/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9765656
If you turned orange using fake tanner then you used the wrong fake tanner. If you got streaky using fake tanner, then you applied it wrong.

Mind you, there's a lot of darker skinned characters that are not 'black'. They're 'ambiguously ethnic'. I don't really see any issue with somebody using fake tanner to pull off Zazie Rainyday from Negami!, Kaolla Su from Love Hina, or Ishizu Ishtar and Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Now, don't get me wrong, there's a point it can get ridiculous, and the Overwatch character might just fall under ridiculous. The main character that comes to mind immediately would be Moonbay from Zoids when compared to the rest of the characters. There is a point a character is no longer ambiguous. I mean, self-tanner can only go so far. There's a point it's best not to try to hide your ethnicity. I mean, black people cosplay as white character all the time. There is a certain point you cannot get that dark as a white girl without looking like a damn fool.

It's okay to go tan for the sake of a cosplay. It is not okay to straight up change you skin color to try looking straight black.