^Gintama is one of those totally cracked series that you just have to love.

It's so random and diverse that you'd have to be bonkers not to find it hilarious.

It is rib cracking funny but every once in a while, it surprises you with a totally serious episode that will reduce you to tears.

I have tons of characters from the series that I'd love to cosplay.

Zura

Shinpachi

Kagura

Kyubei

Otae

Catherine

Otose

Elizabeth

Tsukuyo

No Gintoki? I love the guy, but I don't think I can give him justice, plus I think it's better to find a Gintoki coser and harass said person. hahahahaha

Ayame Sarutobi or Sacchan

is a ninja from the Oniwabanshuu by training, but is currently working as an assassin. She also has a part-time job at the Kunoichi Café. Since her initial appearance, she has developed a serious obsessive infatuation with Sakata Gintoki, to the point of even stalking him. She is severely myopic, to the point of being almost blind (cannot tell living things from inanimate objects) without her eye glasses. It is also hinted that she doesn't see well even with her eye glasses on, as she once mistook Kagura (dressed up as Gintoki at episode 97 part 2) for Gintoki himself. 

More on Sacchan here

I decided to cosplay Sacchan first mainly because of Jesuke hahahaha

Back in 2010, she was a guest for Cosplay Mania 2010 and I heard she was going to be cosing Gintoki.

Yeah...

Don't get me wrong, I love Sacchan, but this chance to have a legit and in character chance to stalk a Gintoki was just too good to pass. hahahaha

I am extremely proud of my Sacchan cos as everything was made by me.

Sacchan was one of those costumes that I had the patience to actually sew by myself hehehe

In 2010 though, I didn't have my own sewing machine so everything was hand stitched.

Also, Sacchan is one of my most budget friendly cosplays.

^Good day!
It has been really thrilling dressing up.

Ever noticed that our attitude can be influenced by how we dress?
Power dressing, whoever thought of this, thank you.

So here's what I've been wearing on my days out for the month of May, year 2013.
I mostly dress up on Sundays, cause that's when I go to school.
Mondays thru Fridays, I am a greasy looking, very tired worker.
Saturdays are my stay-at-home-to-rest days. heheheh

Striped over alls

 fuchsia Monster High t\shirt

Avail platform boots

^After posting the 2 Dos for Newbie Cosplayers, I realized that cosplayers need some reminding, too.

As time pass, we tend to get too absorbed in what we are doing that we forget some things.

In this post, by Cosplayers, I am pertaining to people who have been cosplaying for quite some time already and have extended knowledege of the ins and outs of the hobby.

Belldandy cosplay

"I don't want to cosplay so and so because there are already 

so many cosplayers of that character!"

Truth be told, I too thought like that.

That was before, though, when I was still new in this hobby, now, I'm all "I'm gonna cosplay who I want to, beechusssss! /strikes victory pose"

Before, I didn't like popular characters because, I didn't want to have someone in the same costume for fear of being compared.

Again, that was before.

SOS Brigade group cosplay

I have realized a few things as years passed.

^Finally got around to posting actual make up tips. hahahahah
Been meaning to for a long time, just been... lazy, really lazy hahahahaha

Anyway, I just thought, what use is this knowledge if I don't share, right?

First off, the usual niceties.
I don't know how you look like, what I am sharing are tips, this is NOT a tutorial, what I share may or may not work for you, the only way to find out is to give it a try.
What I will share are stuff I learned from friends, what I learned thru experience, what I found on the net and hours and hours of looking at photos of wonderfully beautiful people/cosplayers.
really, staring at beautiful people and visualizing their make up on your face works hehehehe

The cosplayers who have contributed immensely to my make up style, require acknowledgement.
I will take this opportunity to give thanks to Kaname-san, Zhel Guiral, Pino, Lunaru and Jesuke.
Learned heaps from Michelle Phan, too.

The base of my make up, is a combination of Kaname-san's style and stuff I picked up as well as Kyo's and Jeyel's.
Watch the video below to see how Kaname-san does his make up.
Video courtesy of animefestivalasia


To see my smooth skin tutorial, click here.

I highly recommend watching zWinnieYap's videos so you can learn how to make anime eyes properly. Subscribe to zWinnieYap, click here to see her videos.

school rumble cosplay

tsukamoto tenma cosplay by me, harima kenji cosplay by happy hario