COSPLAY
Reference art from Japanese magazine
According to Chloe, another cosplayer I met, "the biggest payoff of Cosplay is going to the conventions where there are other people who know who you’re dressed as and can appreciate your effort."

Chloe laughs and tells me that "the first convention I went to I must have had 50 people take my picture and at least 10 of them hugged me too."

 

©vanessa bertozzi 2005