31 October,2021 09:41 AM IST | Florida | Agencies
She has even had offers from Hollywood make-up artists to shadow them on set
A Florida-based artist and cosplayer, who goes by the name Alyson Tabbitha, has racked up 1.1 million followers on Instagram, and nearly 4,00,000 YouTube subscribers, for her eye-popping transformations into characters such as Captain Jack Sparrow, Wonder Woman and Lydia Deetz from "Beetlejuice." Her costumes look so real that she has often been accused of faking it. But she maintains she's a self-taught "one woman show."
Her costumes look so real that she is often accused of faking it,but she maintains [that] she's a self-taught "one woman show." Pics Courtesy/Instagram
"I don't put filters on my pictures," Tabbitha told The Post. "When I first started this a few years ago, and my pictures went viral, people would say, âoh it's just Photoshop'. I've had people say I have a team of stylists. It's very flattering." Doubters can go to Tabbitha's YouTube channel, which features elaborate step-by-step tutorials. "I do wear these in public, so the make-up and the costumes have to be convincing. They have to move and translate well in real life," said Tabbitha.
She is now a popular draw at cosplay conventions, and has landed social media sponsorships from companies like Disney, Netflix, Lionsgate and HBO Max. She's even had offers from Hollywood make-up artists to shadow them on set. But surprisingly enough, Tabbitha, who does everything from make-up, sewing her own costumes, building sets and modelling the outfits, fell into the "hobby" by accident.
As a child, she was home-schooled and her parents fostered her love for art. Her first cosplay models were her Barbie dolls. "I would cut off their hair and paint their faces. I started making Joker dolls and sold them on eBay and was making money when I was 14." As a pre-teen, Tabbitha, whose mother taught her to sew, was Captain Jack Sparrow for Halloween. "My mom was like, âMmm, a grown man, that's an interesting choice'. That was the first costume I really worked hard on." The Pirates of the Caribbean fanatic kept taking on bigger challenges.
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