Bellatrix Aiden

I was 18 years when I started cosplay. So this autumn I celebrated the 5th anniversary of my first cosplay. At that time me and my friends made cosplay of Naruto series.
The character was Uchiha Itachi. The preparation process and performance of this anime lasted for nearly 8 months.
All the participants became real friends and made all efforts to achieve our plans. But the moment I put the costume and make-up on,
and saw my full-size reflection in the mirror, I remember even now! The first thought was “So great! I can BE like my favourite character!”

Sooth to say, the most important option to choose the character is my attitude to him/her. It’s necessary to like the character and don’t be irritated by its behavior.
In the situations when I was asked to make not familiar character with big cosplay team it’s very important to investigate the character behavior, temper , history etc.
If you don’t start to like the character, the result can be disappointing or you’ll never get so much fun as possible with favorite character.

Also I try to pay attention to the height – it’s very important thing when you cosplay with someone. Face type is very significant detail when I choose the character.
Usually chibi boys/girls and manly type boys are like a taboo for me. I know that the result can be disappointing.

Characters which I choose are so different in the way they express their emotions, opinions and themselves; they also look different.
Sometimes, it is very difficult to act like those characters. So it is a challenge for my inner actress.

Actually, at the begining I didn't know how to sew and I ordered seamstress my costumes. Later, I was interested how do you feel when you are making one yourself.
Or should I say, will I mess up with it with my skills (laughs). The experiment was successful, so now I sew costumes myself.

But also my friends keep to support me and sometimes help with my costumes. My close friend Fly is Jack of all trades and often helps me with wig styling.
Craft is new thing for me. At first all of my crafts were made by very talented person – Sundra Shield. Edea Kramer is the result of her great work and creativity.
I’m not sure if anyone could make the helmet and fence (I’m not sure how to call that thing on my back) somehow better.
With Sundra’s lections and directions I learned how to work with some materials and made the Scythe weapon (Final Fantasy Type-0 game).
This craft was the most challenging for me because I was just a beginner.

The most difficult costume I have ever done is the costume I am working on right now.
I have started this costume nearly a year ago and I’ve spent sometimes my spare time to improve it and make it more elaborate.
I had to buy an embroidery machine, many meters of fabric, beads and other materials. I even had to use the method of printing pictures on T-shirts.
I have to think about every little detail, sometimes I have no idea how to do this or that, I fall into despair, and in the end the answer just comes to me. It’s like magic.