MICHAEL
An orignal cosplay inspired by the character from The Magnus Archives written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall. Influenced specifically by the descriptions of Sannikov Land within the podcast and MC Escher's beautiful and haunting piece, Relativity.
MORE ABOUT MICHAEL
Aw man I'd never been huge into podcasts, but after listening to The Adventure Zone quickly followed by Critical Role and having friends start recommending me story-based podcasts, I finally gave The Magnus Archives a shot and I'm so glad I did! It's become one of my favorite podcasts ever and Michael has become one of my favorite malicious spirals. (Only one of though, it would be disrespectful to Junji Ito to claim otherwise.)
This costume was patterned by making a button down mock up from my collection of slopers and drawing a simplified version of MC Escher's Relativity on to the front. I then cut out the individual shapes in different colors with seam allowance, and hand pieced everything together. Sewing the rest of the shirt was pretty standard. Wish i had some funky hands — one day, hopefully.
QUICK STATS
Completed: January 2020
Construction Time: 30 Hours
Worn At: Arisia 2020
Status: Active
Honors: Created for judging craftsmanship in the Arisia 2020 Masquerade