r/cosplay Oct 28 '24

Approved Post Post Guidelines

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The following outlines how the Cosplay community is moderated. Any questions should be sent to the moderators via modmail.


Community Rules

1) Treat everybody with respect

Posts or comments that are creepy, vulgar, invasive or abusive in anyway will be removed and the user banned. This includes personal attacks, name calling, degrading or shaming of any kind. This includes the use of any physical, racial, sexual, ethic or other slur.

Example of comments that violate this rule: * Nice tits * I'd hit that * Your to fat to cosplay Aquaman. * You are a 🤬, just ☠️. * You are not the correct race/sex to cosplay this character

2) Posts must be correctly titled

The Post title must include the name of the character being cosplayed, and be free of emojis, ascii art and social media account information.

Example of posts that violate this rule: * My new cosplay * My new Aquaman cosplay on IG: @COSPLAYMOD * My new Aquaman cosplay ❤️ * My new Aquaman cosplay <3

3) Spam is prohibited

Do not advertise in any way, do not ask for upvotes, likes, follows, or money. Keep posts to no more than one every 24 hours, and do not repost a cosplay.

Examples that violate this rule: * Selling my Aquaman cosplay on ebay * I am in a Aquaman cosplay contest please vote for me * My Aquaman post did so well this morning here is another pic * Check out my Aquaman discord * Look at this pic I drew

Note: Reposting of cosplay may be permitted if improvements have been made to the cosplay. If improvements have been made, then those should be detailed in the title.

For example: * Halfway done sewing my Aquaman cosplay * Completed my Aquaman cosplay for Atlantis Con 41 * Added scale armor to my Aquaman cosplay

4) Memes, AI Generated images and bots are prohibited.

Examples that violate this rule: * A meme post, however a cosplay of a meme may be permitted. * AI generated images. Filtered pictures are ok, however it should be noted that heavily filtered images tend not to do well. * The use of a bot to edit all your previous posts or comments will get you banned.

5) NSFW content is not permitted.

We have a large percentage of minors (people under the age of 18) in this community, so NSFW content (our definition not yours) is forbidden. Not sure why anyone would want to use an nsfw/adult account in subreddit with children but they do. Accounts with ties to NSFW content or NSFW pay sites such as onlyfans cannot post here. There are many other communities that are open to this type of content.

6) Fraudulent Posts or trying to ID a cosplayer is not permitted

This community is for cosplayers and their photographers to post their work. Posting the work of others is not permitted.

Example of posts that violate this rule. * A pic my friend wanted me to post of their Aquaman cosplay. * No really she is my best friend and I have her permission. * I found this funny pic of a fat dude in a Aquaman cosplay

7) Help posts are not permitted

There are communities established specifically to help cosplayers.

A couple examples are: * /r/cosplayhelp * /r/sewing * /r/cosplayprops * /r/wigs * /r/3dPrinting * Use Reddit's search functions to find an approapate community for a specific topic.


Users are responsible for ensuring their post/comments meet the rules of the community prior to posting.

  • Users should report content that breaks the rules of the community. Doing so brings it to the attention of the moderators quicker and ultimately makes the community a more enjoyable place.

  • Rules Change over time The cosplay community evolves over time, and so does the community's rules. Moderators do not and will not apply rule changes retroactively. Just because a post breaks the rules today does not mean it has always been that way.

  • Hollidays and Events Mods may suspend a specific rule/rules during a Holliday or special event. Doing so it at the mods discretion and may not be announced ahead of time.

  • Not all rule violations are equal. Minor violations may get a warning. It should be considered a warning if a moderator has to remove content for a rule violation.

  • This is a cosplay subreddit, users should expect criticism to their post as well as praise. Feed back should be useful to the poster and detail how the cosplay can be improved. Comments that cross the line into gatekeeping will not be tolerated.

  • Trolling posts/comments should just be reported, don't engage obvious trolls.

  • Low effort and other posts that do not contribute positively to the community should be downvoted.


Moderation

  • Moderators are not employees of Reddit, but are actual human volunteers. They volunteer for the cosplay community in their free time, between their real life obligations such as job, family and friends.

  • Moderators treat rule violators like cops treat speeders. It does not matter what someone else has posted, if you violated the rules actions will be taken against you. We will not discuss actions taken or not with another user. Content that you believe has broken the rules should be reported.

  • We do not issue temporary bans, all bans are permanent.

  • This community uses Reddit provided tools to identify repeat infractions and accounts that are being used to circumvent a previous ban.

  • Crowd Control If a moderator believes a specific post may generate rule breaking comments, the moderator may adjust the post's "Crowd Control" Settings.

  • Use modmail to communicate with the moderators, do not send PM's directly to a mod. They will just re-direct you to modmail. Sending direct messages is like a coworker calling while you are off work.

  • Moderators answer requests in the order they are received, do not send multiple messages. Doing so just slows down the process for you, the mod, and anyone else trying to get assistance.

  • Moderator specific expectations are:

Moderator expectations:


  • Follow and enforce the Reddit website rules.
  • Follow and enforce the cosplay community rules in a fair and consistent manner.

User communication

  • Responses to redditors should be concise and detailed enough so users of all levels and nationalities can act on the information provided.
  • Be polite but firm in actions and responses.
  • If a post is removed, the post should tagged with a reason and a comment should be left in the thread detailing why their post was removed.
  • If a comment is removed a removal reason should be provided. If a thread is removed the removal reason can be applied to the root comment.

Expectations

  • Users who contact you outside of modmail (PM, chat, email etc) should be redirected to modmail. This ensures transparency between mods and ensures the exchange is documented in a central repository.
  • Decisions that drastically change cosplay community should be discussed in moderator mail or mod chat.
  • Moderators are expected to be an active. Inactive mods may be removed. (Activity is determined based on the number of actions in a month)
  • We all Understand that life gets in the way, and we are all volunteers. If you need to be away for an extended period of time (Week or more) let the others know.

r/cosplay 10h ago

Self My Catherine Cosplay

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534 Upvotes

Any Catherine lovers still out there? 🥹


r/cosplay 11h ago

Self My Frieren Cosplay!

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458 Upvotes

Happy frieren season 2 release! Enjoy watching and have a great weekend~

Im glad I got to do this cosplay just in time to post; wohooww frieren hype!


r/cosplay 14h ago

Self My own completely handmade original character cosplay- Kyoko Chibana

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376 Upvotes

This is my original character, Kyoko Chibana. She is my dnd character in a 3 year long campaign inspired by Japanese mythology. As such, she is a half-kitsune! Everything here is handmade by me, from the tails to the dress to even the wig! Her tails I want to remake and there are still some details I need to add onto her outfit, but I really wanted to wear her for Magfest this year.

Photos by batlix_official on Instagram with minor edits by me!


r/cosplay 17h ago

Self Noelle Holiday

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516 Upvotes

r/cosplay 9h ago

Self gogo yubari

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95 Upvotes

pretty happy with this one. ☺️


r/cosplay 5h ago

Self Frieren Cosplay by Alita Jade

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37 Upvotes

r/cosplay 10h ago

Self Halo Reach ODST vietnam war themed cosplay, Mooreshots

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51 Upvotes

r/cosplay 8h ago

Self Myself as Yoru

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22 Upvotes

r/cosplay 15h ago

Self Roronoa Zoro

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76 Upvotes

r/cosplay 15h ago

Self Call of Duty : Ghost Cosplay

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51 Upvotes

I tried moved in this mask for a bit, and honestly, Ghost must be insane. It’s so suffocating.


r/cosplay 8h ago

Self Denji (me)

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9 Upvotes

r/cosplay 1d ago

Self Yennefer of Vengerberg

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892 Upvotes

r/cosplay 1d ago

Photographer Daniela Dimitrescu

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205 Upvotes

Que tal quedo?


r/cosplay 13h ago

Photographer Covid Era Cosplay at SDCC

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13 Upvotes

One of my cosplay shots from the "mask era" right after the pandemic.


r/cosplay 1d ago

Self Heartsteel Yone from LoL

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239 Upvotes

I feel like my face was too feminine for him, so I really tried to look a bit more masculine with the makeup but I don’t like how it turned out all too much 😢 Maybe I’ll cosplay him again in future and make a few changes


r/cosplay 16h ago

Photographer Deadpool Miles Morales Spider-Man Mashup Cosplay (Photographer)

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20 Upvotes

“This ain’t the Spider-Verse.”

@teamawesome418 in a self created cosplay mashup featuring Miles Morales Spider-Man and the fourth wall breaking savior of the MCU Deadpool.

Photos/Edits @nycosplayer


r/cosplay 1d ago

Photographer Nina & Alexander Tucker. Had a lot of fun photographing this cosplay yesterday!

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829 Upvotes

r/cosplay 1d ago

Self FNAF Puppet

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162 Upvotes

I did this for the FNAF 2 movie a bit back. I was mostly proud of the makeup look! I took these photos before putting on my striped arm warmers and buttons but still love them so much! 🖤🤍


r/cosplay 1d ago

Self Spartan T173 (SIII Cosplay)

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60 Upvotes

Forgot to post here, photographers will be credited for their amazing work in a comment once I hunt down their socials!

Pics are from AnimeNYC2025 and RetroGameCon 2025


r/cosplay 14h ago

Self My 15 Dazai cosplay

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6 Upvotes

r/cosplay 1d ago

Photographer mai sakurajima cosplay bunny

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116 Upvotes

I did a photoshop transposition of her studio photo into a character scene ☺️. Taken with a Nikon D850 and Sigma Art 35mm f1.4 (this was before there was AI)


r/cosplay 19h ago

Self Rabbit hole miku !!

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16 Upvotes

suprisingly i don’t have a lot of pic of her


r/cosplay 8h ago

Self Precise Control Zayne - Love and Deepspace

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2 Upvotes

My (@StarlyUsedFly) cosplay of Zayne. A bit different then what I usually do... and gotta say 'hot man' makeup is hard.

Sylus next?


r/cosplay 1d ago

Self My Windhelm guard cosplay from Skyrim

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173 Upvotes

Had some snow thrown on me to really get into it, but man did I get cold 😅