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Snowglobe of Doom posted:But then we have to throw out all the professional cosplayers as well ... No we don't. I feel like the line falls somewhere on either side of "did a movie studio give you a budget?"
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Lord Frisk posted:No we don't. I feel like the line falls somewhere on either side of "did a movie studio give you a budget?" The Silver Surfer bodypainter didn't get a budget from a movie studio for this project, it's in no way an official or licenced costume. Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 14:43 on Dec 12, 2014 |
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Dec 12, 2014 14:40
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Didnt they use a full Hollywood makeup team? I'm too lazy to recheck the article
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CzarChasm posted:Ummm...I think he wins. Wanna see this guy walk around at a con, holy poo poo.
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Reminds me of a very recent conversation with a friend when they said I was cosplaying after I showed a pic of me in the official toxic avenger mask when working at the troma booth at wondercon '11. Not exactly  but still official.
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Lord Frisk posted:At what point does stuff like that not qualify as cosplay? It's a professional studio makeup job. We don't post pictures of studio costumes. This is a idiotic derail and you all should drop it. We all posted heaps of praise at the Skeksis that one of the goons did a while back, and that is certainly a professional quality costume. Lets just appreciate the craftsmanship. e: I just think trying to define "where the line is" in the thread isn't all that useful. TheTofuShop has a new favorite as of 23:47 on Dec 12, 2014 |
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Look out, people who have already posted reasoned and level-headed answers. Turns out the question was idiotic! Don't you feel foolish!
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CALM DOWN GUYS STOP FIGHTING AAAAAHHHH!!!
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This Thor is pretty good -  
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Erebus posted:Look out, people who have already posted reasoned and level-headed answers. Turns out the question was idiotic! Don't you feel foolish! Don't be obtuse; that's not what he said. It's an idiot derail. There's no objective basis for a hard, bright line dividing "cosplay" from "too much money and resources went into this to be cosplay," which means everybody is going to draw the cutoff somewhere different, which means it's stupid to argue about because there can't possibly be any resolution beyond everyone giving up and letting the subject drop.
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TheTofuShop posted:This Thor is pretty good - That hair is glorious 
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Samuel posted:CALM DOWN GUYS STOP FIGHTING AAAAAHHHH!!! While I applaud the cosplay as such, I wonder why Snake is in his Shadow Moses garb, while Raiden is wearing his MGS4 outfit. The chronology is all wrong! 
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LoonShia posted:While I applaud the cosplay as such, I wonder why Snake is in his Shadow Moses garb, while Raiden is wearing his MGS4 outfit. The chronology is all wrong! yeah but any pre-mgs4 raiden loving sucks
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LoonShia posted:While I applaud the cosplay as such, I wonder why Snake is in his Shadow Moses garb, while Raiden is wearing his MGS4 outfit. The chronology is all wrong! Flashback Snake during the Shadow Moses part of MGS4. Come on man.
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LoonShia posted:While I applaud the cosplay as such, I wonder why Snake is in his Shadow Moses garb, while Raiden is wearing his MGS4 outfit. The chronology is all wrong! I actually thought the same thing when I saw it 
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Samuel posted:I actually thought the same thing when I saw it  EDIT: Just so this post actually has stuff in it, I found this: 
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Assassin or not, I really just want to tuck in the bands that are holding on his forearm armor.
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Bennett, or Freddie Mercury?
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let off some steam
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I don't know if this is makeup and contacts or Photoshop but it's kinda weirding me out either way.
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Erebus posted:I don't know if this is makeup and contacts or Photoshop but it's kinda weirding me out either way. That's a great cosplay ruined by a photoshop. Edit: I mean they made it look like the game, but just crashed and burned in the uncanny valley.
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Popeye the Sailor Moon 
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Is that a woman in really good makeup or a dude with really great leggings?
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Funhilde posted:Check out the RPF or just head to the website for the 501rst. They have many good resources. Getting a 501st approved Stormtrooper costume is on my list of life goals.
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Doomsayer posted:Is that a woman in really good makeup or a dude with really great leggings? My first instinct based on things like the cleavage showing is that it's a good mask.
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Doomsayer posted:Is that a woman in really good makeup or a dude with really great leggings? Woman with a mask I'd say. Efb
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Erebus posted:I don't know if this is makeup and contacts or Photoshop but it's kinda weirding me out either way. 
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God's work, FAI.
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Funnily enough that also seems to offset some off the photoshop creepiness. Keep up the good work GSF.
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Tollymain posted:it would look better if you framed it in black I suppose if you insist 
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Your tech-wizardry has made me realise something. Do all these cosplay photos have the same level of Dutch angle or is out just me?
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No, quite a few go even more Dutch!
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The particularly egregious examples of the Dutch (or "canted") angle you've seen in this thread are usually about 45° in one direction or the other. Any more, and the photo will look sideways, and much less, and it'll look crooked. It's a very, very common habit that is easy to fall into for beginning photographers. That's definitely not to say that it doesn't have its place in cosplay photography, or photography in general. If you've seen just about any of Hitchcock's films, you've probably seen some pretty amazing canted angles and not even realized it. That's a canted angle done correctly--it's something you do to add a creepy or unsettling vibe to a shot (in Hitchcock's case), to fit in more into a frame than you'd be able to if it were horizontal, or because you only had mere seconds to frame the shot and snap the shutter. FYI, the last of those three happens in award-winning photojournalism all the time. Kevin Carter's Pulitzer Prize-winning photo (I'm not going to link it, though you've probably already seen it. It's loving heartbreaking and he ended up killing himself because of it) is at an ever-so-slight angle, and whether by accident or intention, it adds to the already overwhelmingly unsettling nature of the scene. What the gently caress does any of that have to do with cosplay photography? Everything! If you're going for creepy/unsettling, do what Hitchcock did and employ German expressionism. Find some parallel lines (stairs work wonderfully), put your subject on/near them, and tilt your shot a little. A Pyramid Head on some stairs at a slight angle is way creepier than one in your driveway perfectly level with the horizon. If you're trying to fit everything in, go ahead and tilt it. This works really well when you've got two subjects interacting on different horizontal planes (a Harley Quinn looking up at a Joker, Superman dad and Superboy toddler, etc.). If you've got one shot to capture something magical in cosplay, you can probably get another. Deadpool do something zany and hilarious and you struggled to get your camera out in time, resulting in a nearly-sideways photo? Ask him to do it again. With effectively infinite "film" these days and plenty of time at your con or photoshoot or whatever, you won't really have a problem getting lots of useable shots of him giving someone a noogie. What's not on this list? "I dunno man it looks cool if you tilt the camera."
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I've always assumed one of the reasons you see it so much in cosplay photography is because you see it a lot in anime artwork, and they're just aping the style. (No idea what this is, just googled anime wallpapers) Of course, the reason it gets used in anime so much is probably just because "it looks cool."
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Hey we're just standing still here, what can make these photos really SNAP? I know, angle the fuckers! WHOO, INSTANT ACTION SHOTS!   Pretty much all of these are from deviantArt so that bears out GOTTA STAY FAI's theory that the angle is overused by amateur photographers The best dutch angle cosplay photos are the ones where the angle is actually working against the composition/direction of movement so rather than making the photo look more dynamic it makes it look like the models are slowly sliding down a steep slope:  
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