Amanda Haas

Level Up! Creative Cosplay: Costume Design & Creation, Sfx Makeup, LED Basics & More Amanda Haas

Picking up where Creative Cosplay left off, this new volume takes costume enthusiasts to the next level. Now that readers have made their first few costumes, they are ready to learn new skills and master working with new materials and mediums to create out-of-this-world costumes. Amanda Haas provides a strong framework for adding new skills and improving existing ones for cosplayers newer to the game. Preparing cosplayers of all experience levels to go from their sketchbook to the convention floor and beyond, Amanda shares her expertise as a national cosplay competition winner and judge.- Get the scoop on sergers, embroidery machines, and using a digital cutter - Enhance your design skills, learn how to make an original pattern, and get the basics of customizing fabric through dyeing and painting - Pick up industry secrets on the basics of LED work, body painting, and SFX makeup - Create a DIY costume repair kit for conventions, and market yourself in the cosplay world