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If I don't like the comments I delete them or I ignore them. I've seen and heard it all and not much can offend me now. She still has part-time jobs in retail to pay the bills, but Alexia's cosplaying has taken off any money she makes from prints, posters, and appearances goes straight back into creating her next design. And she's found that it's no joke.

It involves so many different skills—you need to learn to sew, to sculpt, to shape wigs. You have to be able to do make-up and pose and you should know more about your character than just what they wear. You're representing someone else's creation—so you're responsible for doing it justice. There are tons of tutorials online and if you ask at a convention, most cosplayers are happy to tell you how they made their pieces.

I mean—it's an art, you want to be original in your execution—but I think that, for the majority cosplayers, are there to make friends with a common interest.

It's a community, not a competition. Learning the craft takes time. I started buying fabrics and patterns, making a lot of mistakes along the way. But at that point, mistakes were fine.

Over time as I started working with wigs and armor—mistakes were a lot more costly and on a frozen yogurt server's salary—I couldn't afford to make them.

To ease the financial burden she's accepted sponsorships from different companies—including Cosplay Wigs USA which supply her with the kind of high-end hair pieces she has to sculpt her looks from. I had to use everything from a newspaper cone to heated hair spray and super glue. It's obviously not your typical updo, but it's worth it in the end. She's planning on taking the leap to full time superhero in the next few months. And if you can't handle that stuff-you can't handle the cosplay world.

Because even if you don't dress as something sexy, they'll still come at you. Well, that's where I get the creepiest comments. I have no idea what that's about. Which is super awkward because I have to be like, 'oh—well, thank you for helping me crawl my way out of minimum wage jobs—but no. And while the pick-ups are common, some fans can quickly get out of hand. So much so that one girl started a campaign called Cosplay Does Not Equal Consent to bring awareness to the mistreatment of costumed women at conventions.

But in my experience it's more often the creep who owns the comic book store you're posing at that thinks it's okay to slap your ass while you're taking pictures with fans. They just want to bang Batgirl. I'm a fan of these books and games and shows. I'm excited to spend a day pretending to be this character. It's hard to find a boyfriend who isn't jealous, who is okay with the fact that I'm gone, traveling all the time. She says that she had to draw a line between her personal and professional life.

But frankly who's touching my Pikachu at night shouldn't matter at all. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Black, latex booty shorts. Courtesy Alexia Jean Grey. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. More From Lifestyle. Roxy: It is an incredible feeling for sure.

Do you have any tips for a newer cosplayer in terms of conventions and character development in cosplay? Alexia: The most important thing to any costumer is to enjoy it, and to always keep that in mind when picking a character.

Especially with woman who just started getting involved into costuming have this idea that you need to sex up a character or dress revealing for your outfit to get noticed at convention which is defiantly false. There is nothing wrong with doing a character that is portrayed more sexy a lot of anime and comic book characters are drawn like that in the first place , but only do outfits your comfortable wearing.

It will show on camera and in your face if your not feeling confident about your outfit. The same thing goes when picking a character to understand there personalities.

If you feel like you have similarities to the character it will be a lot easier to model the costume because you will feel more like yourself. Every convention is different, if you have never been to one I would suggest researching what experiences other attendees have had. Also if your like me and a pretty shy person I would start off with a smaller show and work your way up to avoid being overwhelmed by large crowds and all the craziness that happens at conventions.

Roxy: Now What does cosplay mean to you? And what does it mean to you to be a woman in the geek community? Alexia: To me it's self expression, and helped me grow into myself. Before I started cosplaying I was very shy, a loner, and one of those kids who never felt themselves. If someone would try to talk to me the first few times in costume I would barely say anything and just nervously laugh. However I made a lot of friends in the cosplaying community which has brought me out of my introvertness.

I also used to be a heavy set girl but cosplaying was a gateway into my dream of being a model, so I worked really hard on body and ended up dropping about 50 pounds.

Now I am confident and living my dream due to cosplaying. I am very happy to be apart of all the amazing women n the geek community, over the last couple years I noticed a big shift on what the typical "nerd" is.

Before the clique was uncool and often nerds were outcasts, but now nerds seem to be the new rock stars. I think having a lot of woman involved in the community has really played a part on this outbreak. To me being a woman in the geek world is about inspiring other girls to be themselves and not follow cliches.. Roxy: No one! You are also well known for your portrayal of the sexy Black Widow.

How do you feel when wearing that costume among others that involve you to be a bit sexier, a bit more revealing and a bit sassier than a more covered or toned down costume? We love to embrace women in the geek culture as strong, sexy and confident, what would you say to those people who like to hate on us for wearing revealing costumes? Honestly what woman doesn't want to feel sexy in or out of costume, isn't that why we style our hair and wear make-up in the first place?

If you don't want to wear a revealing outfit no one is forcing you to but I don't believe in ragging on a lady because she has nice cleavage or a six pack and wants to show it off. I guess I never understood why it has been a big issue in the costume scene lately, I follow a strict diet and work out 6 days a week just like a lot of other women, in my opinion I'm just showing my hard work both my costume and my body.

Sex appeal is apart of human nature and I don't understand why we have to hide our bodies, they're a work of art on their own. Like my mother tells me all the time "if you got it, flaunt it, you shouldn't be a shamed of your own skin if you feel beautiful". Roxy: Well said, you should be allowed to show off what you worked hard for and feel good about it.

What has been your favorite shoot to date and why? Alexia: I've been lucky enough to work with a lot of amazing photographers and fellow costumers and have a lot of great shoots from it.

My favorite overall would have to be my Mary Jane body paint shoot for many reasons. I got to work with Jessie Melero who is an extraordinary body painter and James Holmes who's photographs are always stunning. When we were planning to shoot Jessie and I went back and forth with ideas, originally we were going to paint clothing on me and have the t-shirt be a cover of a comic book. However to due my lady lumps it would be very hard to create piece like that with text. I had brought up the idea about doing Mary Jane because of the fan arts of her drawn in various Spider-man gear.

When we googled images of her we found an adorable one of the spider suit mixed with the cute panties which we both agreed would look amazing. This was my first completely nude shoot, so I won't lie and say I wasn't nervous, but those guys made the shoot so much fun and made me feel completely comfortable.

We all played a great part in it and I believe all of our talents combined made the best shoot I've ever had. Even though it was a long day 7 hours if I remember? Time for the lightning round! Alexia: 1. Favourite movie: Howl's Moving Castle 2. Favourite Geek celebrity: Dana Snyder he is the funniest man you will ever meet 4. Favourite Super power to have: Mind Control 7. Favourite Character to dress up as: Black Widow 8. Favourite comic book or book: Battle Royale I cried like a baby 9. Favourite Artist or director: J.

Scott Campbell Favourite website: 9gag Roxy: Great choices, Battle Royale made me bawl too. Please feel free to plug all your pages where your work can be found or any other projects you are a part of that we should check out, and also any final words for your fans and ours!

Alexia: My full galleries are on my website alexiajeangrey. Alexia: I really hope I get to see you and work with you! Thank you very much for interviewing me. There you have it Geeks and Geekettes, another extremely talented cosplayer! Geeks are Sexy. Nerd Approved.