Download a Media Kit PDF here (last updated October 16, 2025)
The Basics
- Ashweez has been cosplaying and attending conventions since 2005, attending 60+ events total and regularly attending Texas cons such as Animefest, A-kon, and Anime Frontier.
- She’s a Master-level crafter and has been making her costumes from scratch since 2016.
- Over the course of her cosplay career, she’s done 70+ cosplays, ranging from 100% handmade to thrifted, modded, and purchased.
- She founded, ran, and paneled at ComfyCozyCon, a virtual con held on Twitch. ComfyCozyCon has been held 3 times (Aug 15, 2020; Dec 12, 2020; and Dec 11-12, 2021)
- Ashweez hosts a podcast ComfyCozyCast, ComfyCozyCon’s affiliate podcast. Season 1 premiered Feb 11, 2021.
- Since 2023, Ashweez has managed the Cosplay Repair Booth at Anime Frontier, serving hundreds of cosplayers in need of costume fixes with her team of close friends turned crafting staff members.
Social Media
Awards
- Y2Kon 2023: First Place for Melon Lord
- Online Cosplay Tutorial Challenge 2022: Judge’s Award for Overcooked Tomato Soup Prop Tutorial
- Nishi Fest 2022: Judge’s Award for Kena
- Nishi Fest 2021: Best in Journeyman for Seraphine
- RTX at Home 2020: Best Workmanship for Kali Belladonna
- Anime Dallas 2019: Best in Journeyman for Grimm Reaper
- Animefest 2019: Judge’s Award for Grimm Reaper
Convention & Event Experience
- Guest/Judge
- Cosplay Guest Judge, McKinney Public Library Comic Con 2024
- Cosplay Guest, WOWCon Beyond 2023*
- Cosplay Contest Judge, HKMKT Night MKT 2022
- Cosplay Contest Judge, DFW Host Club’s Commoner’s Festival 2022
- Cosplay Guest Judge, Anime Frontier 2021
- Cosplay Contest Judge, Quakecon 2019
- Staff/Partner
- Cosplay Repair Booth Partner, Anime Frontier 2024
- Cosplay Contest Staff, Anime Frontier 2024
- Cosplay Department Staff, Creators After Dark 2024**
- Programming & Cosplay Contest Staff, Nishi Fest 2024
- Cosplay Repair Booth Partner, Anime Frontier 2023
- Volunteer
- Cosplay Department Volunteer, Anime Oklahoma 2024
- Cosplay Contest Assistant Volunteer, DreamCon 2024
- Cosplay Contest Volunteer, Anime Frontier 2023
- Voice Actor Volunteer Handler, KO+Con 2023
- Cosplay Contest Assistant Volunteer, DreamCon 2023
- Cosplay Department Volunteer, Creators After Dark 2023**
- Convention Volunteer, WOWCon Beyond 2020*
- Sponsor
- Cosplay Contest Sponsor, Cosplayado 2020
*WOWCon Beyond was previously titled Women of Wondercon in 2020.
**Creators After Dark was previously titled Waifu Expo in 2023 and KimochiiCon in 2024.
Features
- Cosplay Realm Magazine, Issue No. 49: Seraphine, pg 43
- Cosplay Realm Magazine, Issue No. 47: Toru Hagakure, pg 50
- Cosplay Realm Magazine, Issue No. 42: Grimm Reaper, pg 13
- Cosplay Realm Magazine, Issue No. 41: Detective Pikachu, pg 42
- Cosplay Culture, Dec/Jan 2019 Issue: Kali Belladonna, pg 30
Media Appearances
- “Cosplay Is A Community” Podcast, Episode 6
- Silica Gel Interview at WOWCon Beyond 2023
- “Booplings for Charity” Twitch charity stream: Helped raise $1020 for Fuck Cancer
- “Tales from the Fandom” Podcast, Episode 212
- “Katsu Stream-A-Thon” Twitch charity stream: Helped raise $2311 for Magic Wheelchair
- “Kigu Talk” Podcast, Episode 4: Virtual Cons and the Future of Accessibility
Sponsored Content
- Sponsored cosplay for Finji’s “I Was a Teenage Exocolonist” game launch campaign
Available Services
- Cosplay contest judge
- Convention panel hosting and moderating
- Convention guest appearances
- Cosplay product promo through partner/sponsorship
- Cosplay reviews
Skills
- Machine sewing, hand sewing
- Hand embroidery
- Prop building (EVA foam, foam clay, PVC, cardboard)
- Painting and weathering
- Circuitry (LEDs)
- Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
- Graphic, web, brand, apparel and merch design
- Basic photography, video recording and video editing
- Podcast hosting and interviewing
Interested in having me guest at your convention?
Please check out my Booking page
Last updated October 16, 2025
Header photos by Allie Norado Photography and PancakeRemix
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