I am a cosplay fan, but I need a vacation

Das a integral part of my life — eadlines have become an

It is an exciting challenge, writer and as a cosplay enthusiast.

I its own way, but never did a bit masochistic in in hobby that would leave me imagine I would adopt a fits of stress and anxiety. my mind is currently

As I tap away at my keyboard, of thought — how do I draft split into several streams review pending?

(on time)? Did I have a food this cosplay-dedicated article fat cat) bro ken into left to sew? Has Tomoe (my How much do I have the food dispenser already? & Comic Con three-day Middle East Film

To ordinary people, the Centre, is ju at the Dubai World Trade pilgrimagest that kicked off yesterday it’s a pop culture, but to me, a gathering for lover sofa sac os play and take on an alter ego where I shed my shy personality enthusiast. cosplayers, to prepare, but just as most

I’ve had the whole year assumed seemed far off and I’d I procrastinated. April to select

I would have enough time

(just like every year) that But sew it and ready the props. a character, draft a pattern, be able end, dreading if I would here we are. I’m at my wit’s like a respectable together to make it look to put two pieces of cloth garment. is on indecisiveness. Pop culture

Well, I’d like to blame it life. My of characters to bring to so vast that there are tonnes

I have

Far East personalities, and interests lean more towards

I find myself a cosplay to work on. Often a difficult time choosing building an go through the trouble of debating if I want to for a simple at MEFCC 2017), or opt armour (cue Saber Alter

Olminu at MEFCC 2018). fabric-based ensemble (like characters my long list of favourite

Over the months, I reviewed by December it down to five potentials and managed to narrow set of ani me series naught because the latest

2018, but all that was for winter season 2019!) dawned upon us (Thanks, and Saturday — on two characters for Friday

Still, I man up and settle Joke from My Hero of the Shield Hero, and Miss

Raphtalia from The Rising to craftsmanship, took six months. Now over

Academia. Done. That sure I’d managed to delayed until February. Luckily, which my carefree attitude store via snail mail, shade of wigs from an online place an order for the right was time to focus on costs. With that sorted, it saving oodles on shipping the actual outfits. the time, so I started simple to put together at

Miss Joke’s outfit seemed while the o rangegreen a generic black tank top, with that. Her top was me off-guard were to a jester’s. But what threw bottoms were akin those shorts. the details required to recreate best when in sewing, I did what I do

With zero professional experience and hope for the follow random online tutorials preparing my projects—as I shamelessly any seamstress’ nightmare, best. My shortcuts are indeed and sewing techniques. defy the rules of pattern-drafting bloomers in order found an easy tutorial for

For Miss Joke’s shorts, I I’d finished Unfortunately, it wasn’t until to get that balloon-like appearance. halves of the that I’d noticed that the two sewing the parts together quickly reached Imagine my horror, as I’d shorts were different colours. the tightly-weaved threads. for the seam ripper to undo possibly was the stripes. What could Once done, my next challenge to slice identical Besides finding it hard go wrong, eh? Well, a lot. bunch up in the mat, the threads would pieces over my self-healing to work with . I’d picked the wrong fabric sewing machine because

Cue, self-loathing. resumed my progress indeed a long break, as I

I needed a break. It was hemming the obsessively fixing the stripes, just two weeks ago, and painting out of felt and craft foam, bandana, prepping the corset boots to finish. Well, now what? I still have the her wrist bracelet. Okay, Friday cosplay But wait, I still had my main that sums up my Saturday. tears ( and to pour blood, sweat and pending; a whole new character money) over. I gasp! and a table full of sewed glove, uneven hems

To date, I have a partially to my world of stray fabrics. Welcome adhesive strings and an explosion doom. I think I need a vacation. of deadlines and cosplay

To ordinary people, the threeday Middle East Film & Comic Con that kicked off yesterday at the Dubai World Trade Centre, is just a gathering for lovers of pop culture, but to me, it’s a pilgrimage