craft and cosplay

I really do love giving everything and try in life, but not so many people who are not close to me see my "nerdy side."I love artwork, but that is a given knowing that I am studying computer science and animation, but I really love to run around to the different conventions and love seeing cosplayers! I am one myself. I have never really been into making them my entire life, but after coming home from my lds mission I have made it more of a goal to do so annually. When I came home from my mission the first year half of the year was already over so I spent that time taking guns, either from myself or from my friends, and painting them. And it definitely helped me over for a while.

 However last year I've had a lot more time so I got into the actual cosplay costume making. Last summer was definitely the most fun one that I have created so far, I made a random little fox mascot costume from a character that I personally made up just for the project. It actually received a lot of positive feedback from the people that I encountered during last fall's Comic Con as well as the comic con I attended just 2 weeks ago. 

This was it project that I also specially enjoyed because that was the first time that I've ever worked with sewing or cutting out foam to mold into shapes. I have a bad start this year as I have dedicated myself more to drawing and animating, that and I have 4 hour long art classes four nights each week! Hopefully I can get another great start this summer but I am still looking for ideas on what I should do. I am thinking of making a Commander Shepard cosplay from the mass effect trilogy! I am still a little unsure but I am wanting to keep it in the science fiction/space marine category. I suppose that I really fell into crafting when I realized how much of a relaxation it is. That and I go crazy when I waste time watching TV or Netflix! I still love wasting away my time watching those but it feels like I must have something in hand so I usually turn to crafting something or drawing while watching the shows. Of course when it comes to making a costume I have watched through many many seasons of TV shows. Not until within the last couple weeks did I acquire sewing machine so when I sewed up my last costume I must have spent between a hundred fifty to two hundred hours with the foaming and the hand sewing and everything! But I find it all worth it because it is a lot of fun. Also another great thing I enjoy about doing this is finding ways that I can use the things I create in order to help other people enjoy life. Sometimes while I am at conventions I have people come up handing over volunteering opportunities! During the past couple months I was able to take costumes that I made and do voluntary service entertaining at Make A Wish Foundation as well doing a couple Park charity events, doing some entertainment and raising awareness for different diseases.

 It is a great joy when you find ways of reaching out and doing service while at the same time doing the exact same things that you enjoy, so in the end I really feel like I am just playing and bringing out the inner child within myself! It may come off as a little strange for the average college student, but in the end I just enjoy being myself! That and what else is there to do why I wasted my life watching Netflix ;)