When do you cosplay?

[PacificGreen 1,163]

I know that people often cosplay for conventions, but, besides perhaps Halloween, are there other occasions for which people create cosplays? Does anybody just make them at home, take a picture of themselves wearing one, and then post it on deviantART or something, without wearing it at a special event?

 

Asking just in case I never get the chance to attend a convention.

Edited September 4, 2015 by PGNatsu

[Odyssey 5,717]

Hello ,

 

Just letting you know that I have moved your topic to a more appropriate section -- General Discussion.

[GeekySonic 1,150]

I hardly cosplay at all. I design a lot of costumes, but they leave much to be desired. So, I just pack them away. I'm hoping to earn enough money to make high quality costumes later, but with school, I can't work as much now.

[Fhaolan 4,484]

Depends.

 

Mostly when people talk about cosplay it is for costumes of specific, identifiable characters, so those I do at conventions. Mostly because the audience there will be the only ones who 'get it', and several of the bigger ones offer cash prizes at their masquerades (those usually require skits to go along with them, so they get rather involved). More generic costumes, such as historical outfits and the like, those get worn at renfaires or reenactments. And weddings. I get a lot of call for doing wedding parties in historical outfits.

 

It used to be at work they would have the occasional morale event with everyone dressing up in costumes, but they haven't had one of those in awhile.

[Ted Cruz 177]

Whenever I really feel like it, I always have my cosplan list full!

I always cosplay for conventions. 

I'm currently working on a Jean Kirstien cosplay.

[best poni 1,520]

I've never cosplayed in all of the years that I've been on this planet.   I'm thinking of being fluttershy for halloween though, if that counts as cosplay... 

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

I've never but I probably will now that I'm going to cons

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,730]

I assume it is not weird to say that I have never cosplayed in my life? :| I would love to, but I don't think I will ever have an appropriate situation to do so. Nor the resources.

[TheLegoBrony 383]

at conventions or sometimes for fun

[PacificGreen 1,163]

I assume it is not weird to say that I have never cosplayed in my life? :| I would love to, but I don't think I will ever have an appropriate situation to do so. Nor the resources.

 

Neither have I. Welcome to the Never Cosplayed Club!

[PROJECT: Simon 3,955]

Went out for a walk late at night, looked like a character from Cry of Fear~ xDDD                 

[Coco before Pommel 679]

I mostly cosplay at conventions, and I might use one for Halloween if I've got a party to go to. And sometimes at my friend's house, usually when we're making videos for youtube or sometimes just get into cosplay randomly because it's fun

 

I've gone out into the woods and stuff for photoshoots in cosplay though~ Oh and when I went to the midnight release of Avengers Age of Ultron, we did kinda casual Avengers cosplays (wore a Thor T-shirt and tied a red top around me to look like a cape basically XD)! But sometimes they won't let you in if you're in full cosplay at the cinema, like when my friend was Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians. Kinda awkward But if it's more casual or it's a character who basically wears normal clothes, it's usually okay. So basically yeah, cosplay whenever you feel like it!

[MLPFanatic34 3,234]

I've never cosplayed before, but man would I love to!

[Trixie Heartstrings 434]

I wore Pinkie Pie ears and a tail at BronyCon, if that counts as cosplay. I've also dressed up on Halloween when I was a kid. I'm still thinking about whether or not I should make something for Halloween this year, since I don't know if there's anything I can dress up for, but I might just wear a cosplay/costume of some sort, and walk around a mall or store. I'm hoping I can get into cosplay, since I plan to go to more conventions. Specifically, I'm hoping I can make some ponysuits/mlp fursuits. So far, I'm looking into either Lyra, Derpy, or Colgate.

Edited January 4, 2016 by Trixie Heartstrings

[Dynamo Pad 11,428]

I usually cosplay when I go to a convention. I cosplayed during Halloween when I was younger, and when there's a dress up party at a friend's house. 

[One-Punch Man 316]

I have a few cosplays in mind, Dipper Pines, Rick Sanchez, Mr. L..and I usually cosplay to my fullest around Halloween, when I am with a group of friends who want to join, or when I am going to a convention. vuv

[RainbowPastel 185]

Other than Halloween and conventions I go to seasonal cosplay gatherings to cosplay and hang out with my con friend without the crowd and the stress. I usually never but on my cosplay just for pictures or sitting at home. They're too much work to put on and I don't want to ruin the costume. I want to make it worth putting it on and wearing it.

[SilyGeny 369]

I've always wanted to cosplay, but this Halloween I'll cosplay as Rainbow Dash   

[Christmasy Britty 2,553]

Only at conventions and around Halloween

[PacificGreen 1,163]

Interesting feedback, thanks all for replying.

 

As much as I'd like to cosplay, I think the reasons for why I never have really boil down to my lack of opportunities, due to my general business with school. Plus I'm an adult, so I dunno if mature adults wearing silly costumes is frowned upon or not.

[Sekr Gray 520]

I've yet to cosplay any character, but I'd likely consider it like any other apparel I wear, with no need for it to be a special occasion. It's no different than wearing my full pirate outfit (long coat, boots, and puffy lace shirt included) to my high school exams.

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

Right now, it's at conventions and maybe at Halloween. It's less awkward for me that way. Whenever I take a photo of myself with another cosplayer, I post the picture(s) on my Instagram page.

[Riganthor 484]

I have done it once at an anime convention but I still dont feel verry comfortable doing such a thing

[Sonatica 124]

Personally, I usually plan my cosplays around upcoming conventions, but I don't just wear them there. There are sometimes cosplay contests hosted by game developers/dA groups or whatever. So I have made cosplays for the main purpose of going out with my friends for a photoshoot (Though I would wear them on a convention later, but that wasn't the main point). And even without contests, the act of working on a cosplay, especially if you have someone to cosplay with you, is so much fun you don't necessarily need to go to a convention to make one. Sometimes we just do a photoshoot, but you could also check if maybe there is a local (brony-)community that would have meetups and ask if anyone cosplays there.

There are also certain events you might wear a cosplay to (I went to the League-Finals in cosplay and I was not the only one XP) like a movie-premiere or anything of the sorts.

 

That all being said though, I still think cosplaying on a convention is the most fun, but the others are fun as well.

[GeekySonic 1,150]

I don't. I always design my costumes with a $5 budget, and I usually end up hating it. Even if I purchased the materials needed to make something high-quality, I've never done anything so impressive. I am sloppy with my hands, and barely know how to sew correctly.

 

Long story short, I suck at making cosplays. And I'm too poor (and admittedly, a little embarrassed) to commission anything.

 

The only time I dress up is on Halloween, when no one questions it.