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Cosplayer Creates Wings For Her Costume That She Can Move At Will
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Cosplayer Creates Wings For Her Costume That She Can Move At Will

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With events such as Comic-Con becoming less of a geek party and more of an international pop culture phenomenon, it’s no wonder that cosplay’s becoming more and more popular. What was once a very niche interest dominated by what the rest of the society deemed as ‘geeks’ and ‘nerds’ has been rapidly leaking into our everyday lives with celebrities like Bryan Cranston dressing up as his character from Breaking Bad as well as Daniel Radcliffe rocking up to Comic-Con in a Spider-Man costume. It’s only natural that as the cosplay scene grows, the costume ideas evolve and turn into even more spectacular sights.

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    This spectacular Maleficent cosplay recently started making rounds on the internet

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    One such example started making rounds around the Internet recently with a woman dressed up as Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent spreading her wings out, seemingly at her will. The footage that people watched in awe is of Drisana Litke of Drizzy Designs who dressed up as the iconic Disney character for a con.

    Image credits: Meghan Ross- Lens*Paper*Scissors

    Image credits: Meghan Ross- Lens*Paper*Scissors

    The impressive feathery wings as well as the rest of her cosplay costume were all made by Litke. She reports that it took her around 150 hours to construct the wings which at the beginning of the ordeal were just a stash of wire, fabric, and feathers.

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    Image credits: Drizzy Designs

    Image credits: Drizzy Designs

    Litke followed DIY costume tutorials of an already established costume maker who specializes in animatronic wings, The Crooked Feather. It was the largest project Litke worked on so far as she’s only briefly touched wiring for small LED lights for her previous creative costumes. Despite many challenges along the way, the cosplayer managed to pull off one hell of a spectacle as she folded and unfolded her wings at will.

    Image credits: Drizzy Designs

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    The inspiration for Litke’s cool costume came from Disney’s 2014 film ‘Maleficent’. Starring Angelina Jolie in the main role, the live-action movie takes a step away from the original story to focus on Maleficent’s backstory as well as show who the character really is outside of portraying her as the classic villain.

    Image credits: Meghan Ross- Lens*Paper*Scissors

    Image credits: Drizzy Designs

    Litke has been cosplaying for over 6 years now and has executed a number of stunning cosplay ideas. Some of them include Serpentor from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books, and animated series, and Bowser from Nintendo’s Mario franchise.

    Image credits: Drizzy Designs

    Check out the video of the wings in action below

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    Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

    Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

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    As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

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    Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

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    As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

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    Nikki D
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems very labor, time, and money intensive. Maybe if they worked on it over a long period of time? What happens to these costumes once the cons are over?

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a great question. There have been soooo many amazing ones over the years. It would be a shame if they got junked afterwards. I'd love to be rich and purchase as many as I could just to have the craziest costume collection ever.

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    Nikki D
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems very labor, time, and money intensive. Maybe if they worked on it over a long period of time? What happens to these costumes once the cons are over?

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a great question. There have been soooo many amazing ones over the years. It would be a shame if they got junked afterwards. I'd love to be rich and purchase as many as I could just to have the craziest costume collection ever.

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