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Character: Catwoman from Arkham City (video game)
Costume made by: Yaya
Model: Yaya
Photography: Brian Boling
Tumbler: The Dark Knight screen-used car, thank you, WB, for letting me pose with it. Location: San Diego Comic Con 2012
Forgive the crowd in the background, I took the chance to pose with the Tumbler when permission was granted!! When I post closer-up photos of the costume, I will share the construction process in detail. For now, just know this costume was made in 50 hours, but only takes 5 minutes to put on lol. To match the hexagon fabric in the video game, I had the pattern designed by my friend Jinyo and printed up at Fabric On Demand. The secondary fabric is a rubber coated spandex. Cathy of GSTQFashions saved me hours of work by graciously letting me base my bodysuit off of the pattern she had made already for this same costume for a customer. I had to redesign most pieces of the pattern to fit my bodyshape and height, but it was nice to not have to make a full mock-up from scratch, and with my tight work schedule, I appreciated every second of time saved. I sewed the costume entirely myself, as usual, making sure to triple-stitch the seams (100+ of them) and also top stitch all of them. I also made the matching accessories such as gloves/hood/ears/sculpted metal bits/altered boots etc. I re-used the goggles from my other Catwoman costume because I kind of hate the design of the Arkham City goggles, and I already made perfectly usable Catwoman goggles before. :D
*When we hit 50,000 Likes on my Facebook Page, I will give away lots of free stuff as a Thank You, including a hand made corset by me!*
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Chun Li gallery is up on my website!! To celebrate, here is a happy face Chun Li photo! head over to my site to read the full construction notes on how I made this costume and check out my favorite photos of Chun Li.
Character: Art Nouveau Chun Li cosplay (designed by Razvan-Sedekiah)
Costume made and modeled by me
Photo by Paul Tien
*Remember, when we hit 50,000 Likes on my Facebook Page, I will give away lots of free stuff as a Thank You, including a hand made corset by me!
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Eeeeeh! I am so excited about the sharing the images from the photoshoot I recently did with Bryan Humphrey! More coming soon!
Character: Catwoman from Arkham City (video game)
Costume made by: Yaya
Model: Yaya
Photography: Bryan Humphrey
How I made this: This costume was made in 50 hours, but only takes 5 minutes to put on lol. To match the hexagon fabric in the video game, I had the pattern designed by my friend Jinyo and printed up at Fabric On Demand. The secondary fabric is a rubber coated spandex. Cathy of GSTQFashion saved me hours of work by graciously letting me base my bodysuit off of the pattern she had made already for this same costume for a customer. I had to redesign most pieces of the pattern to fit my bodyshape and height, but it was nice to not have to make a full mock-up from scratch, and with my tight work schedule, I appreciated every second of time saved. I sewed the costume entirely myself, as usual, making sure to triple-stitch the seams (100+ of them) and also top stitch all of them. I also made the matching accessories such as gloves/hood/ears/sculpted metal bits/altered boots etc. I re-used the goggles from my other Catwoman costume because I kind of hate the design of the Arkham City goggles, and I already made perfectly usable Catwoman goggles before. :)
*Remember, when we hit 50,000 Likes on this page, I will give away lots of free stuff as a Thank You, including a hand made corset by me!
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Character: Psylocke - Marvel’s X-Men
Costume made/modeled by Yaya
Photography by Anna Fisher
Psychic blade made by Volpin Props
Photo location: Otakon
This is a brand new Psylocke costume! I cosplayed Psylocke back in ‘06 but wanted to make a new version, more grounded in Reality. I drafted my own patterns for the bodysuit, arms/legs, boot covers etc, and sewed everything in a day utilizing two contrasting fabrics, heavy duty spandex & stretch pleather. The only piece I re-used from the old Psylocke costume is the sash.
My wig is sponsored by EpicCosplay!! It is incredibly thick, heat resistant, smooth and soft. You can see more of Epic Cosplay’s wig line at http://epiccosplay.com/!
*When we hit 50,000 Likes on my Facebook Page, I will give away lots of free stuff as a Thank You, including a hand made corset by me!*
Harley Quinn & Catwoman!
WindoftheStars as Harley, costume made & modeled by her.
Arkham City Catwoman costume made & modeled by me!
Photo by Brian Boling, taken at SDCC.
You have no idea how difficult it was to find a blank wall in the shade for photos at SDCC, especially with a group of DC Comics characters. I find generally that trying to do photoshoots at huge crowded conventions is more frustrating than fun. You have to plan ahead, shoot either early or late in the day, and have handlers at the ready to get you through the crowds.
I try to do photoshoots for most of my costumes if there is time, buy sometimes it’s nice to get to shoot with far away friends like WindoftheStars!!!
Cosplay collage of nearly every costume I’ve made and worn in the past 12 some years. A lot of great memories and a long fulfilling journey this has been so far. Feel free to click through to my Deviantart for more thoughts on cosplaying.
http://yayacosplay.deviantart.com/art/Cosplay-Collage-1999-to-present-297093252
