Do You Have WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN a Cosplay Craftsmanship Contest??

I can’t describe in detail the exact terms of every cosplay contest in the world… but I can overanalyze the flip outta contests, their categories, and their judging criteria in a general sense — and I got the research to back it all up!

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Introduction
1:38 Categories Crash Course
2:42 International Costumers’ Guild Tangent
6:26 Cosplay Contest Categories Research Tangent
7:49 The Actual Numbers that Resulted from this Tangent
11:53 Nuance in the Research
14:50 How I Interpret this Research
18:21 Category Disqualification Crash Course
21:18 The Crown’s Craftsmanship Judging Criteria
24:28 (Contest) Size Doesn’t Matter
28:00 ARE YOU READY for a Contest with No Skill Mastery Divisions
34:20 ARE YOU READY for a Contest with Skill Mastery Divisions
36:51 Bonus Tip: A Note on Fit
37:32 Personal Goals and the Hope to Win
40:08 S.M.A.R.T. Goals
43:41 Conclusion
45:11 Post Script

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CREDITS, SOURCES, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Awesome inky stinger transitions created by Beard Boy Digital: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeardBoyDig...
Yona photo taken by Katie Motta Photography:   / katie.motta.ceo  
Nightwalker photo taken by Locomania22:   / locomania22  
Graphics by me!

2023 (Incomplete) Cosplay Craftsmanship Contest Division Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
2023 (Continued) Cosplay Craftsmanship Contest Division Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Cosplay Central Crown Championships 2023 — Rules for Entrants: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CU-T...
ICG Masquerade Guidelines 2021 Edition: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pRzi...
Individual Contest Information and Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f...
There’s a S.M.A.R.T. way to write management’s goals and objectives by George T. Doran: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1So-K...

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MUSIC INFORMATION

“Journey,” “Odyssey,” “Solar Wind,” “Interstellar,” “The Traveller,” “Moondust,” “Departure,” “Interpolation,” “Lunar,” and “Finding the Edge” by Foudroie
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