Carbon Costume

…The webcomic Penny Arcade features John “Gabe” Gabriel and Tycho Brahe, who spend most of their time playing and commenting on video games. Gabe is energetic, free-spirited, and obsessed with Pac-Man, while Tycho is bitter, cynical, and enjoys deflating Gabe’s ego….

…Matty Healy is the lead singer and frontman of the British pop-rock band, the 1975. This is his outfit from their 2018 music video, “Sincerity is Scary,” which has over 6 million views on Youtube. The song is featured on their album “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships.”…

…Ian Grimm (played by Rob McElhenney) is the narcissistic video game creator at the heart of the Apple TV+ series Mythic Quest. As the Creative Director for a popular MMORPG game, Ian often butts heads with his lead engineer Poppy Li and other members of the team. Ian has a dark beard and wears primarily black and charcoal colored clothing, he also dons a number of chunky silver rings and beaded bracelets to complete his look….

…In the music video for “This is America”, Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) raps and dances as an expression of various themes including being black in America, gun violence, and police brutality. His gold chains are a nod to slavery, his movements to caricatures of Jim Crow, and the yellow shoes, who knows. Sew black buttons on the fly to get the pants matching as close as possible….

…Rapper Macklemore has an interesting fashion sense, favoring a mohawk, furs, and gold in his music video for Thrift Shop. But if you really want to replicate his look, head to the nearest Goodwil and wear whatever you get with the twenty dollars in your pocket….

Strive is the protagonist of the music video for TWRP’s song, “Starlight Brigade,” featuring singer Dan Avidan (better known for his more provocative stage name). The young elfin humanoid, a citizen of the planet Moebius, finds himself pulled into an intergalactic journey with the band’s cartoon Starlight Brigade personas. Using blue and white face-paint as a base, you can follow GhostlyCosplay’s makeup tutorial for Strive’s makeup to complete th…

…Adele’s hit single Hello propelled upthe charts with its memorable music video, which features the soulful singer-songwriter fighting the ghosts of her past romance as well as the autumn wind….

…In the music video for the 1971 single “Life on Mars”, glam rock star David Bowie is dressed in a turquoise “ice-blue” designer suit and heavy makeup. This unique look presents yet another facet of Bowie alongside his personas Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke….

…J-Hope is a member of the popular K-Pop band BTS. This is his outfit in the music video for their song, “Butter” (Cooler Remix). All the members wear athleisure, such as tracksuits and oversized t-shirts, and accessorize with necklaces. J-Hope wears a color palette of greens and yellows. For more accuracy, use a green fabric marker under the brim of the bucket hat and affix a similar patch….

…ube, Instagram, and Twitch. Belle first grabbed headlines when she sold her own bath water as GamerGirl Bath Water for $30 per bottle… and sold out. She also opened a Pornhub account that uploaded innocent videos with suggestive titles. After rumors of her death, or at least the death of her celebrity, she made a trollish and triumphant return with her music video “I’m Back”, spitting lines like “All these simps always talkin’ shit” and “Uwu, bu…