It’s much easier to create content on your own.  So where do collaborations sit with you on your platform?  Is it worth the effort and are the way to make collabs easier for Cosplay?  Creating and circulating your own cosplays is hard.  And what about overshadowing?  Can you only collaborate with people who have the same ambitions in follower count?  Does this limit you and how many other things make collaborating one of the more un-fun things to do in Cosplay?

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Interested in how I keep things going and have created 4 seasons of content in what amounts to my free time? I can’t say it’s been the same the whole time, there’s been an evolution in how I create, my time spend on the channel, building on other projects in the background, and I have gotten a little faster as time has gone on.  I’ll share with you my methods currently for how I create HoCS.

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Have we burned ourselves out of Social Media? Is organic a thing of the past? As we struggle to keep up with all the changes to each of the platforms that we feel obligated to continually share content on, has it become too much to really bother?  Today, I want to talk about just where I feel social is going for cosplayers and how you can work on adapting to the attention game that is always playing online.

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Cosplay budgeting isn’t easy.  And what do you include? Is it just the cosplay or is it…everything else? Budgets can be small or large, but with any hobby, you want to prevent a few things from happening.  You don’t want it to take over and you don’t want it to get out of control. From my own experience, the worst thing to do is NOT budget in some way for you Cosplay.

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Hello.  I’m ScottyB and I’m a con addict.  At least, that’s what we’re talking about today. We just talked about attending too many shows in a year, or where that line is, so we’re here to now get into what Con Addiction really means. This isn’t a mental thing more than a concept – it’s what it looks like, not a disorder.  I can’t diagnose things, but seek professional assistance on the topic of addiction.

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How many Conventions is too many? I’ve been to two and that’s been about as expensive of a vacation as any I’ve ever taken.  I’m beginning to wonder if it’s worth it to attend several every year after my 2022 experiences and I certainly do not know how anyone goes to Con after Con – some 20 or more.  In many cases, they’re not headlining or at a booth.  They’re just going to see celebrities and wear their cosplays.  This is great for the Cosplays, because they get to be circulated, but it is it good for you?

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There are some really high barriers to Cosplay.  It’s expensive, it’s time-consuming, and it’s hard to break into it right now.  There’s a feeling that you have to be a personality on the internet and circulating online in order to dress up and connect with your favorite characters.  Have the barriers gotten too high, and is it hurting the community?

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We love obscure cosplays, but we know that social media does not. If you’re not a major player in the community, and even if you are, the likelihood of choosing something that isn’t mainstream is slim to none.  In the podcast today, I want to talk about why you don’t, but also why you should look at what you consider an obscure cosplay as your next passion project.

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We're very excited to have FanX Cosplay Hall of Famer Shandra Mutchie with us on the show. We're talking about her many accomplishments in Cosplay, her origins, the many competitions, charities, and events that she's organized and been a part of, and we're very happy to again talk about the phenomenal group that she has co-founded to enact characters from A Court of Thorns and Roses.  We talk about her processes in Cosplay and go deep into her part in A Court of Salt and Snow.

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I got into the Cosplay world in 2019 and was almost immediately scammed. After that, it got better, but I finally found a space that I like to be in and it’s helped me grow a lot in skills and even made my regular career grow.  In this episode, I want to tell you why I choose the content I choose to share, what my method is, and the format for the programs and eventual products that I will offer.

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