Big and Beautiful Cosplayers, Here We Come! When I started attending science fiction and comic book conventions something smacked me in the face. During the costume competition this coming together of like-minded individuals allowed the young women to let their hair down. And their bodies free! Thick or thin, during the masquerade the cosplayers were radiant, smiling, and proud. The term 'body positivity' had yet to be invented, but everyone was included. Then as now the nerds were ahead of the game. So here are my made-up cosplayers, portraying never-before-seen characters (that do not infringe on anyone's intellectual property!) And even when these women wear itty bitty indentured servant girl bikinis, they're spilling out of them joyfully. The cosplayer is wearing that metal bra and panties because it makes her feel good. First and foremost, she's dressing up for herself… but your enjoyment is a part of the fun. And so here they are, on parade for this shared pleasure, the Curvy Cosplayers!

Hubba-hubba! Va-Va-Voom! Ooogah! Ooogah! Dangerous curves ahead! Sixty-four full-color, larger-than-life, never-before-seen Pin-ups come to life in this delightful modern take on the classic art form. Custom-crafted using a state of the art, ethically trained stable diffusion model these curvy cuties have been retouched, montaged and repainted with care. The sexy silliness of the images is hi-lighted by captions evoking the camp of the pin-up era. Big, Beautiful Pin-ups include: Vintage Vixens Blonde Bombshells Pin-ups of Color Gothic Girls Radiant Redheads Heroines and Warriors Space Explorers Pin-up Girls-Next-Door, So get ready for this embarrassment of riches, these brand-spanking new pin-ups for the AI age. The girls are all excited to meet you!

Fantastic Figures from Fantasy & Science Fiction… So, here we are again, in a world of pure imagination. Some of these science fictional sirens are… truly strange. The bald cyborgs, with and without fleshy human faces and hands, fascinate me, and I hope you as well. I find myself spellbound by the band-leader fem bots in their cyberpunk hats… the big booty space suit girl… and finally, the anime influenced, impossibly curvy goth queens in black and white satin, leather, lace, and vinyl. These temptresses are equal part Pygmalion and Frankenstein. They're the pulp paperback cover dream queens from our collective unconscious… Scary, or sexy, or both at once!

Feast your eyes on this ‘big year’ of 365 hand-crafted, AI inspired pin-ups! A never-before-seen bountiful buffet of busty, bodacious and bootylicious beauties! This Omnibus edition includes all six volumes of Eva Quim’s Big Beautiful Pin-Up series and an additional baker’s dozen of freshly crafted cuties to bring the total to 367—one year plus a lost weekend of big and bouncy fun! The content’s Include: Big Beautiful Pin-Up Retro Noir Pin-Up Plus-Size Paula Pin-Up Plus-Size Cosplay Pin-Up Fem-Bot & Cyborg Girl Pin-Up Fantastic Figures Pin-up A Bigger and Better Baker’s Dozen NOTE: These aren’t photographs!!!! Eva Quim spent a year dragging these AI inspired images out of the cold uncanny valley into the clear, warm light of day. Hundreds of hours of digital repainting, recoloring, retouching and compositing have had a transformative effect, bringing the lovely ladies here to life. No living artist names, living celebrity names, or copyrighted intellectual properties have been prompted in the creation of these images.

Space… a Fantastic Feminine Frontier… Busty Space Patrol Beauties… Shiny Sci-Fi Sirens… Armored & Augmented Fembots and Cyborgina… SDXL2 Soviets and Steampunks So, if it hasn't been obvious from the beginning, I'm a SF nerd. I know. You're shocked. I grew up fascinated by Frazetta book covers, (and posters, magazines, album covers, etc. —he was everywhere.) I was transfixed by EC reprints emblazoned with skin-tight-space-suited Girls in Peril. I was besotted by bosomy B-movie amazons and aliens; Barbarella, Galaxina, Cherry 2000, and the busty Star Trek duo of Uhura and Seven of Nine… I never lost interest in SF—and SF has never failed to delivery curvy women in outlandish costumes. So here's my latest and greatest collection of AI assisted & hand retouched, composited and repainted Pin-Ups. I hope you find them worth your while.

We all want to see Snow White with tattoos, right? Well, at least photographer Robert Alvarado does. In his newest collection of high-octane, pin-up images, Alvarado shows how his own style of shooting and editing, which has been called cartoonish, illustrated, and painted marries perfectly with cosplay. In more than 150 vibrant, color images, see Alvarado's take on this pop culture phenomenon as he captures models "cosing" as characters from Buck Rogers, Deadpool, Star Wars, your favorite D.C. and Marvel franchises, and much more. From fantasy to sci-fi and Disney to video games, the models embody and costume many beloved characters while striking traditional and contemporary pin-up poses. Complete with some behind-the-scenes shots and details on Alvarado's approach to working with the models, this is the perfect collection of images for fans and students of pop culture and pin-up photography.

Part of your job as the costume designer is to be creative and use what materials are available to you to execute the design elements in a production. This book will show you how to use inexpensive materials to create durable products in a short amount of time that are practical and technical. It is written in an easy-to-follow manner and each step is shown with a wide array of illustrations and photographs. From creating armour out of laundry baskets, to detailed tricks to create a prosthetic nose for a witch, this book will show the techniques needed for you to produce end results that are beautiful, economical, and fast to make.

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

The effective preparation of garments for display is essential for exhibitions of contemporary and historical dress. Costumes not only need to be visually appealing but also fully supported and historically accurate. This book provides a comprehensive guide to mounting costumes from the eighteenth century to the present day. It includes methods for adapting and shaping figures to create historical silhouettes, constructing underpinnings and making replicas and toiles using inexpensive and simple techniques. A Practical Guide to Costume Mounting is an invaluable resource for conservators, historians and all those working with clothing in museums, private collections and throughout the fashion and theatre industries. Trained as a historical costume maker, author Lara Flecker is the textile display specialist at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. She has worked extensively with the museum’s world-class costume collection, preparing garments for display. Her simple mounting methods are clearly explained and can be used by people with a wide range of experience, including those with few sewing skills.

Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls is a manifesto and call to arms for women of all sizes and ages. With smart and spirited eloquence, veteran blogger Jes Baker calls on women to be proud of their bodies, fight against fat-shaming, and embrace a body-positive worldview to change public perceptions and help women maintain mental health. With the same straightforward tone that catapulted her to national attention when she wrote a public letter addressing the sexist comments of Abercrombie & Fitch's CEO, Jes shares personal experiences along with in-depth research in a way that is approachable, digestible, and empowering. Featuring notable guest authors, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls is an invitation for all women to reject fat prejudice, learn to love their bodies, and join the most progressive, and life-changing revolution there is: the movement to change the world by loving their bodies.