga. Give them a break or don your fucking thick rimmed glasses already. Maybe they fucking hate Death Note (and I wouldn't blame them) but they just loved the way Misa looked. You going to hang them for that?

>>4813625
LOLOLOL I'm still gonna do it. :3 If it makes you feel better, I'm not a creepy man.

>cosplaying character
>No idea what series they are from or even anything about it.

>shitty posing / acting
>Extremely noticeable lack of detail (for example ; why the fuck does Deadpool have one Katana instead of two?)

And of course my favorite ;
>Glaringly bad costume to the point of attention whoring.

>>4813889
A different anon here, but honestly just ask for one.
I don't mind you taking pictures of my ass, or my boobs if I'm wearing something skimpy. But at least let my pose first. Let me get my bags off. Get a more flattering pose/angle. You'll get a better picture and I don't have to cringe if I see the picture turn up online.
I got no problem with people admiring my butt but lets at least do it properly.

>>4813905

Hmm, it's harder than that though. Some people are really snotty about that kind of thing. So that's probably why they snipe. That and they probably don't have the courage to ask.

Oh, I also really hate "sexy" versions of characters. There are a few exceptions to this rule, but wearing a lingerie outfit so you can be "sexy batman" or something ridiculous like that is just annoying. It's attention whoring at its worst.

> People who can't do their own research on their own cosplays.

Seriously, I'M not cosplaying as that character YOU are! Don't expect me to tell you what to do or how to make something!

>>4813905
I never put my stalker/ sneaky shots online though. Seems rude.

But I wish everyone was like you. Not everyone will give you a sexy picture if you want one.

>>4813917
I guess I can understand being afraid to ask. Seeing as some people do have the weird logic of getting offended by pictures if they dress in certain ways.
I usually ask if people want an actual picture if I catch them sniping, but they generally get awkward and turn away.

I guess the only thing I can say is that not everybody will be offended. I'm sure a lot of cosplayers would like better pictures rather than snipe shots as well.

For those of you who mention photo sniping in this thread, how do you feel if it looks like the photographer is trying to take general/panoramic photos of the con instead of focusing in on someone in particular?

>>4813957
Doesn't really bother me. A lot of people like to take photos that show the sheer numbers of attendees or variety of costumes.

>>4813957
No problem there. Catching the ambiance is very different from trying to get a butt close up, sneak shot or an up-skirt.
The difference is usually quite easy to see.

>>4813860
You sound stupid.

I don't care if y'all get mad about this, but I really don't like unrelated costumes. /co/splay at anime conventions, anime at scifi conventions, memes at any convention, etc. I hate feeling like an outcast showing up at an anime con and everyone's cosplaying Scott Pilgrim.

And OCs. Fuck those guys.

>>4814037
Careful, it's contagious.

TENNIS SHOES

>>4814065
>And OCs. Fuck those guys.

Meh, OCs don't bother me as long as the person doesn't expect the world to know or necessarily give a shit about who they are dressed as (because generally I won't).

>>4813925
The "sexy" version thing CAN be done well--it just takes design creativity. You've gotta do more than wear some undies in the same color-scheme as the original character or something. Pic related.

>>4814086
>>4814065
The OCs thing seems like something that could kinda vary, depending on what series you're doing. Some OCs can be fine if they're cosplaying from things that have character creation as a major core of it (like WoW or Ragnarok) or have highly-recognizable races/uniforms. Death Note OCs? Bitch, please.

Again, it kind of comes down to design and execution, at least for me. If you can pull off an awesome-looking Vocaloid OC or, y'know, actual put some EFFORT into a currently unofficial country for Hetalia, do it and do it with a fucking vengeance, because we need more cosplayers like you.

>>4814196
That's an unfortunate face for such a good costume.

Any person cosplay a character that is the polar opposite of their body type.

>tall girls as Taiga
>skinny boys as Armstrong
>full grown men as pre-time skip Simon
>fat girls as Yoko

etc etc etc.

inb4 BUT THEY LOVE THE CHARACTER
I know, I know. It's just a pet peeve that I'm venting.

>>4814065
I don't know if I agree with this. Most of my local cons are technically Anime, gaming, and nerd cons, and have a few panels or events related to tabletop gaming and comics, and a few viewing room events that show doctor who marathons or something.

Nerd related cosplay is acceptable in my eyes, so is stuff like in-joke memes for a particularly con, but I seriously dislike people cosplaying as characters from non-nerdy things like Scott Pilgrim or something.

Also, "cosplaying" as anon is not funny anymore, especially when you're just wearing a guy fawkes mask.

>>4813625
>Doesn't want people taking pictures of her ass
>Still dresses up in slutty costume anyways
Fullfuckingretard general

>plain pink shirt
>cat ears
>jeans
>tennis shoes
>ask what are you doing at a pokemon photoshoot
>I'M JIGGLYPUFF

>>4813447
Fuck you, do you know how tiring that got?
Do you even wear glasses?
I need to fucking see and after six hours of constantly taking them off and putting them back on, it got shitty to deal with.

People who I give my website URL to so they can look at my tutorials, after they stop and ask me how I made something, taking it as "Yes we are BFFs now please leave me lots of annoying comments".

>false eyelashes where false lashes aren't needed
>colors that are a good few shades off
>unshaven faces/bodies for hairless characters
>men that refuse to use a bit of cover up when it could do wonders
>creepy men/women dressing up as my husbando/waifu
>buys eBay shit.. LOL I MADE THIS I'M SO GOOD
>females that crossplay, but pose with their hip canted
>individuals that cosplay a popular series, but know nothing about it
>ANYONE THAT COSPLAYS BOKU NO PICO. YOU SICK FUCK.
>people that cosplay from a hentai or something porn related, but claim it's because they LIKE THE DEPTH OF THE CHARACTERS AND/OR STORYLINE DESU~ SEX IS ICKY~!
>unfinished seams or ragged hems. holy shit, fix that shit nigga.

I could keep going.

>>4814242
>Scott Pilgrim
>non-nerdy

>>4814332
Buy contacts, or just snatch 'em off real quick for photos.
My eyes can't handle contacts, so I'm not going to whine like a bitch when I have to keep taking off my glasses. I want to look my best, don't you?

>>4814314
FUCKING...THIS.

>cosplayers that have their moms make their costumes

seriously?

>>4814360
>implying I don't have contacts
>implying I didn't lose them as stated in the thread I first saw this complaint

>snatch 'em off real quick for photos
Yeah did you read anything I put? Six hours of doing that got really irritating to do. My friend accidentally broke my good pair, and with no contacts plus only having a frame that feels like your hand could crush it (the spares) with a 10 hour drive back home after the con, what risk would you take?

>>4813482
THIS JUST HAPPENED TO ME RECENTLY. Then everyone tagged the photos of me on facebook. UNTAGGING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

>>4814370
Jeez, you are so whiney.
This is a pet peeve thread. You don't have to agree with the pet peeve.

>>4814332
Actually if I can I like to get pictures of cosplayers with their glasses on. Sometimes it comes out adorable.

Might I suggest leaving them off for stretches at a time? Ten or fifteen minutes here and there? Much better than every 5 feet when you get stopped for photos.

>>4813467
This is okay when someone has hair very similar to the character... But please don't think your midlenth hair is long and cosplay a character with your natural hair who has tailbone length hair or not style your hair right... I think for male characters with shorter hair, natural hair looks better if you're able to get it to style like the character's.

"Hey, can I take a picture of you?"
>Someone else who is standing nearby jumps into the picture who I was not talking to who is not cosplaying a character from the same series

So many photos have been ruined because some half naked squareenix character jumped into the frame and started posing with the person who's picture I was actually taking.

>>4814385
or even worse

>"can I take a pic?"
>"sure!"
>four of you pose, all main characters from same series
>"I meant just her."

>>4814381
I'm -400/-500
That's not much of an option for me.
>mfw people gettin all mad when I've seen ONE pic where I'm wearing glasses out of the several online.

Except for that candid some guy grabbed of me on the escalator.....I don't like that one.

>Great Cosplay --> No Sense of In-Character Posing for pictures
My friend is a major victim of this. Her cosplays are great, but she always seem so lifeless in pictures.

>Glue Hair to Front of Wig to Try to Make a Hairline.
Not a major one, but EVERY time I see it, it looks bad. (AKA, EVERY GODDAMN AXEL AND SAÏX WIG I'VE EVER SEEN.) I will learn how to hand ventilate the hairline of my wig if that's what it comes down to.

>Forgetting to Hide your Con Badge
I'll admit, I'm kinda guilty of this sometimes.

>Overweight Cosplayers not Being Aware of Their Body Type
Don't be a Con Barge. Please.
I mean... I'm overweight and I cosplay, but that means I put in extra effort to make sure things look good on me. Even if I have to tweak the costumes proportions a bit. I'll make the skirt longer or the neckline higher if it'll look better on me. It may not be "110% accurate", but I'll look 110 times better in the long run. I also don't wear skimpy costumes, though.

>>4814395
>>4814385
For pics, I've ruined, I apologize for my bad timing. But I wanted a pic OF the people and then WITH them.
I try and bail out but with so many cameras going off it'd be kind of weird to have three people posing and one dude trying to duck out of the center.

....I'm sorry Team America group at SDCC.

Friend wants to cosplay with you. You're all chill and supportive. Friend jumps right in. Then suddenly..

>will you link me to the right wig to buy?
>could you send me a page to some good contacts?
>what fabric is the right kind?
>do you think *insert costume detail question*?
>would you mind buying *all this shit* for me? I don't get my paycheck until next week.

A couple months later, you ask, "How is your costume coming?"
and then...

>I haven't started anon, but I will get it done don't worry
>oh, it's easy, and I'm a great sewer
>hey, I never ordered that wig you sent me, could you find me a new link?
>oh no anon, I didn't buy the trim I needed! could you grab it for me tonight?

>ANON, THE CON IS A WEEK AWAY. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO FINISH MY COSTUME. WILL YOU MAKE THE JACKET, PANTS, UNDERSHIRT AND BOOTS FOR ME? AND STYLE MY WIG AND DO MY MAKEUP?

finally, after busting so much ass, you make it to the convention with Friend's costume done.

>everyone cares more about Friend's cosplay
>Friend doesn't give you credit for any of it

>>4814370
How about: Don't lose your fucking contacts! Carry backups! Have a friend you can use as a seeing eye dog. I'm blind as shit without my glasses, and I hate wearing contacts but for 4 days at a con? You better believe I show up with contacts on, and four backup pairs just in case. I did not just work my ass off to have the entire effect ruined by glasses OR squinting unconsciously because I can't fucking see.

Man up and learn to pose without your glasses, or don't lose your goddamn contacts in the first place, like a functioning human being. It's NOT that hard 9__9

ib4 'waaah, you didnt read the part where my hand HURDEDED abuhoohoohoooo'

>>4814395
>"Can I get a picture?" asked to one of us
>The other two people in my group step aside
>"Actually, I want a picture of all three of you together."
>We're cosplaying from Madoka, Outlaw Star, and Sgt. Frog
>mfw this happened 4 times

>>4814426
It must be because you ALL looked awesome.
Right? Right.

>>4814404

I know that feel. Like when you're in plainclothes, but people start taking pictures of the person you're with. What the hell do you do, you're sitting there stuck.

The lol one on that was when my friend and I were in cosplay, and my brother and cousin weren't. We were talking a "family/these are the people I actually came with" photo, and people started taking pictures of that.

>>4814426
Well you all must have looked like bamfs.

>>4814424
I wish I had a face in hands pic. Because I posted my kind of horror stories relaying to how this happened in the first place.

>carry back ups
Check it.
>go to Walmart a week before I leave for the con
>ask if they sell contacts
>OF COURSE WE DO
>get a box per eye (30 days each)
>go to register
>ring it up
>get handed a slip of paper
>LOL WE'LL CALL YOU
Nigga when I asked if you sold contacts I meant COULD YOU PUT THEM IN MY HAND IF I GAVE YOU MONEY
>waiting for contacts
>can no longer put off drive
>drive to San Diego for Comic Con
>phone call on third day
>YOUR CONTACTS ARE IN :3

Seeing eye dog? Got it.
>friend from way back in the day is in San Diego for school
>casual /co/splay Thursday, nothing to worry about
>wearing goggles with super dark tint (I of course found out way later these were removable)
>can only see vague shapes and kind of colors
>friend walks around with my back pack on, me holding onto the handle
>she stops me and points me in direction when someone wants a picture
>Saturday she can't come until later.
Like way later. As in this is the whole six hours of wandering around alone part kicking in.

>man up and learn to tl;dr
I did. For a LONG fucking time. But it was hard as shit to get them off and hard as shit to get them on.
And just in case a pair broke, I brought my little frame pair because they look kind of Steampunk to people who aren't obsessively finicky.

I wore my glasses in MAYBE 6 pictures out of 100+
Deal with it.

>>4814301
>omg dumb slut don't cosplay a slut if you don't want people taking pictures of your ass slut
>anon was complaining about people sniping pictures of her

Full fucking retard general indeed, anon.

Only happened once or twice but,

>No, sorry. I'm too shy to have my photo taken while dressed up at a convention.

...

>>4814484
kinda similar to this...

>see a kid dressed up in cosplay
>ask parent if its OK to take a picture
>NO YOU MAY NOT!

>>4814448
passerby anon here who read your posts...

>too tiring to move hands to face and back down

???????????????????
Is that one movement it takes to remove your glasses that tiring?

>someone cosplaying your favorite character
>"I love you, [insert name]!"
>"who?"
>mfw

>Cosplayers using their real hair for a costume when it is totally inappropriate

I mean, I'm not against using real hair for cosplay, unlike seemingly 90% of /cgl/. I just believe that this should only be done if your hair ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE THE CHARACTER'S HAIR. I actually use my real hair for about half of my costumes, but I also dye, straighten/curl, tease, cut and style my hair so that it actually looks like the character's hair. And then I go to a convention and see other cosplayers of the same character using their real hair and it's totally wrong, and I either want to maim them or shoot myself in the face. Ugh.

>Fundamental details are the wrong color, even though it looks like actual effort went into making them that way.

I'll forgive if it's only a couple of shades off. Not everyone can find the 100% perfect fabric, and sometimes even the most carefully mixed fabric dyes can turn out bad. That's okay.

But when something on your costume is bright fucking blue instead of green, or pink instead of red, ALL OF MY HATE.

(I'm looking at YOU, Touko cosplayers! HER HAT IS RED. HER BAG IS RED. HER BOOT LACES ARE RED. NOT PINK!)

>Stubble or facial hair on a character that doesn't have any

RAZORS WERE INVENTED FOR A REASON *SOB*

>Cosplaying a character when you know absolutely nothing about the series

As already stated in the thread. There are circumstances when this doesn't piss me off - ie the "my friend asked me to" situation. But I mean...if you're going to go through the effort of buying/making the costume (or, heck, even wearing the costume takes effort) at least READ THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE or something! That takes, what five, ten minutes?

>Busty women cosplaying flatchested girls

No. Just, no. If you must cosplay the character at least bind!

>"Cosplayers" cosplaying as their "own original characters" going to organized photoshoots and getting in photos

Go play in traffic

>>4814531
THIS.

Oh, Oh big ol' jet airliner
Don't carry me too far away
Oh, Oh big ol' jet airliner
Cause it's here that I've got to stay

>>4814493
Admittedly, that's something I've done with people asking to take pictures of my little sister.

Normal person asking? Sure, go ahead.
Creepy, sweaty, panting person? Put the camera down and walk the fuck away.

Note that I'm not using gendered pronouns; even though the stereotype is fat creepy neckbeard, I've got far more creepy attention from women with her. When you come up to me and say "OMG SO KAWAII! I COULD JUST KIDNAP HER HAHAHA I'VE ALWAYS WANTED A SWEET YOUNG DAUGHER AND SHE'S PERFECT!" (direct fucking quote), you have no right to whine about how mean I am when I say no and walk away as fast as I can.

>girls that are too lazy to bind so they call it SnJ or "fem" *insert character here* but do nothing to change the original outfit.

>yaoi fakebois

I'm a cranky bitch. So time for a good ol' vent.

>Not wearing any makeup, no matter what gender you are/what gender you're cosplaying.

My friend is guilty of this and I want to punch her in the throat every time we con together. Last year I actually forced her ass down and did basic foundation just so she wouldn't look like complete shit. She whines and complains that she never looks as nice as I do in photos and that no one wants to take her photo. THERE IS A REASON YOU DUMBASS.

>Huge platform boots/hooker heels

Unless it's in the character design, knock that shit off. I'm looking at you Japanese cosplayers. Nothing ruins a good costume quite like ten inch heels.

>People not even trying to pose in photos

You are in costume. I'm asking you for a photo. I'm not saying contort your body or something, but at least angle your body a bit or show off an impressive part of your outfit. Standing there like an idiot doesn't make either of us happy.

Lastly, this is probably just me being an asshole:

>When I get tons of photos taken and can't find ONE online. Anywhere. Where the fuck did they go?

>>4814547
I agree with everything, but I don't see how this is red....

>>4814625

See the color of her hat? That is the color you get when you paint something with red fabric paint. And not even specialty red fabric paint, just regular "I found this in Wal-Mart" red paint. To get the shade for Touya's hat, which looks more red in that picture, you have to mix in some orange. True story.

But even if this looks more "dark pink" to you, the Touko cosplayers I'm thinking of (most of which don't even respond to "Touko") have hats/bags/shoelaces that are hot pink, or cotton candy pink, or pale pink. Those are the ones I cannot forgive.

>Overweight Cosplayers not Being Aware of Their Body Type

Thankfully, I've never been too bad at this. I realize that I am a big and tall person (read as: fat and tall). For Acen and AnimeIowa, I made sure to make a costume that would play to this.

So I created a giant Super Meat Boy costume and wore that.

>>4814662
Eh, to each there own, it looks more milkshake pink to me, but I suck at colors. But you know what this reminds me of though? fem America cosplayers, my friend did an amazing fem America cosplay that she worked for months on getting exactly the right colors for everything(she's a perfectionist) just to get to the con and have everyone tell her her wig was inaccurate because it was brown and fem America's hair is blonde, I don't know why everyone thinks it is but it's obviously not the kind of blonde they're talking about.
/rant

>>4814696
Yeah. I hate it when Hetalia fans in particular nitpick hair color, since Himaruya keeps making 21435476870 different 'color palettes' for half the characters and the color is completely different in the show than in the comics.[America's hair is really weird in the show... If anybody honestly nitpicked him then I'd be bugged to hell with my blonde-orange cheese-colored wig]. The genderbends get off bad because you're only a 'real fan' if you know all of them and their retarded 'dark color palettes'. [ah, fandom elistism.]
I personally don't mind it as long as its aesthetically pleasing and within a few shades, since genderbends are rare enough.
I was so happy with the group at Katsucon.

>>4814523
You didn't read my posts.
That part about "hard as fuck to get them off, get them on"
I had headgear.
And no, I wasn't going to take off my gloves so that I could take off my headgear so I could remove my glasses easier.
That would take a while - especially for the amount of pics I posed for.

>ask for photo of gorgeous cosplayer
>get dirty look, sigh and reluctant pose
> begrudgingly take the photo i wanted

> no wig, styles hair and make up normally

Using real hair bothers me to no fucking end; but i know this girl who styles her hair and her make up like a scene raccoon for EVERY COSPLAY SHE DOES. For the love of god, Kairi does not have major emo eyes or black teased scene hair. GET A WIG

Excessive bling on everything. I don't think I've seen this happen in the west but THERE'S SO MUCH OF THIS FUCKERY IN ASIA HOLY SHIT. I'm looking straight at you Spiral Cats. Glittery cheap lace and gold trim on everything and no accuracy at all.

Have you guys seen the entries for the HK ACG cosplay competition? Every single outfit is make of glittery fabric. Even Mami. I feel like making a whole new thread just to rant about it.

Can you really like or be a fan of a character if you don't like one of their most obvious or defining characteristics? You like a character, but only when he is a girl, so then if he's a dude, you don't like the character. Right? You like them, but you want various traits and things changed until it's not even the same character anymore. Can you still say you like the character?

>boyfriend and I are cosplaying characters from the same series
>we both ship them as a couple, so we do lots of pairing shots

>get stopped by a random chick who asks for a picture of us together
>hold hands and pose
>she flips the fuck out, literally screaming at us "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! THEY DON'T BELONG TOGETHER! YOU MAKE ME SICK!"
>she storms off
>our faces when

>blue wig
>hai guise i'm miku

like... no. just no.

When people don't realize their body type for who they're cosplaying. But theres a twist to this. There was a large black girl who was cosplaying as Miku. And im really trying not to offend anybody but do some research on who you're cosplaying as. Theres plenty of characters to go around.

>>4815055
>blue wig
>hai i'm Yereeka

>People praising a well-executed and crafted cosplay.
>Pictures are taken.
>Everything is dandy.
>Cosplayer takes her leave.
>"That ~charactername~ would be much better if she wasn't ~racedifferentfromcharacter~!"

As crowded as cons get, some things can still be heard loud and clear.

inb4 racial tension because this shit is rude and unnecessary.

>'e-famous' cosplayers that are only famous because they cosplay yaoi pairings

>can I get a picture of you guys kissing?
>we aren't even cosplaying

>>4815130
Fucking this.

>Inaccurate or half-assed "original" costumes.
Slapping on a black party dress and earphones doesn't make you "gawth lolita Miku"
>Hambeasts trying to act "kawaii uggu~~" and dressing as characters that aren't their body shape and complain when people don't take their pictures or don't recognize them.

>Short and cuvry
>Boyfriend tries to talk me in to doing cosplays that invole being either flat chested or being taller
I try to only do costume i know i can pull off with my high and body type. One time i did Codex from the Guild, and i ust looked STUPID!
>5'0
>38D
I used to do Washu from Tenchi, and the one time i did Ryoko, we had a whole group, but photos were awkard because everyone (even Sasami) were taller than me, and it was noticeable
>bf: You should cosplay Lilith!
>Me: NOPE

When you are at a photoshoot and your bf/gf is making a scene because they arn't getting attention from you while you are taking pics

>>4815170
>boyfriend loves Lulu from FFX
>suggests I cosplay her
>short/flat-chested/usually mistaken for a little boy

I love him but it'll never ever ever happen.

>overly shy girls cosplaying

Seriously, you are at a fucking social event, and you are dressed in a ridiculous attention-getting costume, but you don't want people to look at you or take your picture? What's the point of even dressing up?

>>4815183
>short/flat-chested/usually mistaken for a little boy

There are so many satisfying things he could suggest/do in his situation but seeing how I hold my tongue here unlike /fit/ I wont say it on the account I'm a fiend

>>4815191
>At con with friend
>friend is new to the con world but insited on dressing as Ino from Naruto
>refuses to take pics whole con
>She begs to go to the Naruto Shoot with me
>Refuses to get in group shots and makes us leave the shoot....
Its even worse when they cosplay skimpy costumes

>>4815191

Really? That's a bad thing? I'm new to cosplaying, but I always figured some people did it just for fun, and not really to get their pictures taken. Like, I could understand wanting a few pictures to show off the work put into it, but if you didn't put that much work into it and it's obviously you're just doing it for fun, then is it weird to not really want that many pictures of it?

>>4815208
you are putting a massive target on yourself, then wandering around a gun range telling people not to shoot you. It's annoying.

I can finally understand the rage one feels when they can't find pics of their cosplay from a con. For my last main cosplay, I can only find pics from the shoot. I wish I could find the individuals I took around the con.

Also, raggedy costumes in general. I don't mind the usual mistakes people make with their first costume or whatever, but I can't stand seeing costumes with fraying edges, wrinkles everywhere, horrible fabric, etc all blended together. It doesn't even look like a beginner cosplay then. It just looks like a hot mess.

People sell a
>used
costume for equal value or MORE than they paid for and it either
>looks like shit
>looks too worn out
>was a thirft store/what can we find at walmart.jpeg
>all of the above
I can understand if you created a WELL MADE costume you wore ONCE that cost you 150$ to make and you ask 90$ for it... but if its a shirt,pants, and a vest that you maid 75$ for and you are asking 55-65$ for... gtfo
no one wants your Good Will shit

>>4815302
>selling costume for 150$
>wig not included
>wig looks better than the costume

>>4815302
>Bought this costume for 100$
>I want 90$ plus 20$ shipping!
Fuck that. People on Coscom are fucking dumb as shit

>>4815315
>implying everyone on cosplay.com are dumb

>>4815325
That's unpossible.

>>4815325
my peeve
>people on coscom that think they are the shit
>people on coscom that have shitty costumes/modeling photos but they are in the spot light or what ever its fucking called
>people that make like 45674383 coscom accounts because they wanna change their cosplay name desu
>people that post 100 photos of their costumes and some respond to ANY comments
>people that dont ask for help, people that BEG FOR HELP in a comment

>>4815325
people that post daily on coscom ARE dumb shits. Everyone is either stuck up, are suck ups

I dislike it when I spend a lot of time making a tutorial for a prop, posting a link to said tutorial in the description of prop pictures, and still get construction questions.

>>4815341
Most productive members jumped ship years ago.

Worst thing ever:

>Fat Cosplayer.

>>4815352
i made "shrine" pants for a costume, they didnt even lok that great... i put under the photo how to make them using a PJ pants pattern... i got a message a few days later, i shit you not... in all caps saying something along the lines of
>OMG HOW DID YOU MAKE THOSE PANTS FOR RIKA! I NEED TO KNOW PLEASE HELP

>>4815375
Someone asked me both on my coscom and my flickr how I made my dress for Princess Bubblegum.

...I used a pattern, what do you think? It's not even fancy.

>>4815375
Me as Rika (right) and friend as Hanyuu
Ours pants didnt even look great.... they just look like Pjs with ties on the hips and a flare or 2 on the sides of the legs.. patterns really arn't that hard to alter sometimes

When someone wearing a not-as-good same outfit as you changes to something else...

>>4815389
congratulations, you have made me like Rika and Hanyuu a little less.

>>4815407
youre welcome
like i said, our pants were horrible

>>4815389
I think you look adorable! Your make such a cute Rika~

>>4815407
>hate on /cgl
mmmmm love them cat fights

>>4815389
look at the thunder arms on hanyuu

>>4815413
the pants are fine. I was commenting on the rest of the outfit.

... by which I mean the fat and the ugly.

>>4815423
This was like....4 years ago, still new to cosplay... i even admit the pants were shit LOL, but thank you
>>4815427
I dont understand why my friend was posing... "flirty" and why she wouldnt let me cover the hairband with the wig fibers

>>4815389

>>4815427
here

seriously though you have some nice lips but goddamn i thought the one on the left was a guy who was doing it to be randumb and awkward

>>4815427

whenever there's a photo shoot and the photographers group is 5 feet from the main group

I like to take a lot of close ups but you can't just sit there

>>4815459
i anoyes me when people pose the same or have the same "face"in EVERY pic

when people have big/elaborate costumes and no handler

seriously, you NEED a handler.

>Not even cosplaying or wearing lolita
>"CAN I GET A PICTURE OF YOU?"
>Oblige and say yes because for some reason they seem so excited
>Every fucking con

I feel so self conscious.

>>4815469
Yaya always has atleast 4-5 bodygaurds during dragoncon....

>>4815472
Aww you're probably really cute. Or really ugly. One of those.

>>4815469
what's a handler?

> fucking CORSETS on characters that don't have them

Looking at you black cat cosplayers. She has never wore anything even CLOSE to a corset, just get a padded push up if you're not that busty. Fucking get the kind that are made to be worn under things. just fucking quit it.


and as a general peeve. I know I don't look good, but my friends constantly going on and on
> OH YOU LOOK GREAT
> TOTALLY COSPLAY WITH US

No. I am fat and even more a problem I have a terrible nose and bad facial features. I know you're trying to make me feel good but I'm not fishing for compliments, I'm trying to be real.

>>4815484

Someone who can direct them and keep them from tripping all over themselves and everyone else. Big costumes are NOT known for having good visibility.

>>4815484
Someone who helps you out with cumbersome or difficult cosplays.They clear paths, act as a seeing eye dog, make sure you're not all up in everyone's way, etc.

>>4815499
this
i dont cosplay unless i know i can do it, imnotfat, but i am curvy and im not gonna cosplay some skinny flat chick just to feel good.

>>4815503
some costumes, i understand but most people just have them around to look important, and its fucking retarded
>whores

>>4815499
I actually hate when a character has a body type that looks like a human being would look wearing a corset or push up bra and corset, and people DON'T wear them.

If you are cosplaying a character with inhuman, tex avery curves... No one has that body. But a corset will get you close.

But black cat? no.

>>4815508
ohgawd
i dont mindit when people wear corsets, UNDER cisplays but i dont remember Black Cat OR Harley Quinn wearing one on the outside

>short wig with ponytail clip and not parting wig/doing a proper ponytail

I guess it seems kind of minor, but it just pisses me off for some reason. Maybe because with stores like Arda there's no real excuse?

>>4815389
i have a peeve with this shit storm of a cosplay...
>THAT RIKA
you look like a weebo, atleast that hanyuu'shorns look good

I don't like those of you that think people aren't allowed to cosplay if they don't look like the character. As long as they are just fans having a good time, it should be fine. Unless they are talking shit about other costumes or are in some sort of character accuracy competition, let fat/nerdy losers go to these nerd gatherings dressed like their favorite character, no matter show ill-fitting.

>>4815507
Person you replied to. Think you replied to the wrong person there, bro. On that note, I've never seen anyone without said costumes have a handler. Personally, unless your costume is one that's retarded to move around in, your assistant does not fall under the term handler. I make that clear when I bring it up to friends who don't know the difference between handler and person who's nice enough to carry my swag.

>>4815512
gotta love sailor moon clip on poney tails

>meet random guy cosplaying from same series
>hey, punch me in slow-mo for the cameras
>cracks me right in the jaw at full force

>someone asks to see your prop
>hand them said prop
>ask them to be careful
>they break it...

>anime/comic convention
>furfags in fursuits wandering around

>cosplay minor character
>people look at me like wtf at photoshoot

Just because I didn't choose the main character like 95% of the attendees doesn't mean I can't be there. Calm your shit and take your pictures.

>>4815508
That's fine, but PUT IT UNDER THE COSTUME. There's no reason to have it on the OUTSIDE.

Most of my peeves are listed here, but this one gets me the most

>Obese hambeasts and neckbeards calling overweight and chubby girls landwhales

Don't be jelly because they're smaller than you. If you have an issue, lose some god damn weight.

Also:
>Girls that are a bit overweight but cosplay characters who cover their bad areas
>Get bashed for being enormous
>wat

Not everyone will have Lilith's body with Morrigan's tits. Just fyi.

>cosplay as favorite character
>"you should have cosplayed as ______ instead"
>fuck you

>fucking pleather, pleather everywhere
>especially when the character CLEARLY WEARS DENIM

>use satin for the wrong type of outfit
>use CRUSHED VELVET for anything

fucking hell, its not that hard to judge what fabric NOT to use for a costume

Crazy-ass shoes

>have small children my husband and I bring to con
>OMG KAWAII CAN I PICK UP YOUR KID/S AND SHAKE THEM AND PINCH THEM AWWWWWWWWWW
>don't wait for reply
>drag kids off to show to friends
>(once) attempt to make them kiss for yaoi (they're both boys)
>complain if I refuse/take my kids back but if my husband does it it's all 'AWW PROTECTIVE DAD HOW CUTE OK WE'LL DO WHAT YOU SAY LOLOLOLOL'

>>4815528

Yeah, it kinda ruins the illusions of you having those curves if you've got it on the outside of the costume.

Bumping

Cosplaying in public. Also when people cosplay at the wrong places, such as the Renaissance Festival.

Went to one once and ran into some kid cosplaying as Naruto and another as Inuyasha.

>>4815621
Why the fuck would someone do that? What the fuck does Naruto have to do with that?

Girls who wear really revieling/skimpy/cleavage-highlighting cosplay that freak out the moment someone looks in the general direction of them and calls said person a pervert

>>4815646
A lot of kids who are into cosplay seem to think that cosplay is always appropriate for everything. I've seen a few instances of lolitas who are similarly afflicted, too.

>>4813475
I could say the same thing to a photog and rage about WHY DO YOU WANT MY PICTURE IF YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY COOL IDEAS PLANNED1!!1

Two way street bro. Sometimes it is nice to hear what a fan would like to see the character do, and sometimes the cosplayer has a good idea themselves. If you want the picture, hopefully you actually know the character and are familiar enough with them to know what poses woudl be good.

People can come up with the best shit when they work together (cliche as that shit sounds its true). The burden shouldn't only fall on the cosplayer, especially when people are usually going somewhere and are suddenly asked for several pictures. It gets old because I just run out of ideas sometimes, and pisses me off when the photographer is as clueless as I am.

>>4815663
Honestly, cosplaying in public makes me rage so hard. The people that do it just want attention, and they're usually really ugly, massive weaboos or both. People think that dressing up as characters is weird enough as is

>>4813298
There's a better word for "casual cosplay": lazy. Really, there's not a whole lot different between "casual" cosplays and ORIGINAL CHARACTER DO NOT STEAL. They're both the kind of stupid cosplays that only hambeasts and neckbeards wear, and usually they have to point out who they are

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>Ctrl+F cardboard
>Nothing found

Really? Am I the only one that hates the lazy motherfuckers that slap something out of cardboard boxes the last minute and pretend it's a costume? Those people should be set on fire in their shitty costumes.

>>4815676
Different anon here, but you should have at least one pose planned, let's be honest here.

I'm going to be taking thousands of photos this con of hundreds of cosplayers. As much as I'd love to be crowned king of nerds I have not been watching every show that has come out and I don't remember every character of those that I have. All photographers know of a few great poses, but we're looking for something your character might pose as.

So while yes, if I'm going to be doing a photo shoot with you I better be bringing a bunch of ideas and so should you.

But for all those people stopping you along the way, or if a photographer wants to do a few quick nice shots of you and you don't want to have the same generic pose he's given to fifty other people.

Have a pose practiced.

>>4815745
Joke Cosplays Made With Cardboard: heh
Lazy Cosplays Made With Cardboard: RAAAAAAGE

People who do random mashup cosplays (like Yoko-Miku) annoy the hell out of me because they remind me of Sonichu

>>4815745
Yeah, after that infamous Gundam cosplay, anything else just seems....eh.
Now if you make an entire armor out of cardboard, awesome.
But throwing on a box with the character's name on it got old.

>>4814547
Stubble is basically unavoidable unless you shave multiple times a day, which causes Razor-burn for most men

Razor-burn is way less nice to look at