Texas-based POC Cosplayer specializing in sewing, prop-making, and education
If you count the time she convinced her mom to buy her a jean vest and skirt to dress as Android 18 in the 6th grade, Ashweez has been cosplaying since 2000. If you don’t, she’s been cosplaying since 2005. Of course, back then, cosplay stores weren’t a thing yet, so she had to get by putting her cosplays together by modifying store-bought clothing items and making props out of the random supplies at her parents’ house or in her dorm room.
In 2010, she got a Brother CS6000i sewing machine. The first cosplay that she would sew with it was her Blake cosplay, which coincidentally was also her first time documenting the build process. It wasn’t until 2016 that she felt comfortable enough sewing to make her first from-scratch cosplay, Korra, which was her first cosplay contest piece. Since that first contest, Ashweez has gone on to serve as a judge at the Quakecon 2019 Cosplay Contest and win numerous awards, now a master-level cosplayer in craftsmanship.
In 2020, Ashweez had dreams of guesting and paneling at cons as a cosplayer. She had even managed to get approval for a panel for Anime Frontier 2020 for May. Then Covid decided that wasn’t going to happen after all. Ashweez figured if cons couldn’t invite her as a guest or panelist, she’d just make her own con. And thus, ComfyCozyCon was born. On August 15, 2020, she and a team of volunteer guests hosted the one-day virtual con on the ComfyCozyCon Twitch channel. The Winter Edition was held December 2020. The affiliate podcast ComfyCozyCast launched its first season on February 11, 2021.
Ashweez wants to continue to make cosplays, learn new building/sewing techniques, meet interesting people, and share whatever knowledge she can.
You can find her online on these platforms:
Instagram | Twitter | Youtube
Interested in having me guest at your convention?
Please check out my Booking page
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