Why Cosplay Is Popular

Cosplay is popular for many different types of people worldwide. It is both a hobby and a professional career which brings fun, enjoyment, and challenges for those individuals who are creative, imaginative, and dare themselves to conquer skillful challenges earning personal accomplishments and rewards.

What is cosplay? Cosplay is a coined word created by Japanese reporter Nobuyuki Takahushi in 1984 for the words Costume Play.

Okay that is one serious fact. Let's move on to why cosplay is popular.

There are many reasons but the first and foremost is "Personal fun and enjoyment" followed by:

• Be somebody else for a day
• Self-expression
• Love of acting and the theater
• Satisfies artistic creativity
• Pride and accomplishment in creating a costume and its accessories
• Ignites imagination
• Make friends and Social Gatherings
• Becoming part of a large community

Fun and Enjoyment - A day which allows playing or acting. Releasing behaviors which match the costume being worn. Play acting a fantasy or wish such as becoming Superman or a famous celebrity.
Be somebody else for a day - Copy and design a costume of a favorite character wearing all accessories from head to toe and walk in their shoes for self and crowd reaction. It may be a portrayed sex goddess like Marilyn Monroe or an historical president such as Abraham Lincoln.

Self-Expression - Wearing an original costume displaying our skills and talents to design and construct. The desire to create a personal imaginative character.

Love of acting and the theater - Amateur and professional actors and actresses may use this outlet as an audition for entertainment employment.

Satisfies artistic creativity - Some people love to create unusual fashions and the type of characters who would wear these creations.

Pride and Accomplishment in creating a costume and its accessories - Some costumes are very simple or may be purchased. Costume creations are inspired by characters in video games, cartoons, anime, comics and books. Creating armor worn by warriors, people becoming transformers, and mythical accessories are very challenging of mind and physical skills.

Ignites Imagination - Thinking about something that does not exist. Then bringing it into physical existence with creativity. A writer draws a character from his imagination which will become a character in the story. The creativity will address appearance, clothing style, speech pattern, and whatever else is needed to make this character believable. It is the same for the imagination of cosplayers.

Friends and Social Gatherings - There are thousands of cosplayers in many local communities and countries participating in conventions, community projects, advertising events, and any function which welcomes enthusiasts both online and offline. These occasions offer opportunities to make new friends.

Becoming a part of a large community - There is a stereotype that introverts or geeks are the largest number of people who enjoy this activity. Creating these costumes adds excitement to offset employment or personal lifestyle which may be boring, mundane, or stressful. It's a hobby on the opposite spectrum of the everyday work day which offers fun, enjoyment, and self-accomplishments with pleasurable rewards.

Do you need more information about Costume Play or Cosplay? Read more at https://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/Cosplay-Hobby-is-For-Everyone. Many people enjoy participating in a hobby, but sometimes we do not know what we want, visit the hobby list at https://www.triciadeed.com for ideas.

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The Best Instructable Projects For Your Home & Garden

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Home & Family

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Sal Dawson

Sometimes spicing up your surroundings a bit is all a person needs to turn a new page. There's nothing better than taking someone's ideas and advice and improving it yourself! This is an article for those who love DIY, have some free time on their hands or just like showing off how awesome their home & garden are.

Check out these simple yet creative Instructables and decide for yourself if DIY is not the peak of the ordinary man's creativity:

The Invisible Bookshelf

 Yes, *insert mandatory Harry Potter reference here*. Also, if you get one of these in your home, you can make a social experiment and see what percentage of the people who enter it will go "Wow, how are those books standing on their own like that?".

The best part - you can get more than one!

The Vertical Garden

This one is actually made from a standard shoe pocket holder, which we must all agree is a bit too tedious to be actually anyone's shoe holder. This would look much better, especially in your garden!

Experts also recommend since this way your small plants are better protected against pests and invaders (like your up-to-no-good kitty for example).

How to Remake a Small Balcony

For anyone who shares my unhealthy obsession with cute balconies, this has got to be the best part of the list!

Get your own dream balcony with the perfect amount of shade and privacy that you'd want:

Food-growing Pipes In The Garden

Granted, this one may not look so pretty, but man is it useful!

Pest experts agree that this is a sure way to avoid insects attacking your plants. If you take this advice, you also save yourself a lot of back pain that comes along with picking up the fruit from the ground level. And perhaps what is most important, this simple trick reduces the water usage in your garden significantly.

The best part is yet to come:

You get to make use of all your compost!

If you've never made your own compost before, here's a list of items you surely have lying around your kitchen every day: grass cuttings,
soft prunings, annual plant, and weed remain before they have set seed, fruit and veggie scraps, old cut flowers, tea bags, coffee grounds.

The Sealed Ecosystems

The perks of this one are pretty obvious - it just looks awesome. Imagine waking up and seeing all the tiny worlds that you've single-handedly created.

Or, for those who like a dark twist, the worlds you can potentially destroy!

The Saggy Cushion Fix

This just couldn't be simpler, or more elegant. And the cherry with this project is, it only costs you 1$ to do it. 

Any self-respected home-decor maniac knows that beauty is in the details, and this is one detail that could go a long way!

The DIY Mosquito Trap

The way this works is, just like any trap, it actually attracts the pests. The flying insects get tricked into laying their eggs on the sock on top, afterwards, their hatched larvae fall into certain death.

So, this is definitely for anyone who feels like becoming a mass exterminator in his spare time. It's perfectly justifiable, though, because what's the point of doing all these things to improve your home and garden, if you have to share them with some insect that's after your blood!

If any of you do try one of these ideas, feel free to contact Sal Dawson @ Instructables and maybe even share photos of your masterpieces! Remember, new things are great but what's even more satisfying is taking an old thing and reviving it.