Hi everyone ! Corneline here.
I hope you're doing well. Today we meet for the first Q&A sessions.
I've gathered the questions by theme for it all to be clear
and I'll start by the beginning of the story.
First question:
Who are you and what do you do in life?
That's a long story! So I'm Caroline, 23,
...for the moment,
and I'm a professional costume maker.
I've completed my studies 3 years ago.
I've also been singing for 10 years at home as non-professional.
Then, I've got several questions mainly about the Witcher:
Why this costume's choice? What did you like in the Witcher series
(style, universe, game, books…)?
Are you a Witcher fan or is it just an inspiration source for costuming?
What fascinates you in the Witcher? What impact did it have on your projects?
Do you have a connection with the character of Priscilla or the Witcher's world in general?
As these questions are very close I'll answer to all of them at the same time.
The story begin in Spring 2015
when I meet a musician on the Internet named Alexandre.
We did some collabs together.
And what happens in Spring 2015?
The Witcher 3 comes out, and it becomes very popular. I don't know this universe at all.
Alexandre asks me if we could cover Priscilla's song.
Then it is love at first sight.
I discover a medieval-fantasy universe
with a lot of details, with amazing costumes,
a sweet and wistful song,
I say,
ok, such a huge discovery!
That's everything I love!
I'm very fond of these kind of medfan universes,
so I start to dig: I read the whole books series.
I've watched to whole Witcher 3 Playthrough by Bob Lennon.
I've watched Hearts of Stones' cinematics, as a movie,
I've played Blood and Wine but didn't finished it
(because I can't fight Dettlaff, but hush…)
There's a great work on the costumes because it mixes fantasy details
and historically accurate details.
The lore is rich, stories are captivating,
places are wonderfully brought to life,
characters are complex…
The Witcher is a very rich universe, and that's what's super interesting,
especially in a world where fantasy
is often kept on its simple basics,
and sometimes we can get bored.
So yes, the Witcher is a complete world with costumes everywhere,
j'adore!
So spring 2015 was the end of my costume making studies.
Priscilla was in fact my first challenge after this,
to know if I was able to make on my own
from head to toe, a character's costume according to the game's design.
So I've spent summer 2015 slowly working on it.
Once it was done,
I've made my first cosplay pics (big memory!) With a friend.
I've sent the pics and the vocal demo to the studio.
So, this was our work with Alexandre,
and we've sent it to the studio
who appreciated it!
They hired me for Paris Games Week 2015
to promote Hearts of Stone.
Then they hired me for Blood and Wine promotion
in an Italian castle,
with Youtubers from all around the world.
For sure my eyes were sparkling!
And finally I've worked for them at Gamescom 2016.
So, I have been official character three times,
with stage perfomances to sing Priscilla's song.
One of the videos we've recorded at Geek Days Lille
(because I also began to perform in conventions,
and sing Priscilla's song of course)
this video we've recorded with Let's Play – Festival and Canasucre production,
worked very well because it is about to reach half a million views-
and that's incredible!
I've also been cosplay judge ar Blavicon this year.
If you don't know Blavicon, it is a Witcher special convention in Czech Republic.
A great experience too.
So, what impact did this all had on my projects, and I would say on my whole life,
well it's just shaped my current life. That's all!
It opened the doors of professional cosplaying
- since CDPROJEKT hired me three times.
I've met a lot of people thanks to Priscilla and cosplay in general,
that are today my friends
and people I evolve with.
I could also find other jobs
because it filled my portfolio,
and when I had job interviews
I had some content to show.
I was able to work in the Puy du Fou costumes workshop.
I loved working for them!!
Concerning my private life,
it is also thanks to Priscilla cosplay that I've met my darling!
So, it really has shaped entirely my current life.
Do I have a connection with Priscilla?
I'd say yes,
we're both artists,
we're both women that love to create the show,
as soon as someone gives us an idea, we make it grow,
we make something out of it.
So, yeah, I think we are alike somehow,
in what we love, in what we do.
Since the success of your Witcher cosplays, the question's to be asked:
what made you play video games? Since when? Which games do you play?
The first game I truly loved was...
The Wind Waker. I was 9 then
and my parents offered my sister and I the GameCube
– The Wind Waker and Ocarina of Time edition.
Since then, I'm a huge Zelda fan!
It was the first time a game had such an effect on me.
Before, I had played games like Mario Kart, other little games on GameBoy Advance…
But Zelda was a true revelation.
It was then I discovered I love medfan universes.
I've played a lot of other Zelda games after that.
In thoses days, I had also really loved StarFox Adventures.
I've played Skyrim of course.
More recently, I really liked Dishonored 2,
because, it's silly but I love to play hide-and-seek,
so an infiltration game
is so much fun for me!
And now I'm playing new Zelda Breath Of The Wild,
which is really really beautiful.
But generally I don't play a lot because I'm busy with my costumes.
I would love to play more to enlarge my culture,
but this would also mean slow down on creating costumes.
We know you mainly because of your Priscilla and Dandeliona cosplays,
but what else did you do?
I make concerts and costumes/cosplays.
As cosplays, I've made: Dandelion (male)
worn by Virgile Cosplay,
also official character for CDPROJEKT
I'm really happy of that once again!
Lara Croft (Reboot 2013)
I've made a cosplay from the Game Endless Legend:
it is a round by round strategy game,
with several factions. I've chosen the one I preferred,
the Roving Clans,
who are travelers and merchants,
and I loved the ethnical and colorful aspect of the design,
so I chose to make a Roving Clan diplomat.
I've made Iris Von Everec.
Vernon Roche, for Samus Cosplay.
I've also made Red from the game Transistor, which was my biggest project with Dandelion until now,
it took me 200 hours,
and many hours of reflection and conception because I would like to get on stage with it some day.
More recently, I've work on more modest cosplays
as Anastasia's boat dress
and Link, who's just behind me, in Ordon village version.
In term of original creations,
I've made an oriental pirate
I've named her Ayati.
A fantasy outfit for my first concert at the Geek Faëries,
with a lot of things I love and wanted to put in it.
And in my favourite color, red <3
And at last,
outfits for my concert Dwarves and Dragons, according to the songs I cover.
Do you still have Witcher projects?
(costumes, covers, events…)
If yes, can we have some clues?
Well, I'd love to make a Yennefer,
but not the game's version.
Yennefer inspired me a lot while I was reading the books,
so I would like to make my own version
fanart version, or a version I would draw.
Concerning events, I want to attend Blavicon 2019
because I truly loved the 2018 edition, and I want to go back for sure.
Will we see you at Gwent Homecoming lauching?
No,
except if the studio asks me as official cosplayer
for the lauching of the game!
Cyberpunk cosplays are gonna kick aaasss!
I hope you'll have the occasion to do that!
There too, except if the studio hires me or if I join a cosplay group with my friends,
it is not the universe that I prefer,
so I don't think about being involved by myself.
Because you have to know that a costume is a lot of time and money.
This makes me jump to the next part of the video!
I know it depends on what we want to produce, but in average, how many time
and how much money do you spend on a costume? And where do you buy best materials?
Well.
I'm gonna say what everyone says: it depends!
But to give you a concrete example:
Anastasia takes 1 week
Link takes 2 weeks
Roving Clans Diplomat takes 3 weeks
Dandelion (male or female) takes 1 month and about 200euros of materials.
The time and money you will put into a costume depends on your degree of requirement,
and the budget you want or can put in it.
The more details you wanna do for your cosplay to be accurate,
the more time it will take.
And if you want a quality material, good-looking IRL or in photo or in video,
maybe I will cost more indeed.
It can also depend where you get you material: you can be very lucky.
Because you can find them everywhere. Let me explain.
You can find them in specialized stores for cosplay, on the internet or in conventions.
You can find them in classic fabric stores,
for clothing or furnishing.
Knowing it's very interesting to search in furnishing for costumes
because you'll find textures and reliable fabrics that you do not always find in clothing.
But you can also find you materials in flea-markets or any second-hand shop:
then it becomes interesting because your initial budget can lower.
For example: I've found Iris' dress fabric in Emmaüs.
It's an old hanging that was there, on the wall,
and as soon as I've seen it, I was like "wait, it's exactly the pattern I need for Iris!"
I knew, as an old fabrics, it had little chance to be mixed with synthetic fibers:
that meant I could dye it easily.
So, I've bought the fabric. It costed me 7 euros.
It's the main material of the cosplay but that was the cheapest part of it all!
And I simply dyed it black.
Gumtree is also very useful:
it's where I've found my pirate's musket and sabers.
You can also find materials in DIY shops.
When and what was your first cosplay?
It was a Steampunk Jedi
and it was in June 2014. I had made for Japan Expo. I was half-way in my costume making studies.
I was starting to discover the cosplay universe.
I'm not very proud of the first version,
that's why I worked on it once more to accentuate steam and adventurer side.
I've sold it to the beautiful Claire Obscure,
who's made some pics with it!
A common question but somebody has to ask:
an ambitious cosplay that you've haven't dared yet to make?
Well!
There are several in fact!
Since the time everyone around me tells me I have to make it,
first would be Midona.
They all see me as Midona but I don't even know how to make it right!
Looking at the character…
There's a lot of work!
It's not impossible but there are a lot of things looking difficult to me.
Other ambitious cosplay dreams: I love the White Witch from Narnia.
And, I would also love to recreate on stage the snow dance from Memoirs of a Geisha.
If you could travel back through time to your first cover/cosplay,
what would you say to your younger self?
Go on!
But don't forget to get some pleasure
and feel what you are doing.
It's not only about technic or perfection.
It has to be heartfelt.
And...
please yourself, enjoy:
because only this, makes it all worth it.
Then, I have some questions about singing:
Are you a professional singer as you perform in conventions
or other cultural events?
Do you make a living of your music or do you have another job?
So, I'm not a professional singer, as I don't make a living of my music,
and I'm basically a professional costume maker.
Do you plan an album some day?
Well not yet, I only make covers
so there's not enough maturity to claim recording an album for the moment.
What are your next musical projects?
I would love to make a music video with Red:
she's a singer so it seems clear.
And I would love to come back the Geek Faëries 2019 with Dwarves and Dragons,
so that a lot of other people can also see the show.
Have you ever thought about learning to play the lute for real?
Yes.
But that's not a good idea.
In which conventions will you been next and we'll we see you again at Lille's Geek Days?
I would love to visit Cidre et Dragon in September, I've never been to and I've heard a lot of good about it,
so I would like to try.
Maybe Comic Con Paris this year. Blavicon 2019 for sure.
And Japan Expo 2019 because I would like to try ECG French selections.
I don't think about coming back to the Geek Days.
A last question: Will you be visiting Orlando, Florida any time soon?
No, except, once again, if I'm invited by a convention.
It's a bit far from home so it's a bit expansive! By myself, no I don't think so.
About the year to come: I would love to develop my activity as independent costume maker.
Make costumes on order, costumes for shows.
I would also love to collaborate with Tenhaku Photography,
make outfits for his shootings, so if there are models who can be interested, that could be a great project.
And, at the end of the year, in July,
well, the end of the year in one year,
well, that's not clear!
I would love to try ECG.
And to make some music videos in costumes.
That's what you can expect from the year to come.
If you are a convention interest by cosplay judge or concert,
don't hesitate to message me!
If you're a video game studio, and you want to order cosplay and cosplayer,
I am at your service!
I hope you liked this Q&A sessions!It was my first time
so I hope you weren't bored and I have been enough at ease.
Don't hesitate to ask other questions in the comments: I'll answer!
Don't hesitate if you want to make suggestions:
For instance, if you think it would be a good idea for me to open a Patreon.
If you already wanted to get some prints.
I've never had prints so I don't know how many people would be interested
to buy it in conventions or order them...
If you're interested by tutorials…
…or whatever you think!
Well, I hope you will keep on following me,
and see you soon!
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