Order of Gallifrey Costuming Club members Katie Aiani, Audra Atkins-Reeves,Alex Bagosy, Justin Daube, Cindy Kalionzes,Nathaniel Peinado, and Brian Uiga share information for costuming as characters in the Whovian Universe. The program is particularly geared toward beginners, although all are welcome. This panel will focus on some of the Doctor's incarnations, but panelists will be happy to answer questions about any Whovian characters or props.
Saturday April 4, 2015 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Room 209
This panel goes into what it takes to perfect your cosplay by having great makeup. Topics include beauty makeup, appliance application, special FX makeup, sculpting, molding, casting, and wig styling. A talented panel of professional makeup artists-Dawnielle Banks (makeupbysiryn.com), Chrissy Lynn (nerdy-girlz.com), Ashley Troub (Ghost Hunters), Keaghlan Ashley (Face Off), and Alana Rose Schiro (Face Off), who have honed their craft in the makeup, film, television, and cosplay photography worlds-will answer your questions about makeup to match your costuming and cosplay. Turn your great cosplay into an amazing one with awesome makeup! Moderated by Mac Beauvais (official model for Victoria and Otto).
VFX wizards behind the new film Cosplay Dreams 3D, renowned cosplay photographers and Photoshop artists, and special guest cosplayers show you how, using Adobe Photoshop and After Effects, you can add realistic laser beams, fireballs, glowing magical elements and sci-fi backgrounds that will bring your cosplay photography and videos to the next level.
A panel of costume designers, producers of the new film Cosplay Dreams 3D, professional cosplayers, and Hollywood creatives reveal to cosplayers what skills are in demand in today's film and TV industry. Learn how professional cosplayers are using their skills to forge a variety of career opportunities in the entertainment industry and how they are leveraging cosplay skills to meet industry contacts. Gain the knowledge that could elevate your hobby into a career!
Miranda Downey (event producer and partnership coordinator at SparkFun Electronics)will guide you through a beginner's way to integrate electronics into your cosplay and projects without soldering or wires. In this free workshop you'll hand-sew a working LED light circuit to take with you.
Saturday April 4, 2015 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Room 210
Professional nerds square off in an epic trivia battle of the ages while discussing the hottest pop culture topics, including racial stereotyping, objectification, gender-bending, casting news, and more! Spanning comics, TV, film, and web, this discussion will be hilarious and outrageous, and will challenge your perspective on culture. Moderated by Tony B Kim (Crazy4ComicCon.com), this superpowered team will include Amy Ratcliffe (writer), Chris Gore (comedian), Ivy Doom Kitty (cosplayer), Andre Meadows (comedian), Rachel Lara (actress), Sean Long (toy professional), Tracy Doering (writer), and Emily Ong (cosplayer, Fashionista). TBA
