Tag Cosplay

Cosplay (コスプレ kosupure), a portmanteau of the words costume play, is a performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture and a broader use of the term “cosplay” applies to any costumed role-playing in venues apart from the stage. Any entity that lends itself to dramatic interpretation may be taken up as a subject and it is not unusual to see genders switched. Favorite sources include manga and anime, comic books and cartoons, video games, and live-action films and television series.

10 Faults About Taking Cosplay Photos Outdoors

Flamboyant sunshine offers great lighting condition. In this case, all sceneries become more animated. The hues seem much richer. Aside from these, sufficient sunshine enables cameramen to use high-speed shutter and small aperture. However, if the sunshine is too strong,…

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Turning Real People into Anime Art

Turning Real People into Anime Art

Real life looks different from anime and manga. That’s okay! But here’s what three dimensional humans might look like if they were two-dimensional drawings. This is called “nijigenka” (二次元化) or “2D-ification” in Japanese. It’s not only popular in Japan, but…

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