19 5 / 2013
NEW COSTUME ALERT! Yep! Guess who’s stepping into Captain Marvel’s bright red kick-ass boots? THIS LADY!!! I decided on Friday to make this for a charity walk I was invited to. I don’t really have any family friendly costumes to wear for these kinds of events, so I decided to change that. And who better than Carol Danvers herself? I mean.. come on. I’m from Boston, i’ve got blonde hair, blue eyes… I’m awesome.. we’re kind of like the same person. haahaha!!! :P I’ll post more progress soon! I’m really proud of how far I got in just a weekend.
(also..yep the buckle is totally the crappy thing I made in my worbla video. I’LL MAKE THE RIGHT ONE I PROMISE)
17 5 / 2013
Nice Sheik cosplay from The Legend of Zelda
Oh hi me! :3 Thanks for liking my cosplay! <3
Photo by: C.Wish Cosplay Photography
16 5 / 2013
Anonymous asked: I think you look fantastic in all of your cosplays. Your body is rockin' especially in your Catwoman suit. Hot damn. You're beautiful Bethany!
Thank you so much. That really hits me right in the heart
see? lolololol
16 5 / 2013
Anonymous asked: I find you to be a very inspirational cosplayer and admire how comfortable you are with yourself in cosplay. You're very beautiful and I love your costumes.
:3 aw! thank you so much.
16 5 / 2013
kittentarantino asked: So I watched your worbla tutorials last night and then found your tumblr and I am now totally your #1 fan girl.
GAHHHH <3 <3 YES!!!! FANGIRLS!!!! :D
15 5 / 2013
Posting this here because I actually like how I look in this pic lol.
Juliet is obviously a very body conscious outfit, and it’s no secret that i’m not very comfortable with how my stomach looks. (or my arms.. or my thighs.. blah blah blah) Last year I dedicated myself to get fit for this costume. I worked out often and watched what I ate, and eventually lost a pant size. I wanted to be comfortable enough in my own skin to wear this and be proud of myself. I wanted to prove that I could do what it takes to make myself feel ok with showing off what I am most self conscious about. Yeah.. there were still people calling me “chubby” and comparing me to much more in-shape Juliet Starling cosplayers after I lost weight…but I knew that I had worked hard to get where I was and I was still proud of what I accomplished.
13 5 / 2013
Here’s a little video showing you all how I spent PAX East 2013! Lots of awesome friends in this video, so take the friggen time to watch it! :P
11 5 / 2013
I think I should dye my hair white. Or a super light blonde… What do you think?
07 5 / 2013
Come children, let Bethany tell you a story.
For the past week I’ve been working on a design project. I work a full-time job so the only time I could work on it was after my regular working hours (where, I work as a graphic designer. And yes… It’s very hard to get yourself motivated to design after you’ve already spent a good 8 hours during the day doing it) This had a tight deadline of a week (I wont go into details about it because it’s not crucial to my awesome story-telling.) But the most important detail was the fact that I HAD to get it done by this morning.
Saturday, I was asked to be a judge for a Free Comic Book Day costume contest, so no matter what I had already made obligations to the store to attend. (Also….pft.. it’s freakin’ free comic book day…Can’t miss that day…pfffff please.) So I saved Sunday to dedicate to knocking out the design. I spent the week prior sketching and making my mood boards, but Sunday was going to be THE day of awesome-tacular design.
So i’m trucking along on Sunday. Busting out some serious design, when it happened….
I designed too hard. My vectors were too complex! It couldn’t handle my swag! Illustrator crashed. And guess who pulled a rookie move and didn’t save her files. THIS KID!
So now It’s about 9PM and i’m back to square 1. I stayed up until 3AM Sunday night. Woke up at 6:30AM (gave myself an extra 30 min than normal woooooo!) Went to work.
The following is a record of how I spent my Monday night. The last night before the deadline. Please pay special attention to the time-stamp of these texts that I sent to my friend who also “understands that design feel”
This one goes out to my homies that knows what it feels like to run on 5 hours of sleep within a 48 hour period. CHAMPS!
06 5 / 2013
oh HEY ME! Just hanging out on my own dash all scorpion style. :D Thanks for posting this Cosplayblog ^__^
01 5 / 2013
Anonymous asked: Hi Bethany! I was hoping that you'd be able to share some "inside secrets" in regards to your Catwoman cosplay! I really want to do her Arkham version but I'm at a loss of what kind of fabric to use. Do you have any recommendations on the pattern design for her catsuit? Thank you!
oooooh! YES!! Another Arkham lovely! <3 I couldn’t find a fabric that had the right pattern, so I made my own! The hex design is actually hand-cut iron on transfer paper that was darkened with sharpie marker to get it to have a sheen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4MwvC3R2K4« thats the stop motion of me cutting it so people could see the process which took about 2 hours per sheet and there are roughly 12 sheets in total on the suit. (I actually never finished doing the legs…but I got tired and never went back to finish it >__<) The transfer paper I bought was for dark stretchy fabrics. I got it at Michaels craft store (I’m not sure where you are from Anon, but I bet you could also find it on Amazon with a little searching) The material has cracked and flaked a little over time.. but HEY it works! haha. I hope I was able to help you!! ^__^
28 4 / 2013
Killer Frost progress!!! Armor is ready to paint! Still have a lot more to complete, but i’m kind of happy that Boston Comic Con was postponed, because now I’m able to really take my time on this and focus on getting the details right instead of rushing. If you’re interested in how I made the armor, I did some tutorials on shaping Worbla here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7gMIAIBSGY
and finishing worbla with spackle and gesso here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5_8ySWIqEI
Also. I hope you enjoy my doodles. Thought i’d just help you along with visualizing the final produce. DOODLELULZ
