Takeru "TK" Takaishi from Digimon Adventure

Character Name: Takeru "TK" Takaishi
Series: Digimon Adventure
Specifics: main outfit
Cost: $60
Time: ~15 hours
Started: August 2006
Completed: August 2006
Debuted: Toronto Cosplay Picnic 2006


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Thanks to Elemental, Stillvisions, Kevin and Solartempest for the photos!


Costume Information

Sakura wanted to finish her Kari costume, which she was originally going to cosplay with my Tai costume for Anime North. When she said she wanted to make Kari for the cosplay picnic, I jumped on the chance to do TK, since we both think TK and Kari made the cutest couple.

I made the shirt out of the pattern I made for my Naruto jacket. I just altered the seams and collar, and added the pocket. The sleeves are just regular sleeves, but I hand-sewed them on to in a way to give the illusion that I'm actually wearing a shirt underneath. The shorts are made out of a general pants pattern I stole from Becky and keep using for everything.

The hat was tricky. I had a hat lying around, and used it as a base and for inspiration. It took me awhile to figure out how to make a cover for it and to add the ear flaps. I made the jewel on the hat out of model magic and painted it with blue paint and nail polish before gluing it on.

I tried a new method to make shoe covers. I used strips of cardboard and tape to make a hard shoe cover, and added velcro at the back so I could take them on and off. Then I added elastics at the bottom to keep the shoes in place. After that, I covered them with polar fleece for volume, and hand-sewed white fabric and the green detailing overtop.

The wig... ugh. I hated the first wig I used at the cosplay picnic. It's a really cheap one that's styled really badly but for our second photo shoot, this one at CN Anime, I was able to borrow a wig from Hikari Light, which worked much better.

To complete my costume, Hikari Light let me borrow the Patamon plushie she made. Thank you, Hikari Light! On the Sunday of CN Anime, Hikari Light wore her new Tai costume, so we had a mini Digimon group. Yay for Digimon cosplay!



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