The month of October brings about the spookiest and most creative content for ghoulishly good reasons. Most costume designs or character creations are showcased at cons but for cosplayers who are looking for any excuse to dress up, Halloween is one of the biggest reasons of them all.
How every cosplayer enters a Halloween party:
We cosplayers and costume artists are at it year-round, working on several character designs, building armor, and learning techniques, and now with most of us at home, some creators are working harder than ever to make sure that we keep the community engaged. Here are a few cosplayers, make-up artists, and cospainters who are absolutely killing it — pun intended — in the spooky scene.
Cosplayer – Levi Persaud (@tinyleviacosplay)
According to their Instagram, Levi is a Hindu Indo-Caribbean Canadian, who was born and raised in Canada and has roots in Guyana. She uses her cosplay to celebrate her heritage and roots as well as to uplift other cosplayers of color.
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Cospainter & Make-Up Artist – Lucia Marte (@issheblackorazn)
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Year-round, Lucia brings to life vivid creations through a mixture of body paint and make-up, but with collabs with other artists and creepy takes on popular characters added to her roster, she’s also been bringing spirited looks. For Mean Girls Day, she recreated Karen Smith’s Halloween with a very dark twist.
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Love Rick and Morty? Welcome to Halloween, bitch with Scary Terry
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Honestly, nothing is more creepier than Chucky in my opinion. Why would you ruin dolls?
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Want to know about cospainting or creating fantastic looks with make-up? Listen to our Brown Geek Spotlight on Lucia Marte where she chats about her beginnings, celebrity interactions and as the community be more inclusive and what that means being half Black and Filipina cospainter.
Cosplayer – Pady/WI Naga (@purgatoryp)
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Interested in tea, comics, sci-fi, or metal?! Your local brown goth has you covered! Those are just some of the themes Pady aka WI Naga creates looks for. Her profile is one to check out if you’re feeling spooky, gothy, and cultural.
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Or creating the Black Lady, if chibimoon grew up and went goth.
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I mean just take a look at this roundup, which includes Disney villains, holiday monsters, and Indian-inspired looks.
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Self-Taught Make-Up Artist – Nitin (@thatjanuaryguy)
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Another person to follow is Nitin. Self-taught, Nitin creates intrinsic horror art through makeup and body paint, but what makes his content one to follow is the special effects and illusions, whether it is out-of-this-world with an extraterrestrial look …
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… or as simple as a loaf of bread.
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Sometimes his creations are enough to make him lose his head!
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Make-Up Artist – Maryam (@m4makeup)
You wouldn’t know it from looking at her website portfolio alone but Maryam is a multi-genre make-up artist.
“From childhood, I have always been drawn to creative and artistic. Whether it was crayons on paper or baubles on silk, colors and textures have always played a big role in my life. It is this same love of art and color that has inspired me to pursue my dreams. Now, makeup is my medium and the face is my canvas. This is what I love the most–that I can take my skill and passion and use it to make people look and feel beautiful.”
Along with making her clients look and feel beautiful, Maryam has a special knack for creepy characters too.
This first one is inspired by The Haunting of Hill House the first chapter – prior to The Haunting of Bly Manor.
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She even recreated a classic character with Beetlejuice.
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Here’s a round-up of her 2019 scariest looks including bad beti and a desi corpse bride.
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Cosplayer – Emilee “Shield” (@ourshieldmaiden)
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Why is Emilee a cosplay to check out? Her character picks for cosplays are peak creativity! How does she do this? By picking some characters that don’t typically have the light shown on them or bringing a fun twist to a classic character like Snow White.
Emilee “Shield” takes the tale of Snow White and retells it with a dark twist. Inspired by a fan theory that the description of Snow White is similar to a vampire, Emilee inducts Snow as an honorary Cullen.
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Want to go beyond surface-level? Take a trip down to Atlantis with Kida.
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Refusing to throw away her shot, she absolutely nailed her extraordinary costume for Angelica Schuyler from Hamilton.
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Make-Up Artist – Saloni Mathur (@salonimaathur)
Perhaps one of the most inspirational on this list, Saloni has created the #Salloween2020 contest to get others involved in the spirit of dressing up and to win a prize. For a grand prize of ₹50000 in goodies, artists participate in creating 31 days of spooky looks. Themes include zombies, candy, gore, monsters, horror movies, and even some Christmas ones like Elf.
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Day 1 started with a zombie theme.
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On Day 9, she shared a very creepy clown inspired by IT. You’ll float when you see this look!
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Have you heard of and are now obsessed with the game Among Us? Obsessed herself, she did a horrific version of Red, who surely must be the imposter.
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Who are some content creators you’re following?
With content creators from all over the world, we surely missed many more amazing creations. Make sure to tag us on social media with some of your favorite creators because even though it feels as if we’re in the darkest timeline, it is still important to have passions and to do things that bring us joy.