Mango Sirene is creating Cosplay Videos

Happy Cosplay!

patrons

$629

per month

Milestone Goals

Equipment Upgrade: Light It Up, Up, Up

$75 per month

Currently, my videos rely on natural light from windows and whatever floor lamps I can find around my house. At the $75 stretch goal, I'll be able to invest in a simple softbox lighting solution to allow for higher video quality and better lighting for vlogging, tutorials, and costume work logs.

Monthly Q&A With Mango

$125 per month

I'll begin hosting monthly livestream Q&A sessions for Patreon backers! Viewers will be able to ask for help with their current cosplay projects and get an immediate answer, and the video component will allow me to demonstrate anything I'm explaining (i.e. a sewing techniques, painting, Worbla use, etc).

12-Hour Cosplay Work-A-Thons

$300 per month

Every other month, I'll host a patron-exclusive 24-hour livestream as I spend an entire day working on costume projects, non-stop and without breaks. Viewers will be able to ask questions about what I'm doing as they see the project come together in real-time, or work alongside on their own projects so we can all be productive together! Other cosplayers will join in with these work sessions as schedules allow.

Video Series: Meet the Cosplayers

$400 per month

At the conventions I attend, I'll be conducting featured interviews with cosplayers from every walk of life and skill level. This is a project I'm very excited about pursuing as one of the major things I love about cosplay is how diverse our community can be! Each episode will showcase the cosplayers' work, as well as give viewers insight on how each cosplayer got involved with the hobby and what cosplay means to them.

4 Milestone Goals

reached

The Return of Cosplay Work Logs

$650 per month

By request, cosplay work logs are returning to my channel! These videos are step-by-step diaries of the process of making a costume from start to finish. Due to the time they take to film and edit, I've had to forego making them for the last year, but I'm looking forward to the chance to bring this popular series back!

Launch Cosplay Merchandise Store

$850 per month

As a fashion major, something I've always wanted to do is to start a line of clothing and other wearable merchandise, and being able to incorporate cosplay would make it even better! More information will be announced as funding approaches this stretch goal.

Video Series: Cosplay Fitness

$1,000 per month

Now that I'm pursuing certification as a fitness instructor, I'd love to create a series of videos about nutrition and workouts with a cosplay twist! The series will kick off with a Cosplay Fitness Bootcamp, and new videos will continue to come out afterwards that offer tips, advice, and workouts designed for busy cosplayers.

Video Series: Cosplay Cookin'!

$2,000 per month

For anyone who follows me on Tumblr and Instagram, y'all know that I love cooking. I get a lot of requests to share healthy recipes, and I'd love to take that a step further by combining it with my cosplay hobby to make character-themed cooking videos! Due to the cost of supplies and extra equipment, this is a pricier stretch goal for the future, but one I'm very excited about nonetheless!

Cosplay Tutorial Book

$3,000 per month

The furthest stretch goal is to publish a book that acts as a beginner's guide to cosplay. Rather than relying on just the internet for help, new cosplayers will be able to have what's essentially a physical "cosplay bible" with them at all times, which will include information about basic garment construction, prop making, wig styling, and more of the techniques that are essential to improving one's costuming skills. The costs of this stretch goal include writing, editing, publishing, and marketing.

Contact Mango

youtube.com/MangoSirene

@MangoSirene

facebook.com/MangoSirene

About

Nina is a 23-year-old cosplayer and YouTube vlogger based in Michigan. After discovering cosplay in 2007, she was instantly hooked. She's been an active member of the cosplay community since then, having made more than 80 costumes over the past eight years. Her YouTube channel, which focuses on tutorials, cosplay vlogs, and convention reviews, has garnered over 2.4 million views and 57,000 subscribers.

Location

Michigan, USA

Top PatronsSee all 72

Hi everyone! My name's Nina. Mangoes are delicious.

I've been cosplaying since 2007, and I'd like to think I've learned a thing or two after these past eight years! I do my best to provide tips and advice for young cosplayers as they begin their journey into this crazy world of dress-up -- which can be more than a bit overwhelming to newcomers.

From behind-the-scenes costume work logs, convention reports, and my series "Cosplay 101", I hope to give beginner cosplayers a helping hand and make them feel welcome in our community. I believe that anyone can cosplay, and more than anything else, cosplay is supposed to be fun!

The purpose of this Patreon is to make it possible for me to produce more helpful content that will benefit other cosplayers. Creating videos is an extremely time-consuming process, and doing more of it takes time away from other aspects of life (i.e. work). Support from patrons allows me to devote more time to creating the content they want to see, whether that's tutorials, help videos, or discussions about the cosplay hobby and community.

Thank you for your consideration, and I greatly appreciate your generosity if you choose to support my channel! Happy Cosplay!

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Also! Just to be clear: absolutely none of the money earned through Patreon will be funding my costumes or convention attendance. Cosplay is my hobby, first and foremost, and I'm a firm believer that personal hobbies are something you should fund out of your own pocket. Fabric, Worbla, convention badges -- that's all coming out of my wallet and nowhere else. I've been managing my own budget for cosplay and conventions since I was a sophomore in high school, and that isn't ever going to change. It's my hobby, and I'll pay for it myself!

All donations will be put towards creating new YouTube content and interactive opportunities for viewers, as well as any necessary equipment upgrades or studio rentals to improve the quality of this content. The income from Patreon supporters will allow for an increase in the amount of content I'm able to produce (which means more tutorials and other help videos to benefit other cosplayers), as well as greater diversity in that content to meet the demands of viewers. I want to create more content that helps other cosplayers and makes the hobby accessible to people outside of our community in the form of positive representation.

Pledge $1.00 or more per month

3 patrons

Vote on the next Cosplay 101 topic
3-day early access to new Cosplay 101 episodes
Access to previously-recorded Cosplay Q&A monthly streaming sessions (available day after stream)

Pledge $3.00 or more per month

12 patrons

Vote on the next Cosplay 101 topic
3-day early access to new Cosplay 101 episodes
Access to live Cosplay Q&A monthly streaming sessions
Access to After Dark videos, blooper reels, behind-the-scenes, etc.
Access to previously-recorded Cosplay Work-A-Thon streaming sessions

Pledge $5.00 or more per month

29 patrons

Vote on the next Cosplay 101 topic
3-day early access to new Cosplay 101 episodes
Access to live Cosplay Q&A monthly streaming sessions
Access to After Dark videos, blooper reels, behind-the-scenes, etc.
Access to 12-Hour Cosplay Work-a-Thons
Access to recordings of live panels hosted at conventions

Pledge $10.00 or more per month

9 patrons

Vote on the next Cosplay 101 topic
3-day early access to new Cosplay 101 episodes
Access to live Cosplay Q&A monthly streaming sessions
Access to 12-Hour Cosplay Work-a-Thons
Access to After Dark videos, blooper reels, behind-the-scenes, etc.
Access to recordings of live panels hosted at conventions
A handwritten and personalized thank you postcard/cosplay print
Access to Meet the Cosplayers applications

Pledge $15.00 or more per month

16 patrons

Vote on the next Cosplay 101 topic
3-day early access to new Cosplay 101 episodes
Access to live Cosplay Q&A monthly streaming sessions
Access to 12-Hour Cosplay Work-a-Thons
Access to After Dark videos, blooper reels, behind-the-scenes, etc.
Access to recordings of live panels hosted at conventions
A handwritten and personalized thank you postcard/cosplay print
Access to Meet the Cosplayers applications
Access to Costume Breakdowns for future projects that detail the whole process of creating the costume from start to finish (September Costume Breakdown: Kyoko Sakura)

Pledge $30.00 or more per month

2 patrons

Vote on the next Cosplay 101 topic
3-day early access to new Cosplay 101 episodes
Access to live Cosplay Q&A monthly streaming sessions
Access to 12-Hour Cosplay Work-a-Thons
Access to After Dark videos, blooper reels, behind-the-scenes, etc.
Access to recordings of live panels hosted at conventions
Access to Meet the Cosplayers applications
Access to Costume Breakdowns for future projects that detail the whole process of creating the costume from start to finish
A set of three (3) 8"x12" cosplay prints of your choice from the current selection in my print shop (Available September 2015)

Pledge $50.00 or more per month

1 patron

Vote on the next Cosplay 101 topic
3-day early access to new Cosplay 101 episodes
Access to live Cosplay Q&A monthly streaming sessions
Access to 12-Hour Cosplay Work-a-Thons
Access to After Dark videos, blooper reels, behind-the-scenes, etc.
Access to recordings of live panels hosted at conventions
Access to Meet the Cosplayers applications
Access to Costume Breakdowns for future projects that detail the whole process of creating the costume from start to finish
A set of three (3) 8"x12" cosplay prints of your choice from the current selection in my print shop (Available September 2015)
A personal cosplay help session over Skype to get feedback on your current project(s); troubleshoot any issues you're having with your cosplay; and talk about anything cosplay-related you have on your mind!

Pledge $100.00 or more per month

Vote on the next Cosplay 101 topic
3-day early access to new Cosplay 101 episodes
Access to live Cosplay Q&A monthly streaming sessions
Access to 12-Hour Cosplay Work-a-Thons
Access to After Dark videos, blooper reels, behind-the-scenes, etc.
Access to recordings of live panels hosted at conventions
Access to Costume Breakdowns for future projects that detail the whole process of creating the costume from start to finish
A set of three (3) 8"x12" cosplay prints of your choice from the current selection in my print shop (Available September 2015)
Have yourself and/or your cosplay group featured in an episode of the upcoming "Meet the Cosplayers" series [see Stretch Goals for more information]; filmed at a mutual convention, no application necessary. Please visit my Tumblr for a list of the conventions I'll be attending.