Tinker Bell is my spirit animal. More specifically, hipster Tinker Bell. I mean it, I'm pretty sure my patronus would be a coffee-sipping, blonde, book-reading fairy…with glitter. A few years ago, I was invited to go to a convention here in Tampa, however my friend Jorge is extremely last minute on just about anything he does, so I knew about this con the day of. Me being a cosplayer, I would never turn down an opportunity to dress up in costume. So I came up with an idea…Tinker Bell….but out of things I already own. I drew up a sign and voila! Hipster Tinker Bell was born.
Now this costume became instantly famous, solely because it was something no one had done before. I do give inspiration credit to Traci Hines (Hipster Ariel) and some random easy costume ideas on Pinterest, but for the most part Hipster Tink was my brain child. She is basically just an extension of myself. Also the fact that my sign dissed Twilight and all it stands for might have helped my popularity at said con.
Anyway, I bring all this up to maybe help someone out there who might want to get into cosplay but not sure how. Making a deviation of a famous character, but brought into modern day life, is an awesome way to get started. Here is what I did:
Step 1: Think of any clothes you currently own that maybe that character would wear. Remember to stay in the color scheme of that specific character, also do the right hair color. Iconic things like colors really help the audience to know whom you may be cosplaying.
Step 2: Make a sign. This works really well in pictures and gets the point across that this isn't just a normal version of said character.
Step 3: Rock it out.
Anyway, just felt like sharing some of these ideas with the whole of humanity. Thanks for reading!
Sparkle on!
Rennie
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