'Last Known Surroundings' with Cosplay Magazine India

 #artist Anantha Krishna Kasavaraju aka Last Known Surroundings with Cosplay Magazine India

#cosplaymagazineindia

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Grey-headed Woodpecker

 

Grey-headed Woodpecker

Kotdwar, Uttarakhand

January 2024

PC - Akanksha A.

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

The yellow-billed blue magpie, also known as the gold-billed magpie (Urocissa flavirostris), belongs to the Corvidae family, which includes crows and jays. It is part of a closely related group that includes the Taiwan blue magpie and the red-billed blue magpie. This bird species can be found in the northern regions of the Indian Subcontinent, including the lower Himalayas, and there is also a separate population in Vietnam. PC - Avijit Das

Rishop, West Bengal

May 2023

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Unveiling Ekko's Firelight: From Character Research to Cosplay Creation!

 

Cosplayer Roshan Gupta - "10 sleepless nights later - Finished crafting 'Ekko's Firelight 🦉 Version 1 (Vi, geddit?)' from Arcane show on Netflix ! 😁✨

Thanks to the mask pattern & youtube walk-through by @monolith_costumes, that helped, in understanding his process to crafting. You can find it on his Etsy store! I spent more than 40hrs alone on crafting, priming & trying the cell shading effect while painting to make it as screen accurate as possible! Have captured it in timelapse stories on my insta highlights! Go cheggit! 😬

I took screenshots of Ekko' s Firelight character design from all possible angles (more than 300+ images captured from @arcaneshow and it was reallyyyyy time intensive, so I spent 3 days entirely dedicated to character research, along with reading his origin story and gazing through the Ekko concept artworks by @kse332 from LoL official artbook & @jingoss's recent splash art of Arcane Ekko, which is extremely important for me to get into the character, understand their nuances & quirks, hence the early start @4am in the day 2 weeks, to get extra hours and a head start to work on my Ekko cosplay) and watched his part tons of times, to get as many barely clear screenshots as reference, to make my version as screen accurate as possible.

Still not extremely happy with it, but, it's the best, I could do in 10 days. I rushed when it came to sewing and sewed the brown apron & huge ass green coat in one night, hahacries ;_; It wasn't easy, I failed few times, but did better the second time. I used freehand technique, compared to using pre-made patterns like I did for the red hoodie, which was my first sewing project, for my Miguel from Coco movie, 2 years back! :') I definitely did level up my sewing skills, self-taught, during my second project, and I'm happy with the results for now. Still, have a long way to go as a male seamster! So, gotta improve on my technique now, so I'm planning to consume countless hours of sewing videos from youtube & twitch! 😁

I made the Sword / Key Prop and Pocketwatch in 2 days. The whole process of making a character come to life that moved me, Ekko - The Boy Savior from @arcaneshow in this case, is something I wanted to share, with my cosplay / art, so have invested in ring light / lateral camera stand, to capture and record all my #WorkInProgress art process in the form of timelapse videos that took numerous hours of efforts!

Hope, you liked it, as I've put my heart bnd soul into it! Would appreciate your support in the form of comments / shares / engagement! :') 💜

P. S. This was the basic version of Ekko Firelight V1 Cosplay. I'm working on upgrading it, add more props including my fav prop i.e. humongous hoverboard with LEDs (*gasps, will be my first time working with lighting*), with a better paintjob on the props and fabric attire, re-sewing the green coat, brown apron & pants & improving the overall finesse as I've 2 more weeks to make it better!

Indoor photoshoot & edits by @lokesh_learns! "

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Environment-Landscape Art

 

Artist Richard Lay - "Hey Guys, just practicing some landscape art. I'm trying to integrate a bit of perspective into my environments."

Boat with wheels artwork

 

Artist George Brad - "A boat with wheels for todays daily."

Global Championships of Cosplay 2019-2020

Pic and Data by Amber Loerzel

## **// USA Qualifers //**

* **Seattle** // Emerald City Comic Con // Artemis Wild Cosplay

* **Philly** // Keystone Comic Con // Gillian Conahan

* **New York** // New York Comic Con // Akellyz

* **Chicago** // C2E2 // February 28th-March 1, 2020

## **// World Qualifiers // **

**South Korea** // 코믹콘 서울 - Comic Con Seoul // Lanha - cosplay

**Africa** // Comic Con Africa // JinxKittie Cosplay

**Australia** // Oz Comic-Con // AltF4 Cosplay

* ***Regionals:*** AltF4 Cosplay | Zaphy Cosplay | Giorgia Costuming | Zerebin | Raider Cosplay

**Indonesia** // Indonesia Comic Con // Otawamizuki

**France** // Comic Con Paris // LeelooKris Cosplay

**UK** // MCM Birmingham Comic Con // Chocobo Girl

* ***Regionals:*** Poetry in Costume | Effymia | Chocobo Girl | Cauldron Of Mischief Cosplay

**Austria** // VIECC Vienna Comic Con // Rozari Cosplay

**China** // Shanghai Comic Con // *POSTPONED*

**Singapore** // Singapore Comic Con - SGCC // Adiputra Kosupureiya

**India** // Comic Con India // December 20–22 2019

* ***Regionals:***

* ***--Hyderabad: KitsuneBlood Cosplays | Kiwi Lemon Sorbet

* ***--Bangalore: Medha Srivastava | Redemption Props

* ***--Mumbai: Kaiserwolfe Armouries | Metalbender

* ***--Delhi: Gaurav Thakur - Cosplayer | Arcane Cosplay | Sameer Bundela

## **// World //**

**Chicago** // C2E2 // February 28th-March 1, 2020

Painting by Artist George Brad

Experiments with colors, designs by #artist George Brad

Digital Art Overlay Practice

#artist Kelsie Sager 

"Practicing with Overlay, Add, and other techniques and brushes."

Indian Cosplayers going places...

Indian Cosplayers win Dota Cosplay World Championship Grand Prize (Redemption Props - Rohit Kailashiya) and Best Technique (Medha Srivastava) - Shanghai, China.

Indian cosplay scene is evolving fast and Indian cosplayers are among the top contenders in International events.

10 years ago...

Supriya Tyagi -" On this day one decade back, Indian cricket witnessed an unprecedented transform when they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the final of inaugural T20 WC, solely by holding their nerves. This victory booked a special place in the hearts of millions of Cricket lovers, for a very young team without its greats, lead by a new captain outclassed teams with far better names.

While Saurav Ganguly as the captain of Indian Cricket Team turned them into fighters from strugglers, it was only Mahendra Singh Dhoni who turned them into Champions from fighters as their captain, and it was this World Cup through which he amplified his silent arrival. Needless to say India carries the same soul of Champions even today. This World Cup gave us unforgettable moments, future heroes and probably the best captain Indian team ever had. As a fan, I remember India getting crowned as World Champions for the first time (even though in T20s), and celebrating the unmatched joy with roommates. :)"

...more ACBA

Articulated Comic Book Art - Varian Cahyadi

Coulson: "This much Kryptonite?"

Joker: "You know he is too strong for all of us..."

#crossover

Articulated Comic Book Art

‎Keith Seymour‎

"Gotta catch Meow-tu!"

#anime #comics #cartoons

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Simon Hill

Juggernaut Vs Spider-Man 

#SS #SimpleSunday

Instagram.com/plastic_snaps

Painting Process

Digital painting process by #artist Emrullah Çıta‎
#freelancetalents #art

Kathputli Short Film Poster

Promo poster #1 upcoming short film: Kathputli #shortfilm by Freelance Talents
#AnkitaTripathi #MeenaYashpal #mohitness #freelancetalents#kathputlishortfilm #mohit_trendster #freelance_talents

#FanArt Aurora (Child of Light)

Jose Enverga Dalisay V‎

 Aurora (CHILD OF LIGHT), My fanart of the unique RPG by ubisoft, and I actually enjoyed painting this because of the hair. I hate symmetry though, so I hope this works. C&C are welcome!

Novel: The Dog Stars (Peter Heller)

Published - 2013, Language - English, Paperback, Pages - 416

ISBN13: 9780755392629

Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour, and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his beloved plane for short journeys, and saves his remaining fuel. But, just once, he picks up a message from another pilot, and eventually the temptation to find out who else is still alive becomes irresistible. So he takes his plane over the horizon, knowing that he won't have enough fuel to get back. What follows is scarier and more life-affirming than he could have imagined. And his story, THE DOG STARS, is a book unlike any you have ever read. 

Book - Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (Richard Matheson)

Remember that monster on the wing of the airplane? William Shatner saw it on The Twilight Zone, John Lithgow saw it in the movie-even Bart Simpson saw it. "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is just one of many classic horror stories by Richard Matheson that have insinuated themselves into our collective imagination.

Here are more than twenty of Matheson's most memorable tales of fear and paranoia, including:

"Duel," the nail-biting tale of man versus machines that inspired Steven Spielberg's first film;

"Prey," in which a terrified woman is stalked by a malevolent Tiki doll, as chillingly captured in yet another legendary TV moment;

"Blood Son," a disturbing portrait of a strange little boy who dreams of being a vampire;

"Dress of White Silk," a seductively sinister tale of evil and innocence.

Personally selected by Richard Matheson, the bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come, these and many other stories, more than demonstrate why he is rightfully regarded as one of the finest and most influential horror writers of our generation.

Paperback, 336 pages

Published January 5th 2002 by Tor Books

Original Title: Nightmare At 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories

ISBN: 0312878273 (ISBN13: 9780312878276)

Edition Language: English

News

1. Humans settled in Australia’s arid interior around 49,000 years ago, 10,000 years earlier than previously reported 

http://go.nature.com/2fl63eK

2. Early morning in the beautiful lavender fields of France... 

http://mnatu.re/1mnwz7j

3. A hotel for wild bees

 http://mnatu.re/2beu8Sz

4. 8 of the coldest places in the world to live -
http://mnatu.re/XS7sel

Paradise Lot: Gone-God-World #01 (R.E. Vance)

The gods are gone. All of them. 

Their last message to humanity was: "Thank you for believing in us, but it is not enough. We're leaving. Good luck." At first no one took them seriously. Until, that is, all the denizens of all the heavens and hells started showing up on people's doorsteps.

Creatures that were once thought of as myth are now refugees striving to adapt to life on earth. Trouble is, after eons of living forever, they're not very good at being mortal. 

Caught in the middle is Jean-Luc, a struggling hotelier who (reluctantly) promised to help these wayward 'Others' live in this new GoneGod world. But taking care of his guests, keeping his hotel afloat and dealing with the constant drama of the Others' lives is figuratively killing him. And now that an unusually strange Other is in town, his figurative demise might soon become more literal. 

Paradise Lot is a new urban fantasy series by R.E. Vance that chronicles the adventures of the humans and 'Others' alike, as they struggle to navigate this strange, new post apocalyptic godless world. 

The Cast: 

- The human Jean-Luc; 

- The angel Penemue; 

- The gorgon Medusa; 

- The fairy TinkerBelle; 

- The archangel Michael; 

- The succubus Astarte; 

- The poltergeist Judith; 

- The shade Bella... 

and many, many more legendary characters from mythology, folklore and fairy tales. 

Published April 29th 2015

Pages - 80, Series - Urban Fantasy, ASIN - B00WOSCUTK