Cosplay in China
This journal is almost a direct cut-and-paste from my deviantart journal, EXCEPT, I HAVE PRE-PROCESSED PICTURES FROM MY PHOTOSHOOT. *dies* I think the only thing I hate is that my wig isn't that pretty. It works for accuracy in cosplaying England, but not so much when you are trying to look pretty for the camera. I should buy a new wig.
Wah~ What an awesome picture.
We were lacking in characters for me to pose with, so I got shot a lot.
I just really like my face in this one. (it was so freaking hot that day.... something like 34 degrees)
I went out for a cosplay photoshoot with several friends the other day. I have never used so much makeup in my whole life. I think this is a facet of Asian cosplay that I have really never been all that interested in doing. I totally know how they all look super perfect now though. SO MUCH MAKEUP. SO MUCH hahaha. I want to buy pretty much all of it now.
I was England in this Photoshoot(and I'm actually American), Sally was Taiwan(she is Chinese), Anna was Belarus(she is Russian), Kira was Russia(she is Ukranian), and we had a Chinese China. My costume (pretty much completely hand sewn in Japan) was held together by the collective good thoughts of all the people at the photoshoot. My belt didn't arrive on time, so I had to use the older one that I used in Japan, slightly unfortunate because the new one looks super nice. I also finally have color contacts! Wow, cosplay is so cheap in China. When I move back I should have no problem keeping up the hobby
We ended up going all the way out to Jang bei which was almost 40 minutes from my school to take pictures, but the place was great and our photographer was fantastic. I can't WAIT to get the pictures.
The weather was so ridiculously hot today though. Wearing a lined jacket, undershirt, chest bindings, gloves, a wig, long pants, and boots was downright deadly. All that makeup that I spent so long applying was a bit smudged when we finally got to our destination.
I did feel bad that I had to duck out early and run to meet two of my other Chinese friends. It was the last time I could see them this trip though ;A; I probably won't see them again for a year and a half, possibly longer. As much trouble as China and a lot of the people have put me through, I am going to miss this place and all of my wonderful friends.
Cosplay and conventions in China are so different. I think I already wrote about the convention I attended, but I was interviewed just because I was a foreigner..... I wasn't even in cosplay..... People wanted pictures of and with me just because of my hair, eye, and skin color. It is just so strange and foreign. I have gotten to the point where so much attention has made me starved for attention, if you know what I mean. I hear "Oh, you are so pretty and your skin is so beautifully white~" so often that I just want to be complimented because someone REALLY thinks I am pretty, not just because that is what they would say to any foreigner.
I know everyone here thinks it is a good thing to compliment foreigners and that we should feel flattered by it..... but I just feel like it has become incredibly unreal. When you say these things to everyone, it really doesn't mean anything when you say them to me. MEH, I'm being angsty.
Oh China, I'm going to miss you. Except the shipping issues, not going to miss that.