J Stryker is at it again.
Jonathan Stryker — who runs the only LGBT-focused anime and geek conventions in Florida, OUT Con and Okama Con — has taken to Instagram to do special cosplay weeks.
In each week, Stryker cosplays as a different character each and every day. The themes range from Disney princes, to villains, to Cartoon Network characters and more.
“Disney week jump-started as one of many ideas I had after I came back from a road trip,” he told SFGN. “I wanted to try a new approach at cosplay so I started with a hero week that was super well received on social media, and then Disney week blew up and is now everywhere worldwide.”
For Disney prince week, Stryker cosplayed as fan favorites like Tarzan, Hercules, Emperor Kuzco, Aladdin and even Simba.
“It was just my attempt at trying something new and so far super well received. I've always wanted to be a prince, haha.”
Stryker puts all of his costumes together as fast as possible to get them out on time, even at the cost of his health.
“When I commit to something, I make sure I use every minute of time off I have to make them. Sometimes I forget to eat and slave away all day trying to finish and shoot the costume on time.”
But the results — though made under a short amount of time — are worth it. Each of Stryker’s photos gets thousands of likes on Instagram.
Plus, you can’t beat the price.
“It's not that expensive,” he said. “I go to a little fabric store in Hialeah called Elias [Fabrics] that has some very nice fabrics for very cheap. If not I'll just thrift some pieces. The Flynn [Ryder] vest was free-99. I made everything from a chair cover. So yeah, some can take some money but others I use whatever I have at home to make.”
And for these special cosplay-themed weeks, Stryker has no intention of stopping anytime soon. In fact, he already has his next few weeks planned.
“As far as doing genderbend princesses, it'll definitely happen, just not anytime soon. I'm in the middle of Cartoon Network Week and will get busy on working on a horror movies week and Johnny Depp week after that for October since Halloween is coming up.”
Jonathan Stryker — who runs the only LGBT-focused anime and geek conventions in Florida, OUT Con and Okama Con — has taken to Instagram to do special cosplay weeks.
In each week, Stryker cosplays as a different character each and every day. The themes range from Disney princes, to villains, to Cartoon Network characters and more.
“Disney week jump-started as one of many ideas I had after I came back from a road trip,” he told SFGN. “I wanted to try a new approach at cosplay so I started with a hero week that was super well received on social media, and then Disney week blew up and is now everywhere worldwide.”
For Disney prince week, Stryker cosplayed as fan favorites like Tarzan, Flynn Ryder, Hercules, Emperor Kuzco, Aladdin, Milo Thatch and even Simba.
“It was just my attempt at trying something new and so far super well received. I've always wanted to be a prince, haha.”
Stryker puts all of his costumes together as fast as possible to get them out on time, even at the cost of his health.
“When I commit to something, I make sure I use every minute of time off I have to make them. Sometimes I forget to eat and slave away all day trying to finish and shoot the costume on time.”
But the results — though made under a short amount of time — are worth it. Each of Stryker’s photos gets thousands of likes on Instagram.
Plus, you can’t beat the price.
“It's not that expensive,” he said. “I go to a little fabric store in Hialeah called Elias [Fabrics] that has some very nice fabrics for very cheap. If not I'll just thrift some pieces. The Flynn [Ryder] vest was free-99. I made everything from a chair cover. So yeah, some can take some money but others I use whatever I have at home to make.”
And for these special cosplay-themed weeks, Stryker has no intention of stopping anytime soon. In fact, he already has his next few weeks planned.
“As far as doing genderbend princesses, it'll definitely happen, just not anytime soon. I'm in the middle of Cartoon Network Week and will get busy on working on a horror movies week and Johnny Depp week after that for October since Halloween is coming up.”
