If cosplay is so stressful why do we continue to do it? Lol.
I absolutely NEED to get started on upgrading my Davy Jones cosplay but procrastination seems to have a stronger hold over my attention span than motivation does. I suppose it could be due to knowing that even if I do re-carve this mask it won't come out looking like the awesome piece of work I know it could be if only I had the right tools (and a little bit more know how) to make it so. The latex I use to cast my masks is definitely not made for making masks of any sort. A nice gent over at Aradani studios was kind enough to help me out with that and after talking with him I realize how wrong I'm going about this. My first mask, although it gets the message across, has turned to crap somehow (even though I kept it on a form when not in use) and the costume itself is mediocre when observed up close. For the first time in my con-going life I actually
didn't want people to take my photo (I still let them) because I wasn't proud of my creation anymore.
Sigh... so I guess it's true how you are your own worst critic.
Still I really do need to make this better because
and I have decided to enter the masquerade at Montreal Comiccon this year. That's in about 14 days I think...
I'm pretty sure my costume has to be at least presentable and it won't be considered as such with a ripped tentacle glove, haphazard costumery and (for some reason) a nearly entirely torn off mouth piece. My peg leg is a piece of cardboard we had to fashion quickly because we were out of time and because my original vision refuses to come to life and work properly, I can't seem to make a proper boot cover and my claw is falling apart.
-sob- Oh gods someone hold help me T^T...Anyway, moving on. I think I might retire Davy for a little while after this.
I have some other ideas in mind that I thought up a long time ago but haven't acted on and I think it's time to do so. Time to pay homage to two of my favorite video games of all time. As to what those are I won't say just yet.
I now wonder, why do you think
procrastination is such a prominent problem for the majority of cosplayers? Even the ones on Heroes of Cosplay suffer from it. And an even better question, why did they title it "
HEROES of cosplay"?
- Ns.