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The designer, Kathryn Paterwic, gives lectures around steampunk fashion and proper Victorian behaviors. She is inspired by Victorian counter culture, the way that the mental state of the world in the Victorian age is reflected in fashion of the time and what happens when society’s corsets strings are pulled too tight. She also goes by the adage more is more (more clothes can be more sexy) and the theory that leaving things up to the imagination is sexy.

06/08/2026

I am doing a panle at CTCon this year about improving your seeing instantly and I thought I would take a second during this project and share one with you.
A lot of the tips in this panle ate going to be pretty obvious but people just forget or simple like this one. Nothing complex but makes a huge difference in line quality.
I did a TON of this with Agatha

06/08/2026

This one is a little longer, I am sorry about that but it covers a lot of ground when it comes to asking cisplau judges for feed back. Over all no matter how you go about it, whether it is face to face at a feed back panel or through email a few days later BE NICE, whether you "win" or lose, thr judges have taking time out of their cosplay experience to advise you on what you can improve on.

05/25/2026

We have gone from Strawberry Pimp (Alastor) to Strawberry Shortcake, in our series on feedback I have been given. Now is the prefect time because.... I am starting to rebuild her as we speak and she will most likely be one of the cosplay build write up that you can find on my website.
Now this is the first time we talk about what the other competitor brought to the table vs. what I brought. Sometimes it isn't about what your other competitor brought as far as skills VS. What you brought because remember in the end it is a competition.


05/15/2026

I have been competing for MANY YEARS. I can't remember all the feed back but the first one I cam remember was Alastor (2019)
Now, every judge might have different feedback and there is probably somethings I am forgetting but this one will haunt me to this day 🤣🤣🤣.
I still have a very painterly way of painting and sometimes that is good but not in this case.

If you would like to see how I made him, check out my website.

05/11/2026

ask a really good question about categories and points.
There is no category that has more points. There are skills that are more complex than others in each category.

Sewing, has things like smocking, wax resistant dyes, velvet burning

Armor, has things vacuum form.... anything was metal, mold making

SFX, prosthetic, mold making.... light programing (I have never claimed any expertise in this field... this is why you need more than 2 judges)

But really for places in Novice, Journeyman and Masters or 3rd, 2nd 1st BIS, they are rarely only one category. They are usually a mixture.

05/06/2026

Let's start with ‼️THIS IS MY OPINION‼️
kind of jumped the gun a little bit so I thought I would move this reel up a week or two.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD COSPLAY COMPETITION JUDGE.
-Personally I would say 3-5 judges is ideal
-Someone that can execute a variety of skills but definitely has a good handle (the trem MASTERY I think is vage on some categories) on one of the main skills you will find in competitions (sewing, foam, SFX or props)
- a person that understands how nervous the contestants are and can be compassionate about that, make them feel comfortable but also get s**t done in 5 mins
and while I didn't add this let me add
-a person that can argue their point and willing to listen to others (sometimes the end result is not black and white) and you need to have the grace to defer on things you are not sure about.

And HOT TAKE- if you are all these things and have never actually competed you can be a judge.

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