num_pages: 80
description: Why just draw your favorite anime character when you can be it? Cosplay-short for "costume play"-is sweeping the anime con scene from coast to coast, and once again we're leading the way with a pair of books for both beginning and veteran cosplayers. Each volume transforming ordinary fabric and accessories into fabulous contest winnerscreating genre-specific costumes from scratchduplicating your favorite characters or inventing your very owncosplaying both for competition and just for funaccessories from shoes to makeupfinding hard-to-get and imported itemspatterns, measurements, and sewing techniquesmoney-saving tips and how-tos for cosplay on a budgetpointers on the care and transportation of costumesresource lists, websites, where to find character models, etc. full-color photos, plans, and drawings. Volume 1 covers Catgirls, a favorite of fans from All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku-Nuku to Hyper Police and great for purring and prowling. Volume 2 is all about Schoolgirls (think "Sailor Moon") and how to make uniforms with just the right bouncy-skirt anime style. Gerry Poulos is a longtime anime reviewer, illustrator, and photographer. He lives in Ohio.
language: English
title: Cosplay: Catgirls and Other Critters
titlecomplete: Cosplay: Catgirls and Other Critters
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Stone Bridge Press