u/Lazy-Jackfruit4924

No advertising, just unusual job.

I’m an actress and content creator who specializes in custom inflation-themed videos using practical effects like balloons, padding, layered costumes, and body-expansion props.

Most of my work is made-to-order, so clients send in scenarios, character ideas, outfits, growth styles, or specific themes they want to see. Some prefer slow believable expansion, others want exaggerated cartoon-style growth with huge proportions and over-the-top acting.

Ama!

Over the years I somehow became kind of a fatsuit expert after wearing three very different fatsuits as an actress in theatre productions and another one for a recurring live-action show.

What started as one strange costume experience slowly turned into learning a lot about performance costuming, body shaping, movement, heat management, stage realism, and how differently a character feels once you suddenly add a huge amount of extra volume and weight.

It’s honestly a really weird and fascinating part of theatre and live performance that people rarely talk about, even though fatsuits are used surprisingly often in comedy, stage productions, film, and live entertainment.

Working on a comedy/granny costume for theater and I’m struggling with the chest shape. We need me having an older ‘hanging boobs’ silhouette that looks believable under clothing and moves naturally on stage, any ideas?

Would also love general granny costume ideas or references for exaggerated but still convincing character design.

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone,

I’m working on a costume idea and could use some creative/technical input. The concept is kind of a visual gag: a “fake cleavage” setup where it looks normal at first, but then I (and someone else) keep pulling out increasingly ridiculous items, starting small (phone, keys, etc.) and escalating to stuff that definitely shouldn’t fit into a bra like tools or random objects.

I want it to land somewhere between “human handbag” and full-on cartoon logic.

Any ideas?

Ich bin Schauspielerin und hatte in den letzten Jahren das Vergnügen, einige ziemlich bekannte Kindheitsfiguren auf der Bühne zu spielen. Unter anderem das Sams, Urmel und Bibi Blocksberg.

Das sind Rollen, bei denen gefühlt jeder im Publikum schon eine ganz klare Erwartung mitbringt. Viele kennen die Figuren aus Büchern, Hörspielen oder Serien, und genau deshalb ist es spannend (und manchmal auch tricky), sie fürs Theater umzusetzen: Man muss sie sofort erkennbar machen, aber gleichzeitig so spielen, dass sie live funktionieren und nicht wie eine Kopie wirken.

Ich habe diese Figuren in verschiedenen Inszenierungen gespielt, von eher klassisch bis etwas freier interpretiert, und dabei einiges darüber gelernt, wie unterschiedlich Kinder und Erwachsene reagieren und wie viel Verantwortung es eigentlich ist, solche „kollektiven Erinnerungen“ auf die Bühne zu bringen.

AMA!