Carbon Costume

…ro tolerance for such ignorance. PortiaDDoesStyle: To be fair, it can be a bit difficult to decipher who exactly is “in” the cosplay community and who is just a random observer on the Internet. I would like to believe that most of the racism that Black cosplayers experience come from random observers and not within the cosplay community itself. But if I’m wrong, what I believe we can do better is to realize that this is dress up, it’s like Hallowe…

…ake. It’s time to glue your cabochon gems down with your E6000 glue. The only thing I can really say about this part is that your tape measure is going to be your best friend in making sure that each gem is placed equidistant from each other and from the top. You can do as many or as few gems as you like, in as many rows as you like. I put a pillow under the bodice to give it a nice curve, which helped a lot on making sure my gems were in the righ…

…Flag Means Death. He is a member of Stede Bonnet’s crew. Disheveled and a bit deranged, Mr. Buttons is a firm believer in supernatural forces, such as ghosts and moonbathing. When he speaks in his thick Scottish accent, he either delivers cryptic messages or suggests cannibalism. He can also name a thousand different sea creatures. He wears metal fangs during combat, and he’s seen his fair share of violence. Mr. Buttons can communicate with seagu…

…wise, if you’d like to create extra arms–Ranni has four–you can follow a tutorial like this one if you’re feeling a bit crafty….

…Jacob Bressler is the protagonist of the mobile game Subway Surfers. Better known by his nickname, Jake, he is the leader of the Subway Surfers, suited to his confidence and charm. His creative spirit is restless, as he’s always dreaming of the next cool thing to do. Jake enjoys street art and inventing new skate tricks that are often a bit dangerous. Use fabric markers or paint to draw the “Sub Surf” logo on the cap….

…ter in the animated Disney film Turning Red. Tyler begins as a bit of a bully to Mei, Miriam, Abby, and Priya, but as a fellow fan of 4*Town, he eventually becomes a member of their friend group. Tyler’s costume is very basketball-inspired, including a jersey layered over a white t-shirt, sweatband, and high-top sneakers. His clothes revolve around a purple, pink, and grey color scheme, but finding clothing in all these colors at once may not be p…

…Pete McGee (voiced by Jordan Klepper) is the father of Molly and Darryl on the Disney Channel series The Ghost and Molly McGee. Pete is an anxious man with an optimistic streak. A lover of smooth jazz, Pete is married to Sharon. Pete wears light blue jeans and blue sneakers, with a dark green sweater layered over a button-down. He also has a bit of five o’clock shadow, so put away the razor for a few days if you want to really sell the look….

…nderstands her brother well, though, and knows he is just being himself. Darryl wears an orange hoodie under a green jacket with medium blue track pants and blue slides over white socks….

…n Mable arrives at the Arconia apartment complex in New York City, she’s a bit of an anomaly. An artist, it turns out Mabel is staying at her aunt’s for free in exchange for fixing it up, but she has a complicated past with the Arconia, which is revealed over the course of the first season of the true-crime podcast she hosts with Charles and Oliver. Season two sees her past further revealed after a bloody discovery in her apartment. Mabel wears a…

…te being a bit self-centered and superficial, he displays moments of altruism and confidence. He has a younger brother named Todd and an older sister named Penny. You probably wouldn’t want to be pen pals with Carver though, as his handwriting is sometimes noted as being confusingly horrible!…