Cosplay

As a little hobby I like to dress up as some of my favorite characters and then do a photo shoot. You might find it weird but for us it is really fun. Below you can look at some of our pictures taken during photo shoots and conventions.

All pictures are taken using a Nikon D40 and retouched some using photoshop and lightroom.

Our cosplay group usually consist of me, my sister (Laura) and our friend (Brittany). Every now and then we rope some other people in our shoots. However, it is just the three of us that like to attend anime convention in Texas. We have been to A-Kon and San Japan so far. If you recognize us don’t be afraid to say hello! xD

Our cosplay group name is Kills With Cake

Cosplay Events and Photo Shoots

Leakey Photo Shoot April 11-13 2009

San Japan 2.x Us and Others 2009

San Japan 2.x Others 2009

Sheryl Nome Photo Shoot 2009

Code Geass Girls Photo Shoot 2009

Orihime Inoue Photo Shoot 2009

Red Garden – The Dead Girls Photo Shoot 2010

Nel Tu Photo Shoot May 2010

A-Kon 21 June 2010 Us and Others

Macross Frontier Photo Shoot June 2010 Coming Soon!

Umineko Photo Shoot June 2010 Coming Soon!

San Japan 3 Us and Others 2010

San Japan 3 Umineko Photo Shoot 2010

Cosplay List

This will be cosplay we plan to do in the future. This is a huge addiction, if you couldn’t tell. LOL

Toradora – Taiga, Minorin, Ami
Durarara – Izaya, Masaomi, Mikado, and (hopefully) Shizuo
Murder She Wrote – Not cosplay but a theme photo shoot of ways to kill.
Vampire Knight – Zero, Yuuki, and Shizuka
Gundam Seed – Lacus and Meer (There is consideration for a Fllay and Stellar as well.)
Macross Frontier – Sheryl, Ranka, Alto
Code Geass – Kallen, C.C., Euphemia
Full Metal Panic – Kaname, Sagura, Tessa
Red Garden – A do over, with better wigs

Sewing Projects

Yes, we don’t always sew our own cosplay. Most of the time we don’t in fact. The main reason is because of our lack of time. Another reason is because it isn’t much cheaper to sew your own and I’m not as good as other people. Still, from time to time I would like to take pride in my own work and actually sew something. Most of the time it will be simpler cosplay outfits though.

Toradora
Kimonos (I know, not exactly cosplay but fun none-the-less)
Mahou Tsukai Tai

Cosplay Tips

Here are some useful tips (hopefully) that I have learned through my own experience in cosplay. Now, these may not be the best way because I’m not cosplay expert but maybe it will help you get an idea. Yo can find plenty of (probably better) tutorials on this stuff on DA and other cosplay sites but I will try to give the very basics of what I tend to do.

Best places to buy cosplay extras – CS!
Curling a Wig – CS!
Makeup Tips – CS!