Kismeticulous You're Ridiculous

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[arctic-hands]

Every time there's a food recall that spreads from one company to the next, even from generic brands that are unique to the store selling them, it makes me realize the illusion of choice under capitalism hyped up by conservatives is a bunch of bullshit.

Oh and uh, don't drink apple juice for a while. Arsenic. And it's more than just Aldi and Walmart

Apple juice sold by retailers including Aldi and Walmart recalled due to arsenic concerns

Nearly 134,000 cases of multiple brands of apple juice are now being recalled because of of potential contamination.

[weaselle]

this is relevant as of september of 2024

here is a slightly more recent article that has a clear listing of effected products

Apple juice recall expands to products sold at Aldi, BJ's, Walgreens due to elevated arsenic levels

The newly expanded recall now includes juice that was sold at Aldi, BJ's Wholesale Club, Market Basket, Walgreens and Weis Markets, under br

[broccoli-bitching]

Have you ever been bitten by a white person?

Yes

No

Voting ended onSep 22, 2024

[broccoli-bitching]

No I will not explain why I'm asking

[broccoli-bitching]

I love how this post has become white people just admitting they bite people

[baddywronglegs]

Folks, if you wake up with a strong physical aversion to sunlight and an unexplained craving for cheese...

[astriiformes]

Really says something about the dire state of offerings for men interested in sewing their own clothes that even searching things like “interesting men’s clothing patterns” brings up articles with links to four or five whole websites that primarily offer admittedly nice but practically identical patterns for making button-ups and work pants and maybe a varsity/bomber jacket if you’re lucky.

(Branching out into historical costuming for everyday wear is like your one shot at variation, and even then, the ratio of men’s to women’s patterns on every website is frustrating to say the least.)

Patternmakers as a trans man I am begging you. Give me a little more to work with here.

[astriiformes]

Like it’s also hard if you’re buying your own clothes, don’t get me wrong, but there are at least more retailers that offer fun and quirky clothes for guys if you do a little digging.

And some of that comes down to print choice, where you obviously have significant leeway if you’re making your own clothes, too, but the erasure of men who sew by society writ large has wreaked absolute havoc on the selection of sewing tutorials and patterns aimed at men and people interested in wearing menswear. It is uniquely frustrating to be a man who wants to sew interesting things, not just wear them.

[astriiformes]

I wasn’t expecting this to take off, but since so many of you seem to have resonated (or at least sympathized) with this, I thought I’d offer some links to some of the fun patterns I have been eyeing lately

Twig and Tale on Etsy have a modest selection of slightly more unique men’s and unisex patterns, I’d really love to make their Pathfinder vest and Ridgeway shirt, among others

Merchant and Mills have a small selection as well, including their Billy gillet and unisex Landgate raincoat

Wardrobe by Me has mostly basics, but I do like their Ozark vest and utility jacket – and as a very small trans guy, I appreciate that their men’s patterns go down to a 2XS

Thread Theory is one of the places I absolutely have my eyes on for modern menswear – I’d particularly like to make their Gosling short-sleeved button-up, Jutland pants, and Belvedere waistcoat

Folkwear are absolutely inching into the desperately-needed much more unique zone – I have plans to make both their varsity jacket and vintage vests, and also have my eyes on their frontier shirts, sailor pants, shirts of Russia and Ukraine, and poet’s shirt

Black Snail Patterns does historical clothing patterns ranging from 1700 to 1910; I just nabbed their Victorian/Edwardian walking trousers and lounge jacket patterns the other day

Laughing Moon Mercantile also do historical patterns, likewise I am planning on making their Victorian shirts and neckwear (which has 15 different historical neckwear suggestions included) and Victorian notched collar vest

The Tudor Tailor do 16th century clothing, which might be a bit bold even even for historybounding for most people, but they do great work, and I highly recommend their bias-cut footed hose as well as their excellent books

(Last but not least, I would be remiss not to mention Norah Waugh’s The Cut of Men’s Clothes, which is a book and not a pattern retailer might be best for slightly more advanced sewers, but I did make a really excellent 1600s cassock using a pattern from it that has gotten a lot of compliments as everyday wear!)

Frustrating as the men’s sewing landscape is, there are still some fun things out there, and it’s worth the digging! I vote we all make weird clothes and start a fashion revolution.

[ayamccabre]

Cosplay and LARP patterns are worth a look, though the ratio is still very skewed. You need a good eye for what patterns are plausible though, and how to adapt them for different fabrics. That’s another part of this problem - you have to be good with patterns to be able to make the stuff but how do you learn the 101 stuff if you have to jump right into pattern drafting?

[stormsbreadth]

#theres a guy called Mark Francis who was on the Great British Sewing Bee a few years bacl#and he does some really cool men’s patterns! (via @shutupeiffel)

I had a look at his shop and it’s honestly pretty delightful. Particular fan of the seventh doctor inspired trousers.

[marzipanandminutiae]

@vinceaddams this feels like a You Post

[uroko]

Sawara 佐原市

[paunchjournal]

big announcement, guys!!!

[kismeticulous]

@exinsomniac

[zouisbreakup]

rb to give a flower to the person you rb this from

[evilscientist3]

Honestly we need more doctors like James "I'm going to inhale chemicals with my assistants until we discover local anaesthetic" Simpson. I feel we would have more recreational drugs if we did

[evilscientist3]

Me and the boys, MD, getting utterly fucking zoinked while discovering Ketamine 2

[kismeticulous]

@rygd3a

[rosemarytrash]

ahahaha

[kismeticulous]

@exinsomniac

[kamuicosplay]

The Book of Cosplay Sewing is out now! It’s only 5$! 

https://www.kamuicosplay.com/product/cosplaysewingdownload/

If you always had struggle with fabric and your sewing machine, this is the perfect volume to start! I wrote it especially for cosplayers and guide you from choosing the right material, over pattern making to finishing a complete costume! Hope you like it! :)

[bixbiboom]

@thesidehomie

[midnight-visitor]

Foam to Leather (Tutorial)

Things you’ll need:

Brown craft foam

Aluminum foil

Clothes iron

Ironing board

Black paint

Brown paint (lighter than your foam)

Paint brush

Paper towel

Grab some aluminum foil and crumble it into a ball. Not too tight of a ball though! The next step is almost impossible if you do. 

Next, un-crumple the ball. Flatten it out into one layer. It’s fine if there are a few holes.

Place it on top of your foam.

Take your iron and firmly press it on the foam and aluminum. My iron was set to 3 (polyester) but the correct temperature may be different for other irons. Just remember not to use steam! Before doing this on a large piece, be sure to experiment and figure out what the best temperature and what the best pressure is. On larger pieces, you’ll have to move the aluminum around a lot. It’s not a quick process.

Now you’ve got this crinkly affect on the foam. Next is painting!

Grab you’re brush, black paint, and a dish with some water. The idea is to dilute the black paint enough so that when you apply it the paint will seep into the divets the aluminum created. 

Once the watery paint is applied, wipe it off with a paper towel. Continue to do this for your whole piece of foam.

Now here’s an optional step (of which I haven’t done myself but I’ve known others who have):

Grab the light brown paint and, without diluting it, paint it on. It’s best to use a coarse brush in this case and to try to keep it out of the divets. Wipe some of the paint off. 

Remember, imperfections are always good! Uneven paint isn’t necessarily bad so just experiment with it. 

Here’s an example of a bracer I did with this method. The first two pictures are an example of the foam I began with and the rest show the end result. I hope this helps you guys out!

[musicofthenightphantomoftheopera]

Revolve to save a cosplayer’s life!

[hecctoplasm]

For all my cosplay babes

[showerthoughtsofficial]

“The camera adds 10 pounds” is a phrase of the past. Now people look better in their pictures than they do in person

[kichengunnet]

When people say that the camera adds ten pounds it’s because cameras used in filmmaking/TV production have a wider focal length and therefore subjects look wider or bigger. Whereas cellphone cameras have a short focal length that makes subjects appear thinner or smaller.

Nowadays, with DSLR’s and a variety of lenses, we are able to depict a wide range of focal lengths by using one kind of camera.

So that is why most people on social media may seem to look thinner than they do in person (especially in selfies because the front facing camera on phones especially have short focal lengths).

And that is also how the phrase “the camera adds ten pounds” came about.

[grayskyluna-art]

this is actually so interesting I had no idea

[asynca]

Learn to Knit With Scales

So you want to make something with scales too? Well you're in the right place!

GUYS I’VE FOUND A VERY IMPORTANT WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN KNIT WITHOUT INJURING THEMSELVES!!!!

[mzminola]

DRAGON KNITTING!!!

[captainofthefallen]

@rannadylin if you’re into that

[xelbleedsglitter]

@tinsnip ?

[kismeticulous]

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR LOOKING GOOD IN COSPLAY PHOTOS

Not everyone is a model. I am not a model. Many of us are just regular looking people. It happens. Sometimes you may have a round face or you may be slightly bow legged or cross eyed or maybe you are carrying a little weight around the middle BUT THAT IS OKAY I AM HERE TO TELL YOU YOU CAN STILL LOOK GREAT!! 

There are a couple things I have seen over and over that can absolutely make you look ten times better in pictures. Just ten times better. MAYBE 50 TIMES BETTER IF YOU DO THEM ALL YOU OVER ACHIEVER!

IRON YOUR COSPLAY- I cannot tell you how much of a difference this makes. Even if you only have time to iron the important bits, or you put the heat a little too low, a little ironing goes a long way. The normal clothes type wrinkles you get can make cosplay look a little shapeless in pictures. A crisp garment is going to look so much better I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH

BEND YOUR KNEES AND TWIST YOUR TORSO- The classic pose: feet shoulder width apart, turn 45 degrees away from the photographer, step forward with foot farthest from camera, place weight on back leg that you just moved, bend front knee, turn shoulders slightly toward camera, chin up, turn face to look just over photographers shoulder. Photos tend to flatten you, so the 3-d curve of your figure is totally lost and you look really strange. Twisting your torso a little brings back some dimension, and so does the bend in your knee. BEND YOUR KNEES YOU LOOK REALLY WEIRD WITH SUPER STRAIGHT LEGS LIKE 90% OF THE TIME (unless you’re a sailor scout i guess?). 

LOOK INTENSE- If you aren’t smiling because it’s not character appropriate: slight angry eyebrows and pull your lips in to the middle slightly (just slightly pursed JUST SLIGHTLY). This lip pursing action makes the lower outside corner of your eye squint just slightly which makes you look like you’re about to fight someone

CHIN UP- I have already mentioned this: Rotate your head just slightly backwards on your neck, like you are going to look at the ceiling. Do not stick your face out like a turrle. DON’T DO IT. If you are more than 98 pounds this will make your chin look way more defined. because everyone has a little fat under their chin, that’s just how it goes.

CONTOUR YOUR FACE- Even more than really spectacular eyeliner, a little contouring around your cheeks chin and maybe nose will go REALLY FAR. It’s so easy. I know makeup is intimidating for some, but if you are going to do one thing, do contouring. Photos tend to flatten your face a little and if your face is already a little round (like mine hhahaha) then this will make you look way better. If I was going to attempt photoshop this is prob the first thing I would try on a couple photos.

[kismeticulous]

this post is a fucking monster and I hate that it has so many notes bc i wrote it in three minutes and spent HOURS on the photography on that blog and ppl don’t cAREE AHHHH IT STUPID BUT IM ALWAYS MAD

[redadmiralvanessa]

GUYS GUYS GUYS!!! HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE WORBLA!! YES YOU HEARD ME RIGHT! HOMEMADE. WORBLA. Don’t thank me, thanks  DLShadowwolf aka  Obsessive Creative Disorder on facebook!!!

[aicosu]

WATCH DIS COSPLAYERS – WATCH IT DAMMITTTT

[a-daks]

even if you don’t cosplay just watch this dude and listen to him speak

[suotti]

for all you star cosplayers that follow me here’s a cool video how to make your own worbla~! 

[yaexrae]

For US buyers, I did a really quick calculation using the formula at the end of the video:

(Cost of Worbla M sheet / 0.42 kg ) - ( Cost of PCA / 1.25 kg) = your potential savings

You can get a medium sheet for $38 here and 28 oz. of Friendly Plastic (PCA) for $52 here

($38 / 0.42kg) - ($52 / 28oz)*(35.2oz / 1kg)*(0.8) =

$90.48/kg - $52.30/kg = savings of $38.18 per kg

You’d be getting about 70% more Worbla per dollar, but you’d have to make sure you could actually roll it out to a thickness similar to original Worbla to get an accurate mass to area conversion.

Either way, pretty interesting stuff!

[owlgams]

[truthtellingtime-deactivated201]

Just so everybody knows, the mirror is actually more reliable than the camera. Even though people say “the camera never lies”, it distorts your photographs a little bit. It has to turn a 3d image (you in real life) to a 2d image (a photograph) and consequently skews the proportions a little bit.

Also, “photogenic” is a real thing. Certain faces photograph well and others don’t. It’s all down the angles, proportions and size of your features.

Have you ever seen someone stunning who looks great in professional photographs and not in candids? Yeah, that’s because there’s a huge difference between a professional and an amateur. Professionals know how to minimise the issues cameras have. Lighting, angles and even the distance you are away from the camera plays a part (the amount of distortion varies depending on how close you are).

TL;DR if you think you look great in the mirror but not in the photo, trust the mirror. You look great!

[milafawnkawaiielfgoddessangelic]

NOT ONLY THAT, but when you look in a mirror, you’re seeing your face in motion, how others would see it. In a photograph, you’re still, and it can make small flaws and the like seem a lot more prominent, despite them being quite minuscule in person.

[neonshi]

Also! Also, when you see yourself in the mirror you are looking at you face reverse of how a camera pics it up. No face is perfectly symmetrical so you get so used to seeing a mirrored version of your face that when it’s flipped in a picture you subconsciously notice the tiny differences in your face and thus you think you don’t look right.

[cutegaywitch-deactivated2021022]

I have never felt so relieved and beautiful thank you guys

[harlequinnade-deactivated201903]

Gotham Girls #3

[darkwingsnark]

She waited all her villain career to make that joke.

She stayed quiet

and waited

And you guys didn’t appreciate it. 

JERKS

[elite-cosplay]

Cosplay Posing 102: Crossplay/Male Posing