Last yr, we invited cosplayers to indicate off their finest social distancing cosplay for Comic-Con@Home—and they delivered. The cosplay we noticed and shared was so wonderful, we determined to do it once more! As the nation prepares to open its conference doorways in 2022, we’re as soon as extra asking our cosplaying mates to assist us convey “Cosplay at Home” to life.

io9 would love if our fantastic readers would be a part of us on this yr’s “Best of San Diego Comic-Con Cosplay” video. Be certain to observe final yr’s video (seen above) for an thought of what we’re on the lookout for. Submissions will be easy—footage of you coaching, sparring, swinging your weapons, casting spells, interacting together with your roommate/sidekick, doing issues round your family, or no matter is smart to your character. You can tell us what you’ve been doing all year long to maintain busy and creating. If you’ve been engaged on a brand new costume, present that off! Otherwise, certainly one of your earlier costumes is all the time welcome.

Full submission info is supplied beneath, together with how and the place to ship your footage, and the deadline. We additionally filmed a video final yr for Comic-Con@Home 2020 that goes into the rules, which you’ll watch beneath.

Tips for recording:

• Record your self horizontally (not vertically).
• Don’t simply pose for a photograph: Record a video! You can showcase some motion/motion, or take footage of the method of entering into your costume or make-up.
• Feel free to make use of your area and get bodily, together with with props.
• Include full-body video photographs and nearer ones from the waist up.
• Get inventive! Do some bizarre digital camera actions. Get close-ups of your favourite equipment. Make horrifying faces. Sky’s the restrict.
• 4k shouldn’t be obligatory, however please change your digital camera or telephone settings to 1080p (60 frames per second).
• Keep spoken phrases to a minimal—utilizing one-liners right here and there are superb, however the video must be largely bodily (we’ll be placing your work to some cool music).

Include the next info in your video:

• Your full title, alongside together with your cosplayer title (if relevant).
• Your present metropolis.
• Your character’s title; what comedian, TV present, or movie they’re from.
• Up to 10 seconds of additional data you’d like us to learn about the way you made your costume and introduced it to life.

Please ship uncooked footage to suggestions@io9.com utilizing Google Drive with the topic line “io9 Comic-Con At Home Cosplay submission.” Don’t neglect to alter the sharing permissions to public so we can obtain it. Just ship us the footage—we’ll deal with the remaining! We’d additionally love a number of nonetheless images of you in your cosplay, so we are able to characteristic them on social media. If you may have any questions on how one can submit, e mail suggestions@io9.com and we’ll do our greatest to assist.

The deadline to submit is 11:59pm on July 16. By submitting to io9’s costume compilation, you’ve agreed to allow us to embrace your footage in our cosplay video, and publish it on our website and social media accounts. Any footage used will likely be credited to you. We may additionally need to contact you afterwards to interview you to elaborate additional in your costume/course of—please tell us in your e mail if that’s not one thing you’re comfy with.

Until we will be collectively once more in 2022, we look ahead to becoming a member of you as soon as once more at your kitchen desk!

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