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cosplay side blog :3 Main Blog Icon by: @jejejijiju Rikki || 29 || she/her

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There's nothing like the bond between a girl and her emotional support frog 🐸

Brought v1 of Melinoe to ALA! I was hella crunching in the lead up to the con and ended up not finishing ;_; But I'm glad I was able to finish enough to have some wearable and recognizable!

I've been posting a bunch of ~craft w/ me~ style videos of this build on my Instagram, and I'll share them here later!

I went to the Hades meetup and it was neat to see just how many other Mel's there were LOL glad to know that others love my babygirl as much as I do :3

Also frinos was the true star of the show that day, so I'm glad I decided to bring him along~

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📺 eh-ne? Eh-nah! 📺

Brought Eous to my very first ALA!

The photos with Wise and Belle are from the con floor and the zzz meetup respectively. (Sorry they're a lil crunchy 😅) And many thanks to the Wise for taking/sending them to me~

Wise: @/atse0257 (insta)

Belle: I didn't get her handle ;;

My completed cosplay list is quite short but this is def one of the more comfortable ones I've worn!

Cosplay details:

Hat, bandana, skirt, belt: made by me

- hat pattern (slightly modified) by @/standardcurio

- skirt pattern by @/firststopcosplay

Jacket + top: thrifted

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I'm not doing a great job at updating this blog lmao

But I went to ALA this weekend! I got to meet Jonah Scott (a va that I know more for his streaming) and Cassandra Lee Morris (the va for my babygirl elphelt!)

Eventually I will get around to posting my progress pics for eous and other pics from the con~

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I went to hoyoween this weekend and quickly threw together an Eous cosplay! It's was loads of fun and I got to meet the voice actor of Lycaon! Unfortunately this is the only picture I got lol

oop I'm absolutely terrible at updating this blog OTL

if you're interested in more frequent updates when I'm crafting, I'm marginally better at it over on my instagram :3

This is a cosplay I definitely want to improve on. I drafted a design that I wasn't able to execute as intended, largely due to lack of time and lack of skill on my part. Also after wearing it out for several hours, there's a couple of things that could use streamlining~

jacket and top: thrifted

ears, bandana, belt, and skirt: made by me

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I went to Anime Impulse last month, and I had so much fun!

It was both my first con and first time cosplaying again since covid. It was really nice being in that kind of space and feeling that energy again :3

if we took pictures or talked at all during the event please let me know!!

some major lessons were learned tho:

break in shoes before the con

buy insoles/padding for any heels

practice poses beforehand

make sure accessories are all looking right before taking photos

entire cosplay (including wig and accessories) from miccostumes !

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updates~

eep it's been quite a bit of time since I last posted here OTL

Honestly I was struggling a lot with my Catwoman beanie project, which was super demotivating. Additionally my interest in Catwoman and DC more broadly has waned which further demotivated me.

One day I will eventually return to this project and finish her, but as of now I'm moving on to new projects!

I have tons of ideas of stuff I'd like to do, I just gotta a) pick one to start and b) actually start and not get stuck in the ideation/planning stage.

I actually went to a con last weekend and cosplayed there. I'll be sharing photos soon and hopefully I can get to updating this blog again lol

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Catwoman Beanie Build

My current cosplay project is Catwoman from the most recent live action Batman and right now I'm working on her lil cowl/beanie! I'm using this tutorial by @/StephanieTashi over on youtube! I haven't crocheted in a mighty long time and might as well be a brand new beginner at this point. That being said, I'm finding her tutorial to be pretty straightforward!

Admittedly I did end up scrapping what I have pictured because I stopped counting and was going off of vibes only OTL This resulted in that final row easily being 10 stitches shorter than it needed to be. That plus the fact I was pulling things way too tight made restarting the whole project the most reasonable option.

This time I'm taking care to make sure my stitches aren't too tight and actually counting for each row. When I get a little further along with this attempt I'll update this post~

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Update time!

I was way too optimistic in my last post, because I had to restart this beanie a handful of times. What you're seeing right now is attempt #8 (!!)

It still has a long way to go before it fully resembles Catwoman's beanie, but I do think it's in much better shape than my earlier attempts.

I have been taking notes while I work, and I think this is definitely helping me stay on track. Somewhere along the way I did mess up on my counts bc it is longer than it should be, but I'm just trying to keep things consistent and hopefully the final product won't be too affected by that.

The tutorial video is split into 9 sections, and so far I've completed the first two.

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Time for another update!

With this update I now have the main body portion of the beanie finished! What's next is the eye hole portion + adding some rows after that hole portion to even things out width-wise.

I am a little nervous about it being too small, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there :3

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Catwoman update!

I've recently been on a thrifting kick and was able to find some boots and accessories for Catwoman. Both accessories will need a little work, but fingers crossed those will be fairly easy projects.

I'll pop my notes underneath the read more~

These are a little tight width wise. If I were to wear these just for pictures I don't think it'd be a bother at all. For an all day con or something I could see it causing some foot pain. I may be able to stretch them, or figure out a way to just really protect my feet from blisters.

Boots:

Look wise these aren't exact matches for what was on screen, but it's close enough in vibes that that's fine with me! I may try to paint those buckles to be silver somehow tho, but I'm not wholly sold on the idea.

So the costume I got came with a belt, but it felt a little too flimsy for my tastes. Luckily I found this belt on ThredUp and it felt like a decent enough match.

Belt:

The most obvious alteration I'd like to make is to the buckle. Her buckle is a silver metal while this belt's buckle is black and seems to be made out of the same material as the belt itself.

Trying it on, it's actually too big for me ;; If I want it to sit flush against my waist I'll need to add a couple more holes. Additionally, some of the holes are missing their metal coverings. This one may prove to be a trickier alteration project.

Again the costume came with some gloves. I think those gloves are just alright, but their fit isn't ideal. Also I understand why they sewed them to have pointed tips, but I think it can look a little silly. Some of my reference pictures show that Selina's gloves have holes for her nails to come through, and I wanted to recreate that more accurately!

Gloves:

These gloves are a bit snug, but I'm still able to get them on so ultimately I don't mind.

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Catwoman Beanie Build

My current cosplay project is Catwoman from the most recent live action Batman and right now I'm working on her lil cowl/beanie! I'm using this tutorial by @/StephanieTashi over on youtube! I haven't crocheted in a mighty long time and might as well be a brand new beginner at this point. That being said, I'm finding her tutorial to be pretty straightforward!

Admittedly I did end up scrapping what I have pictured because I stopped counting and was going off of vibes only OTL This resulted in that final row easily being 10 stitches shorter than it needed to be. That plus the fact I was pulling things way too tight made restarting the whole project the most reasonable option.

This time I'm taking care to make sure my stitches aren't too tight and actually counting for each row. When I get a little further along with this attempt I'll update this post~

[rikkidoescosplay]

Update time!

I was way too optimistic in my last post, because I had to restart this beanie a handful of times. What you're seeing right now is attempt #8 (!!)

It still has a long way to go before it fully resembles Catwoman's beanie, but I do think it's in much better shape than my earlier attempts.

I have been taking notes while I work, and I think this is definitely helping me stay on track. Somewhere along the way I did mess up on my counts bc it is longer than it should be, but I'm just trying to keep things consistent and hopefully the final product won't be too affected by that.

The tutorial video is split into 9 sections, and so far I've completed the first two.

[rikkidoescosplay]

Catwoman Beanie Build

My current cosplay project is Catwoman from the most recent live action Batman and right now I'm working on her lil cowl/beanie! I'm using this tutorial by @/StephanieTashi over on youtube! I haven't crocheted in a mighty long time and might as well be a brand new beginner at this point. That being said, I'm finding her tutorial to be pretty straightforward!

Admittedly I did end up scrapping what I have pictured because I stopped counting and was going off of vibes only OTL This resulted in that final row easily being 10 stitches shorter than it needed to be. That plus the fact I was pulling things way too tight made restarting the whole project the most reasonable option.

This time I'm taking care to make sure my stitches aren't too tight and actually counting for each row. When I get a little further along with this attempt I'll update this post~

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For me, a character hits peak blorbo status when I feel the urge to cosplay them. Jason Todd (my beloved) has hit that status :3c

There are some bits n pieces I’d wanna rework with this cosplay, but considering I was aiming to put this together for Halloween I’m p satisfied with it~

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This one was made for Halloween of last year!

Batfam had me in an absolute chokehold at the time (as if they aren’t still my current fixation lol). I wanted something that I could put together super easily + was mainly comprised of pieces I could potentially use just as regular clothes or for other things. 

There’s definitely a lot I would like to change and rework to get it looking more ~ comic accurate ~ but I think this was perfectly serviceable given the circumstances. 

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~i’m baby~

This was my first time actually trying to cosplay and it was p fun LOL  I kinda wanna try more now, but we shall see if anything comes of it

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I’m gonna start off this sideblog with the small handful of cosplays I’ve already completed! This was from AX 2019, and looking at it now there’s definitely a bunch I’d like to improve on. I do quite enjoy that little star wand I made tho :3