Just seen this and thought there are quite a bit of nice frills on the dresses and curls on hairs. There are also straight hair samples. I though these would be a nice target for practice and knowing people who love otaku culture live here I thought I better share.
Here you go.
Oh by the way ignore the cross- dressing old man with the moustache
It can be interesting to see how game-character designs can be taken into real life, how pieces of armor would need to be cut, how cloth would fold and crease in certain areas, and how a design can be interpreted on a different gender. I finished a fan-art project recently where I created a female version of an iconic male character and I found a cosplayer who had done the same thing and created some awesome and creative design variations. It helped give me some ideas with the make-up design, silhouette and pose.
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Some cosplayers are real good reference tho. Like this one.
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/073/7/3/73cc935f3151bb28a9d9dae1a01cdb60-d6adfgx.jpg
http://photographers.acparadise.com/65324/4496/3d61a746491ee3256237e40ff2f4ecc4.jpg
He's clearly the best one though.
http://worldcosplay.net/en/title/2208
TLDR, here are some awesome cosplay artists (designers/photographers/make-up artists, etc):
Lyz Brickley
Enji Night
Wind of the Stars
Darshelle Stevens
Kamui
Holly Conrad