Conventions are almost always more enjoyable when you’re attending with a friend or a loved one. And that goes double for cosplay. Couple and group cosplay can be a whole lot of fun. But what if you’re struggling to come up with ideas of who to cosplay as? Well, there are a lot of fun character pairs in various movies, television shows, comics and anime series that would work well as couples convention costumes. I’ve included a list of 100 ideas below, and …

One of the best parts of attending a convention can be going through all your photos a few days later, reminiscing about how great it was. Or, if you’re a cosplayer, you probably look through people’s photos hoping to catch one of yourself. With all of the options for uploading, sharing, and storing photos online, what service do you choose? What is the best? What is the most expensive? What is the cheapest (or free)? Below is a list of some of the more common options for sharing photos online, which …

Let’s be honest, a lot of female anime characters have absurdly unrealistic body shapes, typically involving a teeny tiny waist and a pair of breasts that make it seem like she’d topple over. It isn’t much better for the men. Either the male anime stars are rail thin and tall, or they are insanely muscular. It often seems like there aren’t many characters that fall somewhere in between.
So what’s a cosplayer to do if the goal is to look as much like the original character as possible?
For many, the decision …

I never really considered myself a hard core cosplayer or anything. I have costumes. I wear them to conventions. I do some of the basic stuff myself (vs. buying store pieces or getting them commissioned). But because I wasn’t making elaborate show pieces for masquerades from scatch, or twisting wigs into crazy shapes with the help of a caulk gun, I didn’t feel like I really belonged to the illustrious “cosplay community”.
That started to change when I met some really amazing cosplayers online and at cons. They were very encouraging. …

Every now and again I browse through Cosplay.com looking for cool photos and cosplay. When I came across the Cosplay.com user Ryoko-demon, however, I was completely blown away. Rarely do you see such a stunning collection of cosplay costumes and photos. Even though Ryoko-demon, whose real name is Lena Litvinova, is based all the way over in Russia, she agreed to let us spend some time talking to her about her costumes, and the cosplay scene in her home country.
-> Read More: An Interview with Russian Cosplayer Lena Litvinova <-