What is Cosplay?

Cosplay is an abbreviation for "costume play". It's a hobby which cosplayers wear costumes and accessories to represent a character from different movies, video games, anime, etc.

What I Love About Cosplay

Cosplay is a very creative hobby, that's why I love it! I find it very rewarding to learn new skill sets and create things from scratch. It also has helped me meet many people. Every convention I attend I meet lots of cool people with the same interests as me, I find a lot of people in the cosplay community to be nonjudgmental and accepting. I have also traveled a lot because of cosplay, I enjoy going to different cities/provinces to attend conventions.

20622105_1473278166064640_3510681956284420273_n

How Did I Get Into Cosplay?

I was introduced to Cosplay by my boyfriend in 2016. He brought me to my first cosplay convention Anime North! When we got there I literally had a heart attack, I had never seen anything like it in my life! I had no idea what "cosplay" was and that people dressed up as their favourite characters for fun and attend conventions!

After attending Friday at Anime North, I wanted to go again the next day. But I wanted to dress up as well! So I pulled some items out of my cosplay and ran to party packagers to buy a wig and dressed as Jessie from Team Rocket. My costume was horrible, but I didn't care I had an amazing time.

After that convention I was addicted, I spent all my free time working on creating costumes. When I first started, I had no skills whatsoever, but over time I have taught myself to sew, craft with materials such as eva foam and worbla, style wigs, learn new makeup techniques. Although I have a lot to learn, I started creating YouTube tutorials on how to make cosplay's. Below is my Black Cat cosplay tutorial:

What is My Favourite Cosplay?

As of right now, my favourite cosplay I have made is WidowMaker Nova. I am obsessed with Overwatch and love the character WidowMaker! I am also a bit more familiar with working with Worbla now.

Plans For the Future

I have a list of a million characters I still want to cosplay. I plan on making more video tutorials in the future, attending cosplay conventions in different countries and becoming one of the best cosplayers in the world!

What is Cosplay and How I Got Into it

Melissa Pearce

Tags

Witch Mercy Cosplay Tutorial

Wonder Woman Cosplay Tutorial