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PapemelroticPAT Hmm, it is similar to a puzzle... or any sort of artwork or craft, really? How it is not just one, but MULTIPLE pieces/aspects at play that are needed and utilized altogether to create the whole we see. :3 PS. correction in 10.2: do *NOT want much focus XD about 8 hours ago from web

PapemelroticPAT ༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤🎶❀༉‧₊˚..˚⊹. ࣪𓉸 ࣪⊹˚˖°👻 ̟࿔* Heh. Guess who was summoned from the dead and is now back again for his legendary hauntings? ⋆˖°👻 ̟࿔*:⋆.˚⊹. ࣪𓉸 ࣪⊹˚˖༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤🎶❀༉‧₊˚. PS. Good evening BTW! Quite ecstatic to suggest/contribute to next year's theme. ;D 11:20 AM May 27th from web

PapemelroticPAT If you proceed regardless, read/watch at your own risk. In addition, I also recommend my favorite analysis about Helter Skelter (though this focuses more on the film adaptation :). A long but worthwhile read: https://the-artifice.com/he… 5.2/💋 06:52 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT Again, kindly keep in mind the trigger warnings and genre tags here! I appreciate everyone being curious about Helter Skelter, but at the same time, caution and personal discretion is advised. Both the manga and film are for mature viewers only. 5.1/💋 06:45 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT Proper credits to everyone who helped out/worked on both the very thought-provoking Helter Skelter manga + film adaptation. Here is the manga I based my Lilico cosplay on: https://mangadex.org/title/… 5/💋 06:42 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT … hope that my enjoyment for cosplaying Lilico does not undermine/sugarcoat Helter Skelter's reality and lessons. In fact, in my future cosplays of her, would like to express more of these harsh yet necessary truths all over the story, if possible. 4.8/💋 06:35 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT There are still so many more ideas and potential pages from the manga (as well as creative concepts!) to explore regarding Helter Skelter, so with the right timing and enough personal energy again, Lilico it is once more hehe. Though of course, I... 4.7/💋 06:28 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT … of last Thursday (final checks before compiling + uploading :D). Already said this at the beginning of this thread, but I really found it fun to cosplay Lilico---so much that like Tomie, I want to cosplay her more/repeatedly in the future too! :3 4.6/💋 06:23 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT … The Apothecary Diaries manga as reference + cosplaying Maomao genuinely helped VERY MUCH regarding this, I think (once again, TYSM here as well:"). So to sum it up, I began working on my Lilico cosplay from last Monday until the early morning... 4.5/💋 06:15 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT … something I learned just now necessarily, because even when this manga paneling DID take longer than the other scenes, the additional line drawing + shading was STILL done faster than my previous cosplays. Practicing shading and lighting using... 4.4/💋 06:08 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT … relief and immediately rushing to early dinner after that, whew. XDD While I think this is my cosplay recreation that needs the most improvements, did not include this under the third part of this thread because overall, it was not really... 4.3/💋 05:55 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT ... drawing, erasing and redrawing + shading again for too long HAHAHA. Was even cursing out my non-existent art skills under my breath LMAO (it would have been easier if I could actually draw more decently in real life, I think? XD). My sigh of... 4.2/💋 05:51 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT … on, especially because the hand + finger placement(s) have little to no distance with the spaces that should be drawn on or shaded! XD I think this is the first cosplay wherein I literally felt like my eyes are hurting + neck is aching due to... 4.1/💋 05:48 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT Hmm, looks like I have nothing more to add other than the eye close-ups + Lilico discovering a wound/bruise manga panels taking the LONGEST to draw shadows and linings on as well? Even missed my lunch because of it hahaha. It was so tricky to draw... 4/💋 05:44 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT And matched it did, because in addition to responses mostly saying it is their favorite from my Lilico cosplay, it is also MY personal favorite hahaha. Was smiling like a dazed idiot and just stared when I finished recreating that manga scene. XDD 3.16/💋 05:38 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT … changed the way I drew the tears---at first, I tried copying the tears' straight flow from the manga. But in my cosplay, I intuitively felt like drawing all of these messily would match the mascara-stricken tears and my Lilico cosplay overall. 3.15/💋 05:31 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT … as well if it meant sacrificing the necessary emotions in that scene/not doing justice to Lilico's hysterical breakdown in that manga panel. With these in mind, I drew darker streaks resembling ruined mascara all over the normal tears. I even... 3.14/💋 05:28 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT … be different from how Ms. Okazaki originally drew hysterical Lilico, but I ALSO remembered the film adaptation + how Ms. Okazaki had full approval of Lilico's portrayal there. I STRONGLY felt unwilling to simply copy the original normal tears... 3.13/💋 05:22 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT … minutes thinking about possible solutions. Again, still in quick continuous work mode here, so I immediately had the idea of replacing normal tears with mascara-stricken tears for actual impact. It also crossed my mind that this approach will... 3.12/💋 05:18 PM May 26th from web

PapemelroticPAT … when I stepped back to look at my photo with normal tears, it felt underwhelming and flat. Honestly, I think it even decreased the expression of my face in that scene? Was a bit hesitant and clueless about what do initially, so I spent a few... 3.11/💋 05:11 PM May 26th from web

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