My life doesn’t fit on an Instagram post ☕️

I may come across as a chill , happy go lucky person but the truth is, sometimes , more than ever, I’m not. I have my days where I wanna talk to every one of my friends and then some days I just wanna be still and in silence. I stress about details on my costumes and props, I stress that my posts won’t get anywhere because of social media reach or simply because people don’t like me. I’m anxious regarding new experiences and meeting new people.

Moving overseas showed a lot of things, but most importantly it showed me who I can trust on and who isn’t truly there for me. I learned that there are toxic and jealous people everywhere and that the cosplay community isn’t as nice and friendly as people would like to think. Accepting that everything’s okay and you will make it just fine is the first step. Not caring about what some people say is the second. I do me and you do you. The majority of people have no big reason to hate you besides jealousy so don’t take it personally, they are projecting.

My life doesn’t fit on an Instagram post, not everything is bright colored and picture perfect and that’s okay. I’m living life not pretending to be someone else.

Getting validation from strangers on Social Media isn’t everything.

Xoxo,

Jane

 

Vlog 1 – Starting Something

Hey Guys!

Yesterday i finally had the guts to edit my first Vlog and post it. It was entirely filmed on an iPhone 5c so the quality is quite bad but its what i can work with at the moment..

I created an YouTube account back in 2014 but i never had the courage to actually post something.. I usually film a lot of random clips but never get to edit them just because i don’t like to see myself in them or i think nobody would wanna see my random moments.. so i end up deleting them or saving them on my computer for no one else to see, but i never actually edit them. This was actually my first try at editing a video on a computer!

I was always afraid of the judgement that could come with it and how I’d be viewed by the YouTube community. The internet is dark and full of haters, but like i said on a past post here, you can’t hide in fear of others and starting is the hardest part.. so my advice came to bite me in the a$$ here… I also felt like i owed to post for the strangers that subscribed to my empty channel and most importantly, i owed myself to at least try.

I still cowered and only shared the video on my Twitter and with very few friends, although i was still petrified to show it to my boyfriend or even to watch it again.

I learned that with a phone, i can’t move so much and i need a stabilizer.. besides needing an actual camera lol.  If you want to help me with that, you can do it here, you would be helping me a lot and i would be very humbled and thankful.

Subscribe to my YouTube and support me on this journey. I’m sure I’ll react to my first video a few years or months from now and cringe really hard.

 

♡ Jane

Cosplay Tip #2

Most people will tell you that you need to act a certain way to be liked by other people, even to gain some success.. Sadly it is no different with cosplay.. People will tell you or you will notice that to be somewhat popular in the cosplay world, you’ll “need” to:

• Cosplay mainstream characters;
• Cosplay characters from shows, movies and games that recently came out or that a lot of people are waiting for (therefore you’ll be one of the first to cosplay from that, therefore generating so much hype, omg)
• AND Cosplay with sexy outfits.

BUT what i’ll tell you now may shock you……

YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING YOU DON’T WANT TO OR DON’T IDENTIFY WITH!

First and foremost, cosplay is a hobby and for some a profession, however, if someone isn’t paying you to cosplay A or B character with a specific costume, then you can cosplay whatever you want. But please keep in mind that by posting your pictures online, you are basically inviting self proclaimed cosplay authorities that will criticize your work..

• Is it culture appropriation or culture appreciation?
• Is it racist?
• Am i too fat or too skinny to wear this outfit?

At the end of the day you should decide what’s best for you and what makes you happy. If you like that character that nobody knows about and only appeared 5 minutes during an entire show that nobody watches, then do it!

If you wanna be the king or queen of cosplay and be on top of pop culture by cosplaying that character you don’t even know but its going to be so mega fabulous and popular, then do it. I don’t like it myself, cosplaying without knowing the characters, but its about you, not me, i’m not wearing your costume, you are.

Bear in mind though that no matter what you do or don’t do, people will always feel entitled to have an opinion about everything, it is also your choice how to deal with it.. I prefer to ignore some cases..but others are worthy of a laugh at least.

Now that cosplay is getting mainstream, more people join this hobby and there’s a growth of toxic people who just want to be popular, someone might feel intimidated to start or continue, even doing their own thing.. you have to remember what made you start and why you do what you do. Keep your chin up and post those sexy cosplay pictures if its what makes you happy.

Have fun, be yourself and do what makes you happy and not what makes other people happy.

 

Cosplay Tip #1

Don’t be afraid to start!

Be it your very first cosplay or your 200th project. Sometimes we feel so inspired to create and we want so much at the same time, that our vision may get a bit clouded.. So just start it! Pick one, the first thing that came to your mind maybe and just start.

If you are new and want to start cosplaying or you want to create your very own page or post your pictures but you are afraid that someone will judge you or criticize you or whatever your fear might be, don’t worry, i was in your shoes once. More than once actually, even today i get a bit anxious posting a new cosplay picture on my social media. The thing is, why shouldn’t you cosplay? Why would others be better at something you didn’t even try? Forget about what other people might say and have fun doing what makes you happy. At the end of the day, being happy doing what you love is what matters. If other people talk, let them talk, at least you are being noticed 😉

 

Love,

Jane

Hi guys

It’s been a while but I’m back to WordPress. I don’t honestly know what to do with my old blog but i needed a place that could work as a hub for all of my social media and i didn’t wanna use a different blog title for it and confuse people..

So here we are!

I’m currently living in Sydney, Australia and studying IT, I will start a new course in 2018, Business and Management, so which me luck!

Meanwhile i’m still crafting and cosplaying.

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Xoxo,

Jane