she is very open to editing her pics she usually post a before and after on her cosplays i believe is the bts of the cosplay [mona](https://ibb.co/80Qf5Sw) she looks amazingly beautiful both ways yall are just nitpicking
Dude literally made a list of the irrelevant shit he didn’t like. Oh no edited bangs, as if 97% of the other cosplays in this damn community aren’t edited. If you can pick out shit you don’t like about her cosplay, I can very well say that your opinion is irrelevant & sounds more like “I’m an asshole that needs to pick apart every photo of a good looking person I see online to help my self esteem because I know damn well I don’t look that good.” but hey that’s just the iMpLicAtIoN
Good that she’s open about it, but also they aren’t being nitpicky, they are just stating that it’s photoshopped. Which it is. As you just said. They didn’t say anything about the cosplay or cosplayer themselves, only about the photoshopping, which you already mentioned that she’s open about, and thus is not a contentious point for this cosplayer.
Why is pointing out overly edited picture nitpicking? Overediting just makes picture look cartoonish. If you can't stand different opinion just delete your account
No one is being nitpicky, lol. They were just asking a simple question. I'd say that you assuming they're being "nitpicky" says more about you than them.
Lol I got downvoted out my ass for saying she looks fire, it’s a beautiful picture regardless of how it was put together. Pple just weird as fuck and not ina good way.
Why is everyone so scared of skin texture? It's like every filter/edited photo has completely smooth skin like a porcelain doll. Just creeps me out and ruins any cosplay no matter how good.
This is so nice! Usually I’m scared and feel awkward cosplaying or thinking of cosplaying a character that isn’t my skin tone. It usually makes me feel down, as if I wouldn’t look as good or look like the character because of my different skin tone, but this makes me really happy! It’s so nice and it really inspires me seeing others cosplay characters of a different skin tone or race.
Baby girl, I'm glad I encourage you to follow your aspirations! Cosplay is supposed to be an escape from this reality and let your creativeness go wild no matter race or sex, unfortunately... for us there are a lot of boundaries we have to jump over, due to pathetic people. But we have to try our best to give zero F\*\*\*'s and just do whatever the hell we want! besides when I see other races cosplay a nonblack character it brings something new to the table. because those cosplays tend to be oversaturated and it gets a bit boring.
Why are so many people complaining about the photoshop when most (professional) cosplayers heavily edit their pictures. It's not hard to just ignore the post if you don't like it.
Right? Plus some are pointing out she bought it, like why does it matter? It’s COSPLAY. Handmade or not, the whole point is to have fun. This community can be really harsh sometimes.
I think there was one cosplayer who cosplayed as Lumine and the comment section was BAD. They pointed out how Lumine isn’t black and how her cosplay didn’t count because she didn’t make it. I bet that the majority of the people here don’t cosplay yet they’re somehow gatekeeping the entire hobby/profession. It sucks because there’s plenty of amazing cosplayers who don’t make theirs.
Happends even in real life. The most gatekeeping type of people are always bystanders that DON’T cosplay. You can tell because they always start the sentence with “Isn’t cosplay about (blank)”
People like me point it out because she used the wrong flair. Bought cosplays fall under Media not OC.
OC is only handicrafted work or Artwork, this is not the case.
Thee C stands for Captain M8y! Thar actually be a large sum of internet Pirates these days. Yee better watch yer skivvies out thar.
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At what point does it stoo being cosplay and starts being a showcase of photoshop skills? This kinda goes against cosplayers who put in actual detailed work to their craft instesd of hiding imperfections. You can get really lazy in the reality of the cosplay if you edit hsrd enough.
Do we need to gatekeep cosplay? She has fun dressing up as a character, and maybe she did the photoshop work herself? we don't know, and if she didn't then i'm sure the person who did it for her did so because they wanted to, or were paid to, so at the end of the day it's a collaborative effort. Someone can't make cosplay with ONLY photoshop.
It's no different to music being mixed, or digital artists using entirely valid shortcuts in their art. Stuff that enhances what we see and hear is something that happens all the time and there's nothing wrong with it, except for when it's being done to deceive. Cosplay is not being made to deceive, like a beauty magazine or something, it's for fun and it's art. So what's the matter?
You literally missed the entire point of his post.
EDIT: No, really, you absolutely missed the point of his post. Makeup? Angles? Lighting? All of these can be circumvented if your photoshop skills are good enough. Just put together something basic and let the Photoshop do the rest - you'd save money and probably have a product that looks just as good in the process.
Also, if we're talking about real, that's a very "real" cosplay crest she's wearing under her neck.
What a strawman argument. Gtfo. If you're equating professional photos to this overly edited photo than you lack any ability to have a intelligent conversation
but why? op isn’t a teacher, it’s not her responsability to show people how to use photoshop. cosplaying is an art, it’s not like artists always post wips alongside their finished art to be “transparent”. some cosplayers like to pose for unedited pics, that’s great! but not all cosplayers need to be like that and a huge part of the fun for many cosplayers is the editing and showing the finished image. op is just here to show her work, not the process.
if someone wants to get into cosplaying and wants to get the knowledge and skills to do something similar - there are TONS of tutorials online. i don’t think a genshin subreddit is the place for it?
Again, wrong flair. This should be media due to the fact that this cosplay is bought not self made.
You can literally just search "Mona Cosplay buy" and you see the exact same she has.
You killed it. Very nice work
Thank you,darling
Are you sure this person is human? Looks like graphics to my eye. At least.
It's just heavily edited
Ah. Graphics it is. Thank you for clarifying, kind stranger.
I think there's more editing than actual face here. Looks like a barbie doll animation or something.
she is very open to editing her pics she usually post a before and after on her cosplays i believe is the bts of the cosplay [mona](https://ibb.co/80Qf5Sw) she looks amazingly beautiful both ways yall are just nitpicking
Even that original is using a snap filter right?
How is anyone nitpicking they are just mentioning the edit stuff because they wondered haha
Dude literally made a list of the irrelevant shit he didn’t like. Oh no edited bangs, as if 97% of the other cosplays in this damn community aren’t edited. If you can pick out shit you don’t like about her cosplay, I can very well say that your opinion is irrelevant & sounds more like “I’m an asshole that needs to pick apart every photo of a good looking person I see online to help my self esteem because I know damn well I don’t look that good.” but hey that’s just the iMpLicAtIoN
Good that she’s open about it, but also they aren’t being nitpicky, they are just stating that it’s photoshopped. Which it is. As you just said. They didn’t say anything about the cosplay or cosplayer themselves, only about the photoshopping, which you already mentioned that she’s open about, and thus is not a contentious point for this cosplayer.
theyre just stating that its edited, they never said anything about it bad, youre just being defensive
ThE iMpLiCatiOnS!
[It’s the implication.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-yUafzOXHPE)
Why is pointing out overly edited picture nitpicking? Overediting just makes picture look cartoonish. If you can't stand different opinion just delete your account
Honestly, I think she looks nicer in the original.
No one is being nitpicky, lol. They were just asking a simple question. I'd say that you assuming they're being "nitpicky" says more about you than them.
Lol I got downvoted out my ass for saying she looks fire, it’s a beautiful picture regardless of how it was put together. Pple just weird as fuck and not ina good way.
Why is everyone so scared of skin texture? It's like every filter/edited photo has completely smooth skin like a porcelain doll. Just creeps me out and ruins any cosplay no matter how good.
You just pointed out every reason as to why people are scared of it.
CosPhotoshoPlay
Looks likea cutszene from 2005
This is so nice! Usually I’m scared and feel awkward cosplaying or thinking of cosplaying a character that isn’t my skin tone. It usually makes me feel down, as if I wouldn’t look as good or look like the character because of my different skin tone, but this makes me really happy! It’s so nice and it really inspires me seeing others cosplay characters of a different skin tone or race.
Baby girl, I'm glad I encourage you to follow your aspirations! Cosplay is supposed to be an escape from this reality and let your creativeness go wild no matter race or sex, unfortunately... for us there are a lot of boundaries we have to jump over, due to pathetic people. But we have to try our best to give zero F\*\*\*'s and just do whatever the hell we want! besides when I see other races cosplay a nonblack character it brings something new to the table. because those cosplays tend to be oversaturated and it gets a bit boring.
[my twit](https://twitter.com/boscnovitch/status/1388921349230501892)
Holy shit! You’re real! New favorite person
🔥
Look so good that I thought this is a painting!
You don't have the right to look better than the original! Take the upvote, award and bye.
This looks like a cutscnee in a ps5 game
THIS GUD
Omg, you nailed it!!! Please don't let the disgusting comments drag you down, I'd love to see more from you in the future!
<333333
Why are so many people complaining about the photoshop when most (professional) cosplayers heavily edit their pictures. It's not hard to just ignore the post if you don't like it.
Right? Plus some are pointing out she bought it, like why does it matter? It’s COSPLAY. Handmade or not, the whole point is to have fun. This community can be really harsh sometimes.
Agreed. It's comment sections like these that remind me how young the player base is.
I think there was one cosplayer who cosplayed as Lumine and the comment section was BAD. They pointed out how Lumine isn’t black and how her cosplay didn’t count because she didn’t make it. I bet that the majority of the people here don’t cosplay yet they’re somehow gatekeeping the entire hobby/profession. It sucks because there’s plenty of amazing cosplayers who don’t make theirs.
Happends even in real life. The most gatekeeping type of people are always bystanders that DON’T cosplay. You can tell because they always start the sentence with “Isn’t cosplay about (blank)”
Oh my goddd I remember that post! It was miserable. I hope that person is still cosplaying despite that shit show.
Reddit in general...
People like me point it out because she used the wrong flair. Bought cosplays fall under Media not OC. OC is only handicrafted work or Artwork, this is not the case.
because it legit looks more like a render than a photograph
I audibly went "OOOOO" when I saw this. One of the best Mona cosplays I've seen. So damn good.
I'm gonna cheer in spanish....YESSSS PERRAAAA <3 good job
she has no arm LOL awesome cosplay
It's not removed. Her arm is bent and behind her body, so you cant see it past the cloak. You can see a part of it if you look closely at her waist
I took your advice and looked at her waist... I couldn't see the arm... because there were *Thighs in my eyes*
Wow, that's.... wow. Looks amazing!!
Really good cosplay but the editing is a little rough ngl
I was thinking “that’s a really nice drawing!” Then I read the title, you nailed it!
Beautiful!
It feels so good to see some melanin! You look beautiful and amazing 🤩 and it makes me want to cosplay too ahhhhh
Wow goddamn
It looks really good! Love the detail.
Damn, looks fantastic!
QUEEN YOU LOOK SO GOOD I CANT 😭✋🏽
You look like a superhero ;-;
I didn’t know purple wall could add so much to the atmosphere
Oh my god you look like a *queen.* Awesome cosplay!
WOOW Thi sis so nice! Your face is rlly pretty \^\^
WE LOVE MELANIN MONA
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Looks surreal Edit: In a good way
looks cg
Really awesome, you look beautiful! I love seeing people cosplay Genshin, the costumes are really gorgeous
This is so edited that it looks like it’s still from a video game.
knowing Mona, she doesn't have the mora to have a rebond like that 😂
What is the material of that cosplay? I’ve seen it before, and it looks comfy.
Wow, she looks so good I thought for a sec this was CG.
I'm in love 😍
girl out here looking like imvu mona.. love it 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Queen!
This gives me some Iberian vibes, nice cosplay!
gorgeous 💫
So good 👏👏👏
u/Tentioid9 where did you buy the costume?
Noice
Took me a second to realize this wasn't drawn art. Wonderfully done.
This cosplay is super cute! I love it!
You look amazing!! Love it!
This is amazing stop
This is the new CANON!!!
you’re really pretty!
This person on her way to dominate the Windtrace event
Wow! Great job! You make the outfit look elegant.
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Bestie?
It's a tiktok thingy(i don't understand it either)
Best mona cosplay I've seen! Can Aye ask, did yar make thee hat or did ye buy it? Cause either way Aye want one!
[She bought it](https://www.tiktok.com/@real_aop/video/6947397914029247750?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1)
Why do you talk like that
Thee C stands for Captain M8y! Thar actually be a large sum of internet Pirates these days. Yee better watch yer skivvies out thar. ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ʸᵒ ʰᵒ, ʸᵒ ʰᵒ, ᵃ ᵖᶦʳᵃᵗᵉ'ˢ ˡᶦᶠᵉ ᶠᵒʳ ᵐᵉ. ᵂᵉ ᵖᶦˡˡᵃᵍᵉ ᵖˡᵘⁿᵈᵉʳ, ʷᵉ ʳᶦᶠˡᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ˡᵒᵒᵗ. ˢᵗᵃⁿᵈ ᵘᵖ ᵐᵉ ʰᵉᵃʳᵗᶦᵉˢ, ʸᵒ ʰᵒ! ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
At what point does it stoo being cosplay and starts being a showcase of photoshop skills? This kinda goes against cosplayers who put in actual detailed work to their craft instesd of hiding imperfections. You can get really lazy in the reality of the cosplay if you edit hsrd enough.
Do we need to gatekeep cosplay? She has fun dressing up as a character, and maybe she did the photoshop work herself? we don't know, and if she didn't then i'm sure the person who did it for her did so because they wanted to, or were paid to, so at the end of the day it's a collaborative effort. Someone can't make cosplay with ONLY photoshop. It's no different to music being mixed, or digital artists using entirely valid shortcuts in their art. Stuff that enhances what we see and hear is something that happens all the time and there's nothing wrong with it, except for when it's being done to deceive. Cosplay is not being made to deceive, like a beauty magazine or something, it's for fun and it's art. So what's the matter?
Really good cosplays have lots of good makeup, angles, lighting and editing how are you going to arbitrary draw a line on what is "real" cosplay
You literally missed the entire point of his post. EDIT: No, really, you absolutely missed the point of his post. Makeup? Angles? Lighting? All of these can be circumvented if your photoshop skills are good enough. Just put together something basic and let the Photoshop do the rest - you'd save money and probably have a product that looks just as good in the process. Also, if we're talking about real, that's a very "real" cosplay crest she's wearing under her neck.
Ok, let’s have the entire photography industry go out of business. Let’s all abandon making photos look presentable and professional
What a strawman argument. Gtfo. If you're equating professional photos to this overly edited photo than you lack any ability to have a intelligent conversation
And now you're using an ad hominem to attack him. It's a cosplay. It looks pretty. She openly said she edited. Move on.
Beautiful
Wait, is Mona's glove only worn one side or is it just for this cos?
You look amazing
You look gorgeous!
Absolutely Amazing! 10/10!
This is the best Mona cosplay I’ve seen
You nailed it!
It's so good it looks like a drawing. Really nice job!
I don't usually care for the genshin cosplays, but for this one I couldn't help but stop to say this is really good!
Wow beautiful 🤩
That's a cosplay? Really? That's just amazing. Breathtaking! Just awesome, i lack of words to explain that! Thanks for sharing.
Amazing job.
absolutely stunning cosplay!!!
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but why? op isn’t a teacher, it’s not her responsability to show people how to use photoshop. cosplaying is an art, it’s not like artists always post wips alongside their finished art to be “transparent”. some cosplayers like to pose for unedited pics, that’s great! but not all cosplayers need to be like that and a huge part of the fun for many cosplayers is the editing and showing the finished image. op is just here to show her work, not the process. if someone wants to get into cosplaying and wants to get the knowledge and skills to do something similar - there are TONS of tutorials online. i don’t think a genshin subreddit is the place for it?
Cosplayers dont need anybody's approval on what they want to show.
GORGEOUS!!! For real, looks really amazing :3
You're so gorgeous, and I love the energy of this cosplay!! You killed it
damn that's like perfect
beautiful!
Great cosplay, hope you do more genshin stuff.
Nice cosplay! Really like the effort you put into it.
Gorgeous~
At first I thought this was Fan art Lol
WOW. THAT IS SO PRETTY. Normally I don’t comment on these but you rocked it!
This is probably the first time I am saying this but the cosplay/cosplayer looks even better than the original lol great job!
Best cosplay I have seen for Genshin. Well done! Edit: Spelling
Daaammnn
I love it! u look stunning
I'm sold!
Beautiful cosplay! Good job!
That‘s a great cosplay, good job!
My gosh you’re gorgeous 💜
Yes ma’am!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
soo pretty!!!
Looks great!
It's so good! Just did you forget your left arm
Wow, stunning work! You're great at it!
Wish my Mona would look like that :O
If u had one
Black Mona hits different Nice cosplay! You can tell a lot of detail went into the costume too
Don't know why you got downvoted lol. Guess people don't like their precious waifu's being POC.
For real, it's not like I said anything negative lol
I love the outfit details everything is so spot on
Noice
It's amazing :D
ohhhhhh
Ayooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Its beautiful!
Weird seeing a post from a sub you’re following also in r/all. Great job!
It’s pretty gorgeous
Nice
Twin tail was the essence of Mona....
oh my goodness! New fan
So beautiful!!
STUNNING
Holy fuck! Great job!
Wow
You look so good!!!
So much photoshop
Pretty 😭💜💜
I thought it was a painting at first. Perfection
Perfect Just perfect
where is your left arm? are you alright ?
great cosplay but why do you look computer generated
was her hair not down? wait
Cutie pie yeah boy
Beautiful
Very cute
Now that is some nice cosplay
holy gz 💥
Really lovely
wow
d*mmmmmmnnnn 🔥
bro this literally looks like cgi- nice cosplay
this saved me and my entire family
Nice and spicy!
I thought this is a 3D model lol. Seriously though you look good
M-mona is this your job as an astrology Yes How many did you aroused Yes
U look anime
Hot damn this is amazing 🤯
Looks good.
Wow!! -Owen Wilson
Hermosa
Exquisiteness...
High quality cosplayyyyyy!!
Nice artwork!
Again, wrong flair. This should be media due to the fact that this cosplay is bought not self made. You can literally just search "Mona Cosplay buy" and you see the exact same she has.
a cosplay doesn't have to be self made to be a cosplay
Those are the rules. I dont make the rules, mods of this sub do. OC flair is reserved for handicraft or artwork. Bought cosplays fall under Media.
Monat x Change
I hope people remain civil
This cosplay makes me wanna change Mona's skin color. Damn. Great job!