Last year, Night in the Woods came out and I had the pleasure of watching Jason play through it. It’s a charming game full of heart, humor, and fun mini games. Recently, I finally got to play it myself and purposefully picked story lines that Jason didn’t so that I could see more of the game. It has amazing replay value because of this and I would love to play it again. Continue reading “Making My Mae Borowski Cosplay”
I’ve cosplayed Blake and now I’m cosplaying her momma Kali. She’s a super adorable cat mom so I just HAD to cosplay her! Also, she’s kinda tiny which I think works pretty well for me. Continue reading “Making My Kali Belladonna Cosplay”
Inspired by Breezeeweezee Cosplay’s blog post with her bucket list, I decided to write my own! It’s heavily influenced by her formatting, but will include some retroactive milestones I’ve reached during my cosplay career. I’ve also added and removed some to my liking. I’m sure this list will grow with the years, but hopefully the number of ✓ grows too!
Continue reading “My Cosplay Bucket List”
In May of this year, Arkane Studios came out with a new game “Prey.” In it, enemies known as mimics run around and are the first monsters you encounter. I decided to make a plushie based on these mimics and I’ve created a pattern for it so you can make your own! Continue reading “Make Your Own Mimic Plushie!”
“Saved” may be a bit of hyperbole, but bear with me while I take you back about 17 years to the year 2000. Continue reading “How Cosplay Changed & (Possibly) Saved My Life”
It’s funny how lessons you learn from different hobbies will start to bleed into other aspects of your life. The more I do cosplay, the more I learn not only sewing and prop-making lessons, but I learn some helpful tidbits for normal life. Continue reading “7 Life Lessons I Learned from Cosplay”
Today is me and my fiancé’s three year anniversary. I wanted to make him something really special, so I decided to make him something from scratch. He’s been playing Breath of the Wild lately and I decided to make him a hoodie based on Link’s cape. Continue reading “I Made Link’s Cape from BOTW into a Hoodie!”
Cosplay is, at its core, a very aesthetic hobby. Sure, there’s lots of objective techniques and practices that are used to get to that aesthetic, but the final product is usually one we ultimately take in with our eyes. So when you’ve got an existing character that you’re trying to emulate, you’re trying to capture the aesthetic of that character. Of course, cosplay is more than just dressing the part; cosplayers take it a step further and take on the demeanor of their characters. (That is where the “play” in “cosplay” comes from; it’s a shortened form of “roleplay.”) But to the public at large who sees cosplays online, it’s all about how you look. And anytime there’s a hobby based on looks, you’re going to get haters. Continue reading “Cosplay and Body Accuracy: A Personal Experience”
Sometimes I worry that my blog posts are getting lost into the internet ether and that no one reads them. I continue to write them, however, because I really enjoy writing them and because I like documenting my process when it comes to cosplay. I have a decent amount of followers on here (Hi there! I ❤ you!) and I never intended for this to be anything more than the musings of a girl who just loves dressing up and learning how to make better costumes. Continue reading “Whoa! Blogbyash is now an award-winning blog!”
(This site was previously called “Blog by Ash”)
