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✨Next con: SacAnime Summer, RCCC, KumoriCon(?) 🗡️ LVL 34 USA West Coast Cosplayer 🏹 Current WIP: Sandseal Gerudo 🛡️ Cosplay Build Threads https://linktr.ee/brownmanticore
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The husbandit recently took up blacksmithing. It's hard to describe how intensely peaceful it was to hear him tapping away at metal while I rode my horse.

Watching Ghibli for Friday movie nights. Always loved Spirited Away, but most I watched didn't sit well with me as a kid. Now that I'm older I can appreciate them a lot more. Sophie and San are now on my "easy project" list. Looking forward to watching the rest.

Driving ~8 hours for one day of a ren faire is a little silly but finding adventures along the way AND knowing you'll see friends? Priceless. Also food truck plazas are great. I'm coming for ya, Oregon Ren Faire!!!

Perpetua's Armor Painting Process! Here I show you how I painted the armor, following the description of "metal plates reminiscent of ceramics." #cosplayarmor #cosmaker #cosplay #perpetuacosplay #perpetvacosplay #blasphemousgame #blasphemouscosplay #cosplayer #armorcosplay

But what if cucco plush for Malon cosplay? (Should have named myself Plushie Cosplay given how many plush toys I have/want to use for props)

"I was the trial run--" 📸 Thank you to @skycaptainhana.bsky.social Qifrey From Witch Hat Atelier by @shirahamakamome.bsky.social #とんがり帽子のアトリエ #witchhatatelier #wha #witchhatateliercosplay #qifreycosplay #olruggiocosplay #atelierofwitchhat #olruggio #qifrey #orufrey

Eileen the Crow Cosplay made by myself. Photographer: instagram.com/allthingslaurenstudios/ Photos were taken at ECCC'23. Lauren worked some serious magic with the editing! #cosplay #bloodborne #fromsoftware #eileenthecrow #bmceileen

You are the proof that I existed. My pride and my dreams… I give it all to you. Cloud, Zack, + Aerith are @lenk.cos, @pumpkinsune, and @shinraifaith (IG) NOW BOOKING for Colorado Location Shoots - check out the link in my profile for all the details and to fill out the booking form ✨ #ffvii

I did a Dimitri rain shoot! #FE3H

Another #Namari shot with @candidlykira on IG! Cosplay made and worn by me. #bmcnamari #cosplay #dungeonmeshi

"Ain't you a bit young for a midlife crisis, cowgirl?" Happy pride! Bridget's story from Guilty Gear Strive means a lot to me, as she worked through her anxieties and identity, and I'm happy to see it continue through Dual Rulers! Costume by me, TriumphantBass 📸heyjaymeejaye

happy pride in particular to the cosplay that made me realize i was trans!!!!!!! dimitri fire emblem 3 houses you will always be gender euphoria to me made + worn by me armor stls @dangerousladies.ca photos cosplaytendency (IG)

Also this summer is hitting hard and fast, 103°F+ the last two days. I looked at my cosplan list and not one of them is summer friendly. I get hot easily on top of it, so it's just a nightmare. No cons or cosplay for me from May to late September, not around here at least.

If this works you'll hear me shouting from the rooftops. #cosplay #wip

Hands down one of my favorite photos from my session with @downenphotography.bsky.social a couple years ago! ✨ Costume made & worn by me ✨ Skulls & gems from @dangerousladies.ca ✨ Wig commissioned from @xheeheex.bsky.social #hades #hades2 #cosplay #nyxhades #nyxcosplay #videogamecosplay

... frick. This game isn't really for me but the character designs? Woof. This? This? Vengeful spirit in a puppet? My jam. I don't go for the feminine looks too often but she's lovely. I don't know if I could pull it off but maybe if I can ever get clear shots of her...

I am SO happy to introduce you all to the next friend that will be available on my shop upon opening. A rosey maple moth plush! This cutie is made from a modified and resized version of @nazfx.com’s moth plush pattern. They feature a soft faux fur body, big minky wings and appliquéd detailing.

Remembering when someone at a con kept rapid fire asked, "did you make that? What about that?" but as soon as I said, "No, I thrifted that part," they went, "Oh," in a smug way and left.

My photo not matching my friend's is driving me slightly crazy but that's on me for not asking someone to take a similar shot lol. Love you @keenmixer.bsky.social & @electrumbound.bsky.social ❤️✨ #zelda #cosplay #momocon

Executioner Smough from Dark Souls cosplayed at MCM London Comic Con 2025 by the_hudson_forge (www.instagram.com/the_hudson_f...) #cosplay #darksouls #fromsoftware

Been a while since Magfest and I've gotten a bit distracted. But got some Ladybug photos to share! This was definitely a case of enjoying the making more than wearing. But while I may not like "me" in the photos, I really liked how the costume came out. Photography by @bradbehlesphoto.bsky.social

Salem had teeth removed a few weeks ago and decided to reverse age after his recovery. He now wants to walk on the harness he rejected years ago and roll in the dirt immediately beyond the front steps, jumps into our arms, and is a general menace in a way he rarely was before. I love it.

Folks should book me to do their performer portraits more

I'd believed myself quite adept at concealing the truth... ...But then again, I suppose you've always been skilled at sussing it out. 🖤🩶 Master Qifrey 🩶🖤 #とんがり帽子のアトリエ #witchhatatelier #wha #witchhatateliercosplay #qifreycosplay #atelierofwitchhat #olruggio #cosplay