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Cosplay Inspires Your Creativities
By [http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Kristen_Wilson/658462]Kristen Wilson
Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, is a singing synthesizer application and its female character becomes a hot role to cosplay among young girls now. The name of the character comes from a fusion of the Japanese for first, sound and future. Probably, owing to the lovely image of Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, worldwide cosplayers are driven crazy to imitate this role.
Since Hatsune Miku was first installed in the Vocaloid 2 Character Vocal Series released on August 31, 2007, regardless of a great number of Hatsune Miku colorings, this hot cosplay role has been mostly recognized wearing aqua blue pigtailed hairstyle with black ribbons in the shape of bow, grey curves-flattering shirt with black separate sleeves and a matching tie. The look of the lower part is seen with matching ruffled skirt, over knee high stockings and grey ankle boots. She usually wears a set of black earphone to signify her position as the character for phonic software sample.
Believe it or not, a vivid hairstyle will bring the finished cosplay look up to ultimate. And Vocaloid Hatsune Miku's blue hairstyle is definitely her signature feature for a successful cosplay. However, many cosplayers find it hard to style her twin pigtails vividly. Her hair is long in aqua blue, styled two pigtails on both sides. Fortunately, Miku wig offered at many cosplay stores seems a nice solution and some pre-styled Miku wigs are chosen by a lot of cosplayers who plan to portray this role. Usually the headpieces, or the black ribbons, will come along.
As a matter of fact, Hatsune Miku cosplay wigs are offered in most cosplay wig stores or cosplay stores. With the fast development of cosplay entertainment, either cosplay wigs or cosplay costumes are abundantly offered in local stores or online shops. Many experienced cosplayers are also skilled at making the costume by themselves but the wig is still the best solution for the finishing touch of a successful cosplay ensemble.
Hatsune Miku cosplay can be implemented in either a natural way or for an innovative creation. Both of them can be fabulous work. The exact cosplay trend tends to be that natural creations with delicate work on high end costume, the correct blue color, the vivid wig and the natural make-up. Keep all blue details in the same shade, and even draw the eyebrow make-up in blue and finish the natural make-up with aqua blue acuve define. However, what I personally appreciate is the creative way to cosplay alluring lovely Hatsune Miku with temperately gorgeous smoking eye make-up. I've seen a very talented cosplayer completes her Miku cosplay look to a delicate finish and the spotlight of her successful work is the smoking eye make-up, seen with hot pink eyeshade, black enhanced turnup eyelashes and subtle black eyebrows. The boost of her creative idea is the pink tear drops scattering below the right eye. In the end, a fabulous scene of high aesthetic appreciation is finished.
Vocaloid Hatsune Miku Cosplay Inspires Your Creativities. Some of your cosplay peers have set excellent examples. Since her stylish looks are richly diverse, you can choose a costume of your favorite and exert your creativities on the make-ups or any other aspect you like! A world of artsy aesthetic fun will be achieved at the same time.
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Cosplay - Fantasy Becomes Reality When Cosplay Meets Anime!
By [http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Morgan_Le_Fay/317479]Morgan Le Fay
Born from large gatherings and events full of fanatical anime fans, cosplay has become an international hobby with thousands of followers. As anime has grown in popularity in the past two decades so has the hobby of cosplay. Cosplay is derived from the English words "costume" and "play" and is used to describe the hobby of crafting highly detailed and accurate costumes of beloved anime and manga characters.
In the recent years, largely from 1998 and beyond the amount of public acceptance of cosplay has increased. Today cosplay is a popular scene in public settings such as parties, nightclubs and video game shows. In some parts of Japan such as the Akihabara district there are even cosplay cafes.
Many anime events hold contests where the accuracy and attention to detail on a cosplay costume are judged based on their true depiction of the character they were designed after. This is perhaps one of the most important aspects of cosplay. The attention to detail and accuracy of a cosplay costume is the defining element of it. In this way, a players hair and skin are considered part of the costume itself and should resemble that of the character they are depicting.
Employing a variety of craft skills and art forms, cosplay costumes are commonly elaborate and may utilize a wide array of materials. Getting precise and accurate textures and materials is highly important to obtaining the most accurate costumes possible. For this reason, metalworking, leatherworking and a variety of trade skills may be required to guarantee the utmost quality of a cosplay costume.
Cosplay costume trends are always changing. On a yearly and monthly basis, depending on what anime, movies and video games are currently popular, the characters of cosplay change. In the past years even some non-anime characters have become popular cosplay choices. Harry Potter and Star Wars are common choices for non-anime character costumes.
Evolving from within the hobby of cosplay itself are some subset groups of enthusiasts who have taken cosplay in new directions. Crossplay for example is a type of cosplay where the players themselves dress up as characters of the opposite sex. However since anime tends to feature characters wearing a variety of unique and not necessarily gender-specific clothing, this is not seen as all that odd.
Cosplay has grown so much in popularity that in its modern incarnation, cosplay has magazines and websites devoted to it. These resources feature detailed instructions on costume making and materials as well as images of costumes from past conventions. Conventions routinely allow "cameko" or "camera boy" photographers who dedicate themselves to photographing cosplay events. [http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Anime/Public/Anime.aspx]Anime does not appear to be losing steam anytime soon and along with it; cosplay is only becoming more popular. The dedicated fans and enthusiasts of cosplay continue to support their hobby and pave the way for future craftsman to expand this unique hobby. Expressing the highest level of multi-discipline art and culture, cosplay is an intriguing and fun way for [http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/]Otakus to truly express themselves.
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What Is Cosplay Anyway?
By [http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Mike_Aronesty/1407688]Mike Aronesty
Cosplay is often misunderstood, and often brings up vague images of people dressed up in anime costumes. It can be interpreted in many different ways, but generally it refers to costume play or roleplay with anime or video game costumes. In the United States you can see cosplay in action at video game, comic and anime conventions. In Asia cosplay has a larger impact where it has influenced fashion, pop culture, and TV/street marketing.
Cosplay costumes have a large range that goes well outside of video games and anime. The intention is not to be symbolic of an idea or holiday but to actually replicate the character and play them yourself. Holidays like Halloween and Mardi Gras are generally not thought of as cosplay holidays because people dont actually live the characters and simply dress up. The level of detail in a cosplay outfit is also much higher than a store bought halloween costume.
The range of how detailed a cosplay outfit can get can vary from a upgraded costume kit to a custom made and tailored suit with full armor details, costume jewlry, and weapons. Cosplayers will often finish the look by using a wig, adding extensions to their hair, using hair dye and make-up. Contact lenses are also widely used to recreate anime or video game eye colors. Temporary or even real tatoo's are used to finish the look.
You can see cosplay in action at fan, comic, and video game conventions. Often these conventions have strict rules which the cosplayer must follow. These rules generally apply to cosplay weapons and outfits which are too revealing. The single largest event in the United States is the San Diego Comic-Con which is held every summer. Japan has many large expo's such as Comiket and the Japan Expo. At these conventions there will often be competitions where contestants present their cosplay and are judged for an award. Typically the contests require the cosplay outfit to be self made, the contestant must also have a skit prepared or have some sort of supporting act.
To help better understand what type of costumes are considered cosplay I will list some of the popular cosplay from this years comic-con. Of the video game cosplay, we found lots of Assassin's Creed, World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Metal Gear, Street Fighter, Zelda and the always popular Final Fantasy cosplay. For anime and cartoons there was Bleach anime, Dragonball, Durarara!, Air Gear, FullMetal Alchemist, Kingdom Hearts and of course Pokemon. There were also some good Hollywood movie representations with outfits from Kill Bill, Batman, Superman, Underworld, Resident Evil, Star Trek, X-Men and Lord of the Rings.
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