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Published: 2013-04-06 16:31:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 914865; Favourites: 5389; Downloads: 2158
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After being questioned a lot of times (even by close friends of mine) if I had gotten implants, and after a LOT of thought on the subject of "should I post something like this?" I thought to myself: why not?Lately this has been a major part of my cosplays and I know not having enough cleavage is a reason many girls end up not cosplaying some characters... and that's just sucky =[
So I hope you enjoy! =]
Check out my cosplay page at [link]
And my makeup page at [link]
EDIT: I've made a video to compliment this tutorial teaching you the make up portion of it! Check it out here: [link]
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Thanks for seeing where I'm coming from with this
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OHHHH so this is how it's done x3
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I was intrigued by this post because of it's caption, however, after reading the comments, I decided to favorite it... it also made me wonder if any high school student has ever attempted to write a research paper for English class on this topic...it would be quite interesting to see the reactions of the students, teachers, and other faculty of the school. I would imagine that the reactions would mirror the reactions reflected by the comments. Not only that, but this post could easily be used as a primary source for citation purposes. (Sorry, I just went on a tangent and over analyzed everything...)
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... I went from a measly B cup to looking like a ho in seconds! XD
In a good way!
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I just tried this and I'm laughing so hard at myself because it's like instant plastic surgery.
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I always laugh at the mirror when I do this, too. xD
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I'm not a cosplayer, but I feel this deserves recognition. It really doesn't look like all the work stuffed into it.
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i usually use cutlets for cosplay, but i hadn't thought of wearing more than one bra
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Sorry for getting a lil riled up! This tutorial is A grade material seriously way to think outside the bra! uwu
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I've seen this same process on a Jenna Marbles video, it just shows it works I guess, haha.
Good tutorial!
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Wow. This was...actually, very well timed. xD I'm doing a character who should have a fair amount, yet my moderate size just wasn't doing it right. Looking at other cosplays, I could only wonder how the HELL they got theirs to defy the laws of physics and nature. xD Now I know, or at least know a little better. Thanks!
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Hahaha glad I could help =]
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Talk about the deception for the boyfriend xD
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This is actually pretty awesome. This could actually help a lot of Crossplayers (Males playing females for those not familiar with the term.) out there too who are trying to attain better boobage. Kudos to you~
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It does if they already have some breast to work with. If not, they'd have to resort to the tape method used by drag queens =]
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Lol very true, but still helpful for those with small boobage I meant. |D
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im happy i have big boobs o.o
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Just calm you tits people. Why does this have to turn into a debate. Geez. (And I didnt say calm your tits as a pun or whatever. I really do say that. All the time. My husband hates it lol)
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See, now I'm an A-cup and I tried this for my Carmelita Fox cosplay, and me and my mother genuinely spent half an hour laughing at the way I look with massive tits! Very effective though 
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Hahaha I know what you mean. My mom started laughing when she saw me too. And usually every time I do this I have a good laugh.
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A part of me is sympathetic to girls wishing to have bigger breasts and then a nasty little part of me goes "Sorry skinny girls, you can't have it all." The reason why you see extremely skinny girls with big boobs in anime is because it's a cartoon. Sorry to disappoint you boys but it's very rare for a girl to *naturally* have extremely large boobs and an extremely skinny waist and if they do you may wanna think twice about snatching that one up because you have a future of medical bills to look forward to.
Overall nicely done tutorial for girls that need this little detail to really make their cosplay look realistic although I would caution against pumping and boosting and forcing those puppies up too much as eventually after years of repeated motion it could cause stretching-and not in a good way.
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Comments be crazy, anyone who has a problem with anyone doing this should also have a problem with people wearing chest binders and coloured contacts.
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I couldn't see much, but I would like to add that you have lovely hair, unless it is a wig, in which case you have good taste in wigs.
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Hahaha thank you! It is in fact my own hair: [link]
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You've turned the argument into something very shallow, but some people here have made valid and interesting points regarding the perception of a woman's body in modern culture and how women and men choose to respond to it in the cosplay community.
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:/ TBH I agree that there are some crazy amazing points being made on the perception of womens bods, but there's no need to say she's demeaning their arguments! She's just offering another perspective on a very socially significant subject! and making a relevant point at that! No need to have a go at her
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I personally don't cosplay, so I'm kind of stating that from my theatre experience. I personally treat when I have to do stuff like this for a character quite casually(despite the fact it can be uncomfortable), although I can understand that not all people would do that, and that bothers me.
Be stuff like this, I am not only referring to a time when I had to stuff my bra, but also an occasion when I had to flatten my chest, square my shoulders with a wire hanger and stuff socks into my trousers to play a creepy male character.
I was trying to make the point that I think it stupid to treat women like they are doing something wrong if they choose to take action to boost their cleavage for a character or any other reason and then conversely say it's okay to flatten their chest for similar reasons. I'm sorry I couldn't express that well enough to make my point(even if it is a shallow one) clear. As for the 'comments be crazy' comment a lot of them are, in my opinion, so I apologize if I degraded or demeaned the valid points some people have made.
(This is longer than I expected it would be)
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I very much agree with you that it seems hypocritical to approve of a certain body part 'manipulation' and disapprove another, also when it comes to cleavage.
I think many people here expressed their doubts because of the reason behind the need the enhance a cosplayer's chest -
Most of the female character design in anime, manga and computer games is notoriously typical - a tiny waist and huge, gravity-defying boobs, usually accompanied with tight and revealing outfits. This repetitive over-sexualization of female characters has a lot to do with the fact that most designers are men and the product is directed mainly at a male audience, teenagers specifically.
Knowing this, I can understand why some people don't approve it when women cosplayers choose dress that way, because in way the cosplayers say they're fine with a POV and a culture that over-sexualizes women.
I think this situation is very different from your situation at the theater, at least as far as I know.
(... and that was way longer than -I- expected, also English is not my first language so I hope I managed to make my point clear as well)
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See, I don't have an issue with the tight or revealing thing, I used to, because it does objectify women, but then I learned about Topless Lady Duelling of back in the day to prevent infection to injuries.
I have an issue that not many other people are aware of that and women are drawn in ways that are appealing specifically to men and teenage boys, mostly because this really men that those writers and artists are not acknowledging a female audience that they possess.
(I also think it's interesting that while I am I reasonably well endowed lady, all my favourite character that I would love to be(I don't cosplay mostly because I have no opportunity for it where I live) tend to be flat or not Caucasian or both.)
I also think that you are pretty cool.
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I also have no problem with women dressed in anything tight or revealing per se. A woman can dress however she wants.
The problem, for me, arrives when men decide how a woman should dress, and in comparison to how they decide a man should dress.
In a lot of games which are popular in cosplays (Darkstalkers, Mortal Combat, Tekken) and A LOT of comic books, Most men are covered from head to toe or in a way that puts emphasis on their masculinity and strength. The females, in contrast, are dressed in revealing outfits or in a way that puts emphasis on their sexuality and beauty.
I remember being a naive 10-years-old, not understanding why her favorite super heroins had so little protection on their outfits or why-on-earth would they wear pair of heels; a 13-years-old who was a bit embarrassed to play Tekken of Soulcalibur with her friends, since her favorite female warriors had such tiny outfits, heels and huge boobs that were animated to bounce(!!!); a 16-years-old who wants to choose a character in 'Diablo' and doesn't understand why the women characters are young with revealing outfits, while the male characters are clad from head-to-toe, or have huge muscles or are even allowed to look old!
That is why I have a problem with a lot of cosplay costumes. Not because the woman wearing them wanted to get the character as accurate as possible, but because of the reason the character looks the way it looks in the first place. I can not ignore it. I don't think I should.
Oooooff, that was a lot of venting, wasn't it?
(:
I had no idea about the whole Topless Lady Dueling thing. It's really fascinating, and thanks for bringing that up.
Thanks for having that discussion with me, it's something I don't see much here at DA, so talking with you turned out to be a pleasant surprise.
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Really? I think you should always acknowledge at the very least a comment, especially one like this. I don't know. I like finding out what other people think. Or did you mean discussions that manage to remain calm?
I have to be honest, I love when people do take the time to make breasts move realistically, especially, that single shot in Mulan where all the men dress as girls and Ling's pseudoboob bounces like it is an actual apple in his dress. (I know that's not actually a breast, but I still appreciate it)
Also, I guess I never had the same problems as you did, because I was a huge novel reader when I was that age, so all my favourite characters looked how I imagined them.
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unbelievable! thanks for sharing!
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If I see someone doing this outside of cosplay, it gives me the right to walk around with a smoked sausage in my pants.
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But you DO have the right to do that!
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I know I have the right, but it's wrong.
It's 'false advertising'. McDonald's can advertise anything in a wrap as healthy, but it's not.
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But her body isn't a damn McDonald's meal that you are going to eat later. It's only "false advertising" if you're actually going to see her real breasts - not everyone who sees this is going to see her naked. In fact, probably nobody is.
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Yes, because she's using it for cosplay, for a picture, for art... Not for walking around outside and lying aboutΒ her body, and if you're doing that you pretty much are comparing yourself to a McDonald's meal.
There's no need to lie about your breast size. If you're doing it to catch attention you'd only be hurting yourself in the end of the day.
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I don't see what you're saying. She's obviously not doing it to catch attention, she's doing it for cosplay.
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Did you even read my original post or did you just jump straight to the defencive?
IΒ said, only use this in cosplays, don't make your breast size so misleading.
This is the equivalent of guy walkingο»Ώ around with a smoked sausage in his pants, i.e. "false advertisement".
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Well noone is stoppng you. But that would be creepy.
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People are getting so angry... Seriously, it says "COSPLAY" cleavage. Sadly, some girls from anime's have HUGE breasts, and the costume doesn't fit right/doesn't look like good cosplay if you try to cosplay the character because you're lacking those impossible boobs.
Think Yoko from Gurren Lagann, any girl off of Highschool of the dead, ect. Sadly sometimes to pull off the cosplay you have to have the cleavage. While I actually don't like/would hate to have big breasts if I ever intended to cosplay a well endowed girl from an anime, I'd need this tutorial. :/ So good job.
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You raise a really good point, but I just feel like adding an addendum. Comic books are just as popular to cosplay as anime, and you're going to have troubles finding a single comic book heroine who isn't at least a DD. (Some of them also have costumes that are too skimpy for this method to be possible, but that's another matter.)
Naturally, a lot of girls go ahead and dress up as their favorite heroes anyways, but I know my sister for one would appreciate the option of looking more completely like the character she's trying to cosplay.
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Exactly~ and just for another add in;
Lot's of dedicated cosplayers want to get as close as they possibly can to the character. For the people saying "You should be happy with your breasts" as a argument and so on so forth, yes, by all means girls should be happy with their bodies! However, when it comes to cosplay some want to be precise. Raising this "be happy with yourself" argument...well heck, do you raise this argument with cosplay wigs, contacts, or the every now and then body paint/fake tan some people have to use for cosplay? I really doubt it... and if you did, what's the point in trying to cosplay in general if you don't do any of those.
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And it's not just dedicated cosplayers. Yes, technically cosplay is all about having fun, but there's something about really looking the part that turns cosplay into an artform imo. Even beginners can aim for looking as close as they can.
In cases like this, the argument of being happy with yourself only covers half the spectrum. Because it's fully possible for girls with a healthy self esteem to want to look more the part, simply for the sake of having fun.
It doesn't help that unlike the more superficial things that you mentioned (wigs, contacts, etc.), boobs are a deeply personal matter, infamous for being misrepresented in the media and being a source of angst for women of all ages. With that in mind, it's understandable how people would overreact to a post of this nature. But that doesn't change the fact that something like this can be done just for fun, and not because girls are trying to compensate for body image problems.
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