Expression with Cosplay

08/21/20 • 6 min

Remember when Cosplay was about having fun and being expressive? Is it still? I’m not a makeup artist, nor am I great at any one skill that goes into Cosplay. But, I do find that the creators inside of the industry are very interesting and expressive with what they create. It’s something that I strive to create the time to do.

For me, production is the creative outlet. I enjoy editing the audio and video and putting everything together. Is it perfect? No, but it’s about my message and what I can share with my audience. In that way, Cosplay is the niche that I’ve chosen. You can always learn more, and develop more skills. Very appealing.

Understand that expression can be in different forms and formats. It isn’t just re-creating a movie-perfect replica of a costume and making yourself look like an exact copy from that movie. That may be an end-goal. In creating, you may find yourself, or what you truly want to do with your free time or all of your time – expression often leads to passion or shows others what your passion is.

It’s about messaging, focus, and being clear on what you do. It’s art. Creators are sometimes looked at as impractical or unproductive, but it’s what you felt you wanted or needed to do – and you shared that with others. Nothing wrong with that – whether it’s a message, what you feel strong about, or if it is less straight-forward – you realize something else in creating or re-creating a fandom building a cosplay.

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It's All Been Done Already

Know that what you’re doing, going to do, thinking about doing – probably has already been done or is being done somewhere. There are rare occasions when you can set up something completely new or different, but even being new and different has been done a lot.

Think of Cosplay as a conversation that’s been going on – many people talking. You join that conversation and add to that conversation. Now that conversation shifts and becomes something new and different because you’ve joined it.

My tip – don’t let the thought of ‘it’s already been done’ stop you from doing it. So what if it has? Have you done it yet?
If the answer is no – then it’s going to be different. No one has seen you do it. Your spin, your version, what you want to do with it.

That’s a good way to look at it. Looking to what everyone else is doing and then saying – I should do that or I should not do this because no one else is – may not be the best ways to approach your cosplay.

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Season II Countdown! Giveaways & Offers

One thing I hope to do more of in Season II are Offers & Give-aways.

You’ll be seeing some new things go into both Patreon and Ko-Fi during Season II and both will have their own focus. I don’t mention this because I want you to donate to the show, but these will be the first spaces that you’ll see both what I’m working on in Cosplay and what I’ll be doing behind the scenes to build Avalon and to start working on one-on-one and group programs in Marketing, Advertising, and Social Media help for you – the Cosplayers.

There will be Give-aways – you’ll see more on this here, there, and everywhere. Take note – all of them will NOT be happening on Instagram. They may be on other platforms

The first few will be smaller – FunkoPop give-aways – I’ve got 3 lined up right now – and it’s great to be able to do this. It would be even more amazing to do more, and I want the opportunities to do so.

Part of next season will be about giving back. That will depend on how everything goes with Covid-19, but towards the second half of the season in 2021, there will be episodes dedicated to giving back in some way – stay tuned for that.

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