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Cosplay Transformation Tips with Make Up Artist Black Crystal - MoComCon 2025

2025-03-22 14:00:00 2025-03-22 14:45:00 America/New_York Cosplay Transformation Tips with Make Up Artist Black Crystal - MoComCon 2025 Learn essential skills and techniques to transform your look with makeup, taking your cosplay characters to the next level. Beginners welcome! BlackRock Center for the Arts - Studio 3

Saturday, March 22
2:00pm - 2:45pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-22 14:00:00 2025-03-22 14:45:00 America/New_York Cosplay Transformation Tips with Make Up Artist Black Crystal - MoComCon 2025 Learn essential skills and techniques to transform your look with makeup, taking your cosplay characters to the next level. Beginners welcome! BlackRock Center for the Arts - Studio 3

Learn essential skills and techniques to transform your look with makeup, taking your cosplay characters to the next level. Beginners welcome!

Step into the world of cosplay with Cosplay Transformation Tips, a 45-minute workshop led by renowned makeup artist Black Crystal. This workshop will focus on the essential skills and techniques to transform your look with makeup, taking your cosplay characters to the next level. Whether you're aiming for a flawless superhero look, an intricate fantasy design, or a dramatic villain transformation, Black Crystal will teach you how to enhance your cosplay with makeup tricks that make all the difference.

What to Expect:

  • Professional Techniques: Learn makeup techniques that can create realistic, dramatic, and transformative looks. Black Crystal will walk you through step-by-step instructions for achieving the perfect cosplay face, from foundation to the final touch-ups.
  • Cosplay Character Focus: You’ll discover how to adapt makeup for different types of characters, whether it's emphasizing sharp features, creating fantasy prosthetics, or mastering iconic character details like scars, facial tattoos, or other distinguishing marks.
  • Color & Contouring Tips: Understand the importance of color theory and contouring in cosplay makeup. Black Crystal will show you how to use shadows and highlights to bring out the features of your character and create depth, as well as tips on choosing colors that match your character’s personality and style.
  • Prosthetics & Special Effects: Learn about applying simple prosthetics, adding special effects like aging or injury makeup, and how to work with materials like latex or gel for additional transformation.

Q&A Session: After the demonstration, Black Crystal will open the floor for questions and give personalized advice to help you perfect your own cosplay looks.

Ideal For:

  • Cosplayers looking to elevate their costume with professional makeup techniques.
  • Beginners wanting to learn the basics of cosplay makeup.
  • Anyone interested in special effects, character transformation, and makeup artistry.
  • By the end of the session, you’ll have new tools and insights to apply makeup in ways that enhance your cosplay and make your characters come to life in the most captivating way possible. Join us for this fun and informative workshop with Black Crystal and bring your cosplay to the next level!

Seating is limited and will be available first-come-first-serve for the first 40 attendees. 

This program is a MoComCon event. MoComCon is a two-day event, celebrating all things comics, graphic novels, and fandoms! To view more information and events, check out the MoComCon website

Library Program Attendance (both virtual and in the branch) is limited to participants within the suggested age range of the program. Children attending an MCPL program under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults attending a program intended for children must have an accompanying child.

Questions about this program? Contact the branch at (240) 777-0110

Looking for more fun things to do at MCPL? MoComCon 2025 is coming!
Join us at Germantown Library and BlackRock Center for the Arts on March 22nd & March 23rd!
Take a look at our Schedule of Events!

Take a look at these MoComCon resources for suggested graphic novels and nonfiction for kids, teens, and adults!

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Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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AGE GROUP: | Tweens | Teens | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Workshop | Special Event | Lectures and Discussions |

TAGS: | MoComCon |

Germantown Library

Phone: 240-777-0110

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