JTHM SHIRT 4 COSPLAY PROCESS (PIX INCLUDED)

HELLO!!1!

in april this year my friends, bf and i were planning on going to a convention, as we usually do, when we get the opportunity. nny has been my favorite ever since a couple years ago when i found out about the comic (thanks to my dear bf), so i decided to put my semi-creative DIY skills to good use for once.

for any1 who doesnt wanna read all of this and just wants to see the goddamn shirt, here's the final product (click me!) >_o

1. SKETCHES + INSPO

i first got the idea in february while re-reading jthm for the 2nd time (have re-read it two more times since then), was planning it and gathering resources the whole month of march and put the plan in motion ten days before the convention. i also scoured the internet for old pix of nny cosplayers at late 90s-00s comic cons and found great inspiration from many. i dont think my cosplay can be even compared to theirs', but i tried to make relatively accurate to nny.

sketches i made in february for the shirt [+ bonus: nny flipping u off]:

my original plan wasnt the same as the outcome, but it was similar enough. these are the shirts nny wore which i decided to go for at the end:

2. MATERIAL GATHERING

a plain black long sleeved shirt, white fabric paint, duct tape, a boxcutter and scissors is what i used to make the shirt. the shirt was only a part of the cosplay (even tho the most important one). 

i borrowed black boots, similar to demonias, from my best friend (couldve used my docs as well, but nny wears high boots and these were more accurate), used some hardware black gloves (since i didnt have any leather gloves which he was shown wearing) and also wore two pairs of pants for the cosplay. (black tight jeans underneath shorts, since he's seen wearing short pants over striped long pants/tights (i had no striped pants or tights, so i just wore black jeans under the short pants). hell, i even cut my hair to try and spike it like his. needless to say, i cut it on a day too close to the con day and it was too short for an identical resemblance. i just ended up doing liberty spikes for the cosplay and hoped for the best.

3, PROCESS (photo dump)

step 1: STENCIL MAKING

this is the stencil i found for the front. i free-handed it on paper. with the help of duct tape and a boxcutter i made it into a stencil and stuck it onto the shirt.. oh and i also had to paint the STRIPES ONTO THE SLEEVES! BECAUSE STRIPED SHIRTS JUST APPARANTLY DONT EXIST ANYMORE!!???

step 2: PAINTING THE FRONT AND THE SLEEVES

this part was a pain(T) (haha) in the ass. the fabric paint i got from a craft store at the mall was pretty scarce, lacking in pigment and thickness, meaning, around 4 layers of paint for every design. i soon figured out the paint thickens, if left outside the bottle in smaller quantities for a longer period of time, so i started leaving paint in my palette overnight to use it the next day. id say this slowed down the process by a good three days.

step 3: THIS IS MY BACK

found an old white shirt, cut out a rectangle and tried to make it as similar as possible to this stencil. used acrylic paint since i did not have black fabric paint but i dont think it mattered in this case. i also used safety pins to attach the piece of fabric onto the shirt instead of sewing it on, which was my original plan.

4. THE FINAL OUTCOME

i finished the shirt two days before the con and got the rest of the cosplay ready the day after. i also wore a grey long-sleeve under the nny shirt and made a happy noodle boy patch for the pants i wore over the black jeans :] for the face, i used white face paint, black shadow for eyes and red face paint and fake blood for the blood splotches

i did not expect anyone to recognise who i was cosplaying, but i think two people walked up to me and asked for a pics. four, if u count the artists who were selling their merch, since theyve been around longer and are probably more acquainted with jthm. i cosplayed nny again last month at another convention 

^took a pic w an art seller who cosplayed beetlejuice :DD (did a lower effort cosplay that day compared to april)

thats it for my first blog entry, now that ive gotten used to it already (ive been writing this for almost 2 hours.), ill probably make more :]