Erika (Welcome To Night Vale)

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Art by sweetlynumb63; concept sketch by Slothcore
If you haven't heard of Welcome to Night Vale, I should preface the blurb for this costume by saying that it is an excellent podcast, and if you like things which are creepy and weird and funny and sweet and creepy and weird, you should definitely check it out. If you are familiar with it, you'll know that there's a LOT of wiggle room in terms of cosplay; although there is a ton of fan art out there, there are no canon visual references for any of the characters in the show, which leaves almost everything up to interpretation. 

Elemental invited me to her Night Vale video shoot at ColossalCon 2014, suggesting I could easily put together an intern costume. Unfortunately, after re-listening to all of the episodes, doing an intern costume just didn't feel all that appealing, but I realized that an angel cosplay was something I was both interested in and would be able to pull off. Elemental and I collaborated on the concept and our Night-Vale-Hells-Angel (named Erika, as all angels are named Erika) was a thing that happened; drawing inspiration from sweetlynumb63's artwork, biker-chick stereotypes, and items I already had in my stash (mostly remnants of other costumes).

Here's the Children's Fun Fact Science Corner on this cosplay: 
  • no wig (this is what happens when I fluff-dry my hair)
  • mask is leftover from an Arcee costume I decided not to make
  • wings are the only parts left from the second costume I ever made (and never wore anywhere)
  • bodysuit is leftover from my discarded Jemima costume (my first bodysuit and the reason I draft my own now instead of using a commercial pattern). 
  • bandeau bra is leftover from a "belly dancer" Halloween costume I made one year
  • shorts are borrowed from my Pepper Potts outfit
  • accessories are from Jemima and Goth Kim Pine costumes
  • red contacts from my Midna makeup
  • shoes or sandals from my closet
  • vest is an altered Value Village find - the only thing bought for the costume 
Elemental designed and painted the logo for the vest, I painted the mask, and we both painted the bodysuit "tattoos" - aside from making new gloves that's the only additional work that had to be done to turn me into (hopefully) a creepy, creepy winged biker-chick.

Current status: active.

Bad Moon Rising (aka project: Welcome to Colossal Vale)

Cosplay music video, shot by Elemental and CTgraphy, edited by Elemental. Practically Perfect in Every Way. The cosplayers in the video are an amazing group of people and I'm thrilled that I got to be part of this project. 
Events:
2014 Colossal Con, Atomic Lollipop, Fan Fare Geek Fest II
Each photo in the gallery is labeled with its photographer; please visit their websites!
CTgraphy: http://ctgraphy.com/
Elemental: http://www.elemental-photography.net/
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