Costuming

Costume-making and prop-replication, or "cosplay", is a hobby I greatly enjoy. The creative journey of bringing something from the screen or page into real life lets me further explore and immerse myself in things I love. As most of my professional work is in the digital realm, I get a particular satisfaction from the physicality of props and costumes.

Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)

Because I do not have the leatherworking skills to create the garments from scratch, I purchased jackets and made a great deal of additions to them. Modifications included painting the appropriate color, machine- or hand-sewing stitching, swapping buttons, and adding studs. The distinctive back prints were painstakingly recreated in Illustrator and transferred to the garments.
I also built additional elements including his 'power glove' accessory, sculpting the belt buckle, and styling wig and makeup.

This cosplay was featured in the magazine Game Informer.

"Travis Strikes Again" turnaround

My recreation of the illustration

Final jacket

"No More Heroes 3" screenshot

Recreated star graphic

Final jacket

The jacket designs were completed before the games' public release, meaning I had to rely on limited promotional material. The below props were remade post-release, when I had access to screencaps and model rips that made analyzing the designs much easier.

Concept and promotional art of the beam katana

Homemade replica

"Power glove" reference screenshots

My physical recreation

Ash Williams (Evil Dead)

The webbing harness is hand-made to fit me; I revised and remade it multiple times to better match its onscreen design. The S-Mart employee smock was modified from a pattern to include the chest pocket, piping, and sleeve cuffs of the film costume.

Photo-op with actor Bruce Campbell

Promotional photo for "The Evil Dead"

S-Mart uniform, as seen in "Army of Darkness"

The iconic chainsaw arm is heavily modified from a Halloween prop: not only can I fit my hand inside, it retains the out-of-the-box functions of moving blade and sound, and I made many external modifications to make it closer resemble the Homelite XL model used in the movies.

Original chainsaw

References

Modified version alongside add'nl props

Johnny Silverhand (Cyberpunk 2077)

This cosplay was constructed prior to the release of the game; at the time, the character had only just been revealed – appearing in a single trailer (with barely ten seconds of screen time) and a single promotional image. The vest and arm were hand-patterned based on what I could glean.
My cosplay placed third in a regional cosplay contest held at PAX West 2019.

John Wick

Because this costume and makeup is fairly simple, I tend to spend more time editing the photos to evoke the distinctive lighting and visual style of the movies and their promotional art.

"Chapter 3: Parabellum" promotional poster

Raw photo

Edited into poster

Various

I have been cosplaying for over a decade and have portrayed dozens of characters. I enjoy using digital editing skills to add extra emphasis or effects to photos.