Cosplay? What is this cosplay you speak of? Cosplay is the art of making and wearing a costume and role-playing in it. Cosplaying started to become popular around 1990-1995 when people started to cosplay as their favorite superheroes or movie characters at sci-fi conventions. From then to now, more than a million people cosplay daily at conventions. What can you cosplay as, you may ask yourself? Well, you can cosplay as anything you want. You can cosplay as your favorite superhero/superheroine, a Walking Dead character, your favorite anime/manga character, or even your own character! Basically, you can cosplay as anything. But of course, you gotta have a costume to cosplay in! Unless you have some experience in making clothing, …show more content…
The Do’s for cosplaying is pretty simple. You must try your best, first of all. Nobody wants to see you wearing a costume that’s extremely sloppy. Second, try to pick a character that looks like you. Unless this character is some sort of non-humanoid, try your best to pick a character that is the same height, has the same face shape, same build as you, etc. It can make you look exactly like the character, and you’ll get more attention from it. This doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t cosplay as a character that doesn’t look like you. You can cosplay as anything, but if you look exactly like a character, and you cosplay as it, you would get more attention. Third, have fun with it and showcase your cosplay. Go to conventions and have fun with your costume. People at conventions will most likely want to take pictures with you and your costume, (if it’s good). Fourth, get into character. If your character is mysterious, act mysterious. If your character is shy, act shy. Simple as that. Just don’t overdo your character’s personality if its personality is being annoying or mischievous. Some people may not like that. The Don’ts for cosplaying is also pretty simple as well. First, if your character is a killer or a thief, don’t kill or steal anything just because you’re trying to be alike that character. Just, please don’t. (.>) Third, don’t be rude. Simply, just don’t be rude. If your character is rude, try to do it in a funny way, not