Cosplayers are a unique group. They toil over finely detailed costumes and props, they spend hours learning make up techniques and hair styling and all for the sake of their art. Yet who rewards them for all this effort? Very few generate an income for all their work. But perhaps art is not mean to always return a reward financially. Perhaps the “likes” are what matters? The acknowledgement that hard work has it’s fans..? Same with cosplay photographers. They spend years learning their craft, buying expensive gear, software and even training courses so they can create artistic representations of their love of cosplay in conjunction with the actual artist. But, once it’s been on social media, once it has been seen, it moves rapidly down ones timeline and into the Photos folders or on a blog or gallery. At Cosplay Live Magazine we feel that your work, your art deserves more. We want to keep alive the joy of seeing your work appreciated by fans of cosplay. That’s why we create Cosplay Live - we make no income from this. It’s a project done for the simple love of seeing your art, your work kept alive a bit longer. We want to grow our community of readers and the way for this to happen is for you - the cosplayers, the photographers and fans to share a link to this community magazine. This issue seems some amazing cosplayers and photographers - there’s tips, photos that will amaze you and a bunch of interviews where cosplayers tell their story. Take a look, we hope you love Cosplay Live as much as we do. Rob Jenkins Editor and Publisher
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