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born to cos sew is a fuck seam rip it all since 1989 i am anime man 410,864,530 cosplans self-shoots and concept photography

Cosplay photo of the Chainsaw Man Character Denji with his chainsaw head in front of a bright orange background. Denji is photographed mid action, either trying to jump or stop himself form getting crushed between two hands. He is wearing black pants, a white shirt with rolled up sleeves, a black tie and white sneakers. The giant hands which belong to Makima sandwich him from above and below. Denji is crouched on the bottom hand and pushed away the top hand with his left arm. The image is starkly illuminated with a flash, both Denji and the hands have high-contrast, dark shadows on the background.
Cosplay photo of Lynn Minmay from the 1984 Macross Do You Remember Love? movie. I'm cosplaying the concert outfit Minmay wears at the ending scene: A lilac and purple bodysuit with purple arms and neckline, lilac torso and legs. There are lilac frills loosely resting around my arms and a glitter lilac fabric draped at the hips like a mini skirt. Large teal cabochon ornaments set in shiny gold frames at the center of the chest, at the sides of the hips and on the shoes. I'm wearing matching purple velvet kitten heel boots and a white fur hat with a hot pink scarf tied around it. Hot pink matching gloves that are loose around the wrists. I'm wearing a dark blue wig with curly bangs and large triangular gold earrings. The photo has a soft, dreamy quality. I'm sitting high above the ground on a dark brown, wooden piece of furniture, in front of a circular mirror with a black and gold frame. To my left and right are symmetrical flower pots with blooming light yellow orchids in them. My legs are crossed and my torso twisted, as I rest my fingers on the surface of the edge I'm sitting on. I'm looking off towards the side.
Photo collage of my Iwakura Lain cosplay from the 1998 anime Serial Experiments Lain. I'm wearing a red midi skirt, black tights, light brown boots, a black turtleneck top, a light pink windbreaker and a pink fuzzy hat with a brown teddy bear embroidered above the forehead. All photos were taken just after sunset, giving them a cool toned, yet warm pink hue. The images have a sense of vastness and space surrounding Lain. The atmosphere is lonely. Photos collaged in three equal rows. First row: Dutch angle crop of Lain standing sideways on dimly lit asphalt, shown from the head to the hip. The photo is blurry. Second row: Fish-eye photo of a spiraling light gray concrete staircase, Lain is making her way up on the left of the image, holding on to the handrail and head tiled back. Lain looks like she is getting sucked into the spiral. Third row: Dutch angle crop of Lain walking towards the camera in the distance, full-body. The tassels of her hat are blowing in the wind. She is walking on a bridge on the pavement, framed by red railing, back-lit by the salmon sunset.
Cosplay photo of the Chainsaw Man characters Makima, me, and Denji in his Chainsawman form, @quallengelee. The photo is inspired by an editorial by the photographer @reihuannn on Instagram. Portrait head shot if Makima in front of a bright sky blue background. Her head is tilted slightly back, her yellow eyes stare off into the distance. She is barely smiling. Denji, who is about as tall as her nose is climbing her face and is hanging from a handful of the lower eyelashes of her right eye.
The 2000 movie poster of In the Mood For Love. Written on a saturated red background in desaturated yellow, capitalized letters, the title of the movie in English and Chinese. The woman is lying down, legs crossed, lifting her torso by leaning up against one arm. Her hand rests on the man's shoulder, who is resting his head on her lap, eyes closed, one hand on her crossed ankles. The woman is staring with an empty gaze into the distance. She is wearing a red qipao with black heels. The man is wearing a brown suit and a white shirt.
Cosplay photo of the Chainsawman characters Makima, me, and Denji in his Chainsawman form, @quallengelee. The image recreates the 2000 movie poster of In the Mood For Love. Written on a saturated red background in desaturated yellow, capitalized letters, the title of the movie in English and Chinese. Makima is lying down, legs crossed, lifting her torso by leaning up against one arm. Her hand rests on Denji's shoulder, who is resting his head on her lap, one hand on her legs. Makima is looking mischievously at the viewer. She is wearing a white button down, a black tie, a black miniskirt and black, sheer tights with black stiletto heels.
Cosplay photo of the character Iwakura Lain from the anime Serial Experiments Lain. Lain is wearing a red midi skirt, black tights, light brown boots, a black turtleneck top, a light pink windbreaker and a pink fuzzy hat with a brown teddy bear embroidered above the forehead. Double exposure photo showing a train station with light gray marble floors and lots of glass panes reflecting the numerous ceiling lights in shades of gray and green. Two grainy full-body Lain figures stand close together, one of them more faded than the other and looking at the viewer. The other Lain looks at the ground over her shoulder. Their hands are in their pockets and they are standing sideways, showing their right side to the viewer. Superimposed on this image is a cropped, frontal portrait of Lain, cut off below her eyes. The see-through lower-half of her face hovers above the two Lain’s.
Photo of my Howl Pendragon cosplay from the Ghibli film Howl’s Moving Castle. Howl is standing in a field at dusk with trees in the background. He is clutching his chest with both hands clasped over his heart, where his shirt is glowing red and orange. He is wearing a loose white shirt with three quarter sleeves and tight black pants. He is wearing two golden string of beds with blue glass pendants. His hair is a black, chin length bob. His head is tilted to one side, that his hair falls over his shoulder. He has an empty and dreamy expression.
A five-inch tall, triangular, bead-embroidered patch is photographed on dark purple velvet fabric. The embroidery depicts the cover art by Casey Crescenzo of the album Sunya by The Dear Hunter: Inside the triangle is a surreal rocky landscape of crystals under a cloudy sky with a bright light overhead, which looks like the sun behind clouds. A small green spacecraft or aircraft emits two beams of green-tinged light downward from its afterburners. Colorful particles scatter from these near the bottom of the triangle. The beaded artwork features layered sequins, bugle beads, seed beads and iridescent embellishments in shades of purple, lavender, blue, pink, white and turquoise that shimmer under soft lighting. The velvet fabric has a black floral embroidered pattern. The purple of the velvet is highlighted at its folds. The images show the beaded artwork in varying distance; further away, and close up.
Cosplay photo of the Kizumonogatari character Kissshot Acerolaorion Heartunderblade. She is in her adult form, wearing a dark red strapless ballgown with black feathers around the waist and at the chest. She is also wearing white opera gloves with matching black feathers around the hem. She is standing on a highway brigde next to a red railing, the bridge structure visible in the distance. She is standing sideways, head and gaze turned back over her shoulder. The wind is blowing her light blond hair up and out of the frame. The sun is setting, the photo has a warm and serene atmosphere.
Cosplay photo of Howl and Sophie from the Ghibli film Howl's Moving Castle. Howl and Sophie are in a bright room with a high ceiling, the walls are cream colored, on the floor a cream, gold and blue carpet with an ornate circular design. There is a wooden cabinet against the wall, above it a gold framed, tall mirror reflecting white crystal chandeliers on the ceiling. Howl is wearing a white shirt and black pants with his pink and blue diamond jacket, he is leaning against the cabinet. Sophie is wearing her light yellow dress, white boots and a hat, she is sitting on the cabinet, with her basket on the ground. The two are talking ans smiling, Howl gesturing with one hand that is bird-like and covered in dark blue feathers.
Self-portrait photography. Blue background with a turquoise color shift, the background fabric has a geometric pattern. I'm sitting on the floor, leaning on my right arm, wearing a dark blue satin, bishop sleeve shirt with a big bow of the same fabric tied at the collar. Turquoise necktie with a white polka dot pattern tied loosely at the neck. White lace collar layered on the short. I'm wearing a black velvet pencil skirt decorated with silver and blue sequins. My dark brown hair is styled into a low bun. I'm wearing a sailor style hat made of white, red and blue floral patterned fabric. The hat is decorated with a turquoise ribbon and a beaded monarch butterfly brooch I made. I'm wearing bright red lipgloss and a blue-green tight line on my lower lash line, head turned to the left in the photo. My left hand is raised to the height of my face, there is a monarch butterfly perched on my left index finger. I'm looking at the camera with an empty expression that comes across as unfriendly.
Self-shot photo of me taken from above in bird's-eye view. I'm shown from the waist up, legs pointing to the top right corner and head pointing to the bottom left corner, lying on a patch of green glass with cloves and white daisies. Scattered around me on the grass are blisters of medicine. I'm wearing a white hazmat suit zipped up to the neck and resting my head on my crossed hands behind it. I have shoulder length, straight, dark brown hair with bleach blond bangs and highlights at the front. My eyes are closed and I'm smiling with a peaceful expression, enjoying the sunlight. The whole image has some red chromatic aberration, which makes it look like it's glowing. Written over the image in hot pink in streaky, capitalized handwriting: "Du findest Gewalt nicht lustig? Muss man wohl dabei gewesen sein"
Cosplay photo of me cosplaying the Haikyuu character Tsukishima Kei as Sailor Moon im her Senshi form outfit. I'm half-body in the photo, standing in front of a black background with a shadowed gold crescent moon. One hand is on my waist, the other resting on my chin. I'm looking mischievously to the side.
The 1928 first painting in the series "The Lovers" by René Magritte. The painting depicts a couple kissing through white sheets covering their heads. The background shows a room with a red wall and a light gray ceiling. The back wall is gray and blue, resembling a cloudy evening sky.
Cosplay photo of the Chainsaw Man characters Angel Devil and Hayakawa Aki, recreating the 1928 first painting in the series "The Lovers" by René Magritte. The painting depicts a couple kissing through white sheets covering their heads. The background shows a room with a red wall and a light gray ceiling. The back wall is gray and blue, resembling a cloudy evening sky. In this recreation: Angel Devil on the left, identified by their wings and halo and red hair peeking under the white sheet. Aki on the right, identified by the bump in the white sheet where his pony tail is. Both are wearing suits. They are both illuminated by Angel's halo.
Photo of me cosplaying the Haikyuu character Kenma Kozume in his time skip version as the streamer Kodzuken with long hair, bleached at the tips and dark at the roots. I'm sitting on a black chair with an expressionless face, arms stretched out to the table as if using a mouse and keyboard not shown on the photo. I'm wearing a black Bouncing Ball hoodie and red jogging pants with a hole on the left knee, which are Kenma's highschool volleyball team's pants. I'm wearing a black headset and blowing a bubble of chewing gum. Behind me an empty wall lit desturated blue and magenta.
Photo of my Neon Genesis Evangelion character Akagi Ritsuko cosplay. I'm on a rooftop, the evening sky a dark blue and the lights of buildings in the distance blurry. I'm wearing her blue top, black skirt, dark red tights, black stiletto heels and a white labcoat I'm holding a cigarette between my lips and trying to light it, shielding it with my hand.
Photo of my Neon Genesis Evangelion character Akagi Ritsuko cosplay. I'm on a rooftop, the evening sky a dark blue and the lights of buildings in the distance blurry. I'm wearing her blue top, black skirt, dark red tights and a white labcoat I'm holding a cigarette between my lips and trying to light it, shielding it with my hand.
Cosplay photo of me cosplaying the Chainsaw Man character Makima. The photo shows a black dog in front of a deep red background. The dog has its head thrown back and mouth open, as if barking at the sky. Visible in the dog's mouth is the upper right quarter of my face, one yellow eye and a few strands of red hair peeking out.
Cosplay photo of me cosplaying the Haikyuu character Tsukishima Kei in his time skip version. A portrait in front of an emerald green background, I'm wearing a light gray wool coat, a hunter green sweater and a white collared shirt with Tsukishima's black framed glasses. I'm looking at the viewer with a cool look and slightly parted lips. Behind me, edited to look like it's growing over my shoulder, a retro botanical drawing of a strawberry plant with berries and flowers.
Cosplay photo of the Haikyuu character Oikawa Tooru, recreating the timeskip Nazeder magazine cover illustration. Oikawa is wearing his blue CA San Juan jersey and looking back over his shoulder.
side by side comparison of the screenshots from the film and the cosplay photos I took, described in the first post above
Cosplay photo of the character Fujino Ayumu from Look Back. The photo shows my head and shoulders in Fujino's black blazer from the back, hair in a low pony tail, standing in front of an empty, blue tinted gray background. Recreating the scene where Fujino hesitates before her friend's door, not going in.
Close up of my Howl Pendragon cosplay from the Ghibli film Howl's Moving Castle. I'm standing on a grassy hill, a white chapel in the background. I'm wearing his pink and blue jacket I made with beading and embroidery, visible from the back around the shoulders and neck, showing the embroidery on the collar from behind.
Cosplay photo of Howl Pendragon from the Ghibli film Howl's Moving Castle. I'm standing on a hill of green and yellow tall grass, the sky pale blue with white clouds, a white chapel on the hill. I'm visible from the waist up in the grass, one hand raised to shield my eyes from the sun. Wearing a white loose shirt, black pants and his pink and blue jacket over the shoulders.
Cosplay photo of the Neon Genesis Evangelion character Ayanami Rei. I'm wearing Rei's blue school uniform and crouching, one arm resting on my knees and stretched out, head propped up on my arm. I'm backlit from the bright, white background that blends into the ground, which is covered with light blue glass shards.
Cosplay photo of me cosplaying the 12-year-old-appearing version of the Kizumonogatari character Kissshotacerolaorionheartunderblade. Neutral expression on my face, reaching with my left hand to tuck my hair behind my left ear. Wearing a white satin slip dress with pink ribbon at the front and a black ribbon tied around the left wrist. Long blond hair tucked behind pointed ears. Standing in front of the blue glass front of a building on beige stone pavement. The photo was taken through a clear turquoise heart shaped glass paper weight. The sides of the photo are reflections in the facets of the paper weight, blurry at the edges with chromatic aberration.
Photo of my Haikyuu character Oikawa Tooru cosplay, edited to look like a screenshot of the 2020 youtube interface, where Oikawa is a youtuber. He is talking in a 23 minute long video in front of a gray background, wearing his white sumeshi shirt and black framed glasses. The video speech caption goes "Kageyama Tobio, I'm so sorry that you chose to be offended." The video is titled "I have to apologize??“. It has 7K likes and 37K dislikes. The Adlers vs Jackals game is on the 17th of Nov 2018 in the manga, so I dated the video on the 18th to honor the # oikawaapologize which trended briefly following the release of chapter 387. Shown on the right are four suggested videos also by Oikawa with different thumbnails of him. The titles are as follows: "Tea time ep.14: my senior year in high school", "12 reasons why you should not go to shiratorizawa", "I would smoke all of you", "Don't you dare forget my useless Pride".
Photo of a decorative beaded piece for my Harrowhark Nonagesimus cosplay. Shown close up is the skull symbolizing the fourth house, the skull is beaded with small glass beads, laurel embroidered with green silk ribbon.
Composite edited cosplay photo of me, cosplaying Iwakura Lain from the anime Serial Experiments Lain. Written in three lines in white on a blue background the capitalized words love, lain and love. On each row, I'm sitting in front of the text, knees gathered to my body. Each row also has a second Lain, partially visible and also sitting. All the Lain's differ slightly in their pose. The top one gazes down, the middle one looks in the camera and holds up a teddy bear and the bottom one gaze up, with the teddy bear on the ground next to her. All Lain's wear a simple white satin nightgown.
Half-body photo of me cosplaying the Reiketsu-hen version of the character Kissshot Acerolaorion Heartunderblade from Kizumonogatari in front of a dark red background with a light gray vignette. The background resembles the Japanese flag, as well as blood puddles on white tiles, both a reference to scenes from the movie. I'm sitting and leaning forward, hair in front of my shoulders, the skirt hiked up, legs not visible. My arms are behind my back, only my shoulders visible. Light falls on me from above. I'm looking at the camera with narrowed eyes. My mouth is open to smile and show my pointy incisors and I'm sticking my tongue out, which is dripping dark red blood on my chin. There are 10 doll arms hovering to my left and right symmetrically. They give the impression of having many small arms.
Photo of me cosplaying the Reiketsu-hen version of the character Kissshot Acerolaorion Heartunderblade from Kizumonogatari. I'm standing behind a plastic sheet, my body and features are blurred. I'm lit red from the back and white from the front and above. I have my right hand raised and pushing against the plastic. My mouth is open with sharp vampire teeth and fangs bared. On the viewers' side of the plastic sheet, blood is dripping from my fingers and my mouth.
Fine art self-portrait photography. Warm, deep mustard yellow background. I'm sitting on the floor with my legs tucked under me, holding a second head of mine in my hand. The second head's eyes are closed, it's facing the brown glass vase with a white chrysanthemum, set on the ground next to me. I'm looking away from the flower. I'm wearing pea green dress pants, a white ruffled spaghetti strap top and gold chain necklace and a string of white pearls with a light pink heart shaped glass pendant.
Cosplay photo of the Chainsaw Man character Makima. Makima is shown in a portrait shot, wearing a white shirt and a black tie, staring into the camera. Behind her is a close-up of her face, the eyes of the face behind her are as big as her head. The face in the background appears to have a spotlight falling on it, the edges covered in a round shadow. On Makima in the front, are four more pairs of her eyes, placed above her own eyes over the photo, each pair looking at a different height. Makima's white shirt appears to be cyan in the color grading.
Double exposure cosplay photo of the character Yoru or War Devil from Chainsaw Man. Portrait of me in front of a dark red background, lit with red and yellow lights. I'm wearing Asa's school uniform: a black dress over a white shirt with a black bow around the collar. The double exposure makes it look like I have two heads. One face is looking to the left of the photo, the other to the right lower corner with a downturned gaze. I'm wearing a black, shoulder length wig. At the arms of the white shirt appearing yellow in the lighting, some teal chromatic aberration.
Black and white cosplay photo of me as the Haikyuu character Tsukishima Kei after the timeskip. I'm wearing a light colored jacket and high-waisted pants with a light colored collared shirt and glasses; leaning back on an empty wall and looking off to one side. One hand is in my pants' pocket, the other holding the jacket hem. Written across the torso in black capitalized letters, "PRIDE".
Self-portrait photography. Blue background with a turquoise color shift, the background fabric has a geometric pattern. I'm wearing a green and yellow plaid shirt with a big white collar and a cream bow tied at the neck. My dark brown hair is styled into an updo with victory rolls framing the microbangs. I'm wearing bright red eye make up and pink highlighter on my cheekbone, head turned to the right in the photo. Two arms reach into the photo from the right and the left, their hands miming a crown at my temples, like in ballet. A white border frames the photo, red text is written on the border like a frame: "fear the vengeance of a changing tide fear the gap in your conscience that's ten miles wide until you've suffered persecution and defied misguided accusations you have no right to your pride"
Surreal portrait photograph. A torso is visible from the back, from the chest up, wearing a green and beige tweed dress with a white lace collar. A hand wearing a white glove is holding the torso's back in a soothing gesture. An arm reaching into the photograph from the left side is holding a bouquet of flowers made up of chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers, dahlia and green leaves. The stems of the flowers extend into the collar of the dress like a neck, the bouquet is replacing the head. There is a brown beetle crawling on the arm reaching into the photograph.
Self-shot surreal portrait photograph. Deep sea green background. A torso clad in a dark blue frilly dress visible from the hips up. The torso's arms are gently holding a corn flower with a long stem in front of the stomach. Two more arms reaching forward from behind the torso's back are pulling apart the unbuttoned chest part of the dress, showing flower stems inside. An arm reaches into the photograph from the left side, its hand holding a bouquet of flowers that's in the collar of the dress instead of a head, the flower stems extend down from the collar into the dress. The bouquet is made up of corn flowers, thistles and agapanthus. A few agapanthus are floating around the bouquet, seemingly having fallen out. All the hands are wearing black transparent tulle gloves with frills around the wrists.
photo showing a hallway with the sign "Gaylord Brain Injury Unit CARF Accredited Program". The character Harrowhark Nonagesimus cropped out from the book cover art, layered in front of the hallway photo, gesturing to the sign with a her right hand
Collage of my Katsucon 2025 line up on a periwinkle background with a pink flower pattern. Title reads "katsu lineup" with an emoji covering its mouth with a hand. Top picture is a close up photo of a housefly wearing an emoji crown, captioned "Ba'al Zebub, Prince of Hell and Supreme Monarch of the Inferno, fly man. friday?“ Middle picture is a screenshot from the movie Howl's Moving Castle showing smiling Howl with dark hair floating around his face, captioned "ah um *looks at smudged handwriting* so if the physical embodiment of my heart isn't trapped as a snarky eternal flame in my fireplace powering my tax-evading house then what? i'm just a vain asshole for no reason??? with the @bird__king as darling Sophie. saturday?" The bottom picture shows character art of Lynn Minmay from the 1984 Macross movie in her purple concert outfit at the end of the film, captioned "lynn fkin minmay in 2025 with that one fit she wears for 1 minute and 18 seconds in that 1984 movie (sighing emoji). blame @bird__king. sunday!" Ends with the text at the bottom "super excited to meet everyone!"
Introduction graphic for my account. Light orange background. Portrait photo of me on the right side. I have dark brown hair with partially bleached blond bangs, styled in retro waves. I'm wearing light blue and gold eye shadow and highlighter on my cheeks and a light blue blouse. I have an ice cream cone in my hand with light blue scoops of ice cream. There are queen wasps crawling on the ice cream, my hand and my face. Two wasps are flying around me. The title reads "meet the cosplayer" in white text. Beneath that in light blue, "@wickedsalt, they/them, İstanbul, cosplaying since 2026“. Under that a white text in smaller font on the top left, "hi! i'm salt! i'm a clinician and researcher currently residing in germany. i love doing self-shoots, writing posing tutorials and detail work of any kind." On the bottom left half of the image is a light blue box with white text in it: "birthday: same as tsukki. cosplay from: anime/manga. sparks joy: embroidery, composite editing. deep dark fear: armor, magical girls, driving. fav food: tarte au citron. current concern: my thesis isn't defending itself. talk to me about: neon genesis evangelion."
Close up of my Howl Pendragon cosplay, please refer to the alt text of the first post of the thread for a detailed description. Shown here the embroidery on the back, young Howl catching a falling star.
Close up of my Howl Pendragon cosplay, please refer to the alt text of the first post of the thread for a detailed description. Shown here collar and shoulder from the front right side. A beam of sunlight falls on the shoulder.
Photo of my Howl Pendragon cosplay on a sewing form, frontal three quarters view. White shirt and black pants with a pink and blue jacket thrown over the shoulders, like the Studio Ghibli design. The jacket is heavily beaded and covered in floss and ribbon embroidery. There are also two necklaces with blue pendants around the form's neck and a pair of green drop earrings pinned close by.
Cosplay photo of the characters Noi, Ebisu and Shin from Dorohedoro. Noi is on the left side of the photo, Shin on the right, Ebisu in the middle. Noi and Shin hold hands in front of Ebisu, their free hands are raised up. Ebisu stretches out her arms in front of Noi and Shin. The photo is edited to look like a greeting card. The trio are in a heart shaped frame with a red background. Around the frame is a handwritten note at the lower left corner on a dark brown background which reads "Dear Boss, xoxo -hearts". On the lower right corner are two stickers with red and purple mushrooms on them, the stickers are slightly torn.
photo of multiple spare doll arms and legs on the floor