TASHA from Korea is a hyper spiral cat. So, get a glimpse into the never ending rehearsals, endless presentations and utter exhaustion going on backstage and on-stage. But look at the stunning results! Sheryl Nome’s galactic fairy wardrobe might lie close at hand and wig styling may open up a new world of curly whiplash wonders. Teamwork and group decisions are vital for choosing the best match, and photographers are always key players themselves. [..]

Dragon*Con is a convention from Atlanta, Georgia, held anually over the Labor Day weekend. It’s a pretty long-running convention, as it first started out in 1987, and now, in 2011, it has over 46.000 people attending! The 4-day event is packed full with tons of workshops and panels, contests, special guests, cosplay etc. You’re bound to find something worth doing at this event! [..]

Ok, we’ve kept you in the dark long enough with Cosplay Gen #04, but now we’re finally able to give you more details about it!
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The 80th edition of Comiket took place on August 12-14 at the usual Tokyo Big Sight. You gotta admit, 80 is an impressive number, and this is an event that only started out with a reported number of 600 attendees in 1975 when it first started out. [..]

This time, Cosplay Gen presents Hakuren-Naoki, a young and promising cosplayer from Thailand, who has already begun to be acknowledged in this hobby, participating in various cosplay events, the most recent one being in Indonesia, where she also had a photo session together with Kaname and the photographer Hexlord. If you want to find out about her experiences as a cosplayer, read the interview below. [..]

This tutorial will cover two basic makeup looks that I use for Vampire Knight’s Kaname Kuran. Of course, different faces take differently to makeup, so I hope that instead of following this tutorial to the T, readers will be inspired to play around with techniques and come up with looks that best suit them (and their characters). [..]

The Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention, or STGCC for short, is an event that takes place anually in Singapore. This year’s STGCC took place at the Suntec Convention Centre during August 20 and August 21. It’s an event aimed at pop-culture enthusiasts and it combines the best of the East and West, bringing together, comics, toys, games, artists etc. [..]

The voting period for The Community Choice, the column that is going to be inaugurated in Cosplay Gen #04, has finally ended. We received very nice photos of very good cosplays, and the competition was really tight, a fact that was visible in the high number of votes, comments and support messages for all the contestants. [..]