Low Cost Cosplay

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About

Low Cost Cosplay is a photo project by Bangkok, Thailand resident Anucha Saengchart, in which he is photographed wearing DIY costumes created from various household items.

Origin

On December 17th, 2013, the Lowcostcosplay Facebook^[1] page was launched, with the first post highlighting a photograph of Saengchart dressed as the character Spock from Star Trek (shown below). Within three years, the Facebook page gained over 1.42 million likes.

Spread

On March 12th, 2014, Kotaku^[4] published an article about Saengchart's photos titled "This Mans Terrible Cosplay Makes the Internet a Better Place." On April 24th, 2015, Smosh^[7] highlighted several notable Low Cost Cosplay photos. On November 24th, 2015 Redditor sundotkulangot uploaded a gallery of Saengchart's cosplay photos to the /r/funny^[2] subreddit, where it received upwards of 4,400 votes (82% upvoted) and 70 comments prior to being archived. On May 27th, 2016, the lowcost_cosplay Instagram feed was launched, with the first post featuring Saengchart dressed as the Overwatch character Tracer (shown below, left).^[8] On October 10th, Tumblr user agito666^[6] posted a comic titled "Low Cost Cosplay," featuring the Overwatch character D.Va cosplaying as the character Sombra (shown below, right). That day, the comic was reposted to /r/Overwatch, where it gathered more than 1,800 votes (95% upvoted) within two months.

On September 12th, 2016, the Lowcost Cosplay YouTube channel was launched, featuring instructional videos in which Saengchart demonstrates how to make the homemade costumes.

On November 11th, Redditor Interestingasphuk posted a photograph titled "Low Cost Cosplay," featuringa man wearing paintbrushes taped to his head to look like Adolf Hilter. Prior to being archived, the post gained more than 5,700 votes (87% upvoted) and 60 comments on /r/pics.