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Gaga over garb: These artists spend months, and even lakhs, to make costumes based on their favourite fictional character
Sameer Bundela, a 30-year-old Mumbai-based multimedia artist, has cosplay earning between Rs 30,000 - Rs 40,000.
Synopsis
Cosplay, or costume play, is the practice of dressing up as a character from a film, book or a video game.
The tattoo-covered Akali is currently 19-years-old and is deadly with a sword. But you wouldn’t have heard of her unless of course you have played a video game called League of Legends.But for Medha Srivastava, Akali is worth hours of her time. The Mumbai-based concept artist dedicates a lot of time to correctly conceptualise, paint, design and create an Akali outfit for herself.Srivastava is a cosplay enthusiast who also takes up freelance
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