Cosplay Crash Course

Author : Mina Petrovic
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440354839
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cosplay Crash Course written by Mina Petrovic and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cosplay lets you step out of your own skin and into someone else's shoes (or boots, or paws...). This beginner's guide helps you walk that walk with confidence in an awesome costume of your own creation. True to the cosplay spirit of collaboration, Cosplay Crash Course shares favorite tricks and techniques from some of the community's most imaginative artists. Step by step, you'll learn how to turn ordinary fabrics, inexpensive toys, easy-to-manipulate thermoplastics, wigs and other humble materials into original costumes you'll wear with pride. Whether you're making fabulous feathers, metallic armor, wicked horns, lifelike claws or form-fitting boots, this book puts it all within your reach. You'll even learn awesome hair and makeup effects to complete the look. Use this inside advice to fast-forward through years of trial and error; learn to select the best fabrics and adhesives and to make practical choices for comfort and wearability. Armed with the know-how in these pages and a spirit of adventure, who will you become? Everything you need to dress your part! • 25+ step-by-step projects for creating authentic-looking props, costumes and accessories • Easy techniques and clever shortcuts from nine international cosplay artists • How to manipulate wigs, extensions and your own hair to create unique and expressive looks • Awesome makeup effects, from tattoos and zombie bites to tricks for making faces appear more feminine or masculine • Bonus tips for striking a pose and snapping dynamic, in-character photos

Author : Mina Petrovic
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440354790
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cosplay Crash Course written by Mina Petrovic and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cosplay lets you step out of your own skin and into someone else's shoes (or boots, or paws...). This beginner's guide helps you walk that walk with confidence in an awesome costume of your own creation. True to the cosplay spirit of collaboration, Cosplay Crash Course shares favorite tricks and techniques from some of the community's most imaginative artists. Step by step, you'll learn how to turn ordinary fabrics, inexpensive toys, easy-to-manipulate thermoplastics, wigs and other humble materials into original costumes you'll wear with pride. Whether you're making fabulous feathers, metallic armor, wicked horns, lifelike claws or form-fitting boots, this book puts it all within your reach. You'll even learn awesome hair and makeup effects to complete the look. Use this inside advice to fast-forward through years of trial and error; learn to select the best fabrics and adhesives and to make practical choices for comfort and wearability. Armed with the know-how in these pages and a spirit of adventure, who will you become? Everything you need to dress your part! • 25+ step-by-step projects for creating authentic-looking props, costumes and accessories • Easy techniques and clever shortcuts from nine international cosplay artists • How to manipulate wigs, extensions and your own hair to create unique and expressive looks • Awesome makeup effects, from tattoos and zombie bites to tricks for making faces appear more feminine or masculine • Bonus tips for striking a pose and snapping dynamic, in-character photos

Author : Miyuu Takahara
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387104853
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cosplay - The Beginner's Masterclass written by Miyuu Takahara and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-07-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cosplay is one of the most physically, emotionally and socially intense hobbies in the world today. It involves months of time, ceaseless attention to detail and a dedicated commitment that dwarves almost any other recreational pursuit. The myriad skills, knowhow and effort that must be iinvested cannot be underestimated. ... Split into five principle parts, this book introduces and instructs upon the various skills needed to convincingly undertake cosplay. Giving homage to the hobby's origins and history, the experience of the convention, and the means of costuming on a budget, the authors seek to please all who seek to undertake the hobby." --

Author : Svetlana Quindt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440345163
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Costume Making Guide written by Svetlana Quindt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring your cosplay dreams to life with your own two hands! The Best Cosplay Tutorial Guide Ever! Get ready to impress ordinary mortals with your superhuman costume-making skills. You can do it no matter what your experience level with this, the first full step-by-step technique book on cosplay--with no sewing! Internationally known cosplayer Kamui Cosplay (a.k.a. Svetlana Quindt) shows you how to easily create elaborate costumes and successful props out of items available at your local arts and craft or hardware stores: turn foam into a realistic axe, create a breastplate from scratch and use a glue gun to modify just about anything. You will even learn the best and most accessible techniques for working with specialty cosplay materials such as Worbla! Packed with more than 30 step-by-step demonstrations that teach the skills you need to bring all your favorite characters to life no matter the genre, Kamui Cosplay deconstructs the work that goes into making a complete costume, from the first thought to the final photo. Tutorials cover design planning, fabricating body armor, 3D painting techniques and more. Best of all, you can adapt every lesson to use in all future fandom projects spanning video games, books, anime, movies and even your own original characters! Includes: • How to choose a costume and find good reference art • A short shopping list of necessary materials and tools for beginning cosplayers • Basic safety tips • A beautiful photo gallery featuring inspiring images from other cosplayers • Next steps--how to grow your workshop, take professional photos, participate in contests and join the cosplay community

Author : Grace Herbert
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781097652457
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cosplay Handbook written by Grace Herbert and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-18 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cosplay Handbook is full of techniques, and tips for everyone interested in cosplay! Learn how to create your own patterns, costumes, props, photoshoots, and more.

Author : Mina Petrovic
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440350043
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manga Crash Course Fantasy written by Mina Petrovic and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best fantasy manga drawing instruction...now with focus on fantasy! Manga artist and popular YouTuber, Mina "MISTIQARTS" Petrovic, helps you bring your wildest manga fantasies to life. Let your creativity loose as you learn how to draw hair that glows like a rainbow, animals that take human form, strange and outrageous scenery, and so much more. Following a friendly, step-by-step approach, you'll learn how to achieve the sleek, beautifully simple look of manga with a fantasy twist in no time. • Create your own unique manga fantasy characters, creatures and mascots • Design otherworldly fashions, fierce weapons, cool hairstyles and accessories • Put it all together into dynamic fantasy scenes and settings You'll find important basics on feature placement and body proportions, expert tips on everything from fixing mistakes to creating exciting compositions, and six start-to-finish demonstrations on drawing manga fantasy characters from sorcerers to samurai. This book has everything you need to strike the perfect balance in your art between compellingly believable and utterly fantastic.

Author : Amanda Haas
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1617459062
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creative Cosplay written by Amanda Haas and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspirational guide to sewing cosplay Boldly enter the world of cosplay and gain the confidence to design the costume of your dreams! Award-winning cosplayer Amanda Haas helps you translate your ideas from fiction to reality as you research costumes, shop for fabrics, mash-up patterns, and present your cosplay at a competition. A gorgeous photo gallery will have you frantic to join the cosplay community, while the author’s seasoned advice will give you the courage to take the first step. Bonus project: Sew a bum bag to carry your keys and other essentials to a con. Learn the art of making and wearing designer-quality costumes that will transform your persona. Turn fiction into fashion! A step-by-step guide to designing your own cosplay Dive into the fun world of cosplay with the author’s trusted advice Step up your cosplay costumes with inspirational photos, techniques, and more

Author : Yuki Takasou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935548812
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cosplay Basics written by Yuki Takasou and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cosplaying has become increasingly popular in recent years. From dressing up as a Manga hero to a Pokmon to a full-on mythical beast, hordes of people get together to showcase their self-made costumes. COSPLAY BASICS teaches you everything you need to know to make amazing cosplay costumes. Written by experts in the heart of Tokyo (where cosplayers have taken it to a whole new level!) it's an easy-to-follow guide that includes pretty much everything you need to know to enjoy cosplay at its best.

Author : Mina Petrovic
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1440338388
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manga Crash Course written by Mina Petrovic and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to start drawing manga! In the jam-packed pages of Manga Crash Course, popular YouTube artist Mina "Mistiqarts" Petrovic shares with you all the techniques you need to create not just manga figures and faces, but full characters and scenes. After learning the basics for drawing and coloring eyes, hands, feet and other body parts, you'll move on to facial expressions, hair and clothes--the things that will make your characters stand out from the rest. Then, you'll put what you learned to the test as you play the Character Idea Game. Roll the dice to create wacky character combinations like Scary Vampire School Girl or Noisy Winged Knight. Finally, put your characters together in full manga scenes and paneled pages to create a dynamic story. Your crash course to manga drawing begins...NOW! • More than 25 step-by-step demonstrations to guide you through creating each body part of your manga characters. • Over 130 lessons for facial anatomy, poses, clothing and accessories, and common hairstyles and emotions. • Turn your your full-sized manga characters into chibis with easy techniques. • Try the character invention game to help you create your own endless supply of unique manga characters and stories.

Author : Shawn Thorsson
Publisher : Maker Media, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1680450026
Total Pages : 895 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Make: Props and Costume Armor written by Shawn Thorsson and published by Maker Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 895 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you been trying to think of a way to conquer your local comic convention through cosplay? Do you gaze with envious eyes upon the fan-made suits of armored awesomeness strolling around every year on Halloween? Do you have a spot on your wall, bookshelf, or desk that desperately needs to be filled with a screen-accurate replica of your favorite science-fiction or fantasy weapon? If so, look no further. We've got just the book for you! In this book, master prop maker Shawn Thorsson uses his unique blend of humor and insight to turn years of painful experience into detailed explanations. He'll show you many of the tools, methods, and processes that you can use to create professional-looking science fiction and fantasy props and armor. The ultimate collision of creative imagination and practical maker skills, making props and costume armor involves sculpting, molding, casting, 3D printing, CNC fabrication, painting, and countless other techniques and technologies. In this book, you'll learn: Basic fabrication methods using inexpensive, commonly-available tools and materials Simple, low-cost methods to make foam armor out of easy-to-find foam mats How to use the popular Pepakura software to build 3D models with paper Multiple molding and casting techniques How to build a "vacuforming" machine to make armor from plastic sheet stock Painting and weathering techniques that will bring your props to life Just enough safety advice to keep you from losing body parts along the way Whether you're just a beginner or a seasoned builder with countless projects behind you, this book is sure to be an invaluable addition to your workshop library.