Personal Information
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Personal Bio
I'm Rosanna, Rosie or whatever crazy nickname you'd like to come up with yourself. Music, gaming and circus skills (juggling, poi etc) are my main loves. When I'm not practising the latter for the club and summer schools I run, I play video games, nerd out with my friends, watch films, anime + documentaries, read books/manga, go to gigs, festivals, conventions and stand up comedy.
Cosplay Bio
I got started in the world of cosplay in October 2009 when I attended my first London Expo with my brother 1337Pete and friend as TF2 characters (I was the Scout). Though it has only been 3 years, I feel I have learnt quite a bit. The source media is not new to me, though; I have been watching anime since I was a child when I fell in love with The Moomins. I was then reintroduced to it when I received Spirited Away for Christmas circa 2006/2007.
I continue to cosplay with Pete, but now our childhood friend cosplaymatt1 joins us too! Probably one of my proudest moments so far was the positive feedback Matt and I received on our chain scythes for Black Star and Tsubaki. It was our first prop and I learnt so much from it.
We love the idea of it all; how you use materials to become that chosen character for the day and are treated in that sense. When you are on the ExCel perimeter, people don't bat an eyelid at cosplayers as it is encouraged so much, however as soon as you go outside, it's the opposite! On top of all that, by going to cons in cosplay you get to meet fans of the same series as you. What's not to love?
I tend to do characters I like from the media they come from, especially if they are gregarious/enigmatic/smiley/happy-go-lucky as that is my nature irl! However I'm always up for doing people from shows etc I do not know, and will go out of my way to watch or play said thing (when possible) to familiarise myself with them and understand their context.
Have been thinking it would be great to do a really hardcore/epic cosplay for May Expo 2014 as it'll be my tenth time :O
Contact Information
http://www.cosplay.com/member/191278/qa/ [not very active, this is my main hub]
Ask for my msn or Skype if you'd like to have a natter :D
Interests
Music / Photography / Gaming / Crystal Palace FC / Films / Anime / Manga / Shakespeare / Cowboy Bebop / Spike Spiegel / Liam Neeson / Ewan McGregor / James McAvoy / Cillian Murphy / Michael Fassbender / (I love Irish/Scottish actors with blue eyes if you havn't noticed) / Beyond Good and Evil / Cooking.