The Making of Tifa Lockhart Cosplay Costume

In my previous post I mentioned about I'm going to cosplay, no?

After some consideration, I've finally made up my mind to cos Tifa Lockhart. So I started to look for materials to make the costume and somehow I managed to finish it in 4 days. Special thanks to my beloved mom and sister who helped me alot during the process. The sewing skills may not be as good as real tailors out there (cos I was using an old sewing machine that doesn't really function well like how it used to be) but I've tried my best. :)

So this is it. My first try in cosplay costume making.

That's all for the process of costume-making...

Ready to see the final version?

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Ta-da~^^v

forgot the shoes...

close-up...

So, what do you think?

It is not perfect but I am quite satisfied with the result. What I fear is not the quality of the costume but it's me who have no confidence in cosplaying Tifa due to my skinny figure. I thought of doing push-up every day to build some muscle and strength but I stopped after a few days cos it was very tiring. You can see how weak I am. Duh.

Anyway, I'm really excited to cosplay for my first time and I hope everything will go smoothly like I imagined. Hahaha :P

Tifa Cosplay Photoshoot

Date: 29 April 2012

Time: 6-7pm

Venue: The Campus

Cosplayer: m@gd@lene

Cosplay Character: Tifa Lockhart

Anime: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children

Cosplay Experience: None

Make-up Artist/Hairstylist: Hallen

Photographer: Hallen & Heukyma

It was a Sunday evening. Just before sunset. I purposely chose a time when I believed no one would be around the campus but there were still some people passing by, unfortunately. One of them was an international student. Not sure from which country though. He was jogging while listening to his ipod when he saw me in Tifa's outfit and slowed down his pace. Then he suddenly burst out "Good job!" at us(me with 2 photographers). OMG. I was really surprised when I heard that. Happily I thanked him and he jogged away with a thumbs-up. Such a sweet guy. xD

After that, without wasting time, I began to look for beautiful spots around the campus and started the photoshoot. Was afraid that the sun will be going down in a bit. Fyi, all pictures were taken using android 5mp phone and samsung galaxy tab so the image quality is just so-so. Hope that I could win a digital cam for National Quiz this time. Won a wireless mouse previously. Winners will be announced around June. Wish me luck. *fingers-crossed*

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Was 6-7 feet up high.

"I'm not afraid, to take a step..."-Eminem

Well that's a commercial break. :P

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The photoshoot ended after an hour. Was totally exhausted for posing in front of the cam cos I didn't warm-up beforehand. Especially those martial art poses. Tried my best already. :P

To say the truth, I am not really satisfied with my photos. It's not because of the photography skills but me. My face is just not photogenic enough to be a cosplayer. Kinda down to feel that way though.

Anyway, still thanks a bunch to my buddy for the make-up and everything. Not forgetting Amy who borrowed me her brown eye shadow too. I don't have much make-up stuffs. And to my dear sister, thanks alot for shooting a video of me crapping for 6 minutes non-stop. I bet you had a hard time walking backwards while holding the galaxy tab. Haha.

Otsukaresama deshita~ :D

Cosplay or Crossplay?

Hey~ Guess what? I am going to take part in a cosplay event under Animation Appreciation Club at my uni for co-curricular activity. Well it's my first time to cosplay and I'm still wondering which character suits me best. I have two characters in mind now, Tifa Lockhart (FF7: Advent Children) and Shikamaru Nara (Naruto). Here are some attached pictures of them. :)

-----------------Tifa in Advent Children----------------

--------------------Tifa cosplayers-------------------

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---------------Shikamaru in Naruto--------------

-----------------Shikamaru cosplayers----------------

So, what do you think of these two characters?

Should I cosplay(Tifa) or crossplay(Shikamaru)? Or other than these?

Actually I prefer Tifa but the cost to make her costume is kinda expensive due to the leather type of clothes material. As for Shikamaru, the costume is okay but I think the character's not as cool as Tifa perhaps. If possible I'd like to cosplay Tifa. Look cooler~ haha!

Oh, and if anyone has any experience or interest in cosplay, please share your thoughts here kay. I need your opinions people~ thanks yeah if you do so :D