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I'm a fan of bold, rich color. My work primarily focuses on dreams, introspection and growth.

cosplay

Cosplay combines my love of entertainment (be it games, movies, etc) and creating things by hand. Figuring out how to bring a character to life is always a unique challenge and adventure – one in which process reigns supreme and the end result is just the icing on the cake.

the character

My biggest project to date is Rose Tracer from the game Overwatch.

the process

Hover over and flip through each gallery to see how every piece was created from start to finish.

Arm Bracers

1. Creating true-to-size patterns

2. Transferring patterns to foam

3. EVA foam ready to be cut out

4. Applying thermoplastic (worbla) to foam

5. Testing if foam pieces fit together

6. Spraying primer on pieces

7. Gluing pieces together

8. Painting gold trim on primed armor

9. Painting gold racing stripe

10. Hand-drawing flower outlines with white charcoal

Chronal Accelerator

1. Mocking up potential pattern design

2. Creating true-to-size patterns for back piece

3. Creating true-to-size patterns for front piece

4. Applying thermoplastic (worbla) to cut-out EVA foam

5. Applying worbla to circular frame for infinity mirror

6. Applying reflective window film to plastic

7. Gluing LED lights in infinity mirror frame interior

8. Putting infinity mirror pieces together and testing functionality

9. Attaching armor to infinity mirror (back view)

10. Blacking out LED wires with paint and hand-drawing flower outlines

Pulse Pistol

1. Creating true-to-size patterns in Illustrator

2. Tracing out patterns on EVA foam of varying thickness

3. Gluing together layers of EVA foam and then sanding the edges

4. Arranging the LED lights inside the gun

5. Gluing the sides of the gun together

the end result

This cosplay was shared by the official Overwatch Twitter account (and garnered over 1 million impressions, 15k likes and 2k retweets) and also reached the front page of the Overwatch subreddit!