Download a Media Kit PDF here (last updated 11/2/22)
The Basics
- Ashweez has been cosplaying and attending cons since 2005, attending 35+ cons total and regularly attending Texas cons such as Animefest and A-kon.
- 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 60+ 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.
Social Media
Total Follower Count: 5,870+
Awards
- BPP Film & Fancy Hellfire Club Halloween 2022: Costume Contest Winner
- 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
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
Convention & Event Experience
- 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 Sponsor, Cosplayado 2020
- Cosplay Contest Judge, Quakecon 2019
Podcast & Stream Appearances
- “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 11/2/22
Header photos by Allie Norado Photography and PancakeRemix
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