'Last Known Surroundings' with Cosplay Magazine India

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

#cosplaymagazineindia

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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."

...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

#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!

Freelance Talents (Digital Art)

*) - Artist Luca Bancone - "Daily Sketch, I'm thinking about studing more this character with a series of illustration of her journey...."

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Artist Misha Sung - "Just finished this, and I'm very happy about it, but would still love to know if there's any room for improvement?"

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Yohan Haash - "Today's insomnia painting , focus on composition, mood and depth ... tried to keep my brushstrokes loose and to simplify major shapes.."

‪#‎art‬ ‪#‎freelancetalents‬ ‪#‎freelance_talents‬ ‪#‎featured‬

The Resistants Series (Big Blue Comics)

In an oppressive corporate-ruled future, a small band of alien refugees and human freedom fighters struggle to put the power back in the hands of the people. The year is 2121 and the alien refugee, Interval, leads the rebel strike team known as THE RESISTANTS. In the last few years, they have helped build a large-scale humanitarian aid group to help the downtrodden and unemployed. They go on frequent raids in the Takeo Corporate-State to get food, water and technology for the needy people in the desert marketplaces. Their efforts are noble, but fleeting, as precious supplies and resources continue to dwindle faster than they can be attained. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

THE RESISTANTS: Declan

by K.J. Kaminski, Jason Krause, Jason Howard & Teo Gonzalez, Pin-up by Jason Johson & Teo Gonzalez

Declan Albright has a past connection to THE RESISTANTS‘ leader Interval. He’s pulled into her fight when, he’s deemed guilty-by-association, and a large bounty is placed on his head. But is there something more to the two-bit hunters now on his trail, than first seen.

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THE RESISTANTS: Kestrel 

by K.J. Kaminski, Chris Royal & Fahriza Kamaputra, Pin-up by Ben Herrera & Teo Gonzalez

When a weapons test threatens their safety, Erin Hawthorne a.k.a. Kestrel leaps in to action to save her fellow employees. In the conflict, she finds her true calling, helping others because she can. Will she follow her cause as a member of THE RESISTANTS?

#Featured

Oil painting by Mary Hatagaya

Pug-Rex by artist Luis Gonzalez

Indy Pro Wrestling Vet Rant

"I'll have an easier time teaching a good talker / actor how to be a passable wrestler, than I would teaching a good wrestler to be a passable promo guy / actor. Everyone knows how to talk, so if your stuttering and stammering and have no confidence in your voice people are going to call bullshit real fast, and then disconnect emotionally from you. Not every wrestling fan knows quality wrestling... Infact Id say 80-90% have no clue what a TRUELY great match is. But if you suck them in with your gimmick, live your moments, they won't focus on the wrestling they will focus on the emotional struggle your character is going through.

Point is, we are in the era of entertainment ... Give an equal Focus on character speaking skills and confidence at your wrestling schools this week ... Too often you kids get sucked into a routine of bumps, basic chain, and blow up drills ... And while that's all essential, remember ... This is entertainment, and when is the last time you drilled promos and skits... When is the last time you drilled how to get your specifics characters emotion across in the ring ...

Wrestling isn't just for meat heads, some of the most successful people I know in this business are truly brilliant actors as well...For the advanced wrestling student ... These acting skills quickly come in handy when it comes to dealing with all of the backstage drama and politics ... Learn to control your emotions, and manipulate others and do what's best for your, and the company's best interest ... (With this being said this is not a pass to work the boys or be a snake cancer, it's meant as a problem solving and conflict resolution statement)"

Tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (Ghulam-e-Hind)

A Tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

"Bose's arrest and subsequent release set the scene for his escape to Germany, via Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. A few days before his escape, he sought solitude and on this pretext avoided meeting British guards and grew a beard on the night of his escape, he dressed as a Pathan to avoid being identified. Bose escaped from under British surveillance at his house in Calcutta. On 19 January 1941, accompanied by his nephew Sisir K. Bose in a car that is now on display at his Calcutta home."

with artist Mr. Vibhuti Dabral

Wrote Biographical Ghazal on him last year

"वो कोई पीर रहा होगा ..."

ग़ुलामी के साये मे जो आज़ाद हिन्द की बातें करता था ...

किसी दौर मे खून के बदले जो आज़ादी का सौदा करता था ...

बचपन मे ही स्वराज के लिये अपनों से दूर हुआ होगा ...

बस अपनी सोच के गुनाह पर जो मुद्दतों जेल गया होगा ...

वो कोई पीर रहा होगा ....

क्या बरमा ...अंडमान  ..

क्या जर्मनी ...जापान ...

शायद ये जहाँ था उसके लिए छोटा ...

किसी दौर ने गोरो पर बंगाली जादू चढ़ते देखा होगा ..

फरिश्तो ने जिसका सजदा किया होगा ....

वो कोई पीर रहा होगा ....

अंदर सरपरस्त साधू .... बाहर पठान का चोगा ...

खुद की कैद को उसने अपनी रज़ा पर छोड़ा था ..

अंग्रेजो की आँखों का धोखा  ....

कहाँ ऐसा हिन्द का हमनवां होगा ..

वो कोई पीर रहा होगा ...

जहान को कुछ बताने ..रविन्द्र सी ग़ज़ल सुनाने ...

या शायद धूप-छाँव का हिसाब करने ज़मी पर यूँ ही आ गया ..

न उसके आने का हिसाब था ..और न जाने का ...

और कहने वाले कहते है वो 1945 के आसमां मे फ़ना हो गया ...

काश रूस पर सियासी बर्फ़ न जमा होती ...

अगर ये बात सच होती तो अनीता-एमिली की आँखों ने दगा दिया होगा ...

गाँधी से जीतकर भी जिसने महात्मा को जिया होगा ...

वो कोई पीर रहा होगा ...

वाकिफ जिंदगी मे जो कभी रुक न सका ....

गुमनामी मे दरिया पार किया होगा ...

दूर कहीं या पास यहीं कितनी मायूसी मे मुल्क को जीते-मरते देखा होगा ...

आज़ाद होकर अपने ज़हन से दूर हुआ होगा ...

 वो कोई पीर रहा होगा...

वो कोई पीर रहा होगा...

- Mohit Sharma (Trendster)

New Year 2014 Facebook Logs

#Syria  

शायद उनकी माँगे हों सही...
लेकिन मेरी उम्र बारूद से मोल भाव कि नहीं...
कितना भी बरगला लो पर मुझे मालूम है... 
अब मुझे संभाले यह हाथ मेरी माँ के नहीं.. 
वो मलबे में जज़्ब है,
मुझे भी उसके बगल में दफना दो कहीं।

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*) - Bank PO Banna tha...with Artist Surjeet Besra

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*) - My friends from Madhya Pradesh...entrepreneurs, artists, freelancers, researchers. Don't miss this life changing opportunity. Tech Carnival Event, Indore - 12 January 2014.

Event Website - http://www.techcarnival.com/

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"Mohit before we collaborate on this 1 panel teaser...I want you to understand the difference between the molecular disturbance(s) of the character in your mind and the backdrops you usually chose in your kids comics, also I need you to prepare a detailed graph on the frequency mismatch in the Alien hand syndrome behaviour of Narendra Chanchal & Lakhbir Singh Lakha during their Navratr Jagrata performances...plus I recommend...study Postnatal reproductive health among the females residing in Babu Lal Marandi's constituency...it would be helpful if you gather the statistics of people using word "Kulli" in place of "Kulla".....& I mailed you, (BCC to your Fufa ji & your Girl Friend) 97 videos & 420.5 Page report for the perfection we need...."

 — with Kshitij Dhyani.

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*) - RC Shayari Gag with Frank Knot (Rahul)

- Mohit Sharma (Trendy Baba / Trendster)

Interview : Courtney Dowdy (Actress-Model)

An interview with beautiful (& talented) actress Courtney Dowdy from Kentucky, United States. Enjoy! Like-subscribe-follow her profiles...

P.S. Interviewer - Yours Truly :)

Interview (Q & A) Video (Unable to attach the video on Blog) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsZgcRZf7P8

Courtney as Maddie (Movie : Fat Chance)

Questions sent to Courtney

"Question 1) - Who/What inspired you to become an actress & how old were you when you started acting, were you involved in musicals and plays in school?

Question 2) - Who are your Role Models or people you look up to in Acting, Modeling & Life (and Why)?

Question 3) - What is/are your favorite movie genre(s)?

Question 4) - Other Hobbies and Pastimes besides acting, modeling?

Question 5) - Tell us more about your upcoming projects?

Question 6) - Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?

Question 7) - What advice would you give to young kids who want to act?

Question 8) - Your best performance till date? (& your best youtube monologue video also)

Question 9) - Share some interesting items from your ‘Bucketlist’ & few random facts about yourself?

10) – This is a request; I liked all your monologue videos & want to see you reading my funny poem in a serious/tragic monologue mode.

Title – Just ‘Hear’ This!!

"There was a Deer,

Whose ear sensed a Bear,

Deer froze with fear,

Bear came near.

Negotiated Deer,

"Dear Bear, I have Beer, with which you can cheer."

Bear changed his mind's gear,

Bear drank beer.

and also tried to tear the deer,

Escaped Deer,

By reminding Bear,

That Bear forgot to wear his underwear."

Best Wishes!

Mohit Sharma"

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- Mohit Sharma (Trendster / Trendy Baba)