We’re speaking with this extraordinary cosplay educator about her experiences with this week’s Kamui Cosplay interview!

There are many various paths and disciplines in cosplay. Regardless of the style and magnificence of cosplay individuals determine to check, everybody can use the recommendation to get them going. We love spreading the phrase about cosplay and boosting our neighborhood, so this week’s Kamui Cosplay interview is devoted to those that are searching for some phrases of knowledge.

Who is Kamui Cosplay? And extra importantly, what recommendation does she have for cosplayers all over the world?

Svetlana aka Kamui Cosplay is an internationally acclaimed content material creator, teacherand costume designer from Germany. As a cosplay veteran, she creates costumes already since 2003 and even turned her passion right into a enterprise. Over the years sheand her husband Benni revealed a protracted working collection of well-liked educational books, video tutorials and crafting patterns that influenced an entire technology ofcosplayers. Both like to share their information and expertise with the communityand all the time discover new methods to encourage newcomers and cosplay veterans alike. Their constructive and useful angle is without doubt one of the many the reason why they’re already adopted by 3.5 million followers from everywhere in the world. Svetlana and Benni are vastly well-liked cosplay company at conventions, take pleasure in to run extremely entertaining workshops, Q&As and crafting panels. At the top of the day although, they simply do what they all the time did, construct stuff and assist others.

-Kamui Cosplay Biography

What recommendation do you might have for first-time competitors cosplayers?

I believe crucial half is to have enjoyable and to not take it too severely. Cosplay competitions are an awesome alternative to hang around with different wonderful artists, share concepts, and get impressed. Talk along with your co-participants, praise their work and possibly even discover new pals! Then it doesn’t matter should you place in any respect!

What does your expertise as a cosplay visitor seem like?

I’ve absolutely attended over 150 in my 20 years of cosplay adventures. My favourite ones are Blizzcon in California, Fantasy Basel in Switzerland, and Dokomi in Germany. I’m additionally usually invited as a visitor, choose, and panelist at loads of these occasions and it’s all the time a tremendous time to fulfill new and previous pals, hang around with my on-line followers and share my information with the cosplay neighborhood. I even as soon as ran 6 panels in two days at Yeticon in Canada for instance!

What has been essentially the most thrilling cosplay you might have seen within the competitors?

I’ve seen as soon as a life-size Space Marine cosplay and a Protoss, each from Starcraft II. Both of those costumes have been characters you’ll by no means anticipate to see in actual life, simply due to the problem of their design, their huge development, and their intricate particulars. Still, each cosplayers have been capable of pull off these costumes unimaginable correct and it was similar to they jumped straight out of the sport! It was mind-blowing to see each costumes in particular person and the most effective a part of being a choose in costume competitions!  

What phrases of knowledge do you might have for cosplayers?

Cosplay is amazingly enjoyable, an effective way to fulfill new pals and a passion that teaches you numerous new abilities. It’s utterly wonderful to start out small and purchase costumes or costume up with one thing easy for enjoyable – no must craft an intense armor in the beginning! Also, don’t evaluate your self to all these wonderful cosplayers you’ll discover on the web – these individuals cosplay for much longer than you and also you’ll get there as effectively after a while. And lastly, cosplay is for everybody regardless of the gender, age, physique form, pores and skin shade, and so on.! It’s additionally not a look-alike contest and is nearly dressing up and having enjoyable!

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Jennifer aka “Mayhem’s Muse” is the Cosplay Editor for BoLS and manages Ad Sales and Communications. Her cosplay awards embrace the RTX Judge’s Choice Award and Dragon’s Lair Austin’s Cosplay Symposium.
Jennifer has been a Cosplay Guest Judge at RTX, Tacticon and Genghis Con in Colorado. She frequently attends conventions to cowl cosplay for BoLS. Her cosplay work has been featured in publications similar to Girls Who Love Monsters, Geek Fuel, and Renaissance Magazine. Jennifer has modeled within the Her Universe Fashion Show, Precision Camera’s yearly Precision Camera University, and has taught a number of workshops for photographers about partnering with cosplayers and artistic muses/fashions.
Jennifer is a lifelong fanatic of retro video video games and loves Dungeons & Dragons, city fantasy, tabletop video games, VR know-how, and historic archery. She has set National Records by means of USA Archery’s Traditional Division for Asiatic Bows and earned 4th Place within the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 for Women’s Korean Archery. Jennifer is at present finding out for her Masters’s Degree in Organizational Leadership.

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