Good Cosplay, Bad Cosplay – Episode 10 | Games, Germs, and Steel

by Kevin

But if you value the hard work that goes into creating the right costume, picking the right makeup, and looking damn good in-person, then Photoshop manipulation is kind of dishonest. Is it fair to compare these images to candid, unedited images from anime conventions. For the purposes of these cosplay articles, I’ve decided not to omit digitally manipulated images. I’ve seen quite a few cosplayers who looked good on their own but mucked everything up with too much lens flare. I’ve been reading a lot about professional cosplay photography and how many of the models use Photoshop to enlarge their pupils, color their eyes, remove skin blemishes, etc. If a cosplay image was shopped badly, it deserves to be ridiculed along with the rest of them. Just as with amateur photos, a picture that has been edited with Photoshop range from good to terrible....

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