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Cosplay: Catgirls and Other Critters (Anime Costuming Handbook)

by Gerry Poulos

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ISBN13: 9781933330020
ISBN10: 1933330023
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Why just draw your favorite anime character when you can beit? Cosplay-short for "costume play"-is sweeping the anime con scene from coast to coast, and once again we're leading the way with a pair of books for both beginning and veteran cosplayers. Each volume features:

transforming ordinary fabric and accessories into fabulous contest winners

creating genre-specific costumes from scratch

duplicating your favorite characters or inventing your very own

cosplaying both for competition and just for fun

accessories from shoes to makeup

finding hard-to-get and imported items

patterns, measurements, and sewing techniques

money-saving tips and how-tos for cosplay on a budget

pointers on the care and transportation of costumes

resource lists, websites, where to find character models, etc

.full-color photos, plans, and drawings.

Volume 1 covers Catgirls, a favorite of fans from All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku-Nukuto Hyper Policeand great for purring and prowling. Volume 2 is all about Schoolgirls (think "Sailor Moon") and how to make uniforms with just the right bouncy-skirt anime style.

Gerry Poulosis a longtime anime reviewer, illustrator, and photographer. He lives in Ohio.

About the Author

GW Poulos lives in Cambridge, Ohio and has worked as a journalist in the anime community for seven years. He has been writing specifically on cosplay in the West for over 2 years, having also seen and photographed literally thousands of cosplayers from all over the world over a course of 5 years.

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Toykeeper, September 22, 2007 (view all comments by Toykeeper)
I'm rating this a 3 because the book gives off basics of Do It Yourself costume descriptions. It's pretty alright- for beginners who don't know much about Cosplay. Once you conquer the steps to knowing how/where to sew and techniques for fabric effects, you will be a step closer in creating your own unique Anime costume- a small step.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781933330020
Subtitle:
Catgirls and Other Critters
Author:
Poulos, Gerry
Illustrator:
Simmons, Mark
Publisher:
Stone Bridge Press
Subject:
General
Subject:
Popular Culture
Subject:
Popular Culture - General
Subject:
Costume
Subject:
Handicraft
Copyright:
Series:
Anime Costuming Handbook
Publication Date:
October 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
, Y
Pages:
80
Dimensions:
8.96x7.06x.19 in. .42 lbs.

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