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Experiences of people traveling from and to many locations of the world INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEW:

KAMUI COSPLAY / GERMANY CQ INTERVIEW:

Tatiana Fernรกndez

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General Edition: Guillermo Guevara Style Correction: Guillermo Guevara / Ana María Guevara Translations: Annie Jiménez / Andrea Parra Marlina Sánchez / Ana María Guevara/ Guillermo Guevara Design and Layout: Guillermo Guevara WRITERS: <International Interview> Annie Jiménez <Metronome> Andrea Parra <Tips & Tricks> Wang Shih Chin <Achievement Unlocked> Santiago Vásquez <Next Stop> Daniel Quezada, David Haro <Photo Gallery> Annie Jiménez <CQ Interview> Annie Jiménez <Correspondent> Alexander Peña (Colombia) <Random Question> Andrea Parra Contact: cosplayersquito@gmail.com Web: www.facebook.com/cosplayersquito A publication by CQ MAGAZINE

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INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEW In this section you will meet many personalities in the cosplay world

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ropmaking is a side part of being a cosplayer; when anyone tries to improve their skills, making props is the next step. Armors require a more advanced knowledge level because of its difficulty, and because all the pieces have to look well arranged in the body. One of the best references of this kind of work is Kamui Cosplay from Germany, she´s a gamer girl and an awesome cosplayer.

She has been cosplaying for 10 years now, and her first outfit was the Great Saiyaman from Dragonball Z as a trully DB fan. This is a curious fact since most people know her for the beautiful armors and game characters she makes.

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I’ve lost passion for anime and manga, it’s more because it’s easier to work with three dimensional references, because of their huge amount of details and for my love for these games,” she tells us.

She felt in love with armors and prop making when she created her first costume from World of Warcraft in 2005: a beautiful Druid Tier 1 with her snake staff and her leafy cauldrons. Kamui thinks she is no good at sewing, even though we have seen that her fabric work is nicely done. ¨I’ve noticed that I have a lot of fun in creating three dimensional costume parts, working with different materials like Wonderflex and Worbla and that I just like to experiment a lot.¨ We have seen many different armor designs on Kamui´s tutorials on her blog; she chooses her characters based on the design and the level of difficulty. The references are the most important point for her costume decisions. ¨I prefer characters with many details, huge armor parts and highlights like glowing parts or complicated weapons.¨ It´s

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CQ Magazine asked Kamui “How can you describe your creative process from the idea to the presentation of your work in a convention?” This is her answer:

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“My creativity process is pretty hard to describe.

Sometimes I know exactly which materials I need to order, which steps are necessary, what and when I have to do something and how every single part of a costume will look like in the end. Despite of that, sometimes I have no idea about anything.

In both ways, the costume seems to grow and develop by its own. It’s just like walking through a dream and seeing myself doing something, but in reality I never know what will happen next. It’s just like if somebody else controlled me and only the few inspiration flashes I have in my dreams would tell me how it will look like the next day.”

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Worbla or Wonderflex are marvelous materials to use on any armor set, though they are a bit difficult to obtain in distant countries different than the countries in which they are manufactured. For most people, it is better to try some other materials which are easier to obtain. Kamui has many tutorials and the working process of Worbla or wonderflex,

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complicated to personalize any game character because we can´t appreciate as much of their personality as we can with other types of characters (like the ones in graphic novels or animes), so for this cosplayer, doing her homework and researching the story behind the character is important when choosing a design. ¨Research simply helps me to do the right posing and acting. However, most of my costumes are real characters that I play with in video games in my free time, ¨ says Kamui.

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¨Not just because I’ve never worked with it and I don’t have the right tools to do so, but also because it’s much easier to work with fake materials like Wonderflex and Worbla. Most of the armor parts don’t really look like metal. They often have a weird design and a color scheme that looks like an armor but not like any kind of metal I know. It would also look just wrong if I would use real metal for one of my costumes.¨

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Materials have evolved so much that metal materials are no longer needed to achieve real armor piece sets; some people really like how original material come out and they obviously know how to use them. About this topic, Svetlana, her real name, thinks that she would never use metal for an armor piece.

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but this is what she recommends if they are not available: ¨I know many people who found different materials for their armor parts. Some of them worked with card board, some with foam, and one even worked with the plastic of paint buckets. Wonderflex and Worbla are not THE must have armor materials, but they simply are comfortable to work with. After some research, it’s possible to find many other ways to create a nice armor related costume.¨

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INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEW ¨One of my most memorable moments happened at Blizzcon 2009 in Anaheim, California. Many of my costumes are pretty huge and it’s extremely exhausting to wear them for longer than for 6 hours. But at Blizzcon 2009, I decided to wear my Druid Tier 6 which needed a full body paint. I woke up at 5 am and was ready at 9 am in the morning because the body paint took such a long time. However, at the event, every minute I spent getting ready was worth it and the first day was just more than awesome. But sadly, the costume contest started at 8 pm and the dance contest I also wanted to participate in started at around 10 pm. It was already very exhausted to keep up until the costume contest, but I don’t remember anything of the dance contest.

I don’t remember a single minute of when I did my Nightelf dance; I have no idea of how I left the stage and I still wonder how I was able to come back to the hotel room. All I really have is the video on Youtube from the dance contest. And it was pretty scary to get my memory only from this source…¨

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Cosplayers meet different kind of people in conventions and surely many cause a great We have talked about the characters and about impression, so we asked Kamui who is the person the armors, but we also want to know about she remembers the most: the workshop where all the projects come to life! She describes her working place as a huge chaos desperately squeezed in some wooden racks. Materials are displaced all over the place full of acrylic paint, glue, paper, fabric, modeling clay and many other things. Over the years she has also collected many tools. ¨My favorites ones are surely my hot glue gun, my hot air gun and my soldering gun. My most hated tool is my sewing machine. It’s often very dirty, chaotic and messy in my workplace, but it’s a space where I can enjoy the smell of glue and resin (and I try not to get high of it!) and the sound of some chilling music or the crazy laugh of Spongebob.¨ When costumes and props are ready, is time to travel. Svetlana has gone to many conventions and have met many talented cosplayers from all around the world. Journeys are always an adventure, and surely, there are many anecdotes to tell.

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Many cosplayers discover their talents while experimenting with new materials. To have new challenges and to be always willing to improve, this is what Kamui Cosplay shares on her blog and on her web pages. Her work has made her one of the best ladies in armor cosplays being an example of the girl’s power! We want to thanks Svetlana for giving us this amazing interview, and we wish her the best on her next cosplay and life projects.

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¨The most awesome guy I’ve ever met was not in a convention, but some days before the event. One of my cosplay friends invited me to the Blizzard Headquarter and there I met not just Glenn Rane, the head artist of Blizzard, but also Wei Wang aka Glowei. For me, Wei Wang is much more than just an artist; he is an amazing source of inspiration. Two of his artworks were already the base for two of my costumes, my Wizard and my Barbarian, both from Diablo III, and three other of his artworks will still get a real life version.

In addition, he knew my work and I also got the chance to see one of his upcoming artworks. He was also so kind and funny; I guess I will never forget that day.¨

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NEXT STOP Experiences of people traveling from and to many locations of the world Member of Cosplayers Quito and Founder of Federación Ecuatoriana de Pokémon ‘FEP’ (Ecuador’s Pokémon Federation). He has spread the Japanese culture and language since 2008 and he has helped in the organization of anime and comic events and conventions, both independently and with the clubs he belonged to.

Currently he is focused on other social juvenile aspects.

BEFORE THE TRIP: ARRANGEMENTS Before you take the plane, as with any other trip, you have to do some planning. There are some important aspects: the budget, the ticket, the lodging, the itinerary and the passport. The later means the passport and all the necessary visas to travel to our destination. Some countries require a visa to enter to Japan. Curiously, to obtain the visa you need all the other important things I mentioned earlier. In most cases, the visa process is simple and fast. Check in Wikipedia if your country needs a visa to Japan (wiki: visa policy of Japan).

The trip budget is the most “scary” thing since it tells us exactly how much we have to save. Leaving out the plane ticket and the lodging, which are expensive on their own, a decent budget for 20 days is about US$1,200. This includes meals, transport, some otaku souvenirs and the entrance (Part 1 of 3) tickets to some touristic sights. Despite of this, Japan is a country with convenient prices when he dream of any Japanophile (word used to compared with other countries. describe lovers of the Japanese culture, which includes otakus, cosplayers and any other Japanese The itinerary is where you plan what you are going freak) is to travel to the land of the Rising Sun. Not to do each day, from your departure until you everyone achieves or dreams to travel to Japan are back. This is necessary for the Japanese visa because most people believe that is a hard and application because the embassy of Japan, to grant expensive travel. In this first part, I’ll explain how I the tourist visa, needs to know exactly how much traveled to Japan and the myths and truths about time you will stay in Japan and will grant you a visa traveling to this extraordinary country. that will work only for this specific amount of time.

An itinerary will also help you know what you are going to do and how much will you spend each day. My advice, depending on your budget, is to separate one day for each district or city. Believe me when I say that cities like Tokyo have so many districts that one entire day is appropriate for each of them. Later on I will tell you my recommendations for the organization of your trip.

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In the next issue I will tell you the must-see districts of Tokyo and other important cities in Japan. A trip to Japan is a personal and unique experience that no one will get out of your head.

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Have everything at hand, including the immigration papers. Do not make the mistake of putting them in your luggage, you will be returning to your country sooner than you think.

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The plane ticket is another important aspect and one of the steps previous to the visa. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to buy the ticket, but you have to make a reservation and you must include it in the documents for the visa application. It is better to buy the ticket directly with the airline and not with a travel agency. Some airlines have better policies for penalties and changes in the dates. Many travel agencies and travel web pages have expensive fees. You should buy the entire travel with the same airline or with airlines in the same alliance. You will avoid problems with connections and baggage. It is also important to buy the ticket at least 3 months before because it will be significantly cheaper than buying it a month before.

Bring only enough clothes for 9 days (even if you will stay for more than that). Hostels and youth hotels have coin machines to wash your dirty clothes.

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expensive. There are also some long term leases that can be cheaper, but you must stay at least for a month. If you are willing to pay less, think about sharing a room or staying in a shared room (4 or more), though some people feel uncomfortable sharing the room with a stranger. A good price for lodging should be no more than US$900 for a month.

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I do not recommend bringing these things to Japan: manga and anime (even worse something illegal), sharp things, food... In Japan you can buy a lot of amazing things, your baggage will explod.

There are a lot of otaku things that in Japan are cheaper than in other parts of the world.

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If you are a cosplayer, you can bring a cosplay to take a walk in Akihabara, Harajuku or Odaiba, normal places for cosplayers. You should bring some cosplay that is not to elaborate but that is worth presenting.

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I strongly recommend bringing a big luggage and your hand luggage, like a big backpack. I also recommend bringing a laptop (inside the backpack), since you can find free Internet in your hostel and in other places. The prices for three to four hours in a cybercafĂŠ are about US$8 (though the service is amazing).

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MISATO AND HER EXPERIENCE IN ECUADOR

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isato Nakai is a 21 year old girl from Osaka, Japan. She came to Ecuador in an exchange program to study Spanish in our country in the Catholic University of Quito, where she has been for almost 11 months. Misato has shared with us a lot of fun moments, and has made new friends in this country.

The things that bother her the most of our society are the disorganization of the public transport and the lack of punctuality . But despite that, she loves Ecuador a lot, especially because for her, the people are very friendly; no matter how many troubles they have, they always return a greeting.

Misato loves the abundant nature of Ecuador, what for her makes it a beautiful country; is because of this that her favorite place in Ecuador is Galapagos.

In spite that for many of us the weather of Quito is chaotic, she loves it:

Misato tells us a little of her experience in our continent and in our country. She decided to come to Ecuador for two reasons: she looked for a place with not so many Japanese to practice her Spanish, and her university in Japan had a lot of agreements with several universities in Latin America. There was “(...) I like the weather of Quito because in one not much information of the Catholic University in day there are so many changes in temperature, her country, so she decided to gather information. but it never gets too hot or too cool ( ...) “.

What she also loves of this country is that it The cultural differences of her country were not a has landscapes and weathers for all necessities: problem for this Japanese girl. On the contrary, it “(...) if you want to see snow, you can go to high was one of the aspects that called her attention on mountains, and if you want to feel really hot, or the Ecuadorian society. For her, our way of speaking to feel like being in summer, you can go to the is “quite soft”. beach (...) “.

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“(...) when I have money and time, I’d like to go back to Ecuador and seeing you all again.”

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We are sure this won’t be the only time we hear about her trips and we expect to see her soon again in Ecuador.

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Misato has a very important place in his heart for Ecuador, which is already a second home for her-. She is going back to Japan very soon, but she will return with lots of great stories to tell to her friends and family, and with a great desire to return again to our country:

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Misato thinks that having a variety of cultural festivities is something good in our country.

However, she feels it’s very sad that the majority of Ecuadorians waste them smoking and drinking, when they could be enjoying their culture in a healthier way. What she likes the most of the variety of food that the Ecuador offers are the “Ceviche”, the “Cevichochos”, the “Encebollado” and the “Quesadillas”. What she doesn’t like are the “higos”.

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owadays, a musical gender that is making a huge impact in the world is k-pop. In many countries we see how this gender is attracting more and more fans, who not only settle with buying their records and their merchandise but who also imitate their style and choreographies. In this occasion, CQ Magazine brings you a group that represents k-pop in its pure essence: Red Desire.

Since their debut in 2010 at the Expo Guadalajara, on the event “Concomics”, this Mexican dance cover girl group formed by Bren, Aini, Shot, Ayane y Hannah has amazed the k-pop world not only because of the talent of each of their members but also for the professionalism and charisma that they convey every time that they go up on stage or release a new video. The idea of creating this

group was Ayane’s, a cosplayer and longtime lover of k-pop who wanted to create a girl dance cover group. She looked for Bred, who Ayane knew that danced and that also liked k-pop. Between the two of them, they started looking for new members with two things in mind: they had to like K-pop and they had to love to dance.

This is how Red Desire began. After the initial idea was established by Ayane and Bren that met by internet, Aini got in the group through a casting.

Bren and Shot knew each other from College; at the beginning, Shot was only meant to help them on one choreography (Be my baby) but fortunately, she decided to stay in the group permanently. Hannah was a member of a different group of dance cover and everyone knew her because they had shared the stage with her in the past. After Hannah’s group had to split up, she was invited to take part of RD. When they had to choose a name, the girls tried to choose from a number of options but none convinced them, so they tried with names, emotions and random colors. At some point, the words Red and Desire remained. The meaning that each one of them gave to those two words was the key point that made them choose them as the perfect combination for their name; this two words represent femininity and strength for them.

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They had the members and the name, the only thing that was missing was the chance to present themselves in front of an audience. The doors to perform at Concomics opened and they had a month to prepare. In this occasion, they performed ‘Magic’ from Secret, ‘Bad Girl Good Girl’ from Miss A, ‘Huh’ from 4 minute, among others from BoA, Hyuna, Hiory; each member had a small solo. Little inconvenients never lack and Bren, for example, had two problems: the cab she was on crashed, and when she got to the convention, she realized that her outfit for the presentation was too big and she had to cut her favorite pants to perform.

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For their live performances and recordings of new videos, RD first takes into account the time for their presentation, how much it has to last, the day of the event and from there, they start thinking about the set list. Some of their favorite bands are 2ne1, Miss A, 4minute, T-ara, Teen Top, Girls Generation - SNDS, Sistar, F(x), Boa, Kara, Taeyang, Se7en, BigBang, Shinee, SuJu, Wonder girls, Beast, Exid, Evol and others. When the set list is ready, the members of RD divide the choreographies, which used to be prepared by Bren before everyone started to help.

How fast they can learn a choreography depends a lot on how difficult the song and the steps moves are; there are demanding songs that require more practice, but usually each member tries to arrive to the practice with previous knowledge of the choreography. From there, it takes them from about a day to a week to learn a full routine, without taking into account the time they take to polish and unify the steps and the practice in their free time.

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Since that day, this group of girls started to get noticed and performed in various conventions, like in almost all editions of the GDL Concomics since 2010 and in Concomics Vallarta. Other conventions they have participate in are Comictlan, Comagon, Kimera, Mangatron and Shiroitsuki; they have also participated in competitions like Kpop Mx, Concomics’ Best Dance Crew and Talk to me in Korean, at the Shiroirtsuki Café. They took part in the “Korean Music Festival” organized in association with the Embassy of Korea in Guadalajara.

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“All of this is because we want the fans of k-pop and since she has experience on that area. The others RD followers see the best of us” they say. usually help putting the studs, buttons, and simple stuffs on the clothes, always trying to not spend a The look and clothing is another important thing that lot of money on them, which do not take any of the characterizes these beautiful dancers. Each one of greatness of the final result. them has each own style and they like to represent their personalities with their image and constant Certainly, something that has also captivated us changes. We can see that they have lots of fun with from this group are the videos they release. At the the color and the shape of their hair, and the same beginning, they started to make them because they happens with their outfits. These two factors are were part of the requirements for the competitions, decided according to the song that they are going to but their fans asked them to keep filming. “Many present or record; they try to make their costumes as dance cover crews of all around the world made similar as possible to the real ones, and when they use them and we thought that this way we could have an open outfit, they take into account their specific a memory of our dance covers and that people not visual style, always trying to use the colors red, black, from Guadalajara or even from Mexico could see and white. Ayane is the one in charge of the outfits them and help them rehearse. We have so much fun making them, making the outfits, recording, editing, and sharing with all the k-pop fans”. They have a friend called Ryuyin (ilovecosplay) who helps them record, but the edition is in charge of Bren and Ayane.

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If any of you are interested on forming your own dance cover crew, RD has some tips for you: “Don’t be afraid to create a group, to make an effort and to have fun. Do it with your friends and enjoy it.

Among dance crews ,we have to support each other, so keep a cool vibe and stay away from rumors; this is something we like and that we want to share.

The hardest thing is to find some time to do it.

Sometimes our own responsibilities get in the way, but this is a hobby that we love and we have always tried to the rehearsals as much as possible. We also have to be careful because sometimes dancing can get us a serious injury.”

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When we asked them about their future aspirations, they answered: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would love to improve as a group and work hard to dance every day better and better. We want to present high-quality choreographies and to be able to help people to know k-pop all over the country.

We would like to be able to perform outside our city and maybe outside the country. And of course, we want

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Facebook: RedDesireDancers Twitter del grupo: @RDdancers Twitters personales: @Br3n_Lee @ainisarang @ayaneshiranui @shot_rd @rd_hannah.

Youtube: RedDesireDancers Finally there is their stream channel were you can see their live rehearsals, they talk to people and have fun: www.ustream.tv/channel/red-desire-stream

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An interesting fact about them is that most of the members of RD are cosplayers! Even though they are now focused on dancing, when the chance to present a cosplay appears, they will definitely do it. In fact, Ayane is about to make one as well as Hannah.

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to have the chance to meet our favorite groups.â&#x20AC;? They wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of the people out there that have support them and also to the ones that like what they do and grant them a smile. This inspire them a lot to be every day better, and to do more things.

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EYE MAKE-UP Make-up is one of the most important factors 2. Use a powder foundation to seal the of cosplay and specially in photos. It helps to foundation, especially in the area where your give a natural look and highlight the features of skin gets oily during the day. the cosplayer and also bring him or her closer to the interpreted character. In this section we will explain quickly but with details how to get a natural look that is not going to be too dramatic for some anime characters like Chii from Chobits.

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3. It usually doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look good when your face is completely matte, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to use a C L U B. A D O S . F R highlighter where the light touches your face, which means in the cheeks, forehead, chin 1. Anime characters usually have a skin without and nose. imperfections. For this, first use a concealer to cover any imperfection and any dark circles under the eyes; concealer is usually one or two tones lighter than your skin tone.

After that, apply a foundation that matches well your skin tone.

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4. In this case, the eyeliner will be natural. Apply a brown eye shadow in the lower line of the eyelashes to give the illusion that your eyes are bigger.

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• Drink a lot of water to keep a healthy skin and always properly remove the make-up before going to sleep.

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7. Now, let’s move on to the lips. As anime characters have a thin mouth, use concealer in the border of the lips to conceal its true shape, and color the center with a lipstick.

Finish with a little of lip gloss.

• Before the make-up or touching your face, wash your hands properly.

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6. Use the fake eyelashes, not too dramatically to obtain a cute effect.

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5. Use the white eyeliner in the inner line of the eyes. This, along with circle lenses will make your eyes look more like anime.

• Use circle lenses to help enhance the final look of your cosplay. Don’t forget to put them on before you start your make up.

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impressed her most of her favorite anime series, like Saber of Fate Stay Night or Rina Inverse of Slayers.

Her affinity with this last series is that much that her little daughter is named Lina (translation in Spanish of Rina), who is also part of Cosplayers Quito, being the youngest member of the group. Many boys and kids are interested in cosplay for being showy and because they always recognize many of the characters from series and movies that they see in conventions. Lina is six years old, and she has done four cosplays that she has chosen and has done by her own. “I can’t avoid influencing her, but following my steps now or later would be her own decision.

It’s nice to have her company and we have lots of fun together; I hope that in the future I can be her support in her next interests too” Her first cosplay was Kurenai Sensei of Naruto, series that she used to love in that time. Taty tells us: “I like her serenity and how she worries about others.

Also it was a cosplay that we did as a couple with my husband, who did Asuma. The presentation was very simple”.

After many presentations, Taty believes that she has less stage fright; she faces everything with calm and she labors harder. She feels that she has to be at atiana Fernández was one of the first cosplayers in the same level as her very talented colleagues and our city; there are some registers that show that friends, but also she feels more confident about she was part of the mythic generation of organized herself because she is already an adult. Since her otakus. About this, she tells us that many years ago she realized that she wasn’t the only one that was interested in Japanese animation. When she was able to have access to the internet, she was able to -Favorite Anime: learn about this and enter to the first group that was Slayers and the CLAMP Series created in Quito. She always wanted to do cosplay, but because of her career, she didn’t have the time -Comida Preferida: neither the resources till she started working. Even Vegetables and Sausages though her multiple responsibilities, she has been -Libro Preferido: able to go to almost all the conventions in the country Alice in Wonderland and has met the few celebrities that have come here.

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We must mention that Taty is a doctor. How does she manage to have time to do her cosplays? That is a profession of tons of sacrifices, but also she has many funny anecdotes: “Many times I have gone to work with my Ritsuko’s lab coat of Evangelion, the one that has the logo of Nerv. Only one or two people have recognized the logo and the rest have just asked me where it was from, and I answered it is a place that I used to work at”.

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“I feel proud for being part of the first generation of cosplayers in Ecuador as it’s a way to encourage more people to try, to have fun and become better at it. It’s exciting to think that I was there when everything started.”

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very first cosplay, Taty has delighted us with a wide range of characters with different personalities, with which she has participated in many contests. Being a very recognized cosplayer, she has been part of the jury in many different events.

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Cosplay helped defining herself as a human being, later developing herself as a social person as being part of the otaku community and meet people that now are her great friends. Nowadays, cosplay has acquired a different function, as her job is always involved with the suffering of the people; it has become a good way to relax and relief herself with her friends. What makes us ask: what do her colleagues think about her hobby?

“The doctors usually have a big range of interests, as I say, they are necessary for the mental health. If they respect mine, I will respect theirs”.

“Under the costume I know who I am.”

Taty says that she doesn’t have a fan club, but she really has a lot of people who admire her work. There are people that have supported her work a lot, whom have been with her since the beginning and others that she has found in the way. We hope that she will continue being a worthy representative of the Ecuadorian cosplay and that her future plans will come true.

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Greetings Gamers! Today I’m bringing you an article kind of different from the last two that I’ve done.

All the staff sat down and thought about new ideas and in expanding our topics, that’s why we added one section of games because Cosplayers are also Gamers.

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I want you to remember those years when you started playing videogames, that season when most of the videogames which were violent were demonized, even more than now. This happened because of many reasons, but the main was that the videogames those days were focused in the “gore” (bloody stuff), the ones which didn’t have a real censorship or a classification according to the age. After that, we were able to find war games which didn’t add anything especial to your daily life.

What I really want to say in these paragraphs are the virtues and benefits of the videogames in our lives. For this, I have spoken with three beautiful gamers, very good friends of mine, and who are going to tell us a little about their early days as gamers and all the good experiences that videogames have given to them and how they were able to apply them in their lives.

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With the time, my brother taught me how to play some simple games like Pacman, Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Contra, Ninja Gaiden and some other unforgettable classics. I started to win confidence to play and had fun with my brother. Time passed by, and Nintendo 64 arrived to my house, which is still my favorite game console! My favorite videogame was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time, which I played all, by myself without the help of my brother.

That was my favorite game and it will be forever, its story, the way how you are able to play it, the quests, the character (which I just love it), everything is incredible and I can say that is one of the most unforgettable experiences of my life. I always searched the opportunity to play it (I remember once when I was with fever and I didn’t go to high school, but I stood up to play the Temple of Water because that was the last place where I left the game). It’s just one of my greatest memories of my childhood and one of the first experiences that I had as a gamer.

Videogames have brought some benefits in my life, starting with the imagination. I was always good with creative things and imagination when I was supposed to draw or design. Videogames also helped me to learn a little of English (I remember that I used to have a dictionary with me each time that I was playing in case that I didn’t understand something). I remember Belle Sellene as a kid, that I tried to do things pretty well because I admire Link and I wanted to be as him, that’s why I Hi there! I’m going to tell always practiced the exercises, running and develoyou a little about how I ping some abilities that I learnt from the videogames. started with videogames.

Being a gamer is one of the best experiences that I’ve had in my life. Even though I haven’t played in all the All started when I was 5 videogame consoles of the world and I haven’t played years old more or less, all the games, I can still say that I’ve enjoyed all the gaand my big brother was mes that I’ve played and that I’ve had fun and felt a lot playing with his Nes whiof great things due to the experience that videogames le I was watching. I must have given to me. There is nothing more important say that I was a little sca-

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Also is good to show that girls have different tastes when we are talking about videogames, from dancing to RPG (Role Playing Games), and why not, also FPS (First Person Shooter).

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that attracted my attention was the experience about driving. Something that I’ve seen in documentaries about F1 is that the pilots try different parts of the racing cars in simulators which are very similar to the ones that we use in videogames. Also the new pilots of airplanes learn how to land in flying simulators.

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mes contain character or environment designs that can be exposed as pieces or art in a gallery. As you may remember, titles as DOOM or the first Zelda contained many maps that were very large. Thanks to them, I’ve always been able to manage maps; I even used to have a special notebook in which I used to draw all the things that I was able to find there, like the doors that were locked by keys, objects, etc. I also acquire the ability of locate myself and developed my photographic memory. It’s quite hard for me to lose myself in any place that I’ve visited at least once and that’s thanks to the videogames.

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Greetings for all the gamers who are reading this arti- Greetings to everybody who read this magazine, it’s cle and of course to all the girls that play videogames interesting and has a lot of topics! Play in a good way like me :D Thanks for everything. and remember to be cautious when doing any kind of activity, because playing videogames have its dangers.

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It might seem a little strange, but videogames have taught me how to drive, my neighbor had the steering wheel and the pedals to play “Gran Turismo”, BELLE SELENE which helped me a lot. Other very interesting thing than enjoying a game and feeling proud of being able that videogames can teach you is to have fun and to do something by oneself. It isn’t necessary to be share with friends in a very healthy way (till someone the best gamer in the world, just enjoy this interesting hits their partner with the joystick for looking at their hobby. side of the screen haha)

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There’s always the stereotype that girls don’t play games for boys, which is not true. You’ll be surprised about the amount of times that girls talk about “Call of Duty” or “Counter Strike”

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My first videogame was Crash Bandicoot, after that I discovered Super Mario World! I always wanted to rescue the princess. After a couple of years the game that trapped me was GTA. Vice City and I keep on playing it; I play it at least once every two years. I still remember the first time I was trapped in Diaz mansion.

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Luisana Pinto My first experience with videogames was 10 years ago. After being able to save the money of my first communion, I was able to buy my first game console: “The Dreamcast”, my favorite and immortal, it still works till now. The first game that I bought was Sonic Adventure; since that moment I became completely addicted to that blue hedgehog and I will never forget the Emerald Coast and the killer whale. After that, I just couldn’t stop playing Sonic games, from L U ISA N A P I N TO its very starts with Sonic The Hedgehog till Sonic Generations that was a gift for my 3DS. I feel that it’s a way to experience different situations according to the character that we choose. We deThe videogames have brought to me many benefits. velop an amazing imagination and mental agility.

Learning English is one of the main ones; the Dream- Another benefit of videogames is that we learn to be cast games were all in English so I had to learn how to more persistent to continue with the next levels. I understand them, or at least try to understand a little just couldn’t avoid passing any level in any game, I just to be able to continue with other videogames always wanted to continue and finish them and that such as House of Dead 2, Resident Evil Code: Vero- has been a big lesson for me. Videogames have ennica and Crazy Taxi; the funniest thing in the world. couraged me to keep track on what I want in life.

Other positive thing of the videogames is that they help us to relax from the world that we are living now. I invite everybody to keep on reading CQ Magazine, it’s a magazine that is different from what we are used to find in the streets. It’s innovative and has very interesting articles, like tips, interviews, information and news that all gamers would be interested in knowing about. Don’t stop reading it and of course, don’t forget to include videogames in your lives, because it’s a good way to distract yourself and it gives us the chance to be whoever we want to be.

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ring with us your stories. I gathered these three beautiful girls that showed us that videogames not only add benefits to boys; that girls can also be hardore fans of this hobby. Before ending, I want to emphasize in something that these three gamers mentioned: the videogames are able to unite people; it doesn’t matter if they are friends or family. We can always enjoy a good moment with this healthy hobby.

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I hope that you felt identified with some of these experiences. Seize all this at its maximum but always remember not to overdo. See you!

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In this issue we meet a new contributor to the magazine. Is Alexander Peña, founder and leader of La Cofradía; a Colombian Steampunk crew and president of the Latinamerican Community of SteamALEXANDER PEÑA <COLOMBIA> punk. We present a coverage on the experience of La Cofradía in the SOFA 2012 (Hall Leisure and Fantasy) written by Alexander himself.

Stories About Heros The ‘Hall of Fun and Fantasy, more known in Spanish as SOFA (Salón del Ocio y la Fantasía), is the biggest fair of entertainment in Colombia that is supported by many creative industries.

This fair gives the opportunity to the people who go to it, to have fun with internet, multimedia, videogames, fantastic literature, Asian and Western illustrations and comics, science fiction, collectable and radio-control toys , role and strategy games, body art and contemporaneous circus, cabaret, martial arts, visual tendencies and also cosplay, between others. Every year, there are around 30.000 visitors and many expositors and international guests.

For every edition of this amazing fair, we, the people who are part of “La Cofradia”, a group formed by many leaders in different areas, work many months developing some projects to show in this especial Hall of fans. Normally, we plan everything with one year of anticipation and we get very excited with the idea of our next project.

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The Process The ideas appear all of the sudden; one day we are at home watching a certain TV program and then we get our next idea, or we are gathered for any reason and a group plan just wildly appears. After discussing the ideas about the project, we manage to reach to an agreement: “for this SOFA 2012 edition, we are going to be superheroes” The Cofradia is a group of 23 people, which some of them are dedicated to Steampunk. Steampunk is an artistic and sociocultural movement in which it develops in the environment where steam technology is still a main resource, but also science fiction and fantasy have their room. The name for this is retro futurism; which is an artistic expression that values the past and brings it to some utopian descriptions about the imaginary worlds and combines them with the classic world from the industrial revolution with the modern imaginary technology based in the steam machines.

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It’s a common fact for many of us to have little time in the building process, because most of us work or study and we really care about this. It’s not rare to add details the night before the day of the event, working at our best so everything will be perfect.

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This is the first case of the “Panzer Wolf” a part of the Cofradia, who are very concentrated in the cosplay project of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. “We always try to do things that

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many different reasons and the topic is: “How is SOFA project going?” it’s not possible to avoid the topic. We always share our ideas and we get excited with the projects of our colleagues.

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We decided to combine modern comic heroes with some of this Steampunk area. The first thing that we do is drawing the ideas so we can have an idea of how are we going to look like and putting all the details in each of the parts that we have thought about. After that, from this model we start to think about how much money we need to make this possible and build every character correctly to blend together these two worlds, Steampunk and cosplay.

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We try to take care of every single detail and we are very strict with each other so everything will be done perfectly. We make very resistant costumes so they can endure. The people who take pictures with us or the people who are just walking around us, usually by accident can harm our costumes.

Also, our costumes need to bear the rain or any other type of problems. Our costumes not only give the idea of being armors, they really are.

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Maybe the biggest difficulty has been that most of the things that we needed were shipped from other countries, and we had to wait more than a month to get them all. For specific examples we have the masks for the Resident Evil team and the wigs and contacts lenses for the Falcon girl, many thought that she wasn’t going to be able to make it, because those were the main things of her cosplay. After thinking about it, they even considered a plan B just in case. Fortunately, the items arrived two days before the event date, and everything was fine.

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Finally, the day had arrived. It was Saturday morning and the SOFA was already open a couple of days. Everybody woke up early so they could settle everything. Strangely, none was feeling tired, it seemed like our bodies were reacting to the adrenaline of the moment. The girls were getting pretty and the make-up and hair styles

have never been seen in this country. This project is very special due to the quality of the designs of the characters. We worked as a team and the costumes always have that special touch of everybody; we take advantage of the individual talent to optimize the team’s project.

We usually don’t say what we are going to wear; we always try to keep it as a secret till the day of the event”.

The Difficulties When something is planned carefully, there aren’t problems without solutions. In this particular case, we can mention some of them: cuts and stains of paint difficult to wash away, high doses of stress due to the lack of sleep, some crisis when the paint or plastic dough falls on your new clothes, everything added to the fact that it always seems that we have less time that we are supposed to have or that we can be absent from our jobs for that day of the event.

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When we arrived, the reaction of the people was immediate. We had a great welcome from the people who were there, who were surrounding us and were taking pictures of us. Some people were even running from far away to come closer to us and take pictures. From that moment and the rest of the fair, every second was valuable. We didn’t have the chance to rest and we were trying to pose as much as we could for the pictures that the people were taking of us. For being able to arrive to the lounge it took us a couple of hours and it was already night time. The people didn’t allow us to walk more than two steps without taking

pictures of us. We could see our colleagues from the Resident Evil team who were also harassed.

When we exchanged some glances, we were able to exchange a couple of our own thoughts and congratulations for the worthy work done. When the day ended, we realized that we weren’t able to see much of the things that were in the fair.

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took them a couple of hours. Meanwhile, the rest were trying to solve the last minute problems.

When everything was ready, we put everything inside the car and we parked in our spot that was 10 minutes away from the place, which was offering tons of parking spaces. We changed into our outfits near the car and we noticed that people who were strangers to the event were looking at us with curiosity. When we were almost ready, they took a couple of pictures of us while we were walking to Corferias (the place where SOFA was having place). Many people recognized us immediately, something that flattered us a lot because many people weren’t aware about the fair that was going on.

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The success that we had was due to our hard work as a team; not only of the people who were in cosplays or with costumes, but also from the people who were paying attention to every detail of the event, helping us with our outfits and dressing us, verifying that everything is in order, taking pictures and offering to help us when we were tired because of the heat and for being standing up lots of hours.

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We didn’t see anything of the fair, but we saw the most important part of it: the people who were showing their work in their cosplays and the people who went with their cameras willing to take pictures of their favorite characters, have fun, enter to a new world made of fantasy in which you can see your favorite anime characters and American comics being together with you in the same place.

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We never expected to participate in any contest or in any activity of SOFA; we only wanted to have fun and our final reward were the smiles of all the people who were excited with our final work and the good comments and welcome.

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Still tired from the day before, we had an appointment early the next morning. We were getting ready for a photo-shoot for our fan page, which we did it outdoors in some urban places, and after that we went to the end of the SOFA and what was going to be for this year.

This time we didn’t want to enter with all our complete outfits. We entered without them so we could reach faster and we searched for a place to change and we already had a small group of curious people that probably they have already known that we were part of the Steampunk superheroes. While we were changing, there was a big group waiting for us. The result was similar to the day before: pictures everywhere for almost 5 hours and that day we weren’t able to see much of the fair either.

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A foreigner, who had the opportunity to go to the Comic-Con mentioned that we had the level to contest in such international recognized convention. The good comments from Megan Marie, international guest and recognized cosplayer to the Resident Evil team were really appreciated.

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of the Cofradia. A very specific example was of the evil Spawn, who was standing a little distracted when he realized that his cape was moving and someone was talking to him. It was a 5 year old boy, who told him that he had his videogame and he asked if he was able to take a picture with him. For the person who was doing Spawn was very touching that a little boy as him was able to recognize him even when these topics arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that popular in the country.

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love Christmas *-* it’s my favorite time of the year for many reasons: friends and family! There are families that travel from far away to celebrate together. ¡The food! *~* drool~ The delicious Christmas food; some delicious “buñuelos”, “tamales”, ham and “pan de rosca”. But the main thing that I like, and the most important one, is the happy environment that surrounds everything. ¿Are you stressed for the traffic?

Yes, but you are also enjoying the company of the loved one next to you or the music on the radio. ¿Are you tired of the shops full of people? Yes, but you always find someone that you hadn’t seen in a while.

See the beauty in everything, sing Christmas carols and enjoy this lovely time of the year. Let’s smile and be grateful to God for all the things we have! Happy Christmas to all!

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After that, I absolutely love to bake. I could bake thousands of Christmas themed cookies every winter; I just can’t get enough of their scent when I’m taking them out of the oven. I love to give them to my family and friends. It makes me happy! Oh, and of course! I can see my family on Christmas day! I don’t see them very often because I live in Germany due of my studies. But for Christmas, I visit them in Luxembourg and I can see the whole family again. It’s only once every year, so I’m really looking forward to it. :)

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Usually in December, in the place where I live, most part of the sky clears up and I can see infinity of st ars; I think this could be the best Christmas g ift of all.

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But it’s not just the mornings, I also love the nights of December in which the houses are illuminated with Christmas lights and ornaments ever y where, though there is something I think I enjoy more.

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I love to see the houses all decorated with Christmas lights and ornaments! *-* ¡I also love turkey and to give Christmas presents!

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hat I like the most about Christmas is the mild weather, the fresh air with a soft fragrance of flowers and the mornings with a light sun. I really like that feeling of the December weather and I always related it with Christmas. Another thing that I like are the Christmas movies, like “Jingle All the Way”, “Nightmare before Christmas”, “The Santa Clause”, “The Polar Express”, and more … I see all the movies that I can xD

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