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Dive into 19+ hours of step-by-step training as you master foam armor crafting, costume-building techniques, and rapid Halloween projects—all in one complete bundle.
Spooky, bold, and completely unforgettable.
High-impact costume crafting is a skill you can master!
This comprehensive course bundle is built for makers ready to turn up the drama. Whether you need rapid last-minute builds or complex, custom builds, this bundle has you covered. You’ll learn to sculpt lightweight Fantasy Armor in Foam, upcycle everyday materials and age textiles with the Halloween Expansion, and fast-track construction with smart hacks in the Speed Run.
From rapid concepts to final, wear-tested details, I'll guide you step-by-step so you can step into any room with full confidence.
Let’s bring your wildest costume vision to life!
Who is Jillea?
Hi! I'm a costume designer and whimsical artist with over 12 years of experience in the industry. I started out as a musician, but my passion for over-the-top fashion, stage performance, and artistic expression led me to naturally pivot into professional cosplay and costume design. I've made a name for myself with bold, inventive designs using unconventional materials, like the iconic Diet Coke can corset I created for Julia Fox, which gained worldwide attention.
My work has been featured in major outlets like Vogue Germany and Teen Vogue. I’ve become a go-to designer for celebrity Halloween costumes, often landing my pieces on the best-dressed lists, especially at Heidi Klum’s famous Halloween party. With a keen eye for detail and a knack for creating both imaginative and wearable pieces while thinking outside the box, I continue to push boundaries and captivate audiences with my creativity and whimsical approach to costume design and cosplay.
I can't wait to teach everything I've learned over these years!
SIGN UP NOWWhat you'll unlock through the courses
Craft Fantasy Armor & Base Structures
Gain step-by-step expertise in manipulating foam and base materials to fabricate stunning armor, chest pieces, and dramatic silhouettes from scratch.
Transform Materials with Cinematic Detailing
Turn thrifted clothes and everyday finds into showstoppers using eerie fabric aging, bold textures, custom props, and high-impact painting methods.
Build Fully Finished and Professional Costumes
Learn how to refine, adjust, and finalize your costume from head to toe, ensuring your finished pieces are comfortable, durable, and ready to show off all night long.
Bundle content
This bundle includes a total of 97 in-depth video lessons and exercises with over 19 hours of creative instruction, designed to take your costume builds to the next level, just in time for Halloween!
Explore what's inside each course:
Halloween Costume Course: Fantasy Armor in Foam
Learn how to turn foam into incredible fantasy armor with step-by-step guidance. Master shaping, assembly, detailing, painting, and finishing techniques to create lightweight, professional-looking armor for Halloween, cosplay, and custom costume projects.
Halloween Expansion Course
Take your costume-making skills to the next level by transforming thrifted clothes and everyday materials into bold, custom pieces like fantasy corsets and chest plates. Master spooky fabric aging, hot glue sculpting, layered painting, eye-catching embellishments, and reusable facial props to create a dramatic, wearable costume that stands out all night.
Speed Run Course
This beginner-friendly mini course guides you through assessing which costume type suits your timeline with speedy sourcing tips, rapid patterning using materials you already own, and adapting store-bought pieces. Learn no-sew construction, clever detailing cheats, quick prop-making, and dynamic painting techniques to bring your vision to life, no prior experience needed.
In this bundle, you will learn:
Module 1: Brainstorming, Materials & Budgeting
Learn how to take an idea from inspiration to a realistic build plan, choose the right materials and tools, establish your design direction, and make smart decisions based on your budget.
Module 2: Foam Bases, Detailing & Engraving
Learn how to source and purchase foam patterns online, or create your own patterns from scratch. From there, build strong EVA foam bases while learning clean assembly, foam engraving, beveling, dimensional detailing, and both tech and non-tech methods for creating intricate designs.
Module 3: Monster Clay Sculpting, Mold Making & Illuminated Foam Feathers
Explore sculpting with Monster Clay, beginner-friendly mold making and casting, plus how to create lightweight faux feathers and incorporate EL wire for illuminated costume elements.
Module 4: Mold Making Part 2, Casting, Wax Gilding & Airbrushing
Expand your mold-making skills with a second technique, then explore casting, color testing, metallic wax gilding, airbrushing, layering, weathering, and mixed-media finishing techniques.
Module 5: Foam Tailoring, Armor Construction & Lining
Learn how to fit and tailor foam to your body, shape it for a clean and comfortable fit, tackle more complex armor construction, and professionally line and finish your pieces.
Module 6: Soft Goods & Costume Catch-Up
Bring fabric and leather into your build, explore embellishment and finishing techniques, build the rest of your armor, and learn how to carry the same design language across multiple pieces for a cohesive costume.
Module 7: Raised Relief with Thermoplastics, Large-Scale Accessories & Your Design Eye
Learn how to create dimensional raised relief using foam and thermoplastics, construct larger statement accessories, and develop your design eye to refine details, solve design problems, and bring your entire costume together.
Module 1: Monstrous Makeovers
Learn to upcycle thrifted clothing, fabrics, and everyday items into original costume pieces with dramatic shapes and detailed finishes, maximizing visual impact while staying budget-friendly.
Module 2: Cursed Cloth & Haunted Hems
Dive into techniques like distressing, dyeing, burning, slashing, and aging to give textiles a vintage, weathered look, from scorched edges to moldy lace, that adds eerie atmospheric detail.
Module 3: Props from the Crypt
Discover how to craft spooky props or upcycle thrifted objects into wicked weapons and magical adornments, including an ambitious project turning an animatronic toy into a moving, talking sidekick.
Module 4: Face the Fear
Design secure, striking facial attachments, like floating masks and alien features, using specialized adhesives, rigging, and construction methods that seamlessly integrate into your overall costume.
Module 5: Prep to Perfection
Master final fitting adjustments, mobility tweaks, paint touch-ups, and structural reinforcement to ensure your completed look stays cohesive, durable, and comfortable all night long.
Module 1: Illusions of Grandeur - The Art of Trickery
Transform everyday materials into costume magic! Learn to think creatively, thrift purposefully, and craft a bold concept from vision to reality.
Module 2: Tea, Textiles & Transformation - The Art of Frankensteining
Deconstruct, dye, and rebuild your garments into something spectacular. Merge sustainability with fearless design to create your unique masterpiece.
Module 3: Accessories, Impact & Final Touches
Bring your creation to life with airbrushed details, custom shoes, and handmade props. End with a show-stopping look that’s truly your own.
Find out more about the courses:
My courses will elevate your artistic skills! What's better than improving yourself while having fun? Plus, you will achieve beautiful results in no time. Let me tell you more about my methodology and the platform structure:
All videos are in FULL HD and you can adjust the speed, audio, and quality.
In all my videos, I try to use as many visual elements as possible, such as pictures and references, so you can take some inspiration and you can practice. You can follow each step as I show it to you, and you can comment and compare with other students under each video or in the group so you can resolve any doubts you have and learn new tricks!
The courses are designed to be as practical as possible, even teaching you the basics of what is needed to begin your costume making journey. You can review the lessons as many times as you want, where you want, and when you want!
Included in the bundle:
Fundamentals & Materials
We will look together at the materials, basic techniques, and knowledge needed to begin this journey. Approaching a new technique means first learning how best to use the tools at your disposal.
Practical Exercises
Theory is important, but what makes you a true artist is practice... Lots of practice! You'll find lots of exercises to get started with and from which to get inspiration. I will show you some tricks that will transform your creations into truly unique masterpieces.
Lifetime Access
Once you register for the courses, you will have lifetime access, and you can watch the videos whenever you want! This will enable you to better learn even the most difficult notions. You don't have a deadline, you can take the course even for 5 minutes a day! Doesn't this possibility seem incredible?
Flexibility
This is one of the courses' strengths: being able to watch the videos wherever you want, whenever you want, and as many times as you want. The courses are available from any device so you can watch the lessons from the comfort of your home or take a single lesson on the train!
Community of Artists
As soon as you sign up for the courses, you will join a group of people who, like you, share this passion and are following the same courses as you. This means you'll be able to exchange ideas, tips or ask questions because you'll be surrounded by people who love costume making the same way you do!
My Dedicated Support
On this journey, you will never be alone! You can write to me, and you will receive my feedback as soon as possible, so you will always feel supported. Sometimes, approaching costume design is not easy. You may feel that you are not enough, but don't worry: I will be there to help you, step by step!
Bonus
Extra content that you will get for free with the courses
Individual Feedback
I will provide you with personal feedback on your final project at the end of the course. I know how important feedback is in continuing to learn and improve techniques.
$97 FREE
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Special offer - Monthly payments
This is a unique possibility to join with 8 monthly payments. Take advantage of this offer, which will guide you to bring your costume designs to life step-by-step!
The courses content is exactly the same, this simply allows you to spread the investment over time in a way that feels more comfortable for you. The price displayed below is in US dollars, but you can pay with ANY currency.
Let's start creating your costume!
My guarantee to every student
If you are not satisfied with the courses for any reason, you have the right to obtain a full refund within the first 14 days, if you haven't completed more than 50% of it. This is my guarantee to you, I want all my students to be satisfied. Also, this means that there is no risk at all! Give it a try and experience the program first-hand!
