Apologies if these got too long, but my Makima cosplay drafts are actually the fastest I worked on so far; just got carried away with explaining! Could be because vacation break + learned some when I did my Shinobu selfie cosplay in a rush during the tour.
01:37 PM Apr 20th
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Now, all due credits to the chapter I based my Makima cosplay test run(s) on: https://www.chainsawmanonli… ! Also did a discontinued draft of the "necessary evil" scene... which may or may not be seen in the future. XDD
01:50 PM Apr 20th
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β¦ (which I emphasized in the red lining) and how she looks as if she is breaking the 4th wall/2D page and can see viewers for who they really are hehe. Still needs improvements but there you go: my spam of thoughts about my Makima cosplay drafts! XD 3.16/β
01:29 PM Apr 20th
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β¦ before blending in more manga-styled shading/approach to stay true to the source material. Like her true nature, I also wanted to express the duality of the manga cosplay version seemingly being broken out of/interrupted by a realistic Makima... 3.15/β
01:22 PM Apr 20th
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β¦ I guess, because a lot of responses are saying it is one of their top favorites from my drafts. Also got comments that it "looks like an official Makima poster or something", which makes sense because I did think of making it look like one... 3.14/β
01:17 PM Apr 20th
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...so as to not get overpowered by the glitch effects + black and white shades in the background. That red lining + emphasis on that eye has to pop out THE MOST because I really want it to reflect THE Makima and her nature. Seems to have worked... 3.13/β
01:13 PM Apr 20th
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β¦ and the word "CONTROL." Also experimented with the split (lighting and color?) tones depending on what fits the glitch effects + my Makima selfie the most. I remember increasing the intensity and brightness of the red and black lining here too... 3.12/β
01:03 PM Apr 20th
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Was torn between thinking "Calm down and let it be: these are just drafts anyway!" and "Nah, NO WAY I will let this pass: I can do so much better than this---draft or NO draft!" (XD). THAT is when I got the idea of adding glitchy distortions and... 3.11/β
12:55 PM Apr 20th
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Good evening! About to finish this cosplay thread, so back to the topic: the original intention was to upload the main Makima selfie already after drawing the black and red lining. However, the more I looked, the more it still felt lacking somehow? 3.10/β
12:46 PM Apr 20th
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Ay, sandali lang po pala: patapos na magluto kaya kakain na kami in a few minutes hahaha. Ituloy ko na lang po 'yung Makima cosplay drafts thread mamaya; ,magandang tanghali/hapon po uli at kain po tayo late brunch. β‘πβ―πβΛβΉβ‘ππ β‘πβ―πβΛβΉβ‘π₯πβ‘πβ―πβΛβΉβ‘
09:15 AM Apr 20th
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β¦ again, a good start. TYSM~! :") Then, next would be the Makima selfie I made with black and red lining, glitch effects, split-tone and distortion. As I already wrote in the previous captions, including the word "CONTROL" was a last-minute idea. :D 3.9/β
09:05 AM Apr 20th
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So I left the initial sequence like that until the final cosplay drafts, only doing a few touch-ups here and there before uploading it. Apparently, certain responses said it "looks like a storyboard sequence" or "mysterious character reveal panel"... 3.8/β
08:55 AM Apr 20th
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β¦ of these selfies and cropping/adjusting a lot while testing it out. When I paused to take a good look at the overall sequence of photos (Makima's chest with a peek of her braid + lips and chin + her eyes), turns out they all worked so well already! 3.7/β
08:48 AM Apr 20th
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Additional filters, refinements, etc. and there you have it: the triptych format of my Makima selfies. BTW, the order of these photos were NOT intentional at all: I just randomly put them together first because I was figuring out the fitting sizes... 3.6/β
08:42 AM Apr 20th
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β¦ photos look cheap or casual if the pictures are put together + edited inaccurately)---I liked how the triptych looked, even when it was still in its initial/unprocessed stages. So I went along with that idea instead and discarded the other designs. 3.5/β
08:38 AM Apr 20th
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Other layout designs were okay, but when I got the idea of splitting everything into three panels--even though I was not expecting anything at first because doing cosplay grids CAN be tricky depending on how you make it (might make the cosplay... 3.4/β
08:28 AM Apr 20th
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β¦ experimented with other layouts. I made 4 different layout designs for the 2 selfies, initially expecting to make 6-8 more because I was not really strictly limiting myself in these. I just wanted to see what could possibly work and what would not. 3.3/β
08:18 AM Apr 20th
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The selfie-taking process went smoothly---smoother than the previous picture-taking for the close-up Makima shot, actually! Could be because I familiarized and practiced her facial expressions a lot already? Now before the triptych format, already... 3.2/β
07:58 AM Apr 20th
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Now for those selfies including half of Makima's usual outfit, I took fewer selfies---I think around 10 or 11? Again, most are deleted now. I chose 4 selfies, then proceeded to work on only 2 pictures... which I used bits and pieces of in this part. 3.1/β
07:20 AM Apr 20th
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Don't forget to eat your brunch too, everyone! And best of luck to those who still have work on a Sunday (though you guys should be resting, honestly). That said, on to the black and and red triptych photos... and how I did not plan that at all first. 3/β
07:13 AM Apr 20th
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