#squid cosplays

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Finally posting photos from the shoot I did as Therion from Octopath Traveler (in a costume we put together with only about two weeks lead time) back in August. Featuring @owlboxes as Cyrus and @roaldseth as Z'aanta.

Therion does not want to be in the group hug and is going for his knife.

Pickpocketing the old man while Cyrus works as distraction.

Planning our next route from the Otakuthon treehouse.

Some outtakes of Cyrus getting thirst trap photos for Therion to make Darius jealous on Instagram.

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SDCC Day 1 (Friday) Decided to go as Rey this year! More will be posted when I get back home.✌ Bonus pic with a stormtrooper who asked for a photo with me ❤❤❤

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Cat Manchack took some absolutely FABULOUS pictures of me at CONvergence this year. I’m in awe.

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I am fully for everyone dressing as whatever fictional character they want to dress as, provided it's done in a respectful manner and nobody forgets why blackface is generally considered a Poor Life Choice these days. Myself I dress against body type, gender, moral alignment, height, age, possibly race (Ness is an 8-bit sprite so you can't entirely tell), and in one case possession of a head. But for some reason, with one major exception, I almost always cosplay for my hair type. Maybe I'm just cheap about wigs. Also winter/early spring Chicago conventions are a terrible idea. My heart goes out to those poor, poor people dressing as female superheroes in today's weather.

[aerialsquid]

Well, hello there, my dear audience. It’s almost time for my curtain to rise.

(@princess-pooka-of-the-lilies made this suit. By hand. From scratch. While doing grad school AND an internship. When I conquer the world she’s getting at least a generous portion of South America.)

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Music Meister proof of concept glasses completed. In less than an hour, actually, once the plan was in place it was surprisingly easy. I taped the paper to the glasses (they’re the giant old lady kind that can fit over my normal glasses), marked where my eyes were, then cut out the eyeholes and drew the lines on top of it before taping it back to the mask.

For the actual version I may need to borrow an X-Acto knife and a steady set of hands so I can use more sturdy paper, possibly the kind that’s sticky on the back. Fitting it around the curves and top will be the difficult party so if we’re left to use white printer paper it apparently won’t look as bad as I thought it would.

Also I need to find some way of painting over the sides of it and the top because they are covered in flowers...it was what a friend had to give me. I’m sure Mark 2 glasses will happen at some point once I see what worked and didn’t with this set.

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my hair is navy blue now

you know what that means

i can cosplay jane without a wig now