One of the most fascinating things from the Harry Potter stories was the Polyjuice Potion. Drink it and you could transform into a whole other person!
Well, we may not have magic potions in our real world, but what we do have is make up, wigs, costumes and good camera angles. And if you ask us, it’s pretty much the same thing.
Don’t believe us? What you see next will have you convinced!
Meet Alyson Tabbitha, of Orlando, Florida, a YouTuber and cosplayer extraordinaire, whose complete transformations into popular fictional characters will leave you absolutely spellbound!
In fact, on Sunday, Tabbitha shared a picture of herself on Instagram dressed up as Wonder Woman and the Internet swore that she looked a spitting image of Gal Gadot!
Tabbitha was part of an impromptu dress rehearsal for which she made her own costume. The armour was made out of craft foam and poster board, while the breastplate was made using TreeFLX, a wood craft material.
What’s more, she even cut her long, red tresses and dyed them black for a more authentic look!
And while she insists that her costume is not quite complete, everyone who has seen the photo claims that she has pretty much nailed the look.
So how does she do it? Well, there’s oodles of effort involved and requires some pretty badass costumes that she makes herself, excellent make up skills and cool wigs and props!
You have to see it to believe how amazing her transformations are!
1. At first glance, you’d think it’s Natalie Portman from Star Wars. But wait!
2. Oh look! It’s Angelina Jolie from Lara Croft! Or is it?
3. Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder from Edward Scissorhands? Nah! That’s the same girl playing both the characters!
4. Trying for Jennifer Lawrence à la Hunger Games but managing to look so much like Felicity Jones from Rogue One!
5. And yet again, she’s both Captain Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann! Her resemblance to Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley is so uncanny!
6. Straight Outta Video Game!
7. Seriously! What sorcery is this?
8. Gaara from Naruto is here too!
9. She nails Tom Cruise’s Lestat from Interview with the Vampire!
10. No! This has to be Jennifer Morrison from the fantasy TV show Once Upon A Time! Except it’s not! Still Tabbitha!
Awesome, aren’t they? Well, if you’re motivated to try some of these cosplay ideas yourself, Tabbitha shares some detailed tutorial videos on YouTube!
Imagine doing this, transforming into your favourite characters, for a living! And more importantly, getting recognised so widely for your talent! Cosplaying is such a huge deal abroad, with artists being invited to comic conventions and paid some big bucks to dress up as popular movie, TV show and anime characters.
As for us, we just keep wishing we were skilled enough to turn ourselves into, say, someone like Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen! Sadly, all we can manage is this!
