ashweezcosplay

She/they. 35+. Texas-based non-binary/demifemme AAPI cosplayer, shibe owner, award winner, shit poster  

[eye-of-the-silver-dragon]

I am so very nervous about making this post but I need community input so here I go-

Hi! My name is Clara and I'm a senior writing my thesis in college. I'm an art history major and my thesis is gonna be about fanart and cosplay (and video games!) and why those are underrated but also super important and valuable in society! (This is a very basic watered down explanation lol)

Since I'll need some examples and sources, I want to reach out to people who do fanart/cosplay (especially since this is the fanart site hehe) to see if you'd be willing to have your art included in my thesis! I'm a nerd about Arcane, Severance, Hades, Baldur's Gate, and a bunch of other stuff, so if you are into any of those fandoms, please especially say hi! (But even if you're not, please drop by anyways! I'll use anything and everything I can get lol)

Any skill level or medium is welcome! Digital (minus AI, since that's not what I'm writing about), traditional, sculpture, embroidery - and if you want to yap about your experiences with making fanart, I'd love to hear it!

Ditto with cosplay - any skill level/focus is welcome! I also would love perspectives from LARPers or people in SCA groups, since I'd like to touch on historybounding at least a little bit. (I do know that SCA is a much different beast than LARP, but what you guys do is also super valuable and interesting to me and I'd welcome any input there as well! I genuinely love learning things so please teach me about what you do!)

It's gonna be seen by my professor and likely not many other people on my campus (it's not getting published anywhere official), but anyone whose art I'd use would get properly cited and whatnot, and if you have any interest in reading it once it's done, I'd consider sharing it directly with those who would want to read it.

I'm a pretty small blog so any reblogs help immensely! And if you have any questions, feel free to DM me, message me in the notes, or stop by my askbox :) I'll try to reach out to individuals as well, but I'd love to get a broader group if I can. The more the merrier. :)

Thank you guys so much!!

[eye-of-the-silver-dragon]

After a great deal more time than I anticipated, I am back, with a survey to fill out!

Fanart/Cosplay Survey (Thesis)

Hello there! If you're reading this, welcome - Thank you so much for taking the time to help out a college student with her thesis! I'm ver

If you are extraordinarily averse to filling out Google Forms, I can provide a written-out list of the questions for you as well :)

Tagging everyone who reached out to me below the cut (thank you so so much to everyone who offered to help!)

If you weren't tagged but still want to fill this out and share it around further, please feel free! I'm always looking for more people to respond - a larger sample size never hurts! <3

@ashweezcosplay @heimeldat @47witchyneurons @marithefriendlyghost @cookiesandcantarella @fandomsbecausewhynot @yumeveggie @moonlightflower-queen @plainblackcanvas56 @koalamatcha @catshinji @lostlegendaerie @i-llbedamned @itsthekiks

Thank you to all of you who reached out, I'm so so grateful to all of you! (I think I tagged everyone, but if I missed you, please know you're appreciated too, I'm just forgetful lol!)

[ashweezcosplay]

all done! Sharing so other cosplay moots can do it as well!

[ashweezcosplay]

The Eye of Zaun

Here are all my Silco cosplays so far!

Silco photos by JuliaGrey.com

(With editing by me for the red eye)

Young Silco photos by @heyitsxae

Femme Silco photos by me

Father/daughter waterpark nonsense lmao

Jinx is kaseydidwhat

One day I'll actually make a proper S1 Silco cosplay that's accurate and not essentially a closet/casual cosplay. I made the black vest after making myself a black skirt, just to add some pieces to my closet. Then I made the hoodie because I wanted to get practice with my serger. One red shirt and cream tie later and I had a rough Silco cosplay! I do want to one day make his patchwork vest and really give the whole cosplay the craftsmanship it deserves, but the cosplay muse has been dreadfully silent lately.

[heyitsxae]

i giggle and kick my feet when ppl like the photos i did of them HEEHOO

[ashweezcosplay]

YOU ATE WITH THESE. I LOOK SO FUCKIN COOL

[ashweezcosplay]

The Eye of Zaun

Here are all my Silco cosplays so far!

Silco photos by JuliaGrey.com

(With editing by me for the red eye)

Young Silco photos by @heyitsxae

Femme Silco photos by me

Father/daughter waterpark nonsense lmao

Jinx is kaseydidwhat

One day I'll actually make a proper S1 Silco cosplay that's accurate and not essentially a closet/casual cosplay. I made the black vest after making myself a black skirt, just to add some pieces to my closet. Then I made the hoodie because I wanted to get practice with my serger. One red shirt and cream tie later and I had a rough Silco cosplay! I do want to one day make his patchwork vest and really give the whole cosplay the craftsmanship it deserves, but the cosplay muse has been dreadfully silent lately.

[kandimouse]

to those of you who are moving here from tiktok, from someone whos used both tiktok and tumbr for years...

1. DO NOT censor your posts

dont censor sex, abuse, suicide, dont censor it. we dont have censors like tiktok does, you wont be banned for talking about these things and tagging them properly helps people avoid them (also, we dont have shadowbanning here)

2. we dont really have an algorithm

you follow who you follow, and you see posts from who you follow or what you search. the 'for you page' is basically useless here. this also brings me to my next two points

3. dont crosstag

we get it, on tiktok you have to crosstag for reach, but thats not really a thing here. just tag your posts properly (also posters often leave more info about the post in the tags!! and when you reblog stuff you can leave your own notes in the tags, kind of like the old "repost comments" on tiktok)

4. dont expect to go viral/be famous

"viral" isnt really a thing on here (at least not for the average blogger). your posts will probably get 2-10 likes and you wont get nearly as many followers than on tiktok. thats just how tumblr is

5. blocking is your best friend

tiktok is VERY discussion based, and while tumblr is much more discussion based than other social medias, its still not a good place for ragebait/discourse. dont interact, itll make your experience worse in the end, just block and move on

6. you cant go into someone elses house and start rearranging their furniture

this is tumblr, not tiktok. dont diss old tumblr users for how they use the site or try to change them, thats like going into someone elses house and trying to rearrange their furniture. we've been here longer and we're familiar with the site and its culture, either find your niche, adapt, or find a different app

[beautysnake]

Also, tags help people find your posts on site, but they also help you find your own posts on your blog.

I use this to make an art tag by tagging posts as "my art", so when I go to that tag within my blog I can see all my posts with that tag. Helps keep things organized!

[thisuserhaspassed]

If this pops up while you’re scrolling, I wish you unconditional love and massive success.

[ladycels]

Throwback to Katsucon 2024 with my Toothless cosplay and my friend Ikari as Light Fury! Had such a blast together, being all super sparkly even with the cold. I’m taking a little crafting break this month, so I’ll be sharing some past cosplays in the meantime. Stay tuned for more!

Lightfury: @ladyikaricosplay

Design by @_sunsetdragon_

Photography by @bryantcoxphotography

[galaxyqueencosplay]

Goldfish Keyleth

Sharing my Goldfish Keyleth here, as I'm trying to revive this old Tumblr account. Photography by Amanda Swanson Photography.

[jakeperalta]

if you work full time, how much (paid) annual leave do you get?

0 days (??)

1-5 days

6-10 days

11-15 days

16-20 days

21-25 days

26-30 days

31+ days

unlimited

unemployed/part-time/my leave doesn't work like that

Voting ended onJan 21, 2025

if you're part time you can vote for what you would get doing full time hours, or you can also vote based on your previous job if currently unemployed. this isn't including bank holidays, any allowance that can be carried over/bought or sick days!

feel free to reblog with your country!

[jakeperalta]

me seeing the americans in the tags talk about "earning" their sick days because apparently that's not just a basic right

[daily-spooky]

[ashweezcosplay]

Blisters & Bedrock

Just pretend young Silco had gone to Topside for a reconnaissance mission; that's why the air is so clean and the sky so blue.

Photo by JuliaGrey.com

Got Ikkicon photos back from two out of three of my Silco shoots! (Yes, I managed to pull a Silco hat trick during one con weekend lol) With TikTok dead and IG reaching enshittification, I'm going to try to be more active on my Tumblr and Bluesky cosplay accounts!

[bloodbending]

can’t believe tiktok is actually getting banned, twitter is infested with bots and brainworm-infested musk bootlickers, facebook is king of QAnon, instagram caught the plague from facebook and is dying a slow death in real time… and as the dust settles… only Miss Tumblr is left standing… failing upwards once again

[squeakadeeks]

with tiktok finally down for real i feel a sense of release. i was not made for video content. i was not made to move.

i can go back to producing my various jpegs in peace one more

[vaspider]

So… I got a notification from the State Department at like 8 PM Pacific that my passport was approved, and I was quietly thankful and stunned bc my legal gender in Oregon is listed as X, or undeclared, and that's what's on my passport. I'm pretty sure someone(s) worked late to get the X passports done today.

I was already really grateful to whoever in the Seattle Passport Office worked late to get these things processed on the last Friday before That Man gets back into office... and then I got a notification that my passport shipped at fucking midnight Pacific and whoever got that shit out the door so it couldn't be picked up on Monday and like, denied and shredded?

They're my fucking hero.

[vaspider]

So... I heard from a friend of 20+ years who works for the State Department who confirmed to me in so many words that they can assure me, without specifics, that "all of the suppositions you have made here are true."

So... yep. Passport folx at the State Department really did work incredibly long hours this week just... shoveling every passport out the door (and prioritizing the ones that might be A Problem come Monday) and yes, they did On Purpose make sure that all of them weren't just DONE but MAILED and out the door and in the hands of the USPS so that they can't be told to pull those passports back and deny/destroy them.

This also means they got the OK for the mountains of overtime from the Biden administration to get that done.

This is what I mean when I say that the Good Work is often not glamorous and that we have to prioritize things which actively and immediately better the lives of our siblings. The State Department worker who was still in the office last night at midnight Pacific time stuffing my passport into an Express Mail envelope and making sure that it was in the hands of USPS has done more liberatory work for the trans movement than 100 people endlessly auditing the language others use to describe their lives ever will.

These next years are gonna be real hard. Find something tangible to do for yourself and others, however small, and do it as hard as you can.

[ashweezcosplay]

Ngl I forgot about this account for a hot second

After getting Hive, I forgot about this account. It's not like I've been on there a bunch (I haven't even posted on there for 3 weeks cause the apps been very buggy for me).

There is a very good chance this Tumblr account will stay dormant for a while. At least until I figure out how exactly I want to use it. (is it solely for shit posting? Or cosplay? Or a mix of both?)

Who knows? I don't. Not right now. I'm still just living my best fic writer life over in my other Tumblr/ao3.

I wouldn't call what I'm going through cosplay burnout, but I guess I just like the change of pace as well as the different community.

Anyway this has been a ramble. Whatevssssss

[ashweezcosplay]

My toxic trait is putting a long rant into a venting channel on discord and then immediately deleting it when no one responds fast enough because I'm convinced that it was stupid and I'm stupid for having shared my frustrations at all and man maybe I should just shut up.

[lutaviacosplay]

"I just want to do everything in my power to help all of you---and the planet."

Aerith: @lutaviacosplay (accessory kit from dangerousladies, wig by sola-heika)

Photo: Jonathan Vilches

[ashweezcosplay]

Sucked into a bagel.

I debuted my Joy Wang/Jobu Tupaki cosplay at Kumoricon and I was so ecstatic with the reception it got! I was recognized a lot more than I thought I would be. Will def be wearing her again; I love how comfortable she is.

Makeup by Fairchild Cosplay

Everything but the shoes from Amazon

Photo by me