Cosplay: The Anime Costuming Handbook – Catgirls and Other Critters

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Why just draw your favorite anime character when you can be it? Cosplay-short for “costume play” – is sweeping the anime con scene from coast to coast, and once again we’re leading the way with a pair of books for both beginning and veteran cosplayers.

Volume 1 covers Catgirls, a favorite of fans from All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku-Nuku to Hyper Police and great for purring and prowling. Volume 2 is all about Schoolgirls (think “Sailor Moon”) and how to make uniforms with just the right bouncy-skirt anime style.

Special Features

• Each volume features:
• Transforming ordinary fabric and accessories into fabulous contest winners
  Creating genre-specific costumes from scratch
  Duplicating your favorite characters or inventing your very own
  Cosplaying both for competition and just for fun
  Accessories from shoes to makeup
  Finding hard-to-get and imported items
  Patterns, measurements, and sewing techniques
  Money-saving tips and how-tos for cosplay on a budget
  Pointers on the care and transportation of costumes
  Resource lists, websites, where to find character models, etc
  Full-color photos, plans and drawings

Specifications

• Pages:
  80