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INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEW:
PATY & API / MEXICO COVER CONTEST FINALISTS:
SAKURA FLAME SHINJU SASA TWINS GABU EVENY
Metronome Meet ‘Supercell’, one of the most importantJapanese bands of the moment!
Tips & Tricks The “do & don’t” of Circle Lenses
Random Question Read the answers from cosplayers around the world
EDITORIAL TEAM
General Edition: Guillermo Guevara Style Correction: Guillermo Guevara Translations: Annie Jiménez / Andrea Parra Marlina Sánchez / Ana María Guevara/ Guillermo Guevara Design and Layout: Guillermo Guevara WRITERS: <International Interview> Andrea Parra <Metronome> David Haro <Tips & Tricks> Kiren Lidell (México) <Special> Annie Jiménez <CQ Interview> Annie Jiménez <Correspondent> Santiago Vásquez <Random Question> Annie Jiménez 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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he “World Cosplay Summit” (WCS) started at the beginning of 2005 in Osu, Nagoya- Japan with the objective of gathering young people from different countries that share a same language called cosplay. On this world championship, the couples are judged based on the quality of their costumes in addition with their performance on stage. Each country has their own preliminary contests in which they decide the couple that will represent them. This contest has already taken place and in this opportunity we can share with you the experiences of the Mexican representatives Abril Zaragoza (Api Cosplay) and Patricia Perez (Paty Cosplay), who are fighting against the clock in order to have all set for this magnum event. Mexicans residents of Guadalajara, Api and Paty have 11 and 10 years respectively doing cosplay, for them is an amusing hobby that they enjoy a lot; they decided to be contestants in the WCS mainly because of the influence of Api who had been trying
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for years to convince Paty to participate, but she didn’t want to, because that requires lots of effort, dedication, time, budget, and will. Before a small participation in a city event, she got convinced that it was going to be fun. “It doesn’t matter if we win or not, we will leave everything and we’ll enjoy our best”.
“We really admire each one of the participants, a couple had an amazing make up, other amazing scenography, costumes, performance, personality, enthusiasm, etc. It was a parade of magnificent works”
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API - TIRA <SOUL CALIBUR III>
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For them, being able to represent their country is a mixture of feelings, it’s so exciting but at the same time, it’s a big responsibility, even though their enthusiasm over comes the stress. On top of all,
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Their performance was about to begin, they had all the public, judges, cameras, pointing at them, the moment that they had been waiting for was there, and they did it, they gave it all in that decisive moment, even though there was a malfunction, because of their effort, no one even noticed it, and with all of these, after the deliberation of the jury Api and Paty became the Mexican representatives for the WCS 2012!, Paty told us that in that moment she just felt really happy , “Actually, I don’t even know how to explain that feeling in words, personally I just wanted to hug Api that was the responsible for all of this”.
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The participation of the other contestants fascinated them, “Cosplayers now at the Mexican WCS are giving more passion to their costumes and performances, the level of the Mexican cosplay is getting better and better, we really admire each one of the participants, a couple had an amazing make up, other amazing scenography, costumes, performance, personality, enthusiasm, etc. It was a parade of magnificent works”, they said.
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And the day came, in February of this year the WCS Mexico took place, and a total of 20 couples were the chosen ones to participate and had the chance to become the representatives of their country in Nagoya. Paty had the idea of taking pictures, videos, and talk with the other contestants, but instead of that, because of the nervousness she just sat next to Api and their scenography to get concentrated. In that way, they were able to remember and meditate about the reason why they were there, thinking on
no matter what would happen, they will enjoy the experience and be satisfied for getting that far and for having the opportunity to show their routine that had cost them a lot of effort .
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The characters which they chose to participate with in this event were Taki and Tipheret Tira of the game Soul Calibur, that in their own words “fits like a glove”, Paty likes a lot the mysterious and mature characters and if it’s a ninja, it’s a lot better. With Taki, she visualizes a more playful representation that will be fun to perform, on the other side Api likes better the dynamic characters, Tira has a double personality so fascinating and intriguing that Api loves to personify, not to mention the sort of Hula Hoop weapon that gives something extra and an original sense to their performance.
INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEW they are receiving the help, support, and advices of their friends, colleagues, other cosplayers, family and even people from the outside, from people that they will never have imagined to receive any kind of support, and for that reason, they are extremely grateful and they are preparing themselves for their trip that will be this 26 of July.
idea, their coach! As they call her. By having won this contest and having this opportunity, has made that a lot of the people that are close to them, family, friends and colleagues get interested for this hobby that they practice. This activity that they first saw as something without importance, now it’s seen as the hobby that it is, and in many countries it’s a complete institution, not a sub culture nor an urban tribe but as an activity that is fun and healthy. Now they are supporting them a lot, they now know the commitment that they have and they try not to leave them alone. Before finishing, our interviewees wanted to give a message to all the cosplayers that would like to get involved in this adventure “although it sounds trivial, the most important thing is to have fun, make decisions with confidence and enjoy them, play to be your favorite character and be happy with it. Always be optimist and have a good attitude”.
PAT Y - D E M I A N V O N P R I O S ( F E M A L E V E R S I O N ) < WA R O F G E N E S I S > API - TIRA <SOUL CALIBUR IV>
An important thing that motivates them, it’s to be We just have to say, good luck girls! And have fun, able to count with the support, besides the long your country and cosplayers who are all over the distance, of the last Mexican representatives for world are already very proud of you. the WCS, Yunnale (representative 2007) she has been really kind with them, she always has the disposition to talk and give some tips. Also they have the luck to have Alin Nava (representative 2008) as a friend. Abigail (representative 2009-2011) and Rina (representative 2011) have given them a lot of tips and support. Allsqual (representative 2010) had support them with tips related with the WCS and as a prop-maker with the elaboration of their accessories, scenography and weapons. And Valentina Hernández (representative 2010) has been the strongest support that they have had PAT Y - S Q UA L L L I O N H E A R T ( F E M A L E V E R S I O N ) < F I N A L F A N TA S Y V I I I > since the beginning, when this project was just an 6 CQ MAGAZINE
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METRONOME Read the news about Japanese artists and music
SUPERCELL ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BANDS OF J-POP
SONY MUSIC RECORDS
If you want to talk about current influential bands of music in Japan, Supercell is one of the bands that has soon began to be recognized inside and outside the Asian country. Supercell is a group that started as a doujin artist in 2007, whose leader is the composer Ryo, known for writing songs made with the help of the Vocaloids’ program and whose songs are uploaded to the site Nico Nico Douga. One of his most famous doujins was the song “Melt” of the famous virtual pop artist Hatsune Miku, and one of his most recognized compositions as a band is the famous song for Black Rock Shooter. Eventually, Supercell got its first single in 2009, playing the theme of anime Bakemonogatari named “Kimi no Monogatari Shiranai” which was its first professional debut in the musical field, and the first release without the use of the voice of Hatsune Miku, making also the debut of the first real band vocalist Nagi. Currently, Supercell has two vocalists who were chosen through auditions, Koeda who is 15, and Chelly who is 17 years old. Other songs made by them were used in some Anime series, as the song “Utakata Hanabi” used as the fourteenth ending of Naruto: Shippuden. Supercell has even collaborated with the composition of songs for 8 CQ MAGAZINE
the PSP game Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extended with another doujin artist that used the Vocaloid’s program known as Dixie Flatline. Among the current work of Supercell, there is the song “My Dearest”, the first opening of the Anime series Guilty Crown. This includes the interpretation of the themes for the fictional band “EGOIST” in the same series. The song “Departures (Anata no Okuru Ai no Uta)” was used as the first ending, and his single “Kokuhaku / Bokura no Ashita” was also included as the second ending of Guilty Crown and used as the ending theme of the anime Black Rock Shooter. Supercell was in charge of writing the entire soundtrack for Guilty Crown.
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ANNOUNCED THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM OF COVERS ‘V-ANIME ROCKS!’ International Interview Metrónome
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‘V-Anime Rocks!’ is a new cover album that is released this year and contains a musical proposal where some well-known interpreters of visual kei have an special way to make people know about their style. This album includes 12 songs from some wellknown anime series as the famous “Cha-cha-la head” or “Pegasus Fantasy” along with other current and classic songs performed by famous bands like Sadie, SCREW, Matenrou Opera, between others.The album will be released on August 1st and will include the following track list:
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L’ARC EN CIEL ALLOWS FANS TO VOTE FOR THE CITIES OF THEIR UPCOMING TOUR
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From June 1st, the official site of the famous band For all the L’Arc en Ciel’s fans don’t forget to vote L’Arc en Ciel, opened the opportunity for fans to vote on their webpage www.larc-en-ciel.com. This is the for their own country to have the chance to enjoy a moment that you were waiting for to make them go to live concert of this J-music band. your city and see them live!
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§§ AquarIon by DaizyStripper (AquarIon) §§ Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan by ADAPTER (Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan) §§ CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA by SCREW (DRAGON BALL Z) §§ Yume wo Shinjite by -OZ- (Dragon Quest~Abel Densetsu~) §§ Tamashi no Refrain by Matenrou Opera (Evangelion: Death and Rebirth) §§ Ci-ne-ma by Hana Shounen Baddies (Maison Ikkoku) §§ A Cruel Angel’s Thesis by Ricky + Little Alien (Neon Genesis Evangelion) §§ DAYS by heidi. (Psalms of Planets Eureka seveN) §§ Moonlight Densetsu by Mix Speaker’s,Inc. (Sailor Moon) §§ Pegasus Fantasy by Sadie (SAINT SEIYA ) §§ Sora Iro Days by 168 -one sixty eight- (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) §§ Hohoemi no Bakudan by Lolita23q (YuYu Hakusho)
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TIPS & TRICKS Tips and tricks from cosplayers to cosplayers
CIRCLE LENSES ¿WHAT ARE THE CIRCLE LENSES?
• When you get the bottles of circle lenses, you should take out the liquid that comes with them and replace it with multipurpose solution. Soak the circle lenses at least 8 hours before wearing them.
Circle lenses are contact lenses that provide a huge rank of designs and colors. The diameter of these lenses is 14.0mm or more. That is why they enlarge the iris of the eyes. Such effect is something that many cosplayers around the world are searching for, because that is how • Before handling your circle lenses, make they can look like their favorite manga-animesure your hands are properly clean. videogames characters. • Most of the circle lenses irritate/dry the eye around 5 to 6 hours. It’s recommendable to take them off if you don’t feel comfortable wearing them.
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• Don’t take naps when your contact lenses are on your eyes.
GOOD MANAGEMENT OF CIRCLE LENSES • Store your lens at room temperature when In this occasion I will talk about the proper and correct use of this contact lenses that, as any other in the market, we must take care of our circle lenses as normal contact lenses.
you take them off. Remove the impurities from your lenses using your finger tip with circular motions.
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• Throw away your circle lenses if they’re one year old or if you’ve noticed that your eyes turn red when you use them (irritation/itch). Remove them immediately if you feel that they scratch your eyes. • Never share your circle lenses with another person.
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• Never swim or take a shower with your circle lenses on.
TIPS & TRICKS • Change your solution several times while the circle lenses are stored.
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You can find these lenses in many websites but to ensure you will recieve the right ones, we recommend these websites:
• http://thedollyeye.com/ A K . B U Y. C O M
• http://www.pinkyparadise.com/
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• http://www.uniqso.com/
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• The diameter of some circle lenses are more than 14,5 mm. They can provide you a dolly-look effect. But be careful, without the appropiate eye lining or fake eyelashes they’ll make you look like an alien.
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• Circle lenses have many designs from the most natural to the craziest ones. For cosplaying, it’s recommendable to choose the most vibrant ones, like Dolly Eye series.
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An international contest was done by Cosplayers Quito to choose the cover of the first edition. Meet the finalists and the judges comments.
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or our magazine release, the staff decided to make an On-line contest on our Fan Page in Facebook. Each contestant sent us their photos and they were published on the event’s album for the joy of the attendants and their comments were also shared. We had cosplayers from different continents, and even if we didn’t share the same language this interesting hobby joined us. That was one of the objectives of the event: make friendship bonds all around the World.
After a difficult deliberation it was determined that Gabriela Hoyos from Peru, Sasa Twins from Mexico, Livia Viziten from Romania, Inês Gomes from Portugal and Airi Rayna from France were our 5 finalists. It is a pleasure and a great honor for us to announce that Inês Gomes is the absolute winner of the International Contest Cover of the first edition in CQ Magazine! Our beautiful winner is from Portugal and you can find her on DeviantArt under the stage name of Eveny. Her photo is in the gallery which was taken by SaraDarkLight who also has a profile on the same artistic community online. Congratulations to Inês and we want to thank all our contestants who filled with color and wonderful cosplay the Cover Contest.
The method proposed to choose the winning photo was a deciding panel of judges composed by recognized cosplayers. Susan Escalante, Stephanie Stagnaro (Chise) y Wang Shih Chin (Kaze) from Peru, Chile y Taiwan respectively, had the difficult task of choosing five finalists and the winner. Curiously, the panel and the Let’s see what the judges said about the 5 finalists were only women although we promised finalists. to get male judges but due to some difficulties they all gave up.
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5th Place GABRIELA HOYOS <PERÚ> International Interview
Yowane Haku - “Sandplay Singing of the Dragon” <Vocaloid> Photo by: Andree Dark-Light
CHISE.- I like the color tone of the photo, her
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face looks angelical, the outfit details are very well done.
SUSAN.- I like the peace reflected on the
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photo by Haku, each thing; the make-up and wig styling. I adore the whole composition.
KAZE.- I like her pose, shows serenity. The color
of the photo gives a feeling of a warm sunset.
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4th Place SASA TWINS <MEXICO>
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Suiseiseki & Souseiseki <Rozen Maiden> Photo by: Said Jerome Ruiz Rangel
CHISE.-
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Nice costumes, beautiful accessories and a beautiful shade that complements the composition.
SUSAN.-
I love the costumes, make-up, wigs and accessories are just excellent. The cosplays are beautiful! And the photo amazes us in every single way.
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I love the angle of the photo and the accessories complement their costumes harmoniously.
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in the right place and moment. It’s just wonderful.
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It is a beautiful cosplay and takes care of all the details: The wig, fabric and the details. The location is perfect for the character, the composition; tones and movement make it look much better.
KAZE.- The photo was shot perfectly SUSAN.-
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I loved the tone of the picture, the structure itself, a well chosen background with a beautifully tailored suit. Everything is reflected in the image.
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CHISE.-
VIVALDI - Heart No Kuni No Alice Photo by: SaraDarkLight
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3th Place LIVIA VIZITEN <ROMANIA> Athena <Saint Seiya> Photo by: Valix
CHISE.- Although the red background complicates the picture, the cosplayer looks beautiful. Her outfit is spectacular and reflects the dedication invested in the fabrication.
SUSAN.- The cosplay has excellent details; it looks to have been very hard worked on. I love how she worked all this armor, and how well it looks on her.
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I loved this cosplay! Actually, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my favorite picture from the entire contest. The cosplayer looks gorgeous and her armor is really well-done and mysterious!
2nd Place AIRI RAYNA <FRANCIA> Lightning <Final Fantasy XIII-2> Photo by: Kashu
CHISE.-
This is my favorite, I love this character. The way the outfit came out is beautiful, the details are spectacular. Everything makes her look good.
SUSAN.-
I love her costume, wig, make-up, accessories... everything. I wish they had a better background that is related to the character. I love how she painted the armor. It looks great!
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Meet the members of Cosplayers Quito
KAZE Kaze is a well-known cosplayer and has an active blog since she started doing cosplay. She is from Taiwan but she has been living in Ecuador for a couple of years. She is a member of Cosplayers Quito. She is also the star model of the front page of our magazine in Spanish. She studies Medicine in a well-known university here and that takes quite a lot of her free time, because, as you all know, Medicine is a much sacrificed career. Even though, she manages to do cosplay, makes her own accessories with a lot of effort and battles with her suits. Though her knowledge in sewing is basic, she has done some dresses and school uniforms. She admires people who are involved in cosplay and make their own suits and accessories, such as Alodia, Kaname, Chise, Annie and Tenshi no Sekai who are wellknown around the world. “With a lot of patience, I put together every piece by hand and as you know, sewing by hand is always painful. You constantly poke your fingertips when you are making suits and especially if the cloth is plastic” For the people who follow her blog, it is known that she loves to do photo-shoots in her house and that she has adapted a specific place for this. Each time, we can find some delightful videos with extremely well done musical and visual compositions. Also, she writes summaries of some products as make up and wigs for cosplay. On the other hand, in her DeviantArt page we can see her taste for illustration, chibis and photo manipulations.
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Kaze has gone to some conventions in different cities of the country and also has fans, even though she doesn’t want to accept this fact, from Ecuador and also other countries. While in events, she hopes that people and cosplayers who are assisting will receive a good
CQ INTERVIEW medical advices: “Wash your hands carefully before you put on your contact lenses and never share them with other people. Drink lots of liquids if you are assisting to an outdoors event and especially if it’s very hot” We wish her all the best in her future projects and in her profesional life. We all are waiting for her next cosplay and the surprises that she may give us.
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At this point of the interview, we have noticed that she is not only beautiful but also very talented. She is smart and funny, her ideas are always fascinating and among the people that we know her, we admire her a lot. Everything that she plans on doing, she does it seriously and if she is going to do something, she always searches for quality and perfection, if it’s not, she won’t even think about doing it. That’s what makes her so good in everything that she plans doing.
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Before, Kaze was very shy and even though she used To have more information about her, here are some of to go to the conventions she didn’t use to participate the addresses of her web-sites. in any contest. One day someone signed her up to one contest and though her presentation was improvised, she did really well in that contest and was prized. Later, WEBPAGES with some extra confidence, she began participating in different teams and liked to share time with her friends §§ Blogger: http://kazecosplay2.blogspot.com/ who also like being in contests and always encourage her. Since then, she hasn’t stopped. After getting used §§ Deviantart: to the presentations, Kaze also began to dance anime, http://kazelisa.deviantart.com/ jpop and kpop choreographies and she has plenty videos in her channel.
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attention. “It’s good that there is a good place where we can be at conventions” she tells us. Also she shared with us about how her interest for cosplay has been seen in her house. Her parents and family members think that she is wasting her time and money. Also they believe that she should use that time in her studies rather than in cosplay and they think that wigs don’t look as good as natural hair.
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About cosplay in Ecuador, she hopes that the level will continue improving, if it’s not in acting, but at least in the quality of the suits, because we can always improve and become better and that’s the motivation that we need. She thinks that it would be nice to have union in this great hobby between cosplayers, perhaps it’s quite difficult to achieve. “I think, we still need people who would just amaze us with new things, maybe more elaborated cosplays, cosplay videos, etc”
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Her advice to people who are starting in this wonderful hobby to make the customes that they like, it’s a quite expensive hobby as any other and it would be better to invest your money in something that you really like doing. Also she gives us a couple of important and useful P HOTO BY M A R L I N A S Á N C H E Z
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CQ INTERVIEW RANDOM FACTS: -Favorite Color: Pink and Yellow. -Favorite Kind of Food: The food prepared by my mom. Also pizza, icecream and french fries -Her favorite cosplay: well, that’s a difficult question, I think that Black Golden Saw and one of Ciel’s ones. -Something that she wouldn’t do again Going to an event where there isn’t much space or it’s too hot and there isn’t any shadow where you could rest.
RYOMA ECHIZEN - THE PRINCE OF TENNIS PHOTO BY MARLINA SÁNCHEZ
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YUUKO ICHIHARA - XXXHOLIC P HOTO BY M A R L I N A S Á N C H E Z
INORI YUZURIHA - GUILTY CROWN KAZE’S PERSONAL ARCHIVE
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CORRESPONDENT Interviews and news from our collaborators from another cities and countries
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S O L I D S Q UA L L < V E N E Z U E L A >
reetings fellow readers of CQ Magazine! My name is Santiago Vásquez, also known as Solidsquall. I’m a cosplayer-otaku-gamer-geek from Quito who’s living in Venezuela. I’m using this opportunity to bring you some interviews from some colleagues of this beautiful country.
in love with Misa xD. If I remember well, I was about 15 years old when I did that cosplay. It was my first cosplay and it was quite easy, I did it with some clothes that were quite similar to the original suit. I can say that I did it by myself.
Today, I’m going to share the interview that I did with a beautiful cosplayer who shared some of her time with us. Let’s get to know a little about her.
Name: Ida Tovar Nick: Ide Age: 19 years old Place of birth: Valencia, Venezuela SOLID.- Which was your first cosplay? IDE.- My first cosplay was Misa Amane from the anime Death Note
SOLID.- Why did you
SOLID.- We can say that you have been around 4 years in the Cosplay World and that doing it by yourself makes it more especial. Tell us, what cosplay is the one with which you identify better and why?
choose that character? IDE.- Well, I can’t say that are 4 years exactly, because How old were you? Did when I did my first cosplay, that was 4 years ago and you do it alone? at the same time, I was making another one of other character but it wasn’t till this year that I decided to pick IDE.- Well, in that moup again the cosplay. I’ve only done two characters ment I was just starting to with their variations in clothing. I can’t tell which one meet some people who is the one that I identify the most, because I wouldn’t also shared and liked anido a cosplay of a character that I don’t identify from me things. They told me the beginning with. Misa and Stocking are very special that physically I looked for me. I identify with Misa because she is completely like that character and involved with her feelings and she doesn’t care about that it would be a good what other people might say and also how she looks idea to try to do that coslike and dresses. And I like Stocking, because both of play. First, I watched the us can’t live without eating sweets and candies. Also, series and then I just felt because of her Gothic Lolita style that is very similar to 22 CQ MAGAZINE
CORRESPONDANT Misa’s one. They are quite similar in that way.
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with card board, flexible mass, to create an accessory or a weapon that sometimes, we don’t know how to do SOLID.- I guess that you have been in many other it. Because, sometimes asking other people to do it for events, right? Or maybe you have seen some pictures you can be expensive. and videos of other conventions. Tell us, what do you think about the level of cosplay in here? SOLID.- Of course, the details especially with weapons can be very hard to be done and also expensive. It’s a IDE.- Well, before I answer this, I must say that the eco- great idea to go to some workshops. The help between nomic situation is affecting us a lot. Years before, you others can improve the level of everyone. For conclucould see a lot of events that were well organized but ding this interview, let’s ask the most important quesnowadays this has become quite difficult. However, the tion that all the boys have been waiting for. Are you organizers of these events in Venezuela are trying their single or married? A widow maybe? Or do you have a best to make good quality events and sincerely, I think boyfriend? that Venezuela is improving its level in their events and IDE.- I have a boyfriend [Y] also in cosplay. And that makes me very happy and I have the feeling that we are improving each time.
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consider. Now, tell me, have you ever traveled to other country or city to show one of your cosplays?
IDE.- I haven’t had the opportunity to travel to other country to go to a convention, but I have gone to the ones in Maracay, as a school girl in neko-mimi and also as a normal person xD as usual.
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SOLID.- Which is the cosplay that you have done that has been very complex/difficult?
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angel one, not because they were difficult to be done, but because I’m very strict and demanding with myself. The colors, the shapes, size of the ties, the shape of the swords. If it’s not perfect, I rather just don’t do it.
SOLID.- We are in front of a perfectionist! That’s a
IDE.- For doing a good cosplay, you must pay attention
IDE.- We are cosplayers and otakus. It doesn’t matter where are we from [:3] and I support my fellow brothers of CQ Magazine because we are all together for the same reason. I really support your work because I can see that you are very serious with it and also you give your best always ^^ Best wishes!
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to the character. Check every single detail of the suit and also look for as many references as possible to be sure that everything is correct and that you are going to be able to bring that character to real life as it’s supposed to be. A great idea are the workshops or small courses in the events that can teach you how to work
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SOLID.- I think that more than one heart has been good example for all of us. We are almost over with broken right now and that includes mine ;) please, help the interview. Tell us, how do you think cosplay can be us with a final message for CQ magazine and for everimproved in the country? yone who is reading this.
RANDOM QUESTION
Learn a little more about cosplay and what it represents for many young people in the world; the activities and opinions that help us carry out this colorful and cheerful hobby
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What abilities do you think are necessary for being a good cosplayer?
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here are many things that are part of an impressive cosplay, but the first thing that is needed is patience. If you aren’t patient you can tend to desperate and the results may not be what you were expecting and also, probably you will lose the love that you had at the beginning while starting your project. We must realize that cosplay is a hobby that, if you don’t love it, at the end of the day you will ask yourself why you have been suffering and being in misery for.
Breathlessaire <USA>
I love cosplay, but only when I don’t have to do it on a rush. First, you must take your time to choose the materials, the wig and accessories. Then, you can start with the costume and if something isn’t going well, you can breathe, step back and do it again. When you are calm, you can deal with the problem and see it in other different perspective. When you finish it, you can wear the costume for some photo-shoots. Don’t forget that for having a good picture, you must take your time, too. At the end, every step needs time and patience.
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Yunnale <México> 24 CQ MAGAZINE
believe that before any process or manufacturing any objects, we must have a good attitude. The excitement and the will of doing something is what always help you, also being patient is a very good quality.
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AmenoKitarou <Australia>
think that the curiosity prevails. It always comes to our minds ‘if something is done in this way, ¿how would it look like?’, ‘¿how is a material going to work?’ it’s important for being a good cosplayer or manufacturer.
RANDOM QUESTION
Yukigodbless <Thailand>
CQ MAGAZINE 25
Random Question
It’s very important to think about the rest with respect and also show that cosplay is an art that must be valued.
Correspondent
Being original is also important for a cosplayer, because it isn’t good to copy others presentations. Finally, for being a good cosplayer you must be humble above all, respect each other even though there are tiny differences and always see something positive in each person, in that way, we will have an environment full of harmony. Each cosplayer has their own style and it isn’t good to be bragging about what’s good in yours and what is bad in others.
CQ Interview
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think that the bases for being a cosplayer are effort and love. First you must love the character and if you are planning on representing it, you should give your best in every single detail: the costume, acting and accessories. It means that every effort is necessary but if you want to improve, you must remember the reason why you decided to do that character and maintain the love. Don’t forget who you are, that’s enough.
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However, the self-talents are always handy even though we think they don’t matter; for example, if you are good at Math and Geometry taking measurements and patterns is easy. Also there are some other abilities that can help with some things that we aren’t good at. An example is when you don’t know how to sew but you are good at the scenario. It’s something that we must think about but at the same time, we must not give up. We must try doing different things without worrying if something is going to result badly; spoiling something is how you learn!
Tips & Tricks
Also, you deal with your own shyness and you feel free to interact with other people while doing cosplay. You may discover your talent step by step and the love that you have for the character that you are interpreting. Acting is something really important for a cosplayer; you become the character while you participate or gather with your friends. A good cosplayer isn’t only the one that looks like the character, but also the one that will feel the character as oneself. I always try to do my best with every single cosplay that I do, even though I don’t have much time due to my work and studies.
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omething that I consider useful and important in a cosplayer is the ‘devotion’. With that you can learn all you need for doing cosplay: sewing, handling materials, styling wigs, makeup, modifying shoes, etc.
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hen I started doing cosplay, I didn’t really know anything but with time you learn a lot of different things that are useful not only for cosplay, but also for our daily life. Crafts are the first thing that you learn, sewing, painting and the creativity of being able to improvise with unbelievable materials.
Kiren <México>
International Interview
Gigi Goldstein <Ecuador>
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